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These Fashionable French Weddings Are A Lesson In Personal Style

Filled with authenticity, charm and an outré sense of style, we’re throwing it back to these French nuptials that will inspire the soon-to-be newlyweds …

Their wardrobes are a perennial source of obsession – so why wouldn’t their nuptials be? We shine a light on three brides who embrace the idiosyncrasies of a wedding in that way only the French can.

Sabina Socol

Sabina Socol wanted her wedding to be the antithesis of anything you’d see on a Pinterest board. “When I started planning my wedding I couldn’t really recognise myself in any of the pictures I was seeing, so I didn’t take inspiration from any bride in particular,” Socol told British Vogue. “My husband and I wanted everything to be filled with sunshine and colour – nothing cliché,” she said.

The Paris-based Instagram star admits she couldn’t find anything to wear for her civil ceremony in Paris’ 11th arrondissement. However a toile de Jouy print set by Miaou caught her eye; the print was “classic” enough to have longevity. The couple were joined by close family – and celebrated with Champagne and truffle pizza. 

The “real” wedding took place in Tuscany in June 2021. The couple booked the venue – which was essentially a wheat field – without seeing it, due to Covid restrictions. It was the only part of the experience to be curbed by the pandemic – in spite of the wedding happening during the pandemic, they never had to reschedule.

Socol was keen to stay true to herself with her wedding look. She kept her hair and makeup natural, maintaining the modern Bardot vibe her followers have come to know and love. Her wedding dress was a nod to her 90-influences  – a vintage John Galliano slip dress, as modelled by Naomi Campbell at the designer’s spring summer 1996 runway show. Socol booked a hair trial the day before her civil ceremony so she’d have the style the next day. All the better for that lived-in, French look.  “I think it’s important to stay yourself,” she said.

Camille Charrière

Only a French woman could pull off a barely there wedding dress, and British-French journalist and influencer Camille Charrière did so with aplomb. Credited by many as the original French influencer, Charrière’s nuptials to film producer Francois Larpin in December of last year were a veritable fashion fest, with stylish guests including Pandora Sykes and model Adwoa Aboah. 

After cancelling a big wedding in Sicily due to Covid-19, the couple did a civil ceremony in Paris, followed by a ‘roaring 2020s’ themed party at the flamboyant Maxim’s-de-Paris on Rue Royale.

The sheer dress was made by Harris Reed. It’s an upcycled lace dress, that almost didn’t become her dress, as the lack of excess fabric prohibited many alterations. Thankfully, Reed came up with a solution by adding a train to the gown. The idea was an elegant take on a ‘naked dress’ that was a little bit 1990s, but also nodded to the 1960s. The bride’s coat was from the archives of John Galliano. For the party, she changed into a sequin Chanel minidress, accompanied by bespoke mules from Milanese brand The Attico.

“One big question was what underwear to wear—this was a real headache,” Charrière told Vogue. “I settled in the end for a lace panty by La Perla, because that’s exactly what one wants to be wearing to enter married life.”

Fanny Ekstrand

While not technically a Parisienne, Swedish tastemaker and writer Fanny Ekstrand chose Paris for her nuptials to her partner Måns. Thanks to the pandemic, the duo had cancelled their wedding three times before finally tying the knot in the City of Lights in October 2021. Authentic and charming, the wedding was a small but intimate event that included nuptials at the Swedish embassy and a meal at Brasserie Lipp. There were oysters, plenty of Chanel accessories and a cameo from the couple’s much-loved pooch, Rufus.

“The walk through Paris, from the embassy through the Pont de la Concorde and the Jardin des Tuileries, was one of the most romantic things that ever happened to me,” Ekstrand told French Vogue

As a fashion influencer with over 90,000 followers, there comes a certain amount of pressure when it comes to the wedding dress. Here, Ekstrand chose a simple but elegant dress by Swedish fashion brand House of Dagmar that was complemented perfectly by a classic string of pearls and a mid-length veil. Perhaps most striking was the boxy off-white blazer Ekstrand teamed with her bridal gown, a talking point of her look as the wedding party trilled through the streets of Paris.  

“I am not really a tulle and lace girl, so when I got engaged I had a really hard time picturing myself in a princess dress. Dagmar worked together with me on the dress and it turned out so much better than I could imagine,” she said.

Keen to stay true to herself, there were nods to her personal style throughout the day. After the ceremony, there was an outfit change into a bespoke faux fur creation made by Stand Studio. “The faux fur dress really turned some heads on my walk to the pre-drink and was a flirt to my many years as an alpine skier,” she said.

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