Celebration Details
- Couple: Jewel S & Maanas P, Lawyer & Analytics & AI Leader
- Date & Location: 24 January 2026, Singapore (home for ROM, FIASCO by Juice for dinner, Wonder Room at The Singapore EDITION for afterparty)
- Guest Count: 8 at home wedding ceremony, around 100 at dinner and afterparty
She walked in, and everyone was already seated. A hundred faces at long tables, lit warm against the dark wood of FIASCO by Juice, all turning at once. Jewel hadn’t expected to cry.
“It was the moment I’d want to relive,” she says. “Walking in and seeing all my favourite faces.”
Hours earlier, she and Maanas had stood in their own kitchen, 8 people around them, Chappy the cat somewhere in the room. They had read vows over the table where they eat breakfast. By midnight, they were on a dance floor at Wonder Room with spicy mango margaritas in hand, the afterparty still rising.
3 locations. 3 energies. One day that Jewel now describes as a slow-release high: “more gentle and full, making the world feel softer and more like yours than ever before.”
The wedding moved between scales the way a good party moves between conversations: from 8 to 100 to 100 again, just a little louder each time. There was no theme. No strict colour palette. The brief, in Jewel’s words, was simple: fun, intimate, and authentic.
How They Met (and What Came After)
They met on Hinge. Maanas was very tall and very quiet. Jewel asked a lot of questions. He insists it was love at first date; for her, it took a little longer, until Maanas started to feel like home.
They describe their relationship as harmonious, transparent, and admiring. If it were an object, she says, it would be a really peaty whiskey sour, the cocktail that started their first conversation. Layered, a little smoky, and with more depth than it lets on.
They hold weekly “state of the union” meetings, which sounds clinical until you realise it’s how they stay connected through busy weeks. Once a year, they take a trip where the only plan is to stay somewhere lovely and recharge.
The proposal technically happened twice. Maanas asked Jewel to start looking for her engagement ring in January 2025, which was the first proposal, in a way. Jewel, who is particular about jewellery, spent 6 months finding the right one. Once the ring design was locked in, around July 2025, they started planning their wedding. While the ring was being made, she proposed to Maanas in August 2025 with a vintage Rolex. When her ring finally arrived at the end of September, Maanas proposed on a beach at Amanpuri in Phuket. Four months later, they were married.
“We are looking forward to our worlds continuously getting bigger by each other,” Jewel says, “changing and evolving into deeper, layered versions of ourselves, while doing it side by side.”
The Shape of Their Wedding Day
From the beginning, Jewel knew there was one non-negotiable: the wedding ceremony at home. She wanted Chappy present, and she wanted to exchange vows in a space that already held their everyday life.
“Our families huddled around our kitchen table, where we shed tears saying our vows,” she says. “It will forever be one of our favourite memories.”
There’s a line from her vows that has stayed with them:
“I cherish the way we make each other’s worlds bigger, mirroring each other’s lights in our best moments, and we define the meaning of ‘home’ for one another. I vow to be responsible for your heart.”
From there, the day expanded outward.
Dinner at FIASCO by Juice
Choosing FIASCO by Juice for dinner was easy. It’s a restaurant Maanas has been part of since day one — a place where they already knew the food, the team, and the feeling.
The night before the wedding, the FIASCO team removed all the existing furniture and brought in new pieces to seat 100 guests at long tables. This was one of three things Jewel had been clear about from the start: people they loved, long tables, and dancing. The room delivered.
An Afterparty That Kept Going
The afterparty moved to Wonder Room at The Singapore EDITION. The brief here was simple: keep going.
Spicy mango margaritas. Espresso martinis. Music. A mezcal shot taken as a group of 100. By the time the night ended, Jewel and Maanas had been hosting for nearly twelve hours, and still weren’t ready for it to be over.
What They Wore (and Why It Mattered)
Jewel wore two looks across the day, each one saying something about how she approached the whole wedding.
Look One: A Soft Suit
She started with the idea of a sharp white bridal suit for the ROM and dinner. But once she began working with Julianne Tan at Sub Rosa Studio (@subrosa_studio), the picture softened.
Together, they landed on a two-piece satin set:
- A fitted peplum jacket with a shawl collar and delicate bow accents
- A column skirt that ended up shorter and more casual than the gown-like shape they had first imagined
Jewel changed her mind about the skirt halfway through a fitting. Julianne remembers it clearly: “She said with a lot of clarity that it just felt more like her than to try to go for a longer and more dramatic shape that might suit the occasion on paper.”
