It was a game of connections. In early 2023, Cayley Tullman emailed a family friend, David Fialkow, to help her find a love match. “David is like an uncle to me, and I trusted him to take care of my heart,” she says. “He then connected me with Evan Morgan, who ‘knows everyone.’ After a brief phone conversation, Evan agreed to get back to me.”
Meanwhile, Cory Tull was sitting in his backyard reading a client agreement. Since the passing of his late wife, Corinne, in 2020 from colorectal cancer, Cory had been focused on raising his daughter, Hadley. “I got a phone call from Evan, which wasn’t unusual, as Evan is a longtime client,” Cory remembers. “Evan asked if I was dating again, and he said he had the perfect girl for me.” Cory—and Cayley—agreed to meet. “We went on our first date in April 2023, and there was no going back,” he says. “Both Hadley and I fell in love with Cayley quickly and knew we had found our missing piece.” A year to the day later, Cory proposed.
“After getting engaged in April, we knew we wanted to get married the same fall, so we were working on a shortened timeline,” Cayley says. They looked across Italy and France, prioritizing hotels available for buyout within 30 minutes of a major airport. “We loved Château Saint-Martin & Spa in the French Rivieria for its history, elegance, and beauty. . . Given this was both of our second weddings, we did not want a traditional feel and went instead for a more colorful, playful style. Our goal was to create a gorgeous, put-together experience for our guests.”
While there was some indecision when it came to the venue, Cayley found her dress in under an hour. “I loved Danielle Frankel’s designs and made an appointment in late April to try on dresses, accompanied by my friend, Elizabeth,” she says. “We were in and out within an hour, during which time I picked and custom-altered my dress.”
Then, Cayley worked with Over The Moon Style Director Grace Givens to select an accompanying birdcage veil, shoes, and jewelry. Grace also helped select the welcome party and afterparty looks, both by Alexandra Pijut. “Working with Grace was such a godsend,” the bride shares. “I was able to actually enjoy the best parts of the process while still balancing a full-time job and being a parent.”
On the morning of September 28, 2024, Dawn Artists beautified the bride before she slipped into her strapless dress to walk down the aisle. “I was nervous,” she recalls. “I felt okay until I heard Cory’s vows. They took my breath away—then I had to go after him! My hands shook the entire time, and I thought I would drop my vow booklet, but I got through.” Cory broke the glass in Jewish tradition—they used a glass handblown by the bride’s older brother, Ben—and the two shared a romantic first kiss as newlyweds.
The reception was held beneath a clear marquee outfitted to stunning effect by Larry Walshe Studios, with additional production by Blunotte Eventi. Whimsical low florals adorned each table, and a multi-tiered chandelier of greenery and flowers hung above the blue-checkered dance floor. A gourmet meal of seabream ceviche, cacio e pepe, and chicken with mushroom confit kicked off the affair. “We didn’t want a traditional wedding cake, so we ‘cut’ into a large tiramisu and then served guests with individual tiramisus in martini glasses,” Cayley says.
ALR Music took the stage, and the bride and groom swung to “Dance Me to the End of Love” by Madeleine Peyroux. “We wanted to pick a song that honored the location of our wedding and that we had a chance of hearing again by coincidence elsewhere,” Cayley says. “The band was incredible, and everyone—including my grandfather—got up and spun me around.”
The party continued. “We had an after-party in the hotel bar, which had been totally transformed,” Cory says. “We all enjoyed espresso martinis and danced the night away!” It was the perfect celebration of newfound love and joy.
