This Indie-Band Bride Wore Two Statement Cape Dresses for Her Eccentric Silver Lake Wedding

Music was the food of love at their ceremony. “As our relationship started, Ben and I would sit at the piano and learn songs together,” Jess says. “It was this sweet courting period, and sharing music was a special way we expressed mutual—and slightly corny—affection. So it was only natural that I would walk down the aisle to the song that started that ritual: ‘I Waited for You’ by Daniel Norgren,” Jess says. “My dear friends and longtime collaborators Sara Bareilles and Emily King agreed to sing it.” Both bride and groom were overcome with emotion as the duo crooned their rendition. Then, as they stomped the glass and exited the garden, another musician friend, David Ryan Harris, sang “God Only Knows” by the Beach Boys.

They held cocktail hour around the pool. With Sullivan’s help, Jess adorned her custom bars with bold floral House of Hackney wallpaper. Guests enjoyed lobster rolls from Eventide in Portland, Maine, and Cuban cigars as the sun began to set around them. Many also took the time to explore the palatial home, thanks to a playful illustrated map by Mackenzie Moore that Jess and Ben had provided.​ “We worked with Melissa’s team to turn them into origami-style Victorian puzzle purses that served as escort cards with seating assignments, as well as guides to the property,” Jess says.

For Jess, the staff uniforms were also part of the fun. They sourced vintage-style suits that they embroidered with hand-beaded patches with cats and wolves—a nod to their surnames of Katz and Wolfe. “Costuming is such a large part of my professional life,” she explains. (The two animals served as ongoing motifs throughout the weekend, also adorning the table settings.)

The party enjoyed dinner on the lawn and afterward headed into the Paramour Estate’s home for a raucous party. Upon a palm-covered stage sat a fully customized drum set emblazoned with “Bennie and the Jess.” “It really made the band feel ours,” says Jess. She changed into a gold cape dress from Celine, while Ben slipped into a custom cream sport jacket (by Austin’s Fort Lonesome) embroidered with the same Elton John–inspired wordplay—a nod to the meaningful, memorable look Jess saw on the iconic singer years ago.

Once people started to dance—courtesy of the couple’s band, Scary Pockets, and later DJ Jason Stewart of the podcast *How Long Gone*—it was hard to get them to stop: “The floor was shaking, we were dancing so hard,” she says. “The party would have been incomplete without several guests jumping in the pool.”

Indeed, when asked to reflect on her wedding months later, Jess had a definitive response: “We have no notes. It was absolutely the best day of our lives.”