The social event of the season is Gillian Hearst-Shaw’s wedding to Christian Simonds tomorrow at The Pierre.

They both attended the Lawrenceville School but were years apart from each other there. A mutual friend later brought the two together at a New York Rangers hockey game. Christian proposed to Gillian in February after a romantic sleigh ride in the Berkshires.

Gillian’s maid of honor will be her sister Lydia Hearst-Shaw and the bridesmaids will be her cousins Amanda Hearst and Angelina Carmignani. The bridal party will be dressed by Badgley Mischka. Christian’s groomsmen will be his brothers Chandler, Bob, and Reed Simonds.

Gillian is a granddaughter of Randolph Apperson Hearst, the former chairman of The Hearst Corporation, the media conglomerate which was founded by the bride’s great-grandfather William Randolph Hearst.

Christian is an associate at the law firm Lowenstein Sandler. He graduated from Dickinson and received his law degree from Yeshiva. Gillian is an editorial assistant at Town & Country Travel and Town & Country Weddings. She graduated from Georgetown.

They have both spent the past week greeting and hosting private dinners for family and friends flying in from all over the country for the event. Gillian and Christian have been maintaining separate suites at The Pierre in the meantime. The reception will follow the Episcopalian ceremony at the hotel, and the couple will leave for their honeymoon tour after the wedding celebration.

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