This vrai mariage du mercredi takes us to the Beaujolais region of France. Known for its lush, rolling vineyards as well as the famous Beaujolais Nouveau, the area also includes Lyon, the lively, vibrant city that’s the second largest in France, after Paris. Valerie and Samuel celebrated the best of both of these worlds in their Beaujolais wedding last year, starting with an urban-chic “downtown” civil ceremony and photo session around Lyon, then followed it up with a garden tea-party reception on a wine estate in nearby Beaujeau. Their trip through wedding wonderland was captured by the lovely Amélie of Callibella Photography, who has graciously shared some of her images with us today:
This week’s Real (French) Wedding is Delphine and Mika’s vintage-chic celebration, shot by Pascale of Au temps d’une photo last year in the South of France. With a little (!) help from their friends, Delphine and Mika mix-and-matched their personal style, humor and love of vintage into a gorgeous party that was 100% them.
It looks like vintage weddings are here to stay on both sides of the Atlantic (hallelujia!), BUT it’s up to you to make the look your own. If you just can’t imagine yourself drinking out of mason jars or batting around bunches of balloons at your vintage wedding, take a page out of Delphine and Mika’s book and 1) keep it simple: select a few vintage pieces that work well in your wedding location- (i.e.: if it doesn’t make sense to have a big ole Remington typewriter in the middle of a field- don’t bring one!), 2) keep it personal: Delphine always loved the rose and peony patterns in vintage Liberty of London fabrics, so she used that as the foundation of their wedding look, 3) keep it chic: well, these images speak for themselves!
For more fun photos of Delphine and Mika’s big day, take a look at the Au temps d’une photo blog!
Ok, whoever didn’t swoon when they heard about the new Ladurée make-up line is obviously dead inside. For the REST of you, let’s take a look at what’s in store when Les Merveilleuses de Ladurée launches in Japan on the 29th of this month.
Like the late 18th-century French “Marvelous Ones” that undoubtedly inspired the line, the pretty packages of sweet eye shadows, luscious lipsticks, and flower petal blushes are a delicious mix of femininity and decadence that we Ladurée lovers have come to expect. The collection is slated to launch in Europe in the fall, followed by the U.S. at the end of 2012. Until then- we can only dream…
