Former Bachelorette Andi Dorfman and Blaine Hart to Wed in Italy: Everything to Know

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Former Bachelorette Andi Dorfman and Blaine Hart to Wed in Italy: Everything to Know

From Bachelorette to bride! Andi Dorfman and Blaine Hart are ready to exchange vows nearly a decade after she handed out roses. The season 10 star opened up exclusively to Us Weekly about her upcoming nuptials, including the biggest difference between what she wanted in a wedding back in 2014 and now. “Great question. I think it's probably just more of the size of the wedding I wanted and the whole, like, drama fairy tale aspect of it,” Dorfman told Us. “And now we're doing a destination wedding, totally opposite [of what I thought I wanted].” The former ABC star and Hart will wed in Italy after they reconnected overseas during summer 2021. “We re-met in Italy. We actually met one time in college. He was baseball teammates with one of my high school friends and there was a 4th of July party [and] we met then. And then literally 15 years later we were both in Italy and he DMed me. He's like, ‘Are you in Italy right now?’ I was like, ‘Yeah.’ He's like, ‘I’m coming to the coast this weekend, what are you doing?’ I was like, ‘Nothing, come hang out with us!’ Like, zero strings attached. I had no idea what to expect. I was like, ‘He could be married with kids for all I know! Like, he could be bringing his wife,’” she recalled. “But we re-met there so definitely a place in our heart.” Hart proposed in March 2022 and according to Dorfman, took the lead on wedding planning. [jwplayer 2opWZVnB-zhNYySv2] “I was like, ‘I don't wanna plan a wedding,’ and Blaine was like, ‘I wanna plan a wedding!’ He's actually really organized and really good at planning stuff. So he has literally taken over,” she explained. “I’m in charge of my dresses and a couple other things like gift bags and invitations, which is fun for me. And every morning I wake up to, like, 10 different emails between him [and] our planner. And I'm like, ‘OK, cool. I'm happy to just show up.’” Before the couple wed in May, they are running the 2023 United Airlines NYC Half on March 19. “I’ve never done a half, which is crazy because I’ve done two full marathons, but here we are! … It was funny [during] the L.A. marathon at the very end, he started to inch a little closer,” Dorfman told Us of running with her fiancé. “I’m like, ‘Don’t you dare.’ I was like, ‘You better have the same time [as me].’ He’s like, ‘Oh, maybe a second faster.’ I was like, ‘You’re gonna go down hard on social media if you cross that finish line one second before your fiancée!’” Scroll through for more on Dorfman and Hart’s wedding:

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The Date

Dorfman revealed via Instagram Stories that the date is May 31, 2023.

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The Location

She told Us that the pair will wed in Italy — the same country that they reconnected in during summer 2021.

“We’re gonna stay a little bit after [the wedding], but I think we're gonna get home and get into our new house, which has been being built for what seems like forever, and then probably take a minute and then do [an official] honeymoon. I feel like then I get two honeymoons!” she told Us about having a destination wedding.

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The Dresses

Dorfman will rock a custom Mark Ingram wedding dress — among other looks for her big day.

“I think I'm gonna have about three or four dresses for, like, the three days [of] events. I am in the wedding for the dresses!” Dorfman admitted to Us. “I have no shame in it. I was like, ‘I’m gonna change as many times as humanly possible.’ But I went up to New York and one of my friends is a bridal stylist, which has been a godsend. …  We go to New York, it's been so fun. My main dress, Mark Ingram, he's legendary in the bridal world in New York. He's designing it custom. I literally was there [on March 3] and we're cutting the fabric and tucking stuff and doing the muslin fitting. So that part has been a dream for me to be honest.”

The It’s Not Okay author has been known to design her own looks in the past too. “There's a chance that I make something, like, the party dress or we'll see,” she teased. “I love all of it. I love gowns. I'm so here for the dresses. That is definitely what I'm excited for.”

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The Glam

“It’s gonna be chill. I actually already did a test run while Blaine and I were in Italy doing a site visit. One of my girlfriends got married in Capri and she had this amazing beauty company — BeautyLivery,” Dorfman told Us. “It’s gonna be, you know, not all-natural, obviously, but not red lipstick glam. I want it to be me. I told Blaine the other day, I'm like, ‘I think I'm gonna darken my hair a little bit just because I wanna be as, like, authentic in my natural self with some good eyelashes!’”

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The Bachelor Nation Attendees

Kelly Travis, Amanda Stanton and Hannah Ann Sluss are all set to attend the nuptials, with Tayshia Adams and Nikki Ferrell also on the guest list.

“I think the show just, like, instantly creates this connection and introduction almost. And then the more you get to know people you're like, ‘Oh wow. I really like this person not even related to the show,’ which is cool. It brings you together,” Dorfman told Us of bonding with women like Sluss, Stanton and Adams who she didn’t film with. “It's not to say that you're gonna be best friends with everyone from every season, but just that initial introduction, you already feel a bond because you've gone through that [and] you can share stories about it and I think there's a lot of trust, honestly — an inherent trust. Tayshia, I've only known for a couple years, but every time I go to New York, I see her and I feel like both of us can confide in each other. Whether it's about dating [or] life, you know, she's kind of living the life that I feel like I lived after the show in New York and being single. I really love that aspect of it.”