Big Day Meets the Big Screen in Welcome Party and Wedding Inspired by "The Parent Trap"

Everyone has that one movie they can watch over and over again and recite every line from memory. For bride Brooke, that movie is The Parent Trap. “It’s my ultimate childhood nostalgia film,” she says of the 1998 romantic comedy, which stars Lindsay Lohan as identical twins Annie and Hallie, who are separated at birth and living apart. “You have Hallie, who lives on her father’s winery in Napa, and Annie, who lives in London with her wedding gown-designer mother. Both settings are incredibly charming and speak to my soul.”

So, naturally, when Brooke and fiancé Brandon decided to spend forever together—the pair met in biology class while attending the University of Arizona—they channeled all The Parent Trap vibes, from a cozy, wine estate-inspired venue to songs pulled straight from the soundtrack.

Their celebration began with a welcome party aboard the 85- foot schooner The Bay Lady, which mirrored the film’s opening scene of the parents’ marriage at sea. Brooke brought her love for movie mom Elizabeth James into the aesthetic with her welcome-party style, donning a clean and classic gown from Anthropologie with a high- neck sheer shawl from Lola Varma, which she ordered sight unseen from The Dress Theory Seattle.

The Corson Building was the ideal fit for their nuptials, lending a quaint vineyard villa aesthetic that conveyed “Hallie” with perfection. Songs from the film peppered their wedding weekend, including “L-O-V-E” by Nat King Cole and “Soulful Strut” by Young-Holt Unlimited, which, the bride notes, is the tune playing during Annie’s iconic handshake with her butler. How’s that for a true fan?