_Vogue’_s TNT Attends a Wedding Extravaganza in France Inline
Photo: Courtesy of Elisabeth von Thurn und Taxis / @elisabethtnt1/18The first thing I did was take a boat ride on the lake, where gondolas stood ready for us. It helped to have swans and pink smoke. Here I am pictured with the bride’s sister, Tania Fares.
Photo: Courtesy of Noor Fares / @noorfares2/18There were endless flower carpets and colorfully dressed people. If I didn t know better, I’d say we’d been transformed to Beirut for Noor’s Arabian Nights–themed wedding pre-party.
Photo: Courtesy of Racil Chalhoub / @racil_c3/18One of the many dazzling stalls set up for the pre-party.
Photo: Courtesy of Mary Katrantzou / @marykatrantzou4/18Eager locals scrambling to their windows to snap pictures of the grandiose wedding.
Photo: Courtesy of Eugenie Niarchos / @venyxworld5/18The bride looking divine in her meters and meters of Giambattista Valli lace. She wore earrings of her own design and to fulfill the tradition of wearing something borrowed she chose a 1930s Cartier piece from S. J. Phillips.