Beauty & styling
hair · make-up · atelier fittings
Dress, hair, skin, hands, the shoes you can actually stand in. We build the look slowly, months before, so the morning itself is only forty minutes of quiet work.
What this actually means
The most common mistake in bridal beauty is doing everything at once, in the wrong order, three weeks before the wedding. We reverse it: skin and hair care begin six months out, the dress is decided by month four, and the trial happens in the same light and at the same hour as the wedding morning.
We work with a small circle of ateliers and artists rather than a directory. If your dress is being made, we come to the fittings; if it is being bought, we come to the appointment and say the unpopular thing when a dress is wrong.
Nothing here is about a transformation. Every artist we work with is briefed the same way — you should look like yourself at the end of a very good evening, and your partner should recognise you from across a room.
On the morning itself we protect the room: one artist, one assistant, tea, no crowd, music you chose, and a door that closes.
Four things we take off your hands
01
Dress & atelier
Appointments arranged and attended, made-to-measure coordination, fittings, alterations, veil and shoes.
02
Hair & make-up
Trials in wedding light, a written look sheet, morning service for you and up to six people you love.
03
Skin & preparation
A six-month plan with a facialist, plus hands, brows and the small appointments people forget to book.
04
Second look
An evening change — hair down, a lighter dress, flat shoes — planned so it takes eight minutes.
From first call to the morning
- one
Look conversation
Photographs of yourself you actually like, not a mood board of strangers.
- two
Atelier
Two to four appointments, us present, honest opinions included.
- three
Trial
Full hair and make-up at the wedding hour, photographed on a phone, adjusted once.
- four
The morning
A calm room, a timed schedule, and someone whose only job is your dress.
Léonie Vasseur
Hair · ParisChignons that survive dancing; works barefoot, talks very little.
Ines Aloui
Make-up · Paris & MilanSkin first. Nothing on a bride's face that she would not wear on a Tuesday.
Atelier Brossard
Made-to-measure gowns · BordeauxFour fittings, silk from a single mill, no train longer than the room allows.
Camille Roux
Facialist · LyonSix-month protocols, no experiments after month five.
Maison Pellier
Veils & accessories · AnnecyHand-rolled tulle, pearl pins, borrowed-feeling jewellery.
- Begin
- 6 months before, ideally
- Trials
- One full trial, one adjustment
- Morning service
- Bride plus up to 6 guests
- Travel
- Artists travel across Europe
- Included
- Look sheet, timing plan, touch-up kit
- Second look
- Optional, planned in advance
“I did not feel done to. I felt like the best version of an ordinary morning.”
Shall we take care of this part?
Tell us your date and where you are looking — we take a small number of weddings each year.
