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Inside This Jewelry Designer's Stunning Destination Wedding In Bermuda

Lauren Eggertsen Tue, 26 Dec 2023 Who What Wear

Welcome to Who What Wear Weddings, the destination for style-minded weddings. Expect insightful tips straight from the newlyweds, shoppable elements, and plenty of must-save imagery as we share the nuptials of our favorite fashion people getting married. For upcoming features, share your submissions here.

Octavia Zamagias and Mathew Joanou met the old-fashioned way—at a bar on the dancefloor. During a night out in Venice, California, the two locked eyes, exchanged numbers, and have been together ever since. "From [that point on], it always felt like he was my person and I was his," shares Zamagias. Joanou is the CEO and Co-Founder of Stakeholder Labs and Zamagias is the jewelry designer and founder of Octavia Elizabeth which makes the story of their proposal quite untraditional. Jonaou proposed in Malibu, California with a ring designed by Zamagias herself, "but I stayed true to something I tell all couples or grooms,” she explains—"the moment you get engaged should be a surprise, the ring should not!"

After contemplating whether or not to plan their wedding in California where they both live, the two ultimately landed on Bermuda, a place that has sentimental value to the couple. "My family has been going to the island for over four decades and we’ve spent our summers there since I was a little girl. Over the last seven years, Matt has also fallen in love with the island and it became clear that it would be the perfect place for us to have our wedding as summer is particularly beautiful," shares Zamagias. And so the planning commenced.

The wedding weekend was filled with an array of events including a boat day, a welcome party, and of course, the wedding itself. "I am that person that never wants a party to end. I stay to the end. So a destination wedding was really special in that it encouraged us to have multiple events and evenings to celebrate and be with our friends," explains Zamagias. "It was all about us, but at the same time, it wasn’t. I mean that in a beautiful way. It relaxed us to know we had multiple days and evenings to spend time with each one of our guests and friends." Scroll through to read more about the wedding weekend with words from the bride herself and to explore the details of this stunning Bermuda celebration.