Olivia Culpo and Christian McCaffrey Are Married

Olivia Culpo and Christian McCaffrey are married!

The mannequin, 32, and the NFL star, 28, tied the knot in her dwelling state of Rhode Island on Saturday, June 29.

The couple obtained married in a chapel in Watch Hill, a coastal neighborhood within the city of Westerly, as a result of McCaffrey all the time wished to get married in a church, Culpo informed Vogue. “That was our primary precedence,” she added of the placement.

Talking with the journal forward of her nuptials, Culpo stated that marriage is a “covenant.” “It’s the start of the remainder of your life,” she stated, “and it’s the union and bond of two individuals ceaselessly.”

So, when it got here time to pick out a robe, the previous Miss Universe opted for a customized Dolce & Gabbana costume that, in her phrases, “felt as severe as that dedication.”

The gorgeous, long-sleeve ball robe featured a crew neck and dropped waist, and was paired with a 16-foot lace veil and minimal make-up — no mascara and no eyebrow gel. “I didn’t need it to exude intercourse in any method, form, or kind,” she informed Vogue of her bridal look.

“I wished it to really feel easy and as if it’s complimenting me, not overpowering me,” she continued. “There’s a lot magnificence and ease.”

“After I take into consideration Christian and what he loves and the moments that he thinks that I’m most stunning, it’s completely in one thing like this: timeless, coated and chic,” the mannequin added.

Like Culpo’s precise ceremony look, the method of designing the robe was fairly easy. The primary sketch the Dolce & Gabbana atelier offered her with appeared virtually equivalent to the ultimate product, she informed Vogue.

“It was precisely the identical as the unique sketch,” Culpo stated, including, “That is the primary, final and solely marriage ceremony costume I attempted on.”

Culpo and the San Francisco 49ers working again — who first sparked courting rumors in Might 2019 — introduced their engagement through a joint Instagram publish in April 2023. They shared pictures from the romantic proposal, which befell throughout a Utah getaway, together with the second when McCaffrey obtained down on one knee. One other image provided a glimpse of Culpo’s ring, that includes a big oval diamond and epaulette facet stones.

“We tried to maintain this quiet for so long as potential, however apparently phrase travels quick,” Culpo wrote on her Instagram Story on the time. “I am marrying my greatest pal, I really like you a lot, fiancé.”

Simply weeks after McCaffrey popped the query, the previous Miss Universe informed PEOPLE she was “so excited” concerning the engagement. “It has been the fun of a lifetime, actually,” she stated.

She additionally shared particulars about her then-fiancé’s shock proposal throughout an Amazon Stay, telling her followers she had no concept it was coming.

“Christian deserves an Oscar for his efficiency. He was main me astray the complete time,” she recalled on the time. “I stored asking him if he was able to get engaged or if he had any timeline in thoughts as a result of I used to be beginning to get type of aggravated … he by no means set free a peep.”

After all, she had already turned her ideas to an necessary marriage ceremony element: her costume. “I do have an concept in thoughts, however I’ve discovered that you just by no means know till you strive the precise costume on … I do not know, I do have an concept,” she stated, including, “It is numerous strain.”

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As for McCaffrey getting a peek of her costume earlier than assembly on the altar, Culpo informed PEOPLE in Might that she wished to maintain her bridal look a shock till the large second.

“I do know for positive we’re not going to do a primary look, so he received’t see me till I am strolling down the aisle, I believe that that is rather less frequent today,” she stated.

Again in November 2022, Culpo informed Leisure Tonight that she was keen to interrupt her rule towards courting athletes once more as a result of she acknowledged that McCaffrey was particular.

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“He is simply the most effective, I really feel like he’s actually all the pieces that I may ever ask for,” she stated. “So I by no means have to fret about something. I believe that was the explanation why I did not need to date an athlete, no offense, as a result of there’s a fame there.”

She added, “He comes from an excellent household. We’ve got quite a bit in frequent in that respect. I really feel like you’ll be able to actually inform who an individual is by the those that elevate them.”

All through every of McCaffrey’s NFL seasons thus far, Culpo has absolutely embraced the WAG life, cheering on her man at his video games and even sporting customized 49ers gear to point out her workforce spirit.

After McCaffrey’s workforce received the NFC Championship — and secured their spot within the Tremendous Bowl — in January 2024, Culpo posted an Instagram Reel capturing the couple hugging and celebrating the second after the victory.

“Watching the love of your life dwell out his dream is the most effective feeling on this planet,” she wrote over the video, including within the publish’s caption: “You deserve all of it Christian ❤️. I really like you so a lot.”