They showed the perfect amount of shoulder or cleavage for that sexy-but-classy balance.” Old Hollywood style and how the starlets would dress in the ‘50s. That’s why I’ve always been in awe of brides like Grace Kelly. “I love very classic and timeless wedding dresses-the ones that could be in any era. “I've always loved to be sexy, but now I’m drawn to more demure styles,” she explains. I always knew that, on my wedding day, I wanted to wear something that would leave my grandkids staring at pictures of me thinking that they’d want to wear it at any age, too.”Īs of late, Nikki says has adopted a more understated approach to dressing, both for her wedding day and beyond, and she’s allowed her inspiration sources to similarly shift. “There was just something so iconic and timeless about their gowns. “My Nana has a wall of family wedding photos in her house, and I would always go and look at my great grandmothers’ wedding dresses,” Nikki remembers. Her wedding day-and what she’d look like as a bride-is something that Nikki admits she’s been thinking about for as long as she can remember, so defining her bridal style was a process that, quite literally, began in childhood. “That is what makes me a wife, and a good wife. I never knew if I would make it down the aisle, but what I realized was that I just needed to be at this point in my life,” Nikki says. “It's crazy for me to look back on the journey that brought me here. In 2018, she ended a six-year-long relationship and called off her wedding the next year, she began a relationship with her now-husband, Artem, then got engaged and welcomed the couple’s first child, Matteo, a year later.

The preparation for and the launch of that venture also came during a time of major change in Nikki’s personal life. After spending the bulk of her 20s and early 30s in the ring as a WWE wrestler, in 2021, Nikki-along with her twin sister Brie, and winemaker Ryan Hill-launched Bonita Bonita, a private label with the Hill Family Estate that had been a work in progress for years. “Fearless” also just so happens to be the perfect way to describe Nikki, both as a bride and in her everyday life.

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