Parents and grandparents, Jocelyne Katz and Alberto Chehebar never wanted to pass the ring on the finger after two decades of love. But the anniversary of their meeting made them change their mind!
In love as on the first day, Jocelyne Katz and Alberto Chehebar have known each other for 20 years. They met during a dinner given by a common friend and since then they never left each other. But they never felt to get married. “”We had never considered it because we had the feeling that we did not need to pass the ring on the finger. Why take a new step when everything was going so well already between us? “said the old Chilean model aged 70 to the Australian version of the magazine Vogue.
But as the twentieth anniversary of their meeting approaches, Jocelyne Katz and Alberto Chehebar began to think about a party bringing together their families and their friends to celebrate their love. “”We have thought about a long time and we said to ourselves: but ultimately why not formalize our union? It’s been more than two decades that we are together and we now know that we want to be together until the end of our days“. The old top model and the art collector therefore decided to take the plunge and, during a sunny day last January, they united their destiny with their artist brigitte from Annibale in Malibu, California.
Jocelyne Katz chose to wear a dress signed Gabriela Hearst. “” At first, I especially didn’t want to get married in white. But when we passed the Gabriela Hearst store in Los Angeles, Alberto fell for a broken white model and offered to try it. The favorite was immediate “Explains the young bride who has accessorized her with pearl earrings and Hindu prayer bracelets. During the big day, she made her entry with her companion and their grandchildren to the sound of a flute.”The ceremony was both simple and spiritual. The presence of my three children and my grandchildren was the most beautiful gift. ”
The newlyweds and their loved ones then found themselves during a lunch in the garden which ended at dusk by the cocoa ceremony which draws its roots from the old cultures of Central America and which mixes prayer, meditation, song and tasting of a cocoa drink … Ten months after this marriage which was not planned, Jocelyne Katz does not regret the ring Couples who hesitate to be seduced by a late wedding! “” You will not regret it “, she concludes!
