“I swiftly went to the bathroom to freshen up, put on lipstick, and came back to enjoy an amazing evening-the first of many! We have been inseparable ever since,” Bettina says. Halfway through the meal, Bettina realized it was more than a friendly affair. The two meant to go to dinner with a few of Carlos’s friends, but when said friends all canceled at the last minute, the pair decided to go on their own. Their first meeting may have been long awaited, but their first date was happenstance.

we had mutual feelings of ease and familiarity, but I don’t think either of us knew what was in store.' 'We actually both said it out loud to one another. 'I remember feeling as if we had known each other our entire lives,' she recalls. The two had connected over Facebook Messenger ('when that was a thing'), and he invited her to his home for a dinner party, where they met for the first time. 'There were so many moments where we could have run into each other, but we happened to miss one another until the universe decided it was time,' Bettina tells BAZAAR Bride. They then attended the same university, and had intertwined social circles and multiple mutual friends-before finally meeting in London.

The two grew up in Florida she in Ocala, he in Miami. In honor of Bettina and Carlos’s one-year anniversary, Bettina shared their story-and all the decor, details, fashion moments, and photos of their four-day affair-exclusively with BAZAAR Bride.įor years, Bettina Looney and Carlos Segovia were ships passing in the night. Per Bettina's personal style, the Segovias' wedding became an Instagram source of inspiration to brides worldwide who spent the year planning, postponing, and replanning their weddings locally and abroad. Bettina Looney, personal stylist, tastemaker, and brand ambassador, wed Carlos Segovia in South Africa in February 2020, right before the pandemic and its subsequent lockdowns put the world on pause.

This was a love story we have been waiting to tell for a year.

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