I loved the layer of tulle over the entire dress and simplicity of the whole thing – it felt Grecian without looking too “themed”. A lot of people told me they could totally imagine what I’d wear and it would be a slip dress of some kind (admittedly I do love a slip on a summer holiday), but I actually found myself wanting something a little more structured with sleeves for the ceremony. Thankfully I found one I loved by Danielle Frankel on a trip to New York visiting a friend. I always thought I’d design a custom dress for my wedding, but I was in the midst of designing and renovating an entire house when we got engaged. One of my favourite parts of the whole week was randomly bumping into friends getting coffee or having an ice cream in the small town, which was surreal and very special. There’s nothing better than two friends who have never met before raving about each other. It meant our families and friends had got to know each other by the time the big day arrived. In fact, a lot of our guests turned it into a longer trip, spending time in Athens or on other islands before or after the wedding. My family never did Mediterranean holidays growing up (my dad’s a farmer, so summers were spent in Wales), and I loved the idea of all our family being on a Greek island in the run up to the big day. “No… but I know exactly how we could do it,” she replied with a twinkle in her eye.Īnd so it came to pass: a year later almost to the day, Ruaraidh and I celebrated our wedding in Andros, introducing just over 100 of our friends and family to one of our favourite places. While sipping home-grown wine at the small guesthouse we were staying at outside of Chora, I innocently asked the owner Nelly if she’d ever had a wedding there. Its low-key charm, unpretentious beach clubs (not a white daybed in sight), amazing hospitality and azure coves had us under its spell. I’ve long been in love with Greece, but Andros felt extra special.
Thankfully, we had a two-week trip to the Greek island of Andros planned where we could step away from the questions and external pressure (“You need to book bands and photographers at least a year in advance, just FYI”), for some blissed-out solitude and copious amounts of feta.ĭuring those two weeks, we fell head over heels for the island. I’d definitely thought about what I didn’t want my wedding to be like, I just hadn’t thought as far as what I did want it to be like. Everyone is dying to know where, how and when you’re going to get married and I had no clue. I found the first month or so of being engaged a really stressful time.
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