Gina & James in Princeton, NJ

Two weeks after James' perfectly quirky proposal, the couple was thrown for a loop when James was transferred to his company's London office. But this didn't stop them from planning a superelegant affair -- it just made it a tad more difficult. Once Gina conceived her ideal wedding (formal, romantic, old-world), all the decisions came easily. THE BRIDE Gina Ferrante THE GROOM James Mitchell THE DATE November 6 Gina was practically part of James' family before she even met him. The 28-year-old had gone to boarding school with James' younger brother, Alex, and she worked as an equity derivatives sales trader with his older brother, Andrew, in New York. But it wasn't until she went to a bar with Andrew after a work holiday party that she met the middle Mitchell, James. I hadn't even taken my coat off because I had no intention of staying, Gina says. Then James started talking to me and before I knew it, we had been talking for close to three hours straight! After they had dated for two years, 29-year-old James turned to Gina and said that he had something he wanted her to wear. He pulled out a box, said he wanted her to be his wife, and put the ring on her finger. I asked if he was actually going to ask me, but he said 'Why ask? You might say no! This way, I don't give you the chance to say no,' Gina recalls. She laughed, and he formally asked.