Pink and Emerald Styled Shoot at Hôtel Alfred Sommier, Paris

Carolyn prepared in one of the hotel's salons, surrounded by gilt mouldings, wall sconces and parquet flooring.

She began in a lace robe, holding her pearl-trimmed heels in front of a gold damask curtain.

Mélissa Guervil and Kristen DC Makeup did her hair and make-up.

Two bridesmaids wore pale yellow satin dresses by Billy J Bridal and helped Carolyn into her ceremony gown. Once she was dressed, they spread its long train across the parquet floor.

Sven prepared separately elsewhere in the hotel, where two groomsmen straightened his bow tie beneath a large modern painting.

The ceremony was held outside in the hotel's cobbled courtyard.

The Parisian Celebrant led it at the foot of the double staircase. Hydrangeas and green foliage were banked densely along both sides of the steps, forming the main floral installation.

Cane-backed chairs stood in rows across the courtyard.

Carolyn and Sven read their vows from folded cards. Carolyn wore her cathedral-train gown with a long veil by Atelier Swan extending behind her.

Flower girls in peach tulle dresses by Bella Dress Paris stood among the ceremony chairs.

On the staircase, Carolyn and Sven kissed beneath a green banner suspended from the façade.

Carolyn's ceremony gown came from Marion Scott Bridal.

The strapless dress was made in lace with a cathedral-length train and worn with jewellery from Maison Salvat and Maison Salmon.

Inside the hotel, on the main stone staircase, the train spread across several steps behind her beside the wrought-iron balustrade.

Dinner was set inside a glass-walled room overlooking the hotel's garden.

One long table ran through the room, covered in pink linen and set with flowers, candles, emerald lamps and pink glassware.

Carolyn first joined the table in her wedding gown, now styled with lace sleeves and pearl details.

Later in the evening, she changed into a short strapless dress by La Mariée Capricieuse.

Une idée Djenny created a sculpted white wedding cake decorated with calla lilies. It stood between towers of strawberries and cherries from La Frutteria.

Carolyn cut the cake in her short dress, while Sven fed her fruit from the display.

Back in the salon, Sven dipped Carolyn into a kiss, and before long both had put on dark sunglasses.

D Conception designed the reception around pink and emerald.

The long dinner table was covered in pink linen. Fluted glass candleholders and pink glassware ran along its length, with emerald table lamps under scalloped shades between them.

Each place setting included a scalloped white charger, gold cutlery, a green velvet menu tied with ribbon and a small oval name card.

L'instant présent Event created the flowers.

Anthuriums, calla lilies, roses and carnations in blush, pink and green were kept low between the candles and lamps.

Hydrangeas were used in larger quantities: they covered the courtyard staircase for the ceremony and were banked at the foot of the dinner table.

In the garden, a wooden trellis held oval escort cards suspended from ribbons, with more hydrangeas underneath.

M&I Creation Agency created the stationery suite.

The invitation featured Carolyn and Sven's names within a printed trellis border and was paired with a pink envelope.

Oval place cards were finished with ribbons, in the same shape as the escort cards in the garden.

The stationery was laid on green with pearls, rosebuds, anthuriums and macarons stamped with Carolyn and Sven's initials.

The wedding rings were threaded onto the stem of a single calla lily.

Hôtel Alfred Sommier is a historic hôtel particulier in Paris's 8th arrondissement, one of the wedding venues in Île-de-France inside the city itself.

The property includes salons decorated in Louis XV and Louis XVI style, private gardens and rooftop spaces.

Its cobbled courtyard sits between pale stone façades, with a double staircase leading to tall glazed doors. For this editorial, the courtyard held the ceremony, with hydrangeas covering the staircase and chairs arranged below.

Inside, the salons were used for getting ready, while the glass-walled garden room held dinner.

Hôtel Alfred Sommier has 97 rooms and suites and can accommodate weddings of up to 180 guests.

For a destination wedding in Paris, accommodation, ceremony spaces, historic salons, gardens and reception areas are all within the same property, which appears in our guide to wedding venues near Paris.