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Home > An Acquachiara Bride for a Magical Pandemic Jewish Wedding at Villa Miani, Rome, Italy

An Acquachiara Bride for a Magical Pandemic Jewish Wedding at Villa Miani, Rome, Italy

09/04/2021 by Karen Cinnamon

Diletta and Stefano, Villa Miani, Rome, Italy

How gorgeous is this incredible chuppah?! We’re totally and completely obsessed with the all-white floral masterpiece Diletta, an architect, and Stefano, a consultant, dreamed up for their big day. Everything looks SO perfect, you’d never guess they had to drastically change their plans midstream due to COVID – including a change of venue to better accommodate their reduced guest list.

Luckily, the pair ended up at beautiful Villa Miani, one of our very favorite Roman venues, and with some help from their wedding planner, Smashing The Glass Recommended Vendor Deborah di Castro, and their vendor team, everything came together perfectly – despite the uncertainty that came with planning amidst fears of a new lockdown. (As it happened, Diletta and Stefano’s wedding date fell at a time when cases were low in Italy – but one month later, Rome was back in lockdown.)

Diletta had a strong vision for her wedding from the get-go: a sophisticated all-white look, carried out in her florals, that fabulous chuppah, and of course her Acquachiara gown, adorned with hundreds of white fabric “petals.” Don’t miss all the exquisite details in Azeta‘s photos and Sesame Films’ trailer.

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How we Met

Diletta, the bride: We met at a friend’s party.

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Change of Plans

We got married in Rome at Villa Miani, we chose it because it’s a beautiful villa and because it was equipped to handle any unforeseen event. Originally we were supposed to get married at the Hilton in Rome because we were having more than 400 people and it had a big interior in case of rain. But unfortunately, because of the covid we had to change our minds and look for a place for fewer people.

We decided to change our plans, hoping we’d actually be able to go through with our plans and get married, and we did. One month later and it would have been impossible.

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White Wedding

I had a wedding planner, Deborah di Castro, who listened to my requests. I wanted total white and sophisticated wedding.

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Invitations

The wedding planner helped me, we went to a very good printer and I had fun creating the logo that was used everywhere, from the menu, to the vodka shot and favors for the guests.

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Hair + Makeup

I went to Claudio Noto, a well known makeup artist in Rome, and the hairdresser was Damiano Ceccarelli.

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An Acquachiara Dress

My dress was made by Acquachiara a bespoke bridal atelier. It was a corset with a wide skirt made of petals, every single petal attached on by one by hand.

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Accessories

I had just a veil.

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Shoes

My shoes where simple with the plateau nothing particular.

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The handsome groom

My husband wore a custom-made suit from an Italian tailor Donald.

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Bridesmaids

I had six bridesmaids dressed in green with a small bouquet like mine total white made with orchids.

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Ceremony

The part I loved most about my wedding was definitely the ceremony under the chuppah, which was exactly as I wanted it under a roof of white flowers

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Ketubah

The ketubah was made by the temple.

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Chuppah

The chuppah was made completely in white, the wedding planner and the florist understood us and did a fantastic job using wonderful flowers.

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Our Music Choice

We had the Goldsingers, a band from Marseille, and during the ceremony a DJ with famous songs for the chuppah.

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Flowers

The florist was Flo-w floral couture and they used a lot of orchids. My bouquet was all white, all made of orchids.

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Photographer and videographer

The videographer was Sesame Films; he was introduced to me by my wedding planner Deborah di Castro.

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Food and Cake

The catering was Relais Le Jardin, the catering of the villa, and the cake was Giordana Guetta, a Jewish cake designer who makes kosher cakes.

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Entertainment

We had Goldsingers, a group from Marseille.

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Favors

We gave our guests a small bag with masks, hand sanitizer, dancing shoes and scarf and to the men the kippoth.

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Extra details

It was a difficult wedding to plan because every day there was the fear of a new lockdown and until the last minute I didn’t know if we could do it or not. I have to say that my mum and the wedding team found many solutions to entertain the guests and give me the wedding of my dreams.

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Advice to couples currently planning their wedding

This experience has made me realise that there is nothing more important than getting married in any way, because before it seemed like a foregone conclusion and now it’s a miracle just to be under a chuppah. So, brides, don’t change your plans and do it even if it’s not your dream wedding.

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DILETTA & STEFANO’S LITTLE WHITE BOOK

Photography – Azeta
Videography – Sesame Films
Wedding planner – Deborah di Castro  {offers 10% discount to all members of Smashing The Glass’s Brides Club}
Venue – Villa Miani
Bride’s dress – Acquachiara
Hair + Makeup – Claudio Noto, Damiano Ceccarelli
Groom’s attire – Donald
Flowers – Flo-w
Band – Goldsingers
Catering – Relais Le Jardin
Cake – Giordana Guetta


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Filed Under: Jewish Corona Wedding, Real Jewish Weddings, Jewish City Chic Weddings, Jewish Destination Weddings, Jewish Super Luxe Weddings Tagged With: Atelier Acqua Chiara, coronavirus, Rome Jewish Wedding, Sesame Films, Acquachiara, Italy, Villa Miani, Deborah Di Castro

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