Clara Cornet Wore Three French Designers for Her Laid-Back Parisian Wedding to Luca Pronzato

Clara Cornet and Luca Pronzato first met in early 2019 at one of his pop-up restaurants held on a mutual friend’s rooftop in Paris. Luca, the founder of creative culinary collective We Are Ona, first noticed Clara—Instagram’s head of fashion partnerships for Europe, the Middle East, and Africa—because of her shoes: sky-high stilettos that, while perfect for the runway show Clara had attended earlier that day, had to be a burden by that point in the night. “I was wearing the highest heels as it was in the midst of Paris Fashion Week, and he offered to let me wear his shoes—he took off and handed me his Birkenstock sandals for me to feel more comfortable,” Clara says of their reverse Cinderella origin story. “The rest was history.”

Almost four years later, on July 8, 2023, the two married in a civil ceremony at City Hall. In true French-girl style, Clara wore a classic Chanel white tweed dress by Virginie Viard paired with a necklace, earrings, and rings from Sophie Bille Brahe. Luca, meanwhile, chose a double-breasted Fursac pinstripe suit by menswear designer and vintage guru Gauthier Borsarello. Their two-and-a-half-year-old son, Leo, came dressed for the occasion as well, in what Clara describes as the “most adorable” white Bonpoint set. While his parents wed, he carried a little bouquet of lavender.

The next day they held a second ceremony and reception at Le Doyenné, a Michelin Green Star restaurant in St. Vrain run by their friends Shaun Kelly and James Edward Henry that sources its ingredients from their expansive garden. Luca’s event production company and team at We Are Ona acted as their wedding planners. “We wanted to get all of our friends involved, and we are very grateful to be surrounded by such talents in their various fields, who all supported us in our wedding journey,” the bride says.

Clara chose another dress by a French designer—and, this time, also a close confidante: “I knew I wanted to wear my longtime friend Simon Porte Jacquemus and wore a flowy silk backless dress with square-toe heels from the latest Chouchou collection that was shown a week earlier in Versailles,” she said. Clara walked through Le Doyenné’s garden to meet Luca, who wore a classic white Fursac tuxedo jacket. After their vows, Leo, in a Bode shirt, put the rings on his parents’ fingers. The bride describes the entire experience as “serene.”

Afterward, it was time for the afternoon festivities to begin. “Our friends sang along to our song ‘Felicita,’ and we invited everyone to join us for a giant barbecue lunch,” explains Clara. “Food is very much something that is central to our relationship. Luca is a restaurateur, of course, and I am myself a big food enthusiast,” says Clara. Guests dined on roasted pig and French lamb accompanied by fresh vegetables and paired with canned wine from the couple’s brand, Canetta, on a giant table adorned with a Cotinus centerpiece by Louis-Géraud Castor. For dessert, the couple surprised the crowd by lighting their own flaming lemon-meringue pie. “That was dangerously fun to surprise our guests with!” Clara says. The exquisite meal with open-fire barbecue and all the late snacks were cooked by Le Doyenné chefs Henry and Kelly.

For their evening party, Clara changed into her third dress of the wedding weekend. “It simply had to be Coperni,” she says of her evening look. “Sébastien Meyer and Arnaud Vaillant created the most incredible see-through dress out of shiny white lace. Fun yet so chic.”

A crowd of fashion luminaries—including Ludovic de Saint Sernin and Harry Nuriev, as well as Jacquemus, Meyer, and Vaillant—gathered in the barn to dance as well as enjoy pizza as the night went on. The entire weekend ended up being an easygoing, effortless affair—which is exactly what Clara and Luca hoped for. “We wanted to keep it simple, and I’m happy now because I think we succeeded,” she says.