The Lodge at Malibou Lake wedding

Charlotte & Gavin // The Lodge at Malibou Lake wedding//

Charlotte and Gavin got married at the Lodge at Malibou Lake, a place that was already very much part of their lives. Charlotte grew up in Malibu, her mom has lived at the lake for the past ten years, and it was on the little island in the middle of the lake that Gavin proposed. So, naturally, they came back to the lake for the wedding.

The two met through Charlotte’s best friend, who deserves all the credit and is the maid of honor, the bar that does turtle racing. After meeting Gavin at a bar called Brennans that does turtle races, she suggested Charlotte message him on Instagram. She did. Their first date lasted eight hours, involving a wine shop, a karaoke bar, and wine-fueled renditions of the Rolling Stones and Spice Girls. Two hours into the date, Charlotte texted her friend that she was going to marry him.

Three years later, they live by the beach with Maggie, their ten-year-old Newfoundland, and spend their time between Los Angeles, Malibu, and Gavin’s Bay Area roots.

For the wedding, Charlotte wanted photographs that felt romantic without becoming overly posed. She loves film, movement, color, and photographs that feel a little more editorial than traditional. No everyone-standing-perfectly-still-and-looking-at-the-camera situation. More movement, more personality, more of the day as it actually felt.

Charlotte wire a vintage lace wedding dress that she found & had altered, keeping the character of the original lace & vintage touches while making the fit and details feel distinctly hers. She finished it with a brooch passed down through Gavin’s family—a small detail that tied something old into something entirely her own.

Their ceremony took place at the lodge at Malibou lake on the lawn, and the guests walked over to the dock for cocktail hour, with the island Gavin proposed on in the background.

The whole thing felt relaxed, colorful, and distinctly Charlotte and Gavin — classic, a little polished, a little playful, and thankfully never too serious.

\\see photos of Charlotte and Gavin’s wedding at the Lodge at Malibou Lake