It’s a joy to share this effortlessly elegant destination wedding at the breathtakingly beautiful resort and historic residence, Borgo Sant Ambrogio in Tuscany, Italy.
Rachel and Luke’s June celebration embraced all the Tuscan magic, warmth and romance. The couple brought together, very intentionally, an essence of contemporary, timeless style -Rachel wearing a chic Martina Liana gown.
Their vision was for the day to feel like an elevated dinner party with family and friends – refined, joyful and filled with love. I hope you love these beautiful photographs, captured by Urška and Domen, that reflect everything the couple could have wished for on their day, as much as we do. Enjoy!
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The Dress
Martina Liana
My wedding dress was from Martina Liana. I got my wedding dress from Love, Bridal Boutique in Jacksonville, Florida, in theUSA. I had a great experience with them but mainly I knew exactly the style and dress that I wanted.
I did a lot of online shopping beforehand and knew that this boutique carried the designers I liked–I didn’t go to any other boutiques.
I would recommend this boutique as the staff was extremely knowledgeable and they had a wonderful collection of dresses.
Knowing that I wanted a timeless wedding style, I wanted something simple but elegant and something that I know I’d be proud to wear in thirty years from now. I also wanted something comfortable with movement, we were in Italy in June so I knew it would be warm.
I wore a long, dramatic veil from the same boutique.
I ordered a few not expensive pairs from ASOS and picked one, I wasn’t too fussed about shoes.
I had my bridesmaids pick their own dresses. I loved that everyone could bring their own style and show up feeling their best. The colour palette was light pink.
How They Met
Luke and I met in London in 2019 outside of the Ritzy movie theatre after having seen The Joker. Each with our respective group of friends got to chatting and ended up at a pub down the road.
We parted that night and life got in the way and then about eight months later, I texted Luke to see if he could meet! The rest is history.
The Reception
Our flowers were by Crilu Flowers – we really wanted simple, romantic flowers and Crilu did such a beautiful job bringing this to life.
We had a traditional Italian wedding cake, millefoglie, as our wedding cake. The cake was made in front of our guests by the chef and a bit of help from us. The cake was through our catering, Rolands Catering
Guest ‘favours’ were personalised match boxes from Etsy.
Words of Wedded Wisdom
I would say to really try and listen to yourselves and be true to what you’re envisioning for the day. There might be a super cool trend on Pinterest, but is it you? Will it be you in thirty years? That really helped narrow down and simplify our plans.
I don’t think that we would have spent as much on the other days worth of activities, I think people were just happy to be there and would have enjoyed a paired down version of events as well.
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