From the editors
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04 · 09 · 2027
Saturday 4 September 2027, in London. The church ceremony begins at 12:00 pm.
Add it to your calendarDear friend,
With all our love,
Kemi & Dayo
Editors, The Wedding Issue
The feature
Pot luck
The cast
And then
04 · 09 · 2027
This is where you come in.
“Two are better than one… and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.” Ecclesiastes 4:9–12
Tear out the reply couponListings
Two days in London, three venues. Directions and a calendar entry for each are one tap away.
Saturday, hour by hour
On the day this list follows the clock, so you can always see what is on now.
The aṣọ òkè edit
The Edit
Friday borrows from the old prestige cloths of aṣọ òkè: a claret as deep as alaari, a sand as soft as sanyan, and a thread of gold. Saturday goes black tie, the London way, in Thames ink and after-midnight navy. Two days, two looks.
Spotted: the wedding train
Society
The sisters, brothers, flatmates and one man with a fire blanket who carried us here, and who will walk in ahead of us.
Portraits to follow. The real ones will be taken on the chapel steps at 1:15 pm.
Reply
Will you celebrate with us?
Please reply by
Saturday 24 July 2027Torn out and ready
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The agony column
Dear Aunty
You asked. Aunty answers, with love and only a little side-eye.
Your presence is the gift
Shop the registry
Truly. Bring yourselves and your prayers, and that is everything. If your hand still finds something to give, pick something off our wish list, or give towards our first home through the classifieds.
Bought something? Press I’m getting this so we can mark it taken before two aunties buy the same air fryer. Bigger gifts can be shared: chip in any amount through the classifieds.
Classifieds
Cash gifts towards our first home, from the UK, Nigeria or anywhere. Copy what you need, and put your name as the reference so the gift reaches the book.
The wedding playlist
On rotation
From the first dance to the last Afrobeats run before the Jubilee line home. Follow along, and tell us in your reply what we are missing.
Side A, track 1: Bach’s Air on the G String, for Kemi’s walk down the aisle.
Letters
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