



1 / 14 Chevron Chevron Photographed by Kevin Tachman This photo was taken at the conclusion of our shamanic wedding, at Tom's sister's house, Damsels Farm. Tom's childhood nanny, Lina, is from Samoa, and she made fresh garlands and lei'd us as a part of the service. There were many different symbolic elements to the ceremony. At one point, we actually had corn flour thrown on us. As you can imagine, lots of giggling ensued.

After photographer Rachel Chandler and stylist **Tom Guinness’**s tiny, family-only wedding in Los Angeles in February 2012, dour hints from friends—“How could you not invite us?!”—pulled at the couple’s heartstrings enough that they decided on an encore at Lypiatt Park, a friend’s home in Gloucestershire, England. “Once we’d decided that, the next thing I knew I wanted was for Haider Ackermann to make my dress,” Chandler says. The designer chose clean silk crepe, which fell elegantly from a high collar. Chandler accessorized simply, with pointy green Manolo Blahniks and a fresh haircut. (When, an hour before the party, Ackermann asked her to chop off four inches to complement his statement collar, the easygoing bride obliged.) The couple split the other planning duties: Tom took on the music, hiring Mark Ronson to spin tracks alongside the Queens of Noize, the same DJ duo Kate Moss employed for her 2011 wedding, while Rachel tackled the food (local lamb from Tom’s sister’s farm down the lane) and flowers. Inside, past the house’s Gothic stonework facade, the decor was sleek white 1960s Modern—a contrast conceptualized by sculptor Lynn Chadwick. The couple’s unusual ceremony was conducted by a shaman who, just before it started, instructed the couple to go and find a stick, which she then presented to the bride and groom during the wedding. “We have to keep it above our bed,” Chandler says, “and every time something important happens in our life, we tie a piece of string to it.” Celebrating a year of marriage in the English countryside? Put a string on it.

For more weddings on Vogue.com, see model and photographer Candice Lake’s Sydney Ceremony, Vogue’s Jorden Bickham’s New York City wedding, and Vogue’s Rickie de Sole’s Rhode Island wedding.