An island girl at heart, raised in sun-drenched Barbados, Sanjana Sippy has always seen herself as a free spirit. It’s a quality that shaped her work as a fashion stylist and later as the founder of her sustainable resortwear label, IsaaVibes, and it carried into her wedding in Mexico City to wellness investor Sumesh Sachar, a self-proclaimed modern-day nomad whose believes better living isn’t just a trend but a lifelong pursuit.
“We were introduced through a mutual friend on Instagram,” says Sippy. “I wasn’t looking to date, but every Sunday he’d send me a ‘Happy Sunday Funday!’ message.” A year of digital hellos later, Sachar surprised her in Barbados. Their first date played out on a boat, and Sundays quickly became their thing. “And just like that, three years sailed by,” she shares.
Though long-distance for much of their relationship, the couple always spent their summers together. One such trip took them to Portugal’s rugged coastline, where days were spent sailing, swimming in azure waters and staying at Christian Louboutin’s boutique hotel in Melides. What Sippy didn’t know was that Sachar was planning to propose. On a serene sandbank in Comporta, he set up a picnic brunch, poured champagne and asked Sippy to marry him under sunshine-speckled skies.
For the couple, choosing to have the wedding in Mexico City was easy enough. Having vacationed there before, they felt its colour-soaked streets, modernist architecture and playful spirit mirrored their own. “Our wedding mood board was about creating an experience—a celebration of love and culture blending into each other,” Sippy shares.
For their three-day wedding weekend, they wanted family and friends to fully immerse themselves in the essence of Mexico. They kicked off the celebrations with an intimate haldi ceremony where Sippy wore a Shivan & Narresh sari in a bold, abstract print that balanced tradition with contemporary design, while Sachar chose a custom-printed kurta from Just Men. The welcome dinner unfolded at a city restaurant under the theme of tequila, tacos and tango, complete with a mariachi band, taco stands and a sommelier-led tequila tasting. For the occasion, the bride wore a Ritika Mirchandani custom one-shoulder dress with a sari drape and gold embroidery—“flirty and chic with just the right amount of drama,” as she describes it.