A Peach Gradient on the Riviera at Bastide du Roy

The ceremony was positioned alongside Bastide du Roy's reflecting pool, with olive trees and clipped gardens surrounding the setting.

Instead of building a large structure in front of the water, the team used a softly draped ivory altar dressed with peach and blush flowers. The lower floral arrangements kept the sightline open across the water and allowed their reflection to become part of the setting.

Caroline and Alrik were photographed exchanging symbolic vows here, with musicians positioned alongside the ceremony.

The location made water an active part of the design, not simply a backdrop. The draped altar, flowers and surrounding trees were mirrored in the surface of the pool, extending the ceremony setting without adding another decorative installation.

The peach gradient also begins clearly here. Ceremony Floral Design moved from pale blush through warmer peach and pink tones, using seasonal flowers with different shapes and textures rather than repeating a single flower or shade.

Against the greens of the olive trees and formal gardens, the warmer colours gave the ceremony its identity while leaving the architecture and landscape visible.

The bridal portraits moved through Bastide du Roy's established gardens instead of being confined to a separate fashion set.

Caroline was photographed walking alongside the reflecting pool, beneath the olive trees and in front of the property's stone fountain. Other portraits showed the beaded bodice of her gown, bouquet and bridal details up close.

The garden's own structure worked as a backdrop: straight edges around the water, clipped hedges, formal planting and mature olive trees framed the softer fabrics and flowers.

The peach palette continued through Caroline's bouquet, connecting the fashion portraits back to the ceremony without a separate bridal palette of its own.

Later portraits moved towards the candlelit reception table, placing the bridal look within the wider design once the flowers, stationery and table setting had been brought together.

Caroline and Alrik's portraits returned repeatedly to the reflecting pool and surrounding gardens. They were shown beside the floral installations, along the clipped hedges and next to the reception setting, and in one portrait Alrik carried Caroline alongside the water.

The cake was also brought poolside for its own portraits, connecting that part of the design back to the location that had defined the ceremony.

The same garden elements appear again and again throughout the editorial: the reflecting pool, olive trees, clipped hedging and peach flowers show up across the reception, ceremony and portraits alike. The setting changes as the couple moves through the estate, but the colour palette and garden architecture stay recognisable from one portrait to the next.

The reception imagined a much smaller celebration than Bastide du Roy's maximum capacity.

Long tables were arranged outdoors for 30 guests, keeping the whole reception close to the dining area instead of spread across the wider grounds.

The peach gradient continued across the tables, with coral flowers running between tapered candles, menus and individual place settings, while painted chairs introduced another decorative surface without adding a competing colour.

Feeline Creation produced the bespoke stationery, with rentals supplied by Options Nice and Maison Options and Ceremony Floral Design responsible for the flowers.

As daylight faded, candlelight became more prominent across the table, taking the same palette used for the daytime ceremony into a warmer evening setting.

Bastide du Roy can accommodate up to 280 guests, but this editorial was designed around just 30: one concentrated dining setting, giving the smaller group its own defined place within the gardens.

Julia Santinelli worked with a gradient instead of one fixed shade of peach: pale blush at one end, moving through peach and pink, to coral at the other.

That progression appeared across several materials, not flowers alone. Feeline Creation carried it into the bespoke stationery, while fabrics and decorative details stayed within the same range.

Monogrammed champagne flutes were prepared for the imagined toast, while menus and painted stationery sat among the flowers at each place setting. Pale blue silk sat beneath the jewellery pieces, a cooler note among the peach and blush details.

Mirrored surfaces became a secondary thread through the editorial. A mirrored tray held Caroline and Alrik's reflection at one place setting, while glassware and the reflecting pool repeated the same idea on different scales.

Art'isserie translated the peach idea into the cake itself. Instead of a conventional stacked design, the cake had an elongated silhouette with a trompe-l'œil peach motif. It was then styled beside the reflecting pool with Caroline and Alrik, returning both the colour and fruit motif to the water and gardens used throughout the editorial.

In the evening, Greg Events Riviera changed the water's appearance again, illuminating coloured jets over its surface. The same feature that had served as the ceremony backdrop during daylight became part of the entertainment after dark.

The stationery was given one of the editorial's most distinctive treatments.

Instead of arranging every invitation and paper detail on a conventional tabletop, the team floated stationery and individual peach and pink flowers directly on the turquoise surface of the pool. Warm-toned flowers and pale paper sat directly against the blue water.

Other flat lays remained on land: bridal shoes, perfume and flowers arranged over tulle, and a gilt mirror, painted fan and stationery in another composition within the wider peach palette.

The reflecting pool wasn't used only for the ceremony or couple portraits; it became a surface for styling the smallest paper details too.

Bastide du Roy is a French Riviera wedding venue near Antibes in the Alpes-Maritimes, with formal gardens, olive trees, fountains and outdoor spaces capable of hosting celebrations of up to 280 guests.

For this editorial, Julia Santinelli worked with those established elements instead of covering them with temporary décor, an approach suited to wedding venues on the French Riviera with established formal gardens.

The reflecting pool determined the ceremony location and reappeared throughout the portraits. Olive trees framed the altar and portraits. The formal gardens provided the reception setting, while the pool returned after dark as part of the lighting design.

With only 30 guests, there was no need to fill every part of a large estate. The design concentrated instead on a few spaces and repeated the same visual language through each one.

Julien Bonjour photographed the editorial with an emphasis on natural light, movement, texture and composed editorial imagery, while Giuseppe Conte Films provided the video coverage.

Across the ceremony, portraits, reception and details, one idea remained consistent: one Riviera garden and one colour moving gradually from pale peach to coral.