Roxanne had known since she was fifteen that she wanted to get married in Cap-d’Ail. Her family had been coming to this stretch of the French Riviera for over twenty years. The light, the beaches, the restaurants — it was never really a question. What she and Ryan built around that certainty was a wedding weekend spanning a sunlit seaside terrace, the Monaco Yacht Club, and a hidden beach cove. Photographer Cinzia Bruschini and videographer No One Else Wed captured every layer of it, and some of the best frames of the weekend came from loved ones using disposable cameras.
Location: Cap-d’Ail, France & Monaco
Style: Elegant, Multi-cultural, Modern
Time of planning: 14 months
Number of guests: 160
Setting: Yacht Club
Season: Summer
They met in 2011 as students at the University of St Andrews. Roxanne was nineteen, Ryan was twenty. Their mutual friend Will introduced them at a party. He would later give one of the most memorable speeches of the weekend. They bonded instantly over Drake. Roxanne is from Toronto. So is Drake. Apparently that was enough.
After university, their lives diverged the way they often do in your twenties. Ryan moved to New York, then to Yale School of Management. Roxanne moved through London, Shanghai, Berlin, and eventually Paris, working in fashion PR at Karla Otto before founding her own agency, RX STUDIO. Nine years passed.
At the start of the pandemic, Ryan messaged her on Instagram. A few messages became daily FaceTimes. FaceTimes turned into visits to New York. A year of long-distance became moving to Paris together in 2021. Ryan proposed in 2023 at home, just the two of them. Champagne, pastries from Cédric Grolet, and flowers from their neighborhood florist, Maison Vertumne. The ring was made by her mother, Jaleh Farhadpour, an Iranian-Canadian jeweler. A marquise diamond from her personal archive, set in her signature white gold, with her name engraved inside.
Inspiration & Planning Process
The creative direction started with a single principle: let the destination do most of the talking. The venues — Le Cabanon, the Monaco Yacht Club, and Eden Plage Mala — were chosen not for prestige, but because they are places Roxanne’s family has returned to for years. The wedding felt lived-in from the start.
Florals became the second anchor. Working with Miss Rose by Perrine, the team created a ceremony setting that felt almost like a natural landscape, with arrangements woven into the guest seating. Deep bordeaux tones and layered greens softened the clean lines of the Yacht Club’s architecture. For the reception, the styling shifted. Minimal tablescapes, two cascading installations framing the head table, and soft ivory draping overhead. Outside, the Mediterranean carried the rest.
Planning was led by White Eden Weddings, who managed the entire multi-day flow, including a last-minute curveball no one could have predicted.
Welcome Day
The weekend opened at Le Cabanon, a seaside restaurant with mountains behind it and the sea in front. Golden hour, 160 guests arriving from across cities, and that unmistakable energy of a wedding just beginning.
Roxanne’s look set the tone for the entire weekend. She built it over months, piece by piece, the way you build something you already see clearly in your head. The starting point was a vintage Ann Demeulemeester pearl vest she found on Vinted and kept coming back to. Everything else followed.
The skirt came from Rick Owens, tracked down after a long search. The heels were vintage Giuseppe Zanotti, found just weeks before the wedding. Jewelry came from her mother’s “Petals” collection, worn as a complete set with a body chain, hand chain, rings, and an ear cuff. It looked effortless, but every element had been considered.
Ryan kept things direct. A bespoke linen suit, Morjas loafers, and his everyday Persol sunglasses. Relaxed and exactly right for the setting.
Bridal Fashion & Morning
The morning unfolded aboard a yacht overlooking Monaco’s port. Bridesmaids arrived in black, the groom’s side in black tie. Hair and makeup were handled by Amandine Baron.
Roxanne approached her wedding wardrobe the same way she approaches her work in fashion. Each look carried a sense of continuity, moving between archive pieces, personal references, and designers she genuinely connects with. Nothing felt accidental. Each choice had a reason behind it, even when it looked simple.
Her gown came from Vera Wang. A mermaid silhouette from the early 2000s, reworked with organza flowers, an extended train, and a horsehair veil. She had a clear idea of what she was looking for early on. A strapless, structured silhouette with a slightly unexpected edge. The kind of dress that feels classic at first glance but reveals something sharper the longer you look at it.
She paired it with vintage Gucci wedges embroidered with blue flowers. Her jewelry included pieces by her mother and a Yeprem marquise diamond Claw Handpiece by Yeprem.
Ceremony
For the ceremony itself, Roxanne and Ryan chose a modern Persian wedding — not as a nod, not as an aesthetic, but because of what it actually means. The symbolism, the poetry, the intentionality of each ritual. Roxanne’s Persian roots are woven into who she is. This was the most honest way to begin a marriage.
Roxanne’s mother curated the Sofreh Aghd, a two-meter arrangement of heirloom textiles, symbolic objects, and family pearls.
