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NHL Star Patrik Laine Marries Jordan Smith in 'Timeless' Palm Beach Wedding (Exclusive)
NHL star Patrik Laine married Jordan Smith in Palm Beach, Fla., on Saturday, June 28 The couple said "I do" surrounded by 115 guests, including many of the Montreal Canadiens winger's current and former teammates "It was everything I could have dreamed of," Smith tells PEOPLE of the weddingNHL star Patrik Laine has a teammate for life! The Montreal Canadiens winger, 27, married Jordan Smith in Palm Beach, Fla., on Saturday, June 28. The couple welcomed 115 guests — including many of Laine's current and former hockey teammates — for the nuptials, held at the historic Breakers resort. The wedding followed a rehearsal dinner at The Colony Hotel on Friday, June 27. Laine tells PEOPLE they chose Palm Beach because it offered an opportunity to deliver an "unforgettable experience" for their loved ones flying in from all over, from Hawaii to the athlete's native country of Finland. "We also wanted a venue that felt iconic, timeless and truly special," he adds of The Breakers, which dates back to the Gilded Age and was once the sand-covered playground of wealthy industrialists including J.P. Morgan and Andrew Carnegie. When it came to setting the tone for their wedding aesthetic, the couple happily blended their decidedly opposite tastes. "Patty and I have very different personalities and styles, with his being more wild and colorful and mine more of a sophisticated chic. We wanted people to spot certain elements of our wedding and say, 'That's so Jordan,' or 'Clearly Patrik picked this,' " Smith tells PEOPLE. "It was important to us that the wedding really felt like us." Their contrasting styles even guided their choice of venues. "We chose The Colony — in all of its pink, patterned glory — to match Patty's personality, and The Breakers' elegance to represent my taste for more of a classic, glamorous feel," says Smith, a mental health advocate. To help bring their wedding vision to life, the couple worked with event planner Heather Lowenthal of Posh Parties. The ceremony, which was officiated by Laine's close family friend Antti Makinen, was held in the Gold Room at The Breakers. The couple exchanged handwritten vows for a more "intimate and personal" moment, Laine says. "It gives guests a special window into our relationship and makes the ceremony a lot more emotional," he adds. The groom made his way to the altar as a string version of David Guetta's "Titanium" played. The bride, meanwhile, chose Hillsong United's "Oceans" for her walk down the aisle. The song, she says, reminds her of her mom, who died from cancer when Smith was 14. "I wanted to have some subtle but significant ways to acknowledge her throughout the evening," Smith tells PEOPLE. "When I hear that song, it's a good reminder that she's with us for this big moment in spirit." Smith wore Galia Lahav's "Evelyn" dress, featuring a ball gown silhouette with an exposed bone corset, illusion side panels and intricate Spanish florals embroidery. She recalls that it was the very first dress she saved on Pinterest when she began her search. Laine designed his flashy wedding tux with a designer he uses for his NHL looks, Ethan Wiseman, careful to keep the details a secret from Smith. But to ensure the couple's looks would be harmonious on the big day, Smith says she sent Wiseman a photo of her dress, along with the mood board for the wedding, and told him, "Please make sure everything goes well together, but other than that, go for it." "Patty's style has always been important to him, and it's just as much his big moment as mine. I knew people would be just as excited to see what the groom was wearing as the bride," Smith explains, joking that it was "a fierce competition" between the two. While they knew there would be lots of tears, the couple wanted to save the reveal for the moment they met at the altar. "I think there's something really special about the big, cinematic reveal of the whole thing," Smith says. Adding to the emotion of the experience, Smith's grandmother served as her flower girl in a sweet break from tradition. After Laine and Smith were officially declared husband and wife, the celebration kicked off at a reception in the Circle Ballroom. Smith slipped into her second look, a Berta beaded dress with a "Hollywood glamour" vibe. "It was sexy, but I could still move around in it. It gave 'Gatsby' without looking too much like it was out of the 20s," she says. During the cocktail hour, guests nibbled from various food stations, including Asian and Italian fare. Then, everyone was seated for a multi-course dinner featuring a hearts of palm cake and a choice of two entrées: citrus and panko-crusted sea bass or herb grilled filet mignon. The meal had a sweet finish with a Breakers signature: a custom ice cream sundae, featuring three flavors of ice cream, served in a giant martini glass. "It is definitely a wow factor," Smith says of the dessert. The couple also had a five-tier wedding cake with a vintage bride-and-groom topper. "We wanted it to look like a wedding cake from the old wedding movies in the '90s — cherries and all," Laine notes. Because they admittedly "went majorly overboard" with the food and didn't want anything to go to waste, they had the cake sliced up and put into to-go boxes for guests to grab and eat later. "I've been to so many weddings where I was too busy dancing to even look at the cake, so this way everyone could enjoy it from their hotel rooms," Smith says, joking, "Wedding cake for breakfast!" Never miss a story — sign up for to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. When the dancing got underway, Laine and Smith had a fun surprise in store for their guests. Leading up to the wedding, the two turned dance lessons into date nights and learned a choreographed routine to Kygo's acoustic version of 'Woke Up in Love." They performed their dance during the reception. "There was a lift and a dip involved. We knew our families were going to be shocked," Laine says. Following their wedding — which Smith sums up as "everything I could have dreamed of on steroids — the newlyweds were bound for a honeymoon in Italy. "Patrik has never seen Rome before, so we're going to visit the Colosseum and the Vatican and then we'll drive down to Positano and find some beachfront activities," Smith says. The couple first crossed paths at a bar in Smith's hometown of Columbus, Ohio, when she was visiting from Washington, D.C., for a high school friend's wedding. Laine was playing for the Columbus Blue Jackets at the time. After the weekend, the two never expected to meet again — Laine was flying to Finland for the off-season and Smith was headed back to D.C. But they ended up keeping in touch and gradually got to know each other over countless FaceTime calls. While Laine says it was love at first sight for him, Smith admits to being a bit more guarded about their budding relationship. But Laine sealed the deal with a big gesture: flying from Finland to Miami to see Smith while she was on a girls trip. "We've been attached at the hip ever since," Laine says. The pair got engaged last year at the Ritz-Carlton in Turks and Caicos during the NHL All-Star break. Laine set up a private dinner on the beach on Feb. 4, Smith's birthday. After their honeymoon, the couple will return home to Montreal, and Laine will prepare for the upcoming NHL season. The two will also focus on growing their passion project, From Us to You, a mental health initiative they launched together. After Laine made the decision to step away from his NHL career to prioritize his mental health, Smith had the idea to create "a space where others could share their own stories of resilience and healing." "What began as an Instagram page quickly grew into an official nonprofit focused on destigmatizing mental health through storytelling and community connection," she tells PEOPLE, noting that the organization will host its first major fundraising event in August, a public fashion show at Montreal's M.A.D. Festival. As for their next chapter, Laine and Smith are excited to build their life together as husband and wife. For Laine, that means "talking more seriously about all of the things you fantasize about when you're dating — conversations about houses and kids and the future." As for Smith, she's ready for "baby Laines." Additional Credits: Décor: Xquisite Events Invitations: Bella Figura Band: Rock With U Engagement and wedding ring: Larry Flowers Videographer: Light Cannon Films Bachelorette planning services: Sullivan Signature Events Content creator: Oh Tay Productions Read the original article on People
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Snoafers, a Hybrid Sneaker-Loafer, Become Footwear's Hottest Trend
In the world of fashion hybrids, there are skorts (shorts that look like skirts), jeggings (leggings made of stretch denim) and shackets (shirt-jackets). The latest style mash-up: snoafers. One of the biggest trends in footwear combines the cushioned sole of a sneaker with the upper of a loafer, for a comfortable business-casual shoe that is meant to be worn anywhere. Although their divisive appearance initially generated backlash, snoafers have emerged as a viral breakout category for major sneaker brands including New Balance, Hoka and Puma, selling out quickly and landing on online marketplaces at wildly inflated prices since last year.
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Can Brightland's new squeeze bottles help it win the olive oil wars?
While Northern California is famous for its wines, it is also full of olive groves, many of which have been owned by the same family for generations. Since 2018, Aishwarya Iyer has devoted her life to persuading the world to appreciate American olive oil through her brand, Brightland. Her trick? Putting it in gorgeous glass bottles with art-adorned labels. 'The bottles were a Trojan horse,' Iyer says. 'They're what pulls you into the brand, but what's inside is magnificent. It was the tactic we used to convert Americans to using better-quality olive oil.' The strategy worked well—possibly too well. The 375-milliliter bottles, which sell for $37, went viral on Instagram. People took pictures of them on their kitchen counters. They brought them out for their dinner parties. The bottles suddenly became the go-to hostess gift, and one of Oprah's favorite things. Iyer was thrilled: Today, one Brightland bottle is purchased every minute. And in 2022, the company landed $6.83 million in venture funding to continue growing. But in some ways the beautiful bottles were also limiting. People saw them as precious objects, meant to be rationed for special occasions. And yet Iyer's bigger goal is to get Americans to use California olive oil for all their cooking needs—and in doing so, to support American farmers. To broaden Brightland's appeal, Iyer has just launched a new line of products called the Everyday Set featuring an oil for cooking and an oil for dressing salads. They come in a different format: a plastic squeeze bottle. The products are slightly less expensive than those in the glass bottles ($65 for 750 milliliters), although this is still four or five times the price of many other bottles of olive oil on store shelves. But these new Brightland products will soon be sold at Whole Foods stores across the country, allowing the brand to better compete in the olive oil wars. We love squeezing our olive oil Over the past three years, the squeeze bottle has become the vessel for olive oil. This is partly thanks to Graza, an olive oil brand founded by Andrew Benin in 2022 that has raised $2.8 million in VC capital, which stood out for selling its products in forest-green squeeze bottles. The squeeze bottle format allows you to better control how much oil comes out of the bottle and to squirt it more precisely into frying pans or salads. This is why chefs and home cooks have decanted olive oil into squeeze bottles for decades. (Many brands, including OXO, sell squeeze bottles for this purpose.) It has also been widely used in adjacent food categories, like hot sauce. Graza's innovation was selling its oil in these bottles wrapped in fun, modern branding. But Graza couldn't copyright the bottles, since they were already commonly used. And it's become clear that consumers love the format, as many other brands have started selling their oil in squeeze bottles, including California Olive Ranch, O Olive Oil, DeLallo, and Pompeian. Brightland is among them. In 2023, it launched a pizza oil in a squeeze bottle that was a hit. The company sold out of its first 10,000 units within hours of launching. (Graza's founder wrote an angry LinkedIn post about how Brightland had created a copycat product, but quickly apologized; Brightland did not comment on the incident.) From this pizza oil launch, Iyer realized that different bottles work in different contexts. 'In this case, the squeeze bottle was a little more casual and playful, which is what you want on pizza night,' she says. The New Olive Oil Aisle For Iyer, it's been interesting to observe how the format of the bottle has shaped people's perception of the oil inside. With the glass bottle, people saw Brightland as a luxury or art object. But Iyer wants consumers to reach for high-quality California olive oil whenever they're cooking or making a salad. 'I live in California, and I feel really passionately about supporting these farmers who are just a couple of hours north of us, and who have had these farms for several generations,' she says. 'If we don't cultivate demand for their oil, it won't exist much longer.' Iyer also points out that California has the highest quality standards when it comes to olive oil. As has been well-reported, many olive oils in the grocery store are adulterated with cheaper ingredients, like palm or canola oils. Some olive oil that is purportedly made in Italy actually comes from other countries, like Morocco and Tunisia. But the California Department of Food and Agriculture has high standards, and products made here are regularly tested to ensure they are pure. Iyer wasn't sure she would be able to get the prices any lower, since domestic olives oils are higher in quality and the cost of labor here is higher than it is overseas. But she found a farm that was able to manufacture at scale for Brightland, which helped bring down the price a little bit. At $65 for the pair of bottles, this olive oil is much more expensive than the average American is used to spending. Graza's oil bundle, for instance, which comes from Spain, costs $37. Iyer believes there are some consumers who will recognize the value in Brightland's offering. The brand is trying to tell a story about how much fresher this oil is, and how it contributes to the livelihoods of American farmers. And ultimately, she believes that what is likely to convince them is the taste. That's why she works with farmers to create a very specific flavor profile, much like winemakers do with wines. 'It all comes down to flavor,' she says. 'We're blending varietals to be the right deliciousness right out of the bottle.'