On the day, several guests told Jewel the jacket reminded them of a hanbok. It hadn’t occurred to her while designing. “Looking back, I think there must have been some quiet influence pulling me toward that shape,” she says. Julianne hadn’t designed for it consciously either, but wasn’t surprised. Some textures of who you are just find their own way in.
A Bespoke Story, Doubled
There was a quietly satisfying symmetry in who made their suits.
- Maanas’ was made by Sam at In Personam Custom Clothiers (@inpersonam.cc)
- Jewel’s by Julianne at Sub Rosa Studio.
Sam and Julianne are married. Their ateliers share a physical location, which meant Jewel and Maanas could sit in on each other’s fittings. “A husband-and-wife duo creating our looks for the day we became one,” Jewel says. It wasn’t something they had planned for; it was simply a friend’s recommendation, and the process unfolded.
The Afterparty Dress That Was Waiting All Along
For the afterparty, Jewel wore a Mara Hoffman dress that had been hanging in her closet for over two years. She had bought it shortly before the brand closed and never quite found the right occasion.
When she started looking for an afterparty look, she kept circling back to it. “Turns out the perfect dress had been waiting there all along,” she says. The floral bust gave just enough drama; the midi length still felt like her.
Her engagement ring, designed over six months with vintage elements through Louise Jean (@louisejean_jewellery), sat alongside the vintage Rolex she had given Maanas the previous August. Hair and makeup were by Victoria Hwang, who Julianne describes as someone who understands a bride’s style “in a heartbeat”. Florals were kept deliberately minimal by Fawn World (@fawn.world).
Moments That Mattered Most
Looking back, Jewel names three moments that defined the day.
The Kitchen
Eight people. Vows. Chappy.
Smallest scale of the day, and the one Jewel describes as the foundation everything else rested on. The kitchen is also where Jewel had her hair and makeup done throughout the weekend, with Victoria Hwang.
“Time with Vic was easily one of my favourite parts of the wedding prep process and my wedding weekend,” she says. “She helped me weave in my heirloom jewellery, a binyeo, a traditional Korean hairpin, from my great-grandmother into one of my wedding looks, and it was a really special touch.”
Walking Into FIASCO
The second was that moment at dinner: walking in and seeing the room already full.
The faces. The long tables. The warmth and noise of everyone they loved in one place, and the surprising rush of tears.
Her Brother’s Quiet Work
The third belonged to Jewel’s brother.
Her father speaks very little English, and her mother is most at home in Korean. Throughout the day, her brother quietly stepped into the role of translator, moving between Jewel’s parents and Maanas’, keeping conversations flowing, making sure no one was left out. “Watching him take such gentle care of both our families,” Jewel says, “was one of the most heartwarming parts of the day.”
There were lighter details too, like the two six-litre champagne bottles they decided to splurge on. Guests signed both bottles after dinner. They now sit at home, ridiculous in scale.
“Just the memory around it cracks us up on a daily basis.”
Looking Back: What They’d Tell Other Couples
Jewel’s advice for couples currently planning is short and unsentimental. “Focus on the people. Be great hosts to your guests. Find people who you genuinely vibe with to be part of your wedding team, and everything else will fall into its place.”
The decisions they made about where to spend reflected this. The six-litre champagne bottles, the photography with Hazicky (@lovemetenderfilms) of Love Me Tender (whose laugh, Jewel says, made everyone feel at ease), the food at FIASCO, a welcome dinner at Senang Supper Club for guests who flew in, and hosting all out of town guests at the Singapore EDITION for the wedding weekend. Minimal florals. No favours. No regrets on what they chose not to do.
When Jewel describes the days after the wedding, she comes back to something people don’t often talk about: not a crash, but a soft, sustained high that lingers.
For a little while, the world felt more theirs than ever.
Vendor Credits
- Photography: Hazicky at Love Me Tender (@lovemetenderfilms)
- Bride’s outfit (ROM and dinner): Sub Rosa Studio (@subrosa_studio)
- Bride’s outfit (afterparty): Mara Hoffman
- Groom’s suit: In Personam Custom Clothiers (@inpersonam.cc)
- Jewellery: Louise Jean (@louisejean_jewellery)
- Hair & Makeup: Victoria Hwang (@vichwangmua)
- Dinner Venue: FIASCO by Juice
- Afterparty Venue: Wonder Room at The Singapore EDITION
- Florals: Fawn World (@fawn.world)
- Wedding Cake: Burnt Ends tart
- Wedding Coordinator: Jasmine Choo
