TIMELESS AUTUMN WEDDING DESIGN INSPIRED BY THE BYZANTINE ERA
A historic editorial inspired by the Byzantine Era with
lavish petrol velvets, mustard details and a dress so
aethereal it could take you back in time.
AS SEEN ON
Event Design, Styling & Planning: Soo Events
Photography: Les Anagnou
Videography: Make Your Own Films
Wedding Dress: Dimitris Petrou
Groom’s Attire’: Dimitris Petrou
Wedding Stationery & Favors: Love Me Do
Tableware: White Lilac
Cake & Desserts: Pavlov’s Lab
Flower arrangements: Studio 7
Hair & Make Up Artist: Frantzeska Koukoula
Model Agency: VN Models
Location: Athens
Venue: Nasioutzik Museum
This wedding editorial originates from a crisp, cloudy November morning in Athens,
in the Nasioutzik Museum Estate. However, if you look closer, it almost seems that
it doesn’t take place in Athens. It is set on a period so old, yet timeless, where everything was handmade, yet aristocratic, a period whose art was highly prestigious and sought-after in Western Europe. We are taking you to the Byzantine era.
The table is set, perfectly aligned and just outside of the Meteora building, that has been constructed to resemble a monastery-castle. It was literally built around this magnificent wooden door and is located at the top of the hill, providing a phenomenal view of the entire Mesogaia region. The color palette is intense and exuberant and the textures are rich and alive. Petrol blue velvet that covers the antique monastery wooden table, combined with old wooden chairs and luxurious tableware. All in abundance. The palette gets enriched by the mustard yellow ribbons that tie the light blue linen napkins, just as the girls used to tie their dresses so tight around their bodies. The flowers are dark red and yellow, in liaison with this autumnal scenery and the light breeze diffuses the smell of honey from the candles in the air.
The tastes are thick as well. Syrup running all over the era’s delicacies, mixed with the strong leather smell. This amazing set-up, with the orange-ish wall, the wooden table,
the leather tags and the petrol blue cake made us stare in awe. We used leather to create an envelope to seal the nostalgic wedding invitation, as well as to create pouches for
the barley. Oh yes, the barley, because that’s what they tossed to the newlyweds in the Byzantine years.
Every single detail was curated, from the wooden and alabaster horses on the tablescape to the styling of the bride and her magnificent crown. As Nikos Kazantzakis once said, based on one of his favorite Byzantine mystics, "Since we cannot change reality, let us change the eyes which see reality”.
