Sophia Bush

Actor and producer Sophia Bush met entrepreneur and real estate investor Grant Hughes on a New Year's trip to Nicaragua almost 10 years ago.

“And we dyed a pair of satin Jimmy Choo heels to match the ivory shade and stitched two matching brooches from Beladora Jewelry—sewn on by Grant’s best man!—to the corners where the cape attached to the back of the gown. “We met in the middle, took one another’s hands, and together we walked into our wedding,” Sophia says. “We wanted our parents’ love and equitable partnerships to open our ceremony and to walk in their footsteps,” Sophia says. “My gown was exquisite but also took up a lot of space, and we had dancing to do!” she says. “A blooming rose became our phrase to describe the look we were going for—warm, romantic, and tender,” Sophia says. The wedding took place on Saturday June 11, 2022, at the Philbrook Museum of Art. “From the moment we got engaged, I knew what I wanted my dress to be,” Sophia says. “We finished the look with a pair of Monique Lhuillier heels in a perfect shade of pale, peachy pink.” “And while it was lovely to be met with so much unabashed positivity—as a political activist I am all too familiar with the tendency of the internet to be abusive to women—it was also jarring. “It all began with welcome drinks at Lowood restaurant on Thursday night to ensure that our guests could become intimately acquainted with Tulsa and her history,” Sophia says. “We shared the news publicly a few days later because we’d been spotted in Puglia by a group of very sweet Gen Z girls, and I watched them clock the ring on my finger. They got engaged in August of 2021 on Lake Como in Italy. “Grant booked us a sightseeing tour on a classic Riva boat and popped the question during golden hour,” Sophia remembers. “We became fast friends but only saw each other a few times a year because both of us were traveling all of the time for work,” Sophia says.