Wedding
Sanam the Bride: When we started thinking about our wedding we both agreed that a few things are important to us. We wanted to be outdoors, have great food, great music, a warm and fun party and obviously, a beautiful wedding.
Having a multicultural wedding is of course amazing but it is also challenging to incorporate all that is important to both sides. Luckily my husband loved all our little Persian traditions so in the end we managed to incorporate everything that mattered to us both.
Wedding Planner
We decided to celebrate our wedding in Mallorca after a 10-day holiday - which was my first time on the island – although we already secured a venue in Los Angeles. We interviewed a few wedding planners and
Mille Papillons were a recommendation from a friend who basically told me: no, you don’t need to interview anyone I have the right person for you and I must say after seeing their work and speaking to them for 5 minutes I was convinced that she was right. All throughout the yearlong planning every time we discussed designs or details I felt like they knew what I wanted without me saying it - even during the venue selection process. We narrowed it down to two extremely beautiful locations and at the end we all agreed on the same one. Looking back, we could not be any happier about the choices we made and how everything turned out.
Dress
My dress was a custom design by
Lihi Hod. I had the pleasure of meeting her at the trunk show they had at “
Browns Bride” in London. They were kind enough to make a few changes to the dress I liked to make it fit perfectly for me. I never wanted a ball gown dress even though I think they are beautiful but it wasn’t suitable for the style of wedding we wanted and not my personal taste. However, I still wanted something beautiful and glamourous and I cannot thank Lihi and Browns bride enough for making me the most beautiful dress ever. Even though I kept saying that I won’t keep my dress after the wedding, I am not sure if I will able to part with it (at least not at this stage).
Accessories
I loved the idea of having two separate looks – one for the ceremony and one for the dinner and party but I did not like the idea of having two separate dresses (mainly because I loved mine so much so I decided to have different hairstyles). My veil was custom made at Browns Bride and my first headpiece is from
Efrat Cassuto which I thought went beautifully with the veil. The flower crown was made by
Le touquet. All the flowers I got to choose and even though I am sure I drove them mad with my requests ;) I am very grateful for the beautiful crown they made for me.
The Venue
I am not quite sure how to describe our venue
Els Calderers, but it just felt right from the minute that our wedding planner drove us through the gates. The venue is stunning, it somehow seemed to have everything we wanted. This beautiful finca had it all. The scenery and backdrop is just stunning and every little corner was beautiful even without any wedding decoration. It had a wonderful place for the party and space for our stunning dinner table (we really liked the idea of a long, long table)...! We managed to keep every part of the ceremony secret until the right time, just to keep our guests excited throughout the wedding. At the same time everything was so logistically easy and well connected that it felt very effortless.
Colour Scheme/Décor
This would not have been possible without our amazing wedding planners Mille Papillons. They really went above and beyond. We wanted an authentic theme throughout and personally I liked greenery and wild flowers more than very made up arrangements and we said that we wanted everything to feel like it is part of the location. In the end, it truly felt like it. From the flowers, to the design of the ceremony, to the most beautiful dinner table I could have ever imagined. They did a stunning job.
For our Persian ceremony table, everything was a family heirloom and my mother brought every piece all the way from California including a mirror which belonged to my grandmother. I know probably everyone would say this but I don’t know how I would have done everything without my mother, and of course my lovely ladies at Mille Papillon.