Photo: Robert Fairer1/37We had a fete at the beginning of our wedding weekend at the Palazzo Taverna to welcome our guests. The theme was Liaisons Dangereuses. Here, Joseph and I are in fancy dress.
Photo: Lucy Tanner2/37The table setting at the Palazzo Taverna. The dinner didn't require much production. The natural space already had that opulent and decadent feel that we wanted for the theme.
Photo: Lucy Tanner3/37My good friend and Vogue Style Editor at Large, Elisabeth von Thurn und Taxis, wearing a Meadham Kirchhoff corset and a Simone Rocha skirt.
Photo: Robert Fairer4/37Ricardo and Edgardo, the Aquazzura boys as I love to call them, with Joseph. They were in character the entire evening.
Photo: Robert Fairer5/37Bettina Santo Domingo mastering the art of fancy dressing. I just love the pastel color of her hair, clothing, and makeup. She looks like a box of macaroons from Ladurée!
Photo: Lucy Tanner6/37The colors of the flowers matched the theme perfectly.
Photo: Lucy Tanner7/37Always the most elegant woman in the room, Lady Victoria Getty.
Photo: Lucy Tanner8/37This was bound to happen at some point during the night.
Photo: Robert Fairer9/37Having all of our guests dressed in eighteenth-century costumes made it feel like we were in a moving painting.
Photo: Lucy Tanner10/37Eugenie Niarchos and I in a playful and mischievous Liaisons Dangereuses mood. I had so much fun putting together my costume for Friday evening. It was comfortable, yet sexy.
Photo: Robert Fairer11/37Making our exit at the end of the night.
Photo: Robert Fairer12/37My Schiaparelli Haute Couture wedding dress. I wanted something dramatic!
Photo: Robert Fairer13/37Charlotte Dellal’s wonderful wedding present to me: The perfect wedding shoes. They had a Lesage sun embroidered on each heel, keeping in line with the motif on my dress.
Photo: Robert Fairer14/37Getting ready to go to the church with Alexandre Zouari. He's a real artist who created a chignon in the shape of the sun's rays. It was classic and original at the same time.
Photo: Robert Fairer15/37The ring cushion was a beautiful gift from Schiaparelli that incorporated an embroidered Lesage sun and the same white satin in the dress. It was small and precious like a piece of jewelry.
Photo: Robert Fairer16/37Seconds before walking in the church. My cape had to go in a separate car and was put on right outside. It was all about the cape!
Photo: Robert Fairer17/37The exterior of the sixth century Roman Catholic basilica where the ceremony was held. Joseph's parents were married here 33 years before us.
Photo: Lucy Tanner18/37The ceremony booklets were designed by my mother-in-law, Domitilla. The design is based on the della Rovere Crest—her family crest.
Photo: Robert Fairer19/37The lighting of the candle during our ceremony at Santi Apostoli church.
Photo: Robert Fairer20/37Here we are exchanging vows under the frescoed ceiling.
Photo: Robert Fairer21/37A post-ceremony kiss.
Photo: Lucy Tanner22/37The page boys and flower girls wore outfits designed by Joseph’s mother and made by Loretta Caponi, who still makes everything by hand in their shop in Florence.
Photo: Robert Fairer23/37After the ceremony, we all had lunch at Circolo della Caccia. This is our first dance!
Photo: Robert Fairer24/37At Castello Odescalchi, having drinks before dinner in the surprise location.
Photo: Robert Fairer25/37Fritz von Westenholz and Caroline Sieber.
Photo: Robert Fairer26/37My bag was such a great present from the amazing Olympia Le-Tan. She used the drawings we had put on our wedding invitation as the center design of my now favorite evening bag.
Photo: Lucy Tanner27/37Maxim Crewe and Charlotte Dellal.
Photo: Robert Fairer28/37At sun down, African drummers led us to the Spiegeltent for dinner.
Photo: Robert Fairer29/37The conga line to dinner.
Photo: Robert Fairer30/37My friend Naguissa with the Courtin-Clarins girls—always so sexy and chic in Thierry Mugler.
Photo: Robert Fairer31/37The Spiegeltent—a 1900s circus tent—was a surprise to all of our guests. We had hidden it behind the castle. It was only after walking around the castle that they saw it, complete with its sun façade.
Photo: Robert Fairer32/37Inside the Spiegeltent. Time for speeches . . . .
Photo: Robert Fairer33/37Joseph loved my second dress—a Schiaparelli creation inspired by Cher's legendary Bob Mackie look worn to the Met Gala in 1974.
Photo: Courtesy of Sabine Getty34/37The sun photo booth! People couldn't get enough of it. We have such fun photos from everyone playing on the sun set.
Photo: Robert Fairer35/37Our wedding cake is called Il Robbiano. It was inspired by the Florentine sculptor Luca della Robbia. We loved the meringue, cream, and crown of fresh fruits on the flat cake. I can assure you it tasted as good as it looks!
Photo: Lucy Tanner36/37Bianca Brandolini d’Adda on the dance floor.
Photo: Lucy Tanner37/37After-hours at the end of the night!
