Every year I make a small bridal collection and there is always one piece inspired by white roses.
This is because of a good friend of us for more than 30 years.
I met AF when I met my future husband, who was having a crash on her. We learned at the same school in England and after we left the school, we managed to stay in touch thanks to her always remembering to send us cards wherever she was.
A while later my other half and I were invited to AF’s wedding and we traveled to a village outside Lyon, France.
AF was a beautiful bride. She couldn’t stop crying during the wedding in an old church and held her husband’s cheeks with both hands as she kissed him.
We went onto a dinner with delicious beef as main course and we were seated with an English couple who hosted her during her study in England. The couple and we never ran out of topics on how genuine and lovely AF was. It was a lovely night.
On the following Sunday, we had a brunch together in a beautiful yard. It was the first time in my life to eat fresh apricots and I imagined it was maybe a tribute to her father who worked in the farm all his life. He was shy, while the mother of the bride was as sweet as the bride. Then, I realized that AF had kept all the fresh roses she had in her hair since the wedding the day before. The flowers were no longer so fresh but it was obvious that AF didn’t want to let them go as she cherished every single moment of the memorable day. I thought it was sooooo HER. The white roses with a little pale green centres are still the most beautiful white roses I’ve ever seen.
Since then, my idea of the ideal wedding totally overlaps with her wedding and it is impossible not to think about it every time I design my wedding collection. It is fresh, pure, sincere, kind, intimate and memorable not only for the married couple but for for everyone gathering at the occasion. It was extremely personal and super relaxed as everyone was being him/herself.
I really haven’t managed to create as beautiful roses as AF’s, but higher the goal is, the more inspired I remain, right!
Nowadays, while AF still send us cards, I am now connected to her son and daughter online and I am so happy to be able to tell all of them how much I enjoyed attending the wedding and how much it still inspires me creatively.
To everyone who got married this year wearing what I made, I made the pieces with my sincere wish that everyone will be as happy as my old friend and the small headpiece will become a small souvenir of the special day.
