REAL WEDDINGS
THE COUPLE Emily Privette,
27, and Matthew Miller, 26,
resident physicians
THE WEDDING At URBN in
the Philadelphia Navy
Yard on April 26, 2014
HOW THEY MET As eighth
graders in Wayne,
Pennsylvania
THE PROPOSAL With a
photo time line of their
relationship
HONEYMOON St. LuciaE
mily Privette and Mat-
thew Miller’s goal was to
give their guests a party like
they’d never seen. So they
chose the cafe at B543, Urban
Outfitters’ Nav y Yard head-
quarters in Philadelphia,
as their venue and let the
building guide their vintage
nautical theme.
The pair said personalized
vows in front of 180 guests.
At the reception, sheer
fabric separated the cocktail
area from tables accented
with nav y, cream, and gold.
Guests were treated to a
fried-chicken dinner, cup-
cakes, a University of Vir-
ginia–themed groom’s cake
(the couple are both grads
of the medical school), and
a sundae bar.
After the first dance,
a DJ kept the floor packed,
spinning Katy Perr y and
Pharrell. Emily laughs, “The
night wrapped with the
whole crowd yelling the lyr-
ics to Old Crow Medicine
Show’s ‘Wagon Wheel’ at the
top of their lungs!”High school sweethearts wed at a nautical-inspired celebration
Glamour on
the docks
BY JAIMIE SCHOEN PHOTOGRAPHS BY LAUREN FAIR PHOTOGRAPHYTall arrange -
ments helped
balance out the
venue’s tower-
ing ceilings.“It felt so
elegant,” says
Emily of her
Priscilla of
Boston gown.“I’m not a heels
girl,” says Emily.
“These J.Crew flats
were very me.”Ropes, anchors,
and other mari-
time details
transformed
the space,
which dates
back to 1801.480 FEBRUARY/MARCH 2015