The Bride Wore a Cathedral-Length Veil to Marry on the Groom’s Household Basilica in Paris

The engagement ring—and the couple’s marriage ceremony bands—are all from Taffin, the bespoke jewellery model by James de Givenchy, Sean’s uncle. James’s signature is his coloured ceramic bands, and Sean selected the sunshine blue coloration for the engagement ring with a pear-shaped diamond. “I think it is a true reflection of my personal style,” Dahye says. “And I always get so many compliments on the uniqueness of the colored band.”

The marriage ceremony was held on the finish of the summer season in Paris, the place Sean’s mom and brother at the moment dwell. Sean spent a lot of his upbringing in France, and given the couple celebrated their civil union in New York, it felt acceptable to have their church marriage ceremony within the groom’s house nation.

They had three days of celebrations from August 28 to 30, beginning with the rehearsal dinner for fast household and the marriage celebration, then a welcome brunch for youthful members of the family and mates to satisfy, and at last the marriage ceremony and reception. “I am so glad we were able to stretch out the events as it gave us time to genuinely connect and converse with family and friends who we haven’t seen in a while,” Sean says.

When the couple started planning, Dahye was in her grasp’s program, and Sean was working full-time, so that they didn’t have a lot free time. “I think the hardest part was getting the ball rolling,” Sean remembers. “The good thing was that we had a full year and a half to plan following our civil union in New York City, so not having the stress of time pressure certainly helped a lot.”

They enlisted Marie Bitton from Maiden Agency as their planner, and the very first thing they did was lock down a date with the principle venue, Le Pavillon Dauphine. It checked off all of the bins: grand and historic structure, an unlimited outside area, and simply far sufficient from residential areas in order that there was no danger of noise complaints. “My vision for the wedding was timeless, classic and undoubtedly Parisian,” Dahye says. “I am a big vision-board nerd, so I spent many a weekend finding images that show the vibe and inspiration for each event. Once I was happy with this vision board—which was a PowerPoint deck of 100-plus slides—I shared it with Marie, and she did her magic to scout the right vendors and designers from there.”