Scott Kellman first slid into Allison Taylor’s DMs during the pandemic. “Instagram never appealed to him, but he decided to download it in an effort to put himself out there,” Allison, the co-founder of the cult skincare brand Le Prunier, remembers. “I was living in L.A. at the time, and he was in NY.”
A close mutual friend, Lauren Taylor, vouched for him when Allison reached out to her for intel, and after six months of long-distance texts and calls, they finally decided to meet somewhere in the middle. Aspen was the established halfway point.
“I stayed at the St. Regis, which ended up being the location of our first date,” Allison recalls. “We met in the lobby for drinks, sat by the fire talking for hours, and I think we both knew pretty immediately. What was supposed to be a three-day trip turned into a full week.”
Scott likes to joke with Allison that he booked the proposal venue exactly three months after meeting her, but that he exercised admirable strength by waiting a year to pop the question. “Early on in our relationship, he took me on a date to Pinecreek Cookhouse—we snowshoed a few miles to the restaurant, and under the clearest night sky, I remember telling him I had never seen so many stars,” Allison says. “It was so beautiful.” Cut to precisely a year later from the day they met, and Scott got down on one knee and proposed on that same trail. When they reached the restaurant, he had managed to get 40 of their nearest and dearest from around the world there to surprise Allison. “I was so blown away,” she remembers. “That night was unbelievably fun and memorable.”
Their wedding was held on September 13, 2026, in Montecito, CA. The festivities began on Friday evening at Bellosguardo, a historic estate overlooking the Santa Barbara coastline. “Our dear friend, Lily Hahn Shining, had just finished commissioning the renovation of the property’s greenhouse and generously offered the venue for the evening,” Allison explains. “We loved that it felt like we were somewhere in the South of France—sans the nine-hour flight.”
The wedding on Saturday took place at San Ysidro Ranch in Montecito. “When we first met, Scott had never taken a proper California road trip, so we drove up the coast, and I suggested a few stops—San Ysidro Ranch was among them,” Allison explains. “We had dinner on the lower patio under the bougainvillea, and he fell in love instantly. We even discussed wanting to get married there, so returning to finally celebrate our marriage felt beautifully full circle.”
The planning process was a journey, with a few unexpected delays along the way—but once they were introduced to event planners Smith & James, everything fell into place. “They were an absolute dream to work with and brought our vision to life beautifully,” Allison says. Their ultimate goal was for their guests to enjoy themselves and feel completely cared for throughout the weekend. “As someone who had never spent much time imagining what my wedding might look like growing up, the weekend ended up feeling so perfectly us,” Allison notes. “Elegant, authentic, a bit rustic, and filled with so much love. It was better than we could’ve ever imagined.”