A historic Italian palazzo and a genuinely modern bride make a bold pairing, and this shoot leaned all the way into it. The beauty direction from The Porfirio led the way, keeping Beatrice’s skin fresh and luminous for a look that reads as current and completely her own while the frescoed rooms of Villa Balbiano supply the grandeur. It is warm, considered work, and it fits a shoot that carries its fashion instincts through old world interiors and lakeside gardens with equal confidence.
Bride
The entire concept was built around the gown from Rouvell. It carries a defined V neckline, a dropped waistline and a voluminous balloon structure at the hips and hem. The team paired it with shoes from Bella Belle on a comfort first logic, because a look built for editorial still has to carry a real bride across stone floors and lawn for hours on end.
The beauty look was an exercise in restraint from the first brushstroke, with The Porfirio keeping the skin light and fresh for a babyface effect that let Beatrice look like the most rested version of herself rather than a heavily painted one, the whole approach rooted in a soft eighties sensibility.
“We introduced a soft 80s-inspired blush placement, where the pink tint extends from the cheekbones towards the temples and slightly upward, adding a fresh and lifted feel to the look.”
Hair followed the same logic across the day, worn loose and relaxed in the morning before it was gathered into a sleek ponytail for the ceremony, a change that gave the structured gown a clean line to sit against. Statement jewellery finished the ceremony look, chosen to match the boldness Beatrice already wears in her own engagement ring rather than sit quietly in its shadow.
The bridal party moved in the same fashion led spirit, dressed in liquid silk slip dresses that swapped the usual matching pastels for a richer run of chartreuse and deep chocolate, and those earthy jewel tones held their own against the villa while still letting the bride settle at the clear centre of the group.
Groom
Rather than a traditional tuxedo, the groom’s look was rebuilt around a black blazer, straight silk trousers and a waistline defined by a belt, an approach that stays formal. Carlo Pignatelli supplied the tailoring, and the whole direction sits comfortably with where menswear has been heading lately, toward softer lines and a looser, more lived in kind of ease.
His groomsmen followed the brief without collapsing into a uniform, wearing black tuxedos loosened at the collar and, in a few cases, with the tie abandoned altogether. This nudged the group away from formality and toward the languid old Hollywood mood the shoot kept flirting with. The party even borrowed a handful of bridal signals along the way, a bit of gender play that came across confident.
Ceremony
The ceremony unfolded in the gardens of Villa Balbiano, the sixteenth century palazzo on the western shore of Lake Como that was restored under The Heritage Collection and comes loaded with frescoed ceilings, gilded interiors and lawns that run straight down to the water.
Anyone who has seen House of Gucci will recognise the setting, and that cinematic weight is exactly what a fashion led editorial wants working quietly in its favour. Lorien built the florals in a loose, oversized language, piling coral and burnt orange into cloud shaped installations that carried the palette straight out toward the lake.
Gerberas ran through the arrangements as a deliberate wink, since the daisy spent years written off as a supermarket flower before designers started treating it as a statement again, and set against the mountains that saturated warmth read as pure confidence.
A softer second register arrived through the boudoir styling by Luce Sposa, the veil and gloves from Ideal Veil kept the romance in play, and stylist Anastasiia Uganson made sure every one of those pieces read as one continuous story rather than a set of separate outfits.
Cocktail Hour
When the ceremony wrapped, the whole mood shifted poolside and the shoot let its shoulders drop, trading formality for something closer to a long, sunlit afternoon with friends who happen to be exceptionally well dressed. That looseness is the register a lot of modern couples are actually chasing now, a version of luxury that knows exactly when to stop performing and simply enjoy itself.
Still Miracle photographed and creative directed the shoot, and the ease running through these frames is the clearest proof of a team that can swing between high polish and genuine spontaneity without ever losing the thread.
Reception
Dinner pulled the palette back into warmth, with a tablescape that layered terracotta linens against furniture from Integra Rent and low, spreading arrangements that kept the sightlines open across the table, built for a long evening rather than a single photograph.
Elephant Limbo set the tone on paper with an antiquarian stationery suite of pressed botanicals and vintage portraiture that tugged the whole concept back toward old world craft.
Da Master Cake handled the cake, and the sweet table turned the final stretch of the night into something communal, the point where the styling finally loosens its grip and the guests carry the celebration into their own hands.
HAIR & MAKEUP The Porfirio | EVENT PLANNING & COORDINATION Sparkling Moments Events | PHOTOGRAPHY & CREATIVE DIRECTION Still Miracle | VENUE Villa Balbiano, The Heritage Collection | FLORAL DESIGN Lorien | STATIONERY Elephant Limbo | STYLING Anastasiia Uganson | DRESS Rouvell | BOUDOIR Luce Sposa | VEIL & GLOVES Ideal Veil | SHOES Bella Belle | SUIT Carlo Pignatelli | CAKE Da Master Cake | RENTALS Integra Rent, Atelier Flatlay