More than twenty elements were placed across it, each representing something essential: sweetness, abundance, and new beginnings. The ceremony was officiated by Roxanne’s younger brother, who read Rumi’s This Marriage. Guests followed along in bilingual programs.
Seven of Roxanne’s closest friends stood behind the couple, holding the ceremonial cloth. After exchanging vows, Roxanne and Ryan shared honey and signed the Aghd Nameh. The Mediterranean stretched out behind them.
Decor & Reception
Dinner moved upstairs to the Observatory Deck — a glass-roofed space where the view over the port does most of the work on its own. Ghost chairs, white linen, ivory fabric draped from the ceiling, two large floral installations framing the head table.
Clean, warm, and slightly magical once the light shifted.
The wedding cake was a two-metre raspberry tart, made by the Yacht Club’s pastry chef. Still, reportedly, the best raspberry tart anyone in the room has ever eaten.
Music came from DJ GIMMEMAR, moving between Madonna, Avicii, The Killers, and Blink-182. The first dance was to “You Only Live Once” by The Strokes.
Speeches ran across the whole weekend — during welcome drinks and throughout the reception — because Roxanne and Ryan are the kind of people whose relationships are their greatest asset. Will, the man who introduced them, stood up to speak. Ryan’s sisters Megan and Ansley, his best man Andrew, Roxanne’s maid of honor Emily, her mother and stepfather, and her brother, who had already made people cry during the ceremony. When everyone in the room has a story worth telling, you let them tell it.
The afterparty saw Roxanne in a bespoke Fancì Club look: a white corset, an asymmetrical lace-up miniskirt, and a rosette choker worn as an armband. On her feet, custom white knee-high boxer boots made by her friend, founder of British brand NiiHAi, embroidered with “R&R Forever.” The kind of outfit that says: the night is just starting.
Beach Day
Sunday was meant to be recovery. A lazy afternoon at Eden Plage Mala, a beach club tucked into a cove below the cliffs of Cap-d’Ail. Sunbeds, rosé, deep exhale. Instead, the deck broke. It was fixed quickly, but by that point the afternoon had already turned into something else entirely. Swimming, shots, dancing until the sun went down.
Getting there had been its own adventure. President Macron had chosen that exact weekend for his first official visit to Monaco. Security tightened overnight, roads were closed, drones were banned, and many guests arrived at the beach by boat taxi. Stressful in the moment. The kind of story that gets told at dinner parties for years.
Roxanne wore a vintage La Perla bikini, an Ann Demeulemeester skirt, Valentino sandals, and jewelry from La Manso. Sunglasses came from CHIMI. All of it felt consistent with her approach throughout the weekend: mixing archive, personal history, and pieces sourced with intention. Ryan chose swimwear from Dries Van Noten, styled with a linen shirt and espadrilles.
Together with the full team, the couple shaped a weekend that stayed true to what they had imagined from the very beginning — thoughtful, personal, chic, and built with care in every detail.
Advice from the couple:
• Stay anchored in intention. When you’re planning something that unfolds over several days or blends cultures, it’s easy to get swept up in logistics or expectations. For us, every decision came back to the question: does this feel true to who we are? Above all, build in moments of ease – time to dance, to laugh, to be together. That’s what people remember long after the weekend is over.
• Сhoose your vendors carefully: these are the people who hold your experience in their hands. Try to meet them in person or over Zoom before making your decision. We got very lucky with ours, especially our videographer, No One Else Wed, who really added so much value to our weekend, not only as a vendor but now as a friend.
• And enjoy every moment! Be as present as possible. The weekend flies by way too fast, and you won’t be able to relive it in the same way again, so it’s so important to relish every moment while you can.
PHOTOGRAPHER Cinzia Bruschini | VIDEOGRAPHER No One Else Wed | PLANNER White Eden Weddings | CEREMONY & RECEPTION VENUE Monaco Yacht Club | WELCOME DRINKS VENUE Le Cabanon | BEACH DAY VENUE Eden Plage Mala | FLORIST Miss Rose by Perrine | HAIR & MAKE-UPAmandine Baron | MUSIC DJ GIMMEMAR | NAIL ART Glam Monte Carlo | DERMATOLOGY Dr Lisa Kellett | WEDDING GOWN & VEIL Vera Wang | WELCOME LOOK Ann Demeulemeester & Rick Owens | AFTERPARTY LOOK Fancì Club | BEACH DAY LOOK La Perla & Ann Demeulemeester | SHOES Giuseppe Zanotti, NiiHAi, Gucci, Valentino | JEWELRY Jaleh Farhadpour, Yeprem, La Manso | SUNGLASSES CHIMI | GROOM’S ATTIRE Canali, Dries Van Noten | GROOM’S ACCESSORIES Bvlgari, Morjas, Persol
