the wedding of Anamarie Rios and Kevin Twomey

Anamarie Xilonem Rios said yes to a wedding dress when she was 17 years old. She wasn't getting married; her mother was. While they were looking for dresses, Anamarie saw an ad for a gown by Vera Wang and "knew that was going to be my dress one day."

A few years later, while studying fashion design at LSU, she attended a class where designer Suzanne Perron St. Paul was guest speaker. Slides went by, and Anamarie's dream dress appeared on the screen.

Before setting up her own atelier in New Orleans in 2006, St. Paul, an LSU grad, worked for Vera Wang in New York and was directly involved with creating the original dress.

Fast forward 10 years, and Anamarie got engaged to Kevin Michael Twomey in April 2014. Unlike many brides who try on dress after dress after dress, "I didn't even have to go to a store," she said. The call went out to St. Paul. "With my background in fashion, I knew what a complicated dress it would be to make, so I really didn't trust anyone else with it," said Anamarie, who now works in design and product development for Be Inspired Boutique, an e-commerce fashion retailer in Los Angeles.

The trumpet-shaped, strapless dress consists of dozens of hand-sculpted satin bias ribbons appliquéd to champagne tulle. The bands are shaped to the curves of the sweetheart neckline, basque waist and the sweeping skirt shape. While St. Paul designed the wedding gown, the navy dresses for the bridesmaids, readers and flower girl were from Be Inspired Boutique.

Navy — one of the bride's favorite colors — also snuck into the details; Anamarie's nails were painted Julep's Boho Glam in Michelle, a sailor blue. Orange, Kevin's favorite, showed up in the floral arrangements by Pistil & Stamen, a New Orleans flower farm and floral studio.

Kevin also has an eye for design. He works in project management and technical sales for the West Coast division of Rose Brand, a company that supplies theatrical fabrics, stage curtains, event drapery and production supplies.

The couple, who now call Los Angeles home, met while Kevin was in Baton Rouge working on a movie.

Based out of North Carolina at the time, Kevin went home, only to return a few weeks later for Jazz Fest, "He told me he really didn't care about Jazz Fest, he was using it as an excuse to see me," Anamarie said. Shortly after, they moved to Philadelphia together, then made their way to the West Coast eight months later.

Anamarie and Kevin were married Nov. 14 at the Beauregard-Keyes House in the French Quarter. The ceremony was in the garden, reception inside and out.

The Lagniappe Jazz Band lead the couple and their guests in a second line to Jackson Square and back. Anamarie, of course, stood out in the dress she had been dreaming about for a decade.

"I made a 10-year dream come true," St. Paul said.

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