A Bohemian Wedding in Telluride, Colorado
Hannah and J. D.
Many people would think themselves lucky to have experienced one earth-shattering kiss over the course of a lifetime. Hannah and J. D. Gluckstern have shared at least three. The first came in the summer of 2005, after their freshman year of college in New York City. Hannah's second cousin invited her to see a reggae band; J. D. was the keyboardist and percussionist. The two flirted for weeks that summer, eventually pairing up at a post-gig house party. "It was one of those kisses where you just know," says J. D. That launched a summer romance, but there was one problem: Hannah was still involved with an on-again, off-again longtime boyfriend. "I was young and really struggled with moving on," she says.
So they reverted to friendship, much to J. D.'s chagrin. Not long afterward, he took a semester off from school to volunteer in India. In a surprise twist, Hannah decided to join him. "I loved the idea of doing some sort of adventure," she says. For the first two weeks, they tried to keep things friendly, but "obviously, I wanted more, and it was just hard," J. D. recalls. Then came one magical night in Jaipur—and with it, life-altering kiss number two. "We call it the kiss of Jaipur," says Hannah. "I started to cry." By the time they returned home, the two were inseparable.
"Our family was always asking, 'Don't you guys get sick of each other?'" says Hannah. In a word, no. Over the years the couple—he's a musician and DJ; she's a freelance fashion stylist —lived briefly in Australia (where they knew no one but each other) and frequently traveled to Telluride, Colorado, where his parents have a home, before settling down in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, and opening Concrete + Water, a cutting-edge clothing boutique.
But it wasn't until nearly 10 years after the kiss of Jaipur, in Telluride, that a third mind-blowing moment took place. On June 25, 2016, under an arbor of peonies and olive leaves in an aspen grove dotted with wildflowers, and surrounded by 165 loved ones, Hannah and J.D. exchanged vows they'd written themselves and finally became husband and wife. They sealed the union, naturally, with the sweetest kiss of all.
Worldly textiles added a personal touch for this adventurous duo.
