real wedding
DETAILS Delightful décor The mix of traditional and contemporary elements created the perfect vibe, all of it topped off with gorgeous flowers from Alistair Floral Design.
“We live in Malta and we have all these beautiful backdrops. I didn’t want the usual indoor, cooped-upinside-thing. I wanted a view.”
Dress of dreams Lara wore a beautiful A-line gown with delicate embroidered flowers and long sleeves, which was completed by the talented team at camilleriparismode, much to her grandmother’s approval. “My grandmother loved the dress, even though it was unfinished when we first saw it, but I originally chose a different one. Then, when we went home, I couldn’t stop thinking about it. The next day I called them back and went in again to change the order,” Lara recalls.
Probing a little bit deeper, it doesn’t take long to get to the good stuff. While Lara may have had her emotions under control during the ceremony at St Edward’s Chapel in Birgu, unlike William and everyone else in attendance, the bride cried her eyes out when her father Roger saw her in her dress for the very first time. Walking into the reception, Lara was blown away by the results of all their preparations. Her vision for a pristine white wedding had come to life. “It was more than I could have expected,” Lara sighs. Even the nerves she and William had about being the centre of attention flew right out the window when they stepped onto the dancefloor for their first dance. “We’re not dancers; we didn’t do choreography, so we had planned for all our friends to join us after 30 seconds. But that didn’t happen,” she says. “We were just in the moment, me and him, and it was so much fun. We’ll remember it forever.”
bliss
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