A Luminous St. Regis Cap Cana Wedding: Yevette & Keith

Day one: the welcome dinner, and a sleek bun

The celebration opened with a welcome dinner, and Yevette arrived in a gown made just for her by the designer Lazaro — created specifically for the evening, as her wedding dress would be the next day. When a bride wears couture built for her body and her alone, my job is to make sure the beauty does not compete with it. It should feel like the same thought, continued.

So for the welcome dinner, she chose a sleek bun — and it was the right instinct. There is nothing more quietly luxurious than a perfectly smooth, polished bun: elegant, minimalist, architectural, and completely at ease. It puts the focus on the face, the neckline, the gown. It photographs beautifully from every angle. And — not a small thing across a long Caribbean evening — it is comfortable, secure, and unbothered by humidity. Luxury that you do not have to think about for the rest of the night is the best kind.

I styled Yevette's hair that evening, and her daughters' as well — a detail that mattered to me. Getting a mother and her girls ready together, across both days, is one of the quiet privileges of this work. It is not a transaction; it is a family preparing to celebrate, and being part of that is a gift.

Day two: the wedding, and Caribbean Hollywood waves

The wedding day called for something more classic, and we went to one of my signatures: soft, glossy, old-Hollywood waves — adapted for the Caribbean.

That adaptation is the whole craft. A true Hollywood wave is a gorgeous thing, but the version you would set for a temperate ballroom will not survive a Cap Cana day of sun, sea air, and humidity. My waves are built differently — engineered to hold their shape and shine from the first portrait through to the last dance, without falling or frizzing as the evening warms. They look effortlessly vintage and behave like modern, long-wear styling, which is exactly the balance a destination bride needs.

And they held. I will admit I kept checking the couple's stories through the night — a small professional habit — and the waves were still perfect hours in, on the dance floor, exactly as they had been at the ceremony. There is no better proof of a look than the final photograph of the night looking as fresh as the first.

For Yevette, as always, the principle was presence, not transformation: hair and beauty that revealed her, elevated and luminous, never a different woman. Two looks, both unmistakably hers.

The morning, and the team behind it

A wedding of this scale is never one pair of hands. While I focused on Yevette and her daughters across both days, my atelier team worked alongside me to prepare the wider party — hair and makeup for the gathering crowd of guests, so that everyone stepped into the celebration camera-ready and calm.

That is what a private atelier morning is meant to feel like: unhurried for the bride, beautifully choreographed for everyone around her, with a timeline built in advance so the morning is the gentlest part of the day rather than its most stressful. At a property as committed to seamless service as the St. Regis, the beauty should feel like an extension of the same care — and that is what we set out to deliver.

The wedding team

A celebration like this is the work of many talented people, and I am grateful to have created alongside them — hair and bridal beauty by Tatiana Dvoriadkina and atelier team; gowns for the welcome dinner and the wedding by Lazaro, both created bespoke for Yevette; photography by Emily; photo and video by Capture.do; and the venue, the St. Regis Cap Cana.

A note for couples planning their own Cap Cana celebration

If you are planning a wedding — or a wedding and a welcome dinner, or a multi-day celebration — at the St. Regis Cap Cana or elsewhere in Cap Cana, this is exactly the kind of work my atelier exists for: bespoke hair and beauty designed around you, built to last in the Caribbean, with the same quiet care given to the morning of as to the final song of the night.

Frequently asked

Where was Yevette and Keith's wedding held?

Yevette and Keith were married at the St. Regis Cap Cana in the Dominican Republic on 30 April and 1 May 2026 — one of the very first weddings at the brand's Dominican Republic debut property.

What bridal hair looks did the bride wear?

Two looks across two days: a sleek, polished low bun for the welcome dinner, and soft, glossy old-Hollywood waves engineered for the Caribbean climate on the wedding day itself.

Do old-Hollywood waves hold up in the Cap Cana climate?

Yes, when built for it. The waves are set with humidity-resistant prep and long-wear product so they keep their shape and shine from first portrait to last dance, without falling or frizzing as the evening warms.

Who styled the bride and the wedding party?

Bridal hair and beauty were created by Tatyana Dvoryadkina for the bride and her daughters across both days, with her atelier team styling the wider wedding party in the bridal suite at the St. Regis Cap Cana.