Pop star Este Haim marries former JFS deputy head boy in California
Taylor Swift and Stevie Nicks were among the guests at lavish wedding
If you can’t be a pop star, marrying one comes a very close second. When Jonathan Levin was deputy head boy at JFS his likely goals were business and entrepreneurship. He succeeded in both and now has ticked the ‘fame’ box too, as on New Year’s Eve he married Jewish musician Este Haim at a star-studded ceremony in California.
After leaving JFS Levin studied economics at Bristol University and then did a masters in philosophy and economics at Oxford before emigrating to New York. He cofounded cryptocurrency data platform Chainalysis, which was designed to make cryptocurrency data universally accessible and useful to those wanting to build their trust in blockchains.
Este and Jonathan, who met on a blind date in Brooklyn, got engaged in December 2024 during a hike in LA. Este announced their engagement on Instagram wearing a t-shirt saying “I’M TAKEN”.
The bride wore a magnificent bespoke dramatic voluminous Louis Vuitton dress with a fitted high-necked jacket with leg-of-mutton puffed sleeves and a voluminous skirt. After the ceremony, she changed into a drop-waisted lace dress with spaghetti straps that shortened via a removable skirt for the after-party.
Este’s sisters (who together with her form the band Haim) Alana and Danielle were bridesmaids, in pale blue Louis Vuitton fitted dresses with ruching across the hip. “We’re Este’s something blue,” Alana told Vogue at the final fitting. “And kind of my something borrowed,” Este added.
Taylor Swift and Stevie Nicks were among the guests. Este previously collaborated with Swift on the songs Gasoline and No Body, No Crime, and also her on her Eras Tour.
“I’m looking forward to seeing my entire family together, for the first time in a long time, and partying with my friends, and finally being married,” Este said of the wedding. “Though the most important thing is that I’m getting married and that I met the right person.”
The next day, guests including Jason Segel and Donald Glover were treated to a 16-hour movie marathon at the Ojai Playhouse, curated by director Paul Thomas Anderson, who is doing the awards circuit with his film One Battle After Another. He cast Este Haim as the lead in his 2021 drama Licorice Pizza, and chose six movies for guests to enjoy, inclduing Casablanca, Casino and Father of the Bride.
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