He married to his long-term girlfriend turned wife, Taylor Trejo. The couple walked down to aisle in September 2016. Moreover, the couple exchanged their vows in the presence of friends and family according to Vogue.
On Instagram, it looked like something out of a Wes Anderson film: soft lighting, a stage ready for a high school play, cut-outs of sparkly stars and a giant moon hung on the crimson curtain, and a bride and groom both dressed in 1970s, Biba-esque platform heels. It was the wedding of Aaron De Mey’s makeup assistant Tayler Treadwell and musician and screenwriter Gilbert Trejo, who have been together for two years. “We’re not really cookie-cutter people,” Tayler points out. “So our wedding just turned out to be the opposite of that. We just wanted it to feel like ‘us.’ ” To this particular happy couple, that meant finding a way to express their creative spirits and cultivate a vibe for their nuptials that felt both personal and imaginative. A super-nontraditional wedding aesthetic was in order.
Gilbert was the one who actually found their venue, the Hollywood American Legion Post 43. He stumbled upon the space while visiting his dad, actor Danny Trejo, who was filming there. “The amount of history the place has is incredible and the more we found out, the more perfect it felt,” says Tayler. “They filmed some of the bar scene from The Shining there, and David Bowie shot part of his video for ‘The Next Day’ there, too.” Because Tayler and Gilbert were so taken with the Legion Post itself, they didn’t feel the need to overcompensate with tons of decor. Tayler even made the invitations herself, each one completely different from the rest—definitely no mason jars or flower walls at this wedding. “I wanted low-key prom mixed with a little disco and glam,” Tayler says. “As soon as I saw pictures of the curtains, I started sending Gilbert references of old prom pictures and the Studio 54 moon. And glitter, lots of glitter.” Her strikingly glam dress, which was actually a coat made by Attico, matched the theme. For a final touch, rainbow petals for the flower girl because, “why wouldn’t you want rainbow rose petals?”
The unique look and feel of their wedding was made even more special by the backdrop of the ceremony. Gilbert commissioned a sculptor to build the disco-inspired moon and the stars and he, along with several other family members, erected the pieces themselves just before the big day. “When it came time to hang them up, our friends came early to help and my dad climbed a 30-foot ladder to secure everything,” recalls Tayler. “We didn’t have a wedding planner because between my mom and Gilbert, there really wasn’t any need for one.” During the reception, however, they did hire help when it came to their vegan Funfetti wedding cake from the Karma Baker. And for dinner, guests dined on tacos from the groom’s father’s restaurant, Trejo’s Tacos.
The decor inside the reception area in the basement of the Legion Hall was kept minimal, save for a sequined tablecloth where the cake stood and some extra disco balls the couple had brought in. “We had already fallen in love with the Art Deco decor of the Legion and we felt like we just helped add to the beauty that was already there,” Tayler says. “It felt really David Lynch–y.” After tacos, it was all about chilling and later, a dance party. For Tayler, it was about “creating a mood and a wonderful experience for all of our loved ones who came to celebrate with us. . . . In 20 years, we’ll remember the party, not the dinner plates.” And maybe a little glitter, too.
A quick scroll through Gilbert's and Tayler's Instagram gives some rather questioning thoughts. Not only have the two not shared a picture of each other since 2018, but a quick look at Gilbert Trejo's Instagram shows that his new love is none other than Starcrawler's lead singer Arrow De Wilde. The two seemed to have gotten in a relationship sometime in 2018 and have been together since.