Ariel Rezek and Lindsay Apatow enter a dream world for their Beverly Hills wedding
Photography by JILLIAN MITCHELL
Words by CAROLINE CAGNEY
When Lindsay Apatow dropped off Ariel Rezek after their third date, she looked at her hand to find a crumpled bar napkin with “I love you” written on it. “I felt the same way,” Lindsay says. “We both somehow knew. I still have that napkin framed in our bedroom.”
Lindsay, a documentary photographer, and Ariel, a fashion designer, initially connected in March 2022 via Raya by accident: “Ariel’s profile, which wasn’t supposed to appear in searches for women, somehow showed up on my page,” Lindsay says. “It kind of felt like the universe was stepping in.” Six months after their first date at Little Dom’s in Los Feliz, which left Lindsay “absolutely beyond smitten,” she popped the question while they were celebrating Ariel’s birthday at The Parker Hotel in Palm Springs. “I slept with the ring under my pillow for easy access in the morning,” Lindsay says. “I was so nervous that I asked her to marry me before she’d even had her first sip of coffee.”
“It’s a magical place [and] we wanted our guests to feel as though they’d stepped out of Beverly Hills and into another world,” says Ariel Rezek.
After a two-year engagement, the couple exchanged vows in June 2025 before 80 guests at design icon Tony Duquette’s Dawnridge estate in Beverly Hills. Ariel had already bookmarked the venue for her dream wedding since discovering it in 2018 while scouting locations for her brand Rezek Studio’s campaign. “It’s a magical place [and] we wanted our guests to feel as though they’d stepped out of Beverly Hills and into another world,” says Ariel, whose whimsical vision came to life with the help of event planner Melissa Sullivan of Studio Sully.
To balance the delightfully delirious aesthetic with personal elements, Sullivan wove in rich hues like chartreuse, Ariel’s line’s signature color, which appeared everywhere from the tablescapes to the performers’ feather-trimmed gowns.
Cocktail hour featured a raw bar, followed candlelit courtyard reception with live performances by a Supremes cover band that brought everyone to their feet mid-meal. “There was so much love and energy in the air,” Lindsay says. “It felt electric.”
PHOTOGRAPHY Jillian Mitchell • EVENT PRODUCTION Studio Sully • FLOWERS Renko Floral • INVITATIONS Studio Sully • DESSERT Sasha Piligian • DJ Dart Collective • CATERING Hungry Bear Catering • HAIR AND MAKEUP Chanel Cross • REHEARSAL DINNER Il Cielo Beverly Hills • RECEPTION The Dawnridge Estate • AFTER-PARTY Chateau Marmont
Feature image: The Supremes cover band performs
This story originally appeared in the Winter 2025 issue of C Weddings.
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