Rock Legend Dave Navarro Marries Actress Vanessa DuBasso at Scottish Citadel (Unique)

Dave Navarro has hit a brand new excessive word in life!

The Jane’s Dependancy guitarist, 57, married actress and clothier Vanessa DuBasso on Saturday, March 29, at Dunskey Property in Stranraer, Scotland. The couple tells PEOPLE that they had at all times dreamed of tying the knot at a fort, and once they noticed photos of Dunskey — a secluded coastal property that includes an Edwardian fort surrounded by acres of woodlands and punctuated with views of the ocean — they had been immediately captivated by the “enchanting” venue.

“It exudes a moody, ethereal appeal. Surrounded by a towering forest, a serene lake and the ruins of a fort alongside the shoreline, it felt like stepping right into a fairytale,” says DuBasso, 31, who’s the founding father of VANTABLACKLAMM, a set of hand-painted leather-based seems to be.

Navarro provides: “We needed our marriage ceremony to really feel like a dream. It was vital to us to discover a place that felt not like wherever we had ever been, a spot that embraced nature and transported us to a different world. We needed our family members to share on this intimate expertise.”

The fort setting completely complemented the couple’s overarching imaginative and prescient of a “Gothic, darkly romantic ambiance,” the tone of which was first set at their rehearsal dinner, held on Friday, March 28, through a lot of black candles and deep-colored flowers.

DuBasso and Navarro — who additionally famously performed with the Purple Sizzling Chili Peppers from 1993 to 1998 — exchanged handwritten vows in a forest ceremony that includes a sequence of gold candelabra on the altar, an aisle lined with white roses and chandeliers hung from the bushes to create “an virtually celestial ambiance.”

“I actually needed the marriage day to really feel like a chunk of heaven,” DuBasso notes of the celebration, which was deliberate by Wendy Parker Occasions.

For Saturday’s ceremony — which was officiated by Ali Orr Ewing, the proprietor of Dunskey Property — the bride wore white with delicate black particulars, whereas the groom sported all-black apparel from Era Tux, which DuBasso says was “a mirrored image of our contrasting but complementary spirits.” She collaborated with Tina Wong, the designer and proprietor of Grace + Ivory, on her romantic, Victorian-inspired bridal look.

Led by DuBasso’s imaginative and prescient, Wong designed a Marie Antoinette-style corset detailed with three completely different appliqué types to create an intricate sample. The corset’s entrance was adorned with a cross emblem that includes delicate, freshwater pearl beading. The again had black velvet lacing in a nod to Navarro’s black go well with.

DuBasso’s corset was paired with a flowing, floor-length skirt which was tied with a bow. “It was designed to really feel ethereal — like an iridescent cloud,” says the After We Collided star, who accomplished her bridal ensemble with white Mary Jane pumps by Versace and a pair of angel wings.

Explaining the distinctive accent selection, she says, “Dave calls me his ‘respiratory cherub.’ ”

DuBasso was styled by One thing White Styling.

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She struck a darker, extra dramatic word together with her rehearsal dinner look, selecting a see-through black lace gown additionally designed by Grace + Ivory, topped with a military-style leather-based jacket from Versace’s Fall 2019 runway present, which DuBasso says she’s “obsessive about.” She completed her look with Versace fight boots.

Navarro’s white gold marriage ceremony band and DuBasso’s white gold eternity band with 5 carats of oval diamonds had been crafted by Simon G. Jewellery. The couple additionally dazzled in a number of different diamond items from the designer, together with the bride’s white gold diamond tennis bracelet and necklace.

Because the intimate forest ceremony unfolded, a three-piece quartet carried out reside classical music. DuBasso walked down the aisle to Debussy’s “Clair de Lune.” After the newlyweds sealed the cope with a kiss, the music segued to “Spring 1” from Recomposed by Max Richter: Vivaldi – The 4 Seasons. Fireworks lit up the night sky in celebration of the pair formally being declared husband and spouse.

When the reception kicked off, the newlyweds and their visitors — who included comic Pete Davidson — loved a dinner that includes pasta, filet mignon and seafood, in addition to an array of conventional Scottish desserts.

When it got here to the marriage cake, DuBasso, who’s Swedish, had her coronary heart set on a princess cake, a basic domed confection consisting of layers of sponge, raspberry jam, vanilla custard and whipped cream and topped with a marzipan overlay. Whereas the cake is often inexperienced, DuBasso and Navarro’s was adorned with white icing, black cathedral patterns and roses.

After dinner, everybody celebrated and danced the hours away within the fort’s dungeon, pausing to take pleasure in some pizza as “a comfy, late-night snack.”

The day after their ceremony, the couple deliberate to shut out their marriage ceremony weekend festivities with some gun capturing, encounters with owls and completely different birds by means of Dunskey’s “Falconry” expertise, a barbecue within the woods and a bonfire on the seaside. “I needed our final day to overflow with coloration, an expression of life,” DuBasso tells PEOPLE.

Navarro and his now-wife met eight years in the past, after the rock star noticed a film trailer that includes DuBasso and was smitten at first sight. He reached out to the film’s director, who occurs to be a pal, and requested if the model-turned-actress could be serious about a date with him.

DuBasso remembers being equally captivated by the six-time Grammy-nominated musician. “I used to be instantly drawn to Dave’s inexperienced chestnut eyes, tattoos and darkish comedic humor,” she tells PEOPLE. “His entire being is powerfully magnetic, and it was love at first sight.”

Reflecting on previous relationships, she says every part “was completely different” with Navarro. “I’ve by no means felt this manner about anybody,” she explains. “He’s the love of my life.”

Navarro jokingly remembers how he was so overtaken with pleasure when he was getting ready to pop the query to DuBasso that his carefully-laid proposal plans went proper out the window.

“I had this grand proposal deliberate, however my pleasure acquired the most effective of me. I couldn’t include myself, and it ended up occurring in our kitchen round 3 a.m., simply the 2 of us,” he says, including, “In hindsight, it was completely intimate — our personal magical second.”

DuBasso, who describes herself and Navarro as “soulmates,” remembers being “extraordinarily misplaced and caught in a cycle of self-destruction” earlier than the musician got here into her life. “Dave saved me from myself,” she says. “I really like who I’m now as a result of he’s proven me who I could be and what I’m able to. He’s kissed all my scars and I don’t know if both of us could be alive in the present day if it weren’t for one another.”

Provides Navarro: “We assist each other in ways in which we’ve by no means skilled earlier than, by means of essentially the most darkest occasions and the lightest occasions. We are able to at all times depend on one another to catch the opposite if one among us slips.”

Now that they are married, the 2 are wanting ahead to settling down collectively in “a house immersed in nature, someplace distant the place we will be happy to create our little life away from the chaotic and busy world,” DuBasso says.

However first, they plan to take pleasure in a honeymoon exploring all of the sights of Edinburgh, significantly its many historic castles.

“Dave can be tremendous enthusiastic about occurring the hunt for holy relics,” DuBasso notes. “It’s one thing he has been fascinated together with his entire life, and he’s going to attempt to discover one of many places the place the Grail is supposedly housed.”

Further Credit:

Photographer: The Drakes

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Make-up: Nikki Mitchell

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