The Journal
Celebrations, remembered
A portfolio shows you how a wedding looked. We would rather tell you how it felt — the rain that became the best chapter, the lantern-lighting that stopped time, the silence in a Kyoto temple. These are four weekends from the archive, told with the couples' blessing.
Isabella & James
Four days on the lake — a frescoed villa, a fleet of Rivas, and a dinner that has entered family legend.
Amara & Daniel
A private riad, five hundred lanterns, and three nights that moved to the rhythm of gnawa drums.
Charlotte & Henry
Rain at dawn, a piper at dusk, and a ceilidh in the great hall that is still talked about in three countries.
Yuki & Alexander
Thirty-four guests, a temple garden at dawn, and the quietest, deepest celebration we have ever made.
In Their Words
“They didn't plan our wedding so much as compose it. Every hour of the weekend felt considered, and yet nothing ever felt managed. Our guests are still talking about the dinner in the cloister.”
Isabella & JamesLake Como · September
“We handed Aurelia a feeling — 'a night in Marrakech that no one would believe' — and they handed us back three days that our families will measure celebrations against for the rest of our lives.”
Amara & DanielMarrakech · October
“It rained on our wedding morning in the Highlands, and by noon they had turned the weather into the most romantic thing about the day. That is the difference between planners and artists.”
Charlotte & HenryThe Scottish Highlands · May
“Every person we love, in a Kyoto garden at dawn, utterly silent as the temple bell rang. We did not know a wedding could feel like that. We did not know anything could.”
Yuki & AlexanderKyoto · April
“From the first call to the farewell brunch, we never once checked the time, the weather or the seating plan. They carried all of it. We just got to live inside the best weekend of our lives.”
Sofia & MarcoThe Amalfi Coast · June