Enrica
and Andrea

Borgo Stomennano was exactly the place that represented them: seemingly simple, yet deeply sophisticated. A place set in the Sienese countryside, surrounded by green and looking out towards the village of Monteriggioni, behind which the sun went down every evening, giving one of the most beautiful sunsets in Tuscany.

The starting point of the project was Enrica’s gown: a delicate silk organza dress designed by Luisa Beccaria, embroidered with small ivory and sage green flowers. It was so particular that Enrica decided not to wear a veil: nothing else needed to be added.

Those embroideries also gave the wedding its colours. Ivory, white and sage green guided the floral design, the table and the decoration of the church, creating a fine, coherent thread between all the elements of the day.

The following day everything took on a different tone. The ceremony was held in a small pieve not far from the borgo: at the entrance, a great arch of white roses and greenery framed the façade of the church and Enrica’s arrival with her father.

After the ceremony the guests returned to Borgo Stomennano for the aperitivo, this time in another part of the estate looking out over the hills. Live music, late afternoon light and the Tuscan landscape accompanied them until the moment they were called in to dinner.

For the party we had imagined a real nightclub under the stars. A DJ and a saxophonist had come from Northern Europe especially for that night, and the dance area was completely transformed.

Strobe lights, music and the open sky above the guests gave life to an almost surreal space, entirely different from the dinner that had just ended. An energetic, unexpected close to the day, and perfectly true to them.

Each day had its own atmosphere, yet everything belonged to the same story.

When the guests began to leave the borgo, after three days of dinners, music, swimming and shared moments, the feeling was of having lived through something very rare. Each day had had its own atmosphere, its own colours and its own rhythm, yet everything belonged to the same story.

They were three days of relentless work for all of us. After the difficult Covid period, though, there was also a particular energy: the feeling, shared by every supplier, of having finally gone back to building something beautiful together.

Over the months of planning each element had been added slowly, almost like a puzzle. One choice after another, every piece had found its place until it became exactly what Enrica and Andrea had imagined — or perhaps even better.

Perhaps the moment I remember with the greatest emotion is the very last one: when Enrica and Andrea too left Borgo Stomennano, with tears in their eyes, and wanted to share that moment with me. It was the close of a journey far longer than we had expected at the beginning: a wedding postponed, awaited, built together over months and finally lived. And three days in the Sienese countryside that, even today, I do not forget.