There's something fitting about a wedding that begins with a couple who couldn't stop talking. Sloane Gevinson and Danny Steinmetz met on the Lox Club dating app, and their first date in New York City ran so long that the bar had to ask them to leave. From there, the story only grew more certain. "I couldn't imagine going through life without Sloane," Danny said. "She was clearly The One for me."
The couple married on July 26, 2025, at Cedar Lakes Estate in Port Jervis, New York, the same Hudson Valley property where Danny's brother had married three years earlier. For Sloane, the decision was easy. She recalled leaving that first wedding weekend already certain it was "the most spectacular, magical place."
The Save the Date
Before the invitation suite came together, Ceci New York designed Sloane and Danny's save the date, letterpress printed in a soft sage green on pearl white paper. A candid black and white engagement photo anchored the front, with "Save the Weekend" lettering on the reverse, clean and simple, letting the couple's own image lead the way.
A Signature Detail
Ceci New York began by designing a custom monogram for the couple, an interlocking "SD" in an elegant serif that appeared throughout the suite, from the invitation to the envelope flap to the vellum wrap.
Designing for Lakeside Elegance
Sloane and Danny chose a Ceci Collection invitation as the foundation for their suite, then worked with the Ceci New York design team on a series of enhancements to customize it to their story and taste. The goal was to translate the wedding's setting, towering pines, a still lake, soft woodland greenery, into a suite guests would hold in their hands before they ever set foot on the property.
The Lakeside Elegance inspiration drew directly from the landscape: ivory and blush neutrals grounded by moss green and warm taupe. The centerpiece of the suite was a hand-painted vellum wrap featuring a custom watercolor of Cedar Lakes Estate itself, the actual ceremony pathway winding through the pines toward the lake where Sloane and Danny would say their vows. It was tied with a hand-dyed silk ribbon in a rich brown. Inside, the invitation was light brown letterpress on pearl white paper, enhanced with a bevel and ink-tinted edge for extra dimension.
Every piece of the suite, from the reply card to the accommodations card to the welcome dinner insert, carried the same brown and white modern style and warm, romantic palette through to the smallest detail, so that the paper told the same story the couple would later tell at the altar.
Ceci New York also designed the couple's wedding website, extending the Lakeside Elegance look and the custom monogram into the digital experience where guests found ceremony details, accommodations, and RSVP information ahead of the big day.
The Day Itself
Sloane and Danny got married beneath the pines, in front of 265 guests seated on wooden benches facing the lake. Sloane wore an off-the-shoulder gown and carried a bouquet of hellebores, walking down the aisle to "If I Ain't Got You" by Alicia Keys. "I wanted an elegant, romantic, whimsical outdoor ceremony with lots of greenery, yellows, and purples," she said of her vision.
The reception moved into the estate's barn, where the mood shifted entirely. "I wanted the reception to have a moody, sexy, romantic, dark vibe," Sloane said, and the room delivered: velvet-clad tables, allium and hydrangea arrangements, taper candles, and greenery-draped chandeliers over the dance floor.
By the end of the night, that vision had come full circle. "We just really wanted to party," Sloane said, "and I think that was achieved because everyone was on the dance floor the whole time."
This wedding was originally featured in the Spring 2026 issue of Inside Weddings, written by Kelcy Christy, with photography by Roey Yohai Studios. As seen in Inside Weddings.
