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Billionaire And Belle Throw Wedding of the Year
Our favorite newlyweds had quite the shindig down in Savannah for New Year’s Eve.
Hauties in the know have absolutely flooded our tip line with sightings of the who’s who of the business world, photos, and recountings of the ceremony and reception, and we are positively ravenous for every last detail.
Aren’t you? Don’t worry, we’ll share all of the juicy details!
Hayes Olsen and Paige Fairchild held an intimate ceremony that took place at sunset in the vaunted rooftop garden known as Elysium at The Abyss Nightclub, with music by a string quartet and vows that had us swooning when we read them.
The bride wore a bespoke off-the-shoulder, lace gown from none other than Haute Belle right here in Atlanta, and the groom wore an all-black Brioni tux that looked positively yummy on him.
Brothers Payton and Zander stood at Hayes’s side in their own classic black tuxes, and Alex Whitaker was Paige’s man of honor in a deep green, rhinestone-studded, wide-leg suit that would have looked right at home on the likes of Taylor Swift or Harry Styles.
We certainly appreciate the apparel choices of this fashionable crowd, blending classic and unexpected choices as fluidly as any fashionista.
A giant black dog even joined the couple at the altar in front of a waterfall, on his goodest boi behavior as the best dog.
Sources say the dog’s name is Cerberus and he belongs to Hayes.
We love seeing man’s best friend featured so prominently in this beautiful ceremony!
We want more Cerberus content and hope the happy couple will oblige us with more outings featuring him in the near future.
The bride—who changed into a stunning silk creation, again from Haute Bell—and groom were whisked away from the club in a vintage black Rolls Royce to attend the much larger reception at the Fairchild family’s hotel, The Mansion, where a large conservatory ballroom was turned into a fairytale delight of the senses.
The reported four hundred guests were made up of family friends, celebrities, Georgia supreme court judges, the mayor of Savannah, and business elites from every sector.
Charming signature cocktails—a blackberry gin and tonic for the bride, and a smoked old fashioned for the groom—were made with Fairchild’s own Underworld Spirits elderflower gin and double-barrel bourbon.
The gourmet plated dinner featured filet mignon, whipped potatoes, and fried okra as a nod to the pair’s Georgia heritage.
A five-tier wedding cake had something for everyone’s taste buds, including the couple’s own tier featuring raspberry preserves between layers of chocolate cake, set in bourbon vanilla buttercream, and dusted with edible gold.
Guests were wowed by aerial performances throughout the evening, danced to a live swing band, and had the pleasure of meandering through a fairy garden that would have done Queen Titania herself proud that took up residence in the hotel lobby.
The twice-as-nice newlyweds were sent off at midnight with sparklers and fireworks that exploded over The Mansion grounds and lit up the Savannah skyline.
The revelers who stuck around were provided dessert shooters and bite-size comfort foods at the after-party with famed DJ Apollon playing hit after hit to keep the crowd dancing.
Partygoers left in the wee hours of the morning with gift bags featuring Underworld Spirits liquors, Cartier watches or bracelets, and custom gift boxes of Ladurée chocolates and macarons.
Are you drooling over these generous parting gifts, because we definitely are.
The couple is reportedly on their honeymoon, having left on New Year’s Day for somewhere tropical and warm, we would hope.
We wish them all the best in their lives together and our sincerest congratulations on their nuptials.
We can’t wait to have them back in Atlanta helping to keep us warm this winter with their fiery love story that continues to evolve and become one for the ages.
We really have become the biggest fans of their relationship as they have disproved our doubts and challenged our preconceived notions of their personal lives time and again, which gives us hope for our own happily ever after.
Who knows, maybe the younger Olsen brothers, Payton and Zander, will take notes from big brother Hayes and be looking for their own great romances right here in Georgia.
We know plenty of hauties that would be willing to step up to that challenge, right?
One could only hope, and we are triple-crossing our fingers and toes to see that happen.
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