Lush Wedding Inspiration with Modern Elegance at Château De La Napoule

Lauren Megerdichian
May 12, 2019
Categories: Photo Shoot, The Blog

The sun-soaked French Riviera, colorful blooms, a to-die-for Naeem Khan dress and photos by Oliver Fly Photography… I mean, does it get much better than this, folks? I think not. Prepare to fall in love with every intricate detail of this modern yet elegant editorial at Château De La Napoule planned and designed by White Eden Weddings. The stunning tablescape adorned with heavenly flowers from Miss Rose by Perrine will take your breath away while the ceremony site is unlike anything you’ve ever seen before. Alright, enough talking, it’s time to get inspired…

From White Eden Weddings… When thinking up our vision for this editorial, we had three words in mind: colorful, lush and refined. We wanted to embrace the sunny nature of the French Riviera and combine it with modern elegance. We based ourselves at the stunning Chateau de la Napoule to create that colorful and refined inspiration, especially in the stunning « Lovers garden » which we turned into a romantic, pastel filled and elegant cocoon.

This intimate garden overlooks the sea -the essence of the French Riviera, and is surrounded by the stone castle and lush greenery, which creates an incredible intimacy and nature connected sense. Every element of the design is consistent and echoes the next one. It all started with the choice of the venue which is a place made for royalty! We designed all the ingredients of the day to bring a feminine and romantic feel to that masculine Chateau.

The stunning flowers by Miss Rose by Perrine are lush, exquisite and a central element of the day. We focused on a refreshing and sunny pastel color palette to bring some lightness and airiness to the solemnity of the Chateau. The ceremony space was intimate and organic to fully embrace and enhance the existing nature in the garden. Perrine designed a custom arch covered in foliage and flowers as if nature and flowers took over in this space; and incorporated orchids and ranunculus, the favorite flowers of the bride.

The centerpieces were the continuity of the ceremony area with lavish flowers covering the table like a colorful path straight out of our wildest spring dreams. The table was topped with a bespoke velvet pink tablecloth and modern golden flatware that echoed the geometric golden chairs. Touches of pale yellow were added in the flowers to remind the bride’s stunning engagement ring: a yellow diamond solitaire, custom made by Louis Julian. In order to create a link between every moment of the wedding, from the reception of the Save the dates months earlier to the dinner reception, the bespoke stationery accompanies the guests. Delphine from Silent Word Studio created bespoke watercolors of the chateau that were present on the Save the Dates, the invitation suite and the menus. The very original escort cards completed it and actually represent the Chateau once brought together like a puzzle!

We created welcome baskets that could be delivered in hotel rooms to greet guests. These were designed to make them feel as welcome and special as possible and included a hand drawn map of the French Riviera with the events from the welcome dinner to the wedding day to the brunch; gorgeous and delicious treats, and some bubbly to start the wedding celebrations off right! On the day, the intimacy and collusion between the bride and groom was palpable and refreshing, and the show stopping Naeem Khan wedding gown brought a goddess and ethereal look to Laura, our lovely bride, which was complimented with a very light make up and natural hair. Catherine from Made in Cake got actually inspired by it and beautifully reproduced the patterns of the dress on the trio of wedding cakes and on the delicate sugar cookies that were included in the welcome baskets. All of these details would of course be meaningless if not captured perfectly by Oliver Fly, a film photographer as involved as talented. His keen eye for details and unequaled commitment to styling and flawless results enabled us to showcase every aspect of this shoot.