WHERE WATERCOLOUR MET SILK
THE REHEARSAL DINNER
Our welcome dinner was held in the courtyard of Bastide de Laurence in L’Isle-sur-la-Sorgue, set to Frank Sinatra and La Vie en Rose as the sun fell across the stone.
I wore a bespoke dress created from my own watercolours, designed in collaboration with
@wildenlondon .
Those paintings became the foundation for everything. I had always envisioned soft stone linens layered with florals in deeper, warmer tones of burgundy, pink and green, inspired by a Mallorca wedding I had seen years before, and by old-world gatherings of the Audrey Hepburn era and Slim Aarons’ imagery. We developed the tablecloths and napkins as part of the collection with
@alba.tableware . Seeing my artwork move from paper into fabric, and then across the tables, felt incredibly special.
I’ve shared some of the vision boards and working documents here too, which were part of how I communicated the feeling of the day. They became such a meaningful part of my bridal journey and developing the vision.
My friends and family arrived in pinks, warm yellows, soft sky blues, deep greens and berry tones, each look sitting effortlessly within the design.
I worked very closely with
@fleurdelacouture on the silk florals, and she understood the vision so intuitively. What Genni and her team created was extraordinary. Thousands of stems were sourced together, hand-selected at Genni’s suppliers, transported from the UK to Provence, and built entirely on site. Every arrangement was made by hand using traditional techniques, creating the softness and movement we had discussed in so much depth.
We refined the floral designs together on site in the days before, from urn design visits to final floral and colour adjustments, which made the whole process feel even more personal. What I loved most was seeing the team building it all in Provence, allowing space for instinct and responding to the setting in real time.
There is something very special about working with people who care this deeply. Genni is one of them. She listens, she understands, she holds real integrity, and what she created felt truly otherworldly.
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