After Leslie Fagan opted for a night in and dropped off her friends at the bars in Texas, she got a text from her friend, Laurel, saying she had to come out to a TCU fraternity party. Since it was her close guy friends’ house, she sauntered over in pajamas and no makeup. “Little did I know that’s how I would be meeting my future husband,” she laughs. Reid Dulaney Fisher had made a rare decision to go out, and he hit it off with Leslie.
After three years together, Reid proposed in Palm Beach. Leslie had gotten him tickets to the Miami Grand Prix for Christmas, and they were staying with his parents. The day before the race, he insisted Leslie wear her favorite pink Rachel Gilbert dress to The Colony Hotel for dinner. She was skeptical but found no sign of a ring. “As soon as we started walking and stood under the iconic Via Parigi sign on Worth Avenue, he got down on one knee,” Leslie recalls. “He has been hiding the ring in his shoe the whole time!”
“I had always grown up with an obsession with Palm Beach, and it was always on my mind as fun place to get married one day,” Leslie says. “Once I started dating Reid and we frequently went to visit his parents there, it became an incredibly special place for us.” With the location decided upon, the aesthetic would be “Bridgerton meets Palm Beach.” To help plan everything, Leslie’s mother stepped in. As Leslie’s sister and fellow OTM Bride Elaina Darden’s wedding was only seven months prior, their mother expertly lent her patience and taste to each wedding.
To kick the weekend off, Leslie’s grandmother hosted a welcome party at The Brazilian Court. “She enlisted the help of Renny & Reed, who filled the whole place with beautiful flowers and tropical decorations—there were even orchids hanging from the ceiling!” Leslie exclaims. The bride wore a yellow Oscar de la Renta minidress, and she and the wedding party headed to Cucina for an impromptu after-party.
The next morning, the Bath & Tennis Club put together a “Serves & Spritzes” party with a tennis clinic and mixed doubles for the couple and their friends. Katherine Jezek Design created an adorable spritz bar and all the paper goods for the whole weekend. Leslie looked chic in a custom One/Of lace tennis dress.
That night, the bride wore a pink Monique Lhuillier minidress with a sweeping train. “It brought all the pink drama I had ever dreamed of,” she shares. “As soon as I saw this dress released a few years ago—way before I was ever engaged—I knew I would be wearing it to my wedding.”
“For as long as I remember, I always knew I would wear a Monique Lhuillier dress to my wedding,” Leslie shares. She was down to two of her designs and called her father to help her make the decision. He easily chose one over the other, and knowing it was his favorite solidified the choice for Leslie.
On the day-of, she got ready with The Clique, who made her feel like the best version of herself. The bride completed her look with Jimmy Choo satin heels and her mother’s pearl and diamond drop earrings, the perfect “something borrowed.” A custom One/Of veil with Italian lace appliqué was carefully placed in her hair before Leslie walked down the aisle.
Elaina, the matron of honor, complemented her sister well in a pink Giambattista Valli dress, and bridesmaids matched in different blush looks. Reid looked handsome in custom Hadleighs all weekend.
On April 22, 2023, Leslie’s grandmother, Ginger Fagan—one of the first female country judges in Texas—officiated the ceremony, just as she had done for Elaina. “It was one of the most special moments of my life walking down the aisle and seeing her and Reid standing up there waiting for me,” Leslie recalls. The bride’s sweetpea bouquet was also a meaningful nod to Reid’s nickname for her. “I locked eyes with Reid, and we never looked away from each other the entire ceremony. I always wondered if my future husband would cry when he saw me, and I think Reid barely held it together!”
After being announced as officially married, the newlyweds had a private cocktail cruise on a pink and white-striped boat, as guests enjoyed the formal drinks hour. “Once we got back, we walked in and danced to ‘Sweet Pea’ by Amos Lee,” Leslie remembers. “Another nod to his nickname for me and the perfect song for us.” After the father of the bride recited a memorable and heartfelt toast to the couple, Leslie and her father later danced to “L.O.V.E.” by Nat King Cole.
The dinner tables, named after Palm Beach’s iconic streets, were Leslie’s favorite design aspect of the night. “I am lucky enough to have the most talented sister in the world, who designed all the artwork from the invitations, place cards, playing cards, literally everything down to the tablecloths!” Leslie gushes. “We were even able to repurpose the tablecloths she designed for her own wedding in Lake Como and use them at mine!” To even further romanticize the space, wooden arbors were covered in more than 7,000 pink garden roses.
Throughout dinner, guests were enthralled by performances by Élan Artists. “It made such a huge impact!” Leslie exclaims.
After the meal, the bride surprised her groom with his cake. “His late grandfather passed down a vintage red Chrysler convertible to Reid and his brother. They still drive his car around Michigan every summer, and everyone always knows it’s them when the car is out in town,” Leslie explains. “The chef was able to perfectly replicate the car out of chocolate, and even put me, Reid, and our dog, Crumpet, in the car!”
Then, the two cut their wedding cake, decorated with pink sugar flowers, ribbons, and a vintage icing technique. When the knife sliced through the confection, fireworks went off to Dean Martin’s “Can’t Take My Eyes Off You.” “It was a moment we will never forget!” Leslie insists.
The party quickly started and moved to the pink and green-striped dance floor that Elaina had created. And once the reception came to a formal close, the couple made their sparkler exit to their getaway car, an original white Corvette convertible. “We only drove about 10 feet and snuck in to change into my after-party dress,” Leslie says of the mermaid-esque Zimmermann minidress for the tropical soirée.
Everyone continued the celebration with a tiki hut bar, deejay, saxophonist, and live performers. “The weather was perfect, so we even got to open up the roof and dance under the stars,” Leslie remembers. “At one point it started raining, just for a few seconds, but it made for such a magical moment, dancing under the stars in the rain at our wedding!”
