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The caterer Lenôtre, the gourmet branch of the group Accor, has bought a magnificent wedding reception hall between Nice and Monaco. This two level circular construction is the work of the Danish architect, Georg Tersling.
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With the Spring, the season of marriages is started.
This is time to speak about French marriage statistics … where are we?
In 2008, 273 500 marriages have been celebrated in France. In 2007, the number of first weddings for French people had decreased compared to already divorced or widow people that are getting married another time. For their first wedding, the groom is 31, 5 years old and the bride 29, 5; five years before, they were both getting married a year before.
Yes, you have well read … adopt the new “nude” attitude for your marriage and wear an elegant bride dress.
“Nude” colours are the colours for your wedding this year.
Light pink, sober dresses, sensual cut, pastel colours, these are the fashion trend at the moment.
Cosmetics, then fashion designer and right now it is the turn of the wedding dress designer to adopt the new style of nude. From the dress to the accessories and also the makeup, everything should be “nude”, simple but sophisticated.
Get married in a palace … this sounds like a dream, isn’t it? But it is definitely possible.
Your wedding can take place in a Château built on the banks of the Rhône from 1400 by Louis II of Anjou. His son, King René, made some works and changed it into a splendid Renaissance palace.
It belongs to the State since 1932 and has been listed Historic Monument since 1840. Furthermore, it offers an unusual architecture which is one of a fortress and a Renaissance palace at the same time.
To start, can you say a few words about you and your professional background?
Sandrine Tessier : Actually, my grandfather was a jeweler … but it was not my aim to follow his steps at the start, I wanted to work in genetics and create new orchids!! I have always loved jewelries … and played with my grand dad’s stones, there were like treasures for me!!!
After my studies, I joined a jewelry school …it was thanks to my dad who was not in that business that I joined this school…we are all like rebels!
How did you end up in integrating the high jewelry field?
It was obvious for me, a magical mix between what I have done, drawn, and what I love the most.
What makes Sandrine Tessier different from the other jewelry maker?
My aim is to offer tailor made creations and not having stocks of jewelries and change the stones or the metal’s colours…
Do you have inspirations or models? Where do you get your ideas?
I am a rebel I have to say and I can’t draw my aspiration from already made jewelries. We belong to the same house and it is already hard to differentiate oneself from the other, so I prefer to stay in my world! I love nature and Modern Style, I believe that my ideas come from everything I see and keep into me and come at the right moment for the jewel…
So you are making tailor made jewels. How do you feel your customer’s wishes and create the right jewel?
We all have talents and I have the one to determine easily the personality of people I meet. There is a real chat between my client and me, and I am good at finding the right words…the right jewel according my client’s wish.
Sandrine Tessier, could you tell us about the birth of a jewel please ?
There are meetings, discussions, rough sketches and I make some proposals to my client, then we have a more defined project. Once, the drawing is confirmed begins the creation of the jewels.
Are they any of your creations that you are very proud of or any that you are very disappointed by?
Each piece is different, each jewel is different from the others because my clients are different, they have they own wishes and would like jewelries for different type of events. We can always improve ourselves or make it different, especially when we have ideas going on in our head, we can stay on the same project, working again and again on it, we always have new ideas!!
I really love my new collection (limited edition) called « Ange ou Démon », for instance, these little angels and little devils made thanks to a specific traditional technique of Blanc Limoges are all unique like everyone of us (unique is my main theme) and they remind the love we have to our loved ones.
You also create wedding and engagement rings. Is it the same process of creating other more “traditional” jewels?
You will wonder yourselves how to organize a precious event such a wedding in a hotel and worse… in a hotel that belongs to a group, it seems to be everything but not impressive at all. But you do not know that The Riviera resort and spa hotel belongs to a finest hotels group that owns a collection of sumptuous hotels in 55 countries.
This four star resort has recently opened in 2002 and it is located at 15 minutes from the loveliest beaches in the Saint-Cyr area of the Mediterranean coastline not far from Saint Tropez.
To make your event a unique experience, this luxury spa hotel offers you an exceptional framework, its style is a blend of medina, hacienda, Italian palace and Provençal country house. All the rooms are equipped with modern technology and are facing south with private terraces from where you can admire the beautiful view on the pine forest. Its One Star in the Michelin Guide restaurant welcomes you in its chic dining room, with its large windows opening onto the garden. The bar is located in the centre of the Riviera resort and spa hotel encircled by terraces.
Visitors can enjoy their lunch in a comfortable poolside setting thanks to the hotel’s pool house bar available as soon as the weather is warm enough. This establishment is the perfect venue for you where to celebrate your wedding. The outstanding Orange room can cater up to 100 guests.
You feel like a passionate, intense wedding? Which colour would be more suitable than red, the love colour? That hangs well, here are some pictures of beautiful red wedding decors!
In the Asian countries, red has been the favourite colour for wedding since centuries, and besides it’s the traditional wedding dress colour of many oriental brides. In China, for example, it’s the colour of luck, and a red wedding is supposed to be a fortunate wedding! And in India, it’s the traditional colour for weddings, the colour of love.
Some tips for your red wedding decors:
In our western countries, white has no longer a corner on the wedding dress and more and more brides choose to marry in red. So why don’t you dare?
Don’t go by appearances, this authentic mill on the French Riviