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“It was all meant to be,” explains Ava Imperio as she reminisces about meeting her now husband, Dennis McCarthy. The couple met 11 years ago while studying at university, and the timing was just right. Imperio was just about to graduate when she and McCarthy, who was a freshman at the time, met. “Never would I have thought I would be meeting my soulmate during my last semester of school. I instantly felt connected to him, but he was three years younger than me, which at the time felt like a bigger deal in terms of school years,” says Imperio. With her upcoming graduation and imminent move to New York City, they began a three-year long-distance relationship. “There was just something special about him and us. We both knew it would all be worth it in the end, and it was,” shares Imperio. Fast-forward to the summer of 2019 when the couple celebrated their eight-year anniversary in Southern Italy, where McCarthy proposed. “We were staying at Masseria Moroseta in Puglia. He asked me to take a walk with him before dinner through the magical olive groves that surrounded the property, where he proposed. It was the happiest moment and days ahead,” says Imperio. Inspired by the Italian setting of their engagement, the couple held their intimate wedding at a private villa in Tuscany, Italy. Fifty-two of their closest friends and family members joined to celebrate the union against the backdrop of the estate’s grandiose interiors and lush gardens. Imperio works for Zac Posen, runs a perfectly curated vintage Instagram account with her triplet sisters, and has a mind for all things creative and design. The details from this wedding weekend alone could serve as her résumé for any position in the sartorial world. Scroll down as the bride walks us through every beautiful detail from the weekend, including her advice on everything from weather worries to doing what feels natural to you as a couple throughout your planning process.
