The bar at San Vicente Bungalows was the setting for actor, producer, and Privet Beauty founder Rebecca Rittenhouse and venture capitalist Kyle Robiskie’s meet-cute in Los Angeles. “My friend Keleigh Teller—who is rarely in town and rarely makes plans in advance—asked me to have dinner there with about an hour’s notice,” Rebecca remembers. “I met her spontaneously, and we noticed a karaoke party happening, which we then decided to crash. Since it’s a member’s club, and the world is small, we ended up knowing the guy whose birthday it was and decided to hang out and catch up with some friends.”
A few minutes later, Kyle walked in. “I thought he was super cute,” Rebecca admits. “So I basically stared at him until he came and talked to me, which took a while! Apparently, he thought I was there with another guy. He offered to get me a drink, and we sat out on the patio talking, until I lied to him and said I had a friend coming into town that night. Truthfully, I was starting production on a new show just a few days later and wanted to rest!” Before they parted ways, they planned their first date for the following weekend.
Exactly two years later, Kyle proposed at the very same place where they’d met. “He recreated that first night and even had Keleigh take me to dinner in order to surprise me,” Rebecca remembers. After the proposal, Kyle had planned a surprise engagement party at Bird Streets in the Hollywood Hills. “He said he wanted to gather as many of the people he knew we would want to tell immediately, and have them all waiting for us,” Rebecca explains. “I was really late that night, and I think people were starting to worry things might have gone pear-shaped, but I honestly just couldn’t decide what to wear.”
The wedding was held two years and two months later in Pasadena, where Rebecca grew up. The ceremony was in the chapel at the First United Methodist Church, and the reception followed at the bride’s father’s home. “My parents were actually married in the same church as well,” Rebecca says. “Given my mom passed away in 2019, it felt like a really nice way to have her there spiritually.”
In the lead-up to the wedding, Rebecca and Kyle were fairly relaxed when it came to planning. “I definitely put the most energy into my wardrobe,” she admits. “I started looking in L.A., but ultimately, I went to New York during Bridal Market, and I ended up getting every look in New York.”
She worked with Amsale on two custom looks—one for her rehearsal dinner and one for her welcome party, both at The Bird Streets Club, where they had their surprise engagement party. “Sarah Swann and Michael Cho at Amsale are the most thoughtful and lovely people, and I cannot recommend working with them enough,” Rebecca says. “The eyelash jacquard on the skirt of my rehearsal dinner dress is like no fabric I have ever seen before, and the chiffon flowers were all hand-applied on my column gown with the watteau—I think it was incredibly modern and classic at the same time.” Rebecca wore jewelry from Maison Merenor for her rehearsal dinner and welcome party, and many vintage David Webb pieces that added an element of unexpected drama to the looks.