Sophia Bush married Grant Hughes in a designer dress with a pattern of flowers and bees that meant something. The custom-made dress was one of three that she wore to the June party.
Alexandra Macon of Vogue reported on Thursday that the “Good Sam” actress and Hughes, an entrepreneur, got married on June 11 at the Philbrook Museum of Art in Tulsa, Oklahoma. They got engaged in August.
In an Instagram post on Thursday, Vogue also shared several photos of Bush’s dress, which was designed by Monique Lhuillier.
The pictures were taken by the wedding photography company Norman and Blake. In an Instagram Story on Thursday, the company said it was an honor to take pictures of the wedding.
Bush told Vogue that she had wanted Lhuillier to make her dress ever since she got engaged. She wanted floral prints on the dress to show that she and Hughes come from different places.
“I’d seen a picture of a Monique Lhuillier dress taken on Lake Como, and I had a vision of making a personalized version of it in what I’ve always thought of as a heritage print: a print of flowers from California, Oklahoma, and Italy, to honor the heritage of our families—where we come from and how we are all coming together to map out where we are going,” Bush told Vogue.
The dress had peach Oklahoma tea roses, deep orange California poppies, warm green and deep inky Italian olives, and butterfly ranunculus. Along with the floral prints, it also had scanned images of the couple’s bees, since building a beehive was their first project as a couple, as Bush told the magazine.
“I was thrilled to be asked to make her wedding dress. When she asked me if I could make a custom print that told the story of their love, I said, “Of course!” “she said.
Vogue says that Bush finished off her look with a pair of diamond flower earrings from Briony Raymond New York and a pair of heels by Monique Lhuillier. She worked with her stylist, Kevin Michael Ericson, on the look.
Bush also talked about why they chose to have the wedding in Oklahoma, her husband’s home state. She told the publication that she wanted to “spin the privilege of attending” with their wedding coverage and turn the ceremony into an event to show off Tulsa and the progressive justice work that is going on there right now.
Vogue says that the couple had welcome drinks at Lowood restaurant on the Thursday before the wedding to tell the guests about Tulsa’s history. The prayer was led by Dr. Crutcher of the Terence Crutcher Foundation. Through policy advocacy, community development, education, and other things, the foundation was set up to help make communities free from racial violence and harm.
They also planned for their guests to walk through Tulsa’s Reconciliation Park and the Greenwood Rising Museum.
Bush Wore Two Different Dresses To The Reception And Party Afterward.
Bush told Vogue that she wore two more dresses because the dress she wore for the ceremony was not made for dancing. Photos of both of them were taken by Norman and Blake, and Kevin Michael Ericson posted them on Instagram on Thursday.
Bush said that the first dress, made by Emilia Wickstead, was an ivory cape dress without straps.
She finished off her look with a pair of Jimmy Choo heels that Bush said they had dyed to match the color of the dress and two brooches by Beladora Jewelry that Hughes’ best man had sewn on.
The newlyweds had a party at Leon Russell’s Church Studio after the reception. Vogue says that Bush changed into a Cristina Ottaviano minidress, which she wore with ivory and silver cowboy boots. This was her third outfit of the night.