You, the Emé star

When we decided to get married we didn’t want to wait a long time. We organised the wedding very quickly, Andrea proposed to me in June and in just four months I had created everything I’d dreamed of for my big day! What made our wedding special was that every detail was all about us, which is just the way it should be on our day! I already had a clear idea of what my dress would be like: with balloon sleeves and in silk organza. Together with Atelier Emé, I created a unique piece and that was a feeling I will always have in my heart! Seeing my idea take shape was unexpected and really touched me. My mum and all my sisters were at my first fitting, although most of them were on video calls because of Covid, but to have shared that moment with them really filled me with joy because my family means so much to me! I’ll never forget the purity of the emotions experienced that day, which will stay in our hearts forever!

I live in Lima and I’m a Peruvian girl, but for my special day I chose the uniqueness of Atelier Emé! I started looking for a dress in November 2019 and it was really special because with my mum, my sister and my aunt, I organised a trip to Italy to make this important decision. I went to the Atelier in Milan and it was love at first sight, straight away! When I tried the Doris dress, my sister already knew it was the one for me... and when I saw myself in the mirror the magic took hold! I liked it because it’s a classic, elegant design and the addition of an elaborate veil made for the perfect combination! I went back to Milan in March 2020 for my final fitting, when the pandemic was about to start, in just 48 hours I had to get back on the plane, but I wasn’t going anywhere without my dress in my hand! I could never have imagined having to postpone my wedding for a year, the plans changed a lot but our desire to celebrate our love only increased. We adapted to the new normal, which meant a smaller wedding but with the people we care about most, and with whom we made some truly special and unforgettable memories!

There are things that we’re sure we’ll never change our minds about, whether to do with weddings or life: flowers, venue, the person we love... but when it comes to choosing a wedding dress, you always need to be ready to try everything and let yourself be surprised! When I first tried dresses on in the Atelier, I thought I’d choose a full dress in tulle, but when I put on the Ginevra dress I changed my mind... It was the perfect one for me! We celebrated our wedding on 27 August 2021 at Lake Garda, a fairy tale location that we fell in love with straight away! But the most important thing was being surrounded by the people we love most, who made our day unforgettable and full of unique emotions that we’ll remember forever... because happiness is only real if it’s shared!

Our story is the classic fairy tale... One day, after seven very long years, the prince married his “princess”... And that’s how it was... We’re Silvia and Stefano and we got married at Rocca Visconteo Veneta in Lonato del Garda on 24th July 2017. I wanted the most classic dress, and even that was love at first sight, with teary-eyed approval from my mum and sister, and that’s how I chose my Shelly dress. A hippy chic dress, in perfect harmony with the theme of our wedding.

It was on a Rome to Boston flight in 2012, a few minutes before we landed, that we spoke to each other for the first time. I had a really bad earache because of the air pressure, and Andrea suggested a way I could alleviate it. I was going to America for a film-making course, while Andrea would be staying in Boston for work, for just two days. In those briefest of moments, before getting off the plane, he gave me his contact details by presenting me with his band’s latest album. We wrote to each other all summer and more, discussing films, sharing music, before meeting up in Naples. By chance, we went to a restaurant where a couple was celebrating their wedding anniversary, and when it was time for dessert, the waiter brought us a slice of the mille-feuille that the happy couple was sharing with everyone. My favourite and his favourite, but neither of us had ever told the other. Straight away we thought it was a sign, a good sign. We got married on 4th September two years ago. I wore the dress that I chose at first sight in the charming atelier in central Rome. We’ll always remember that precious day, full of smiles.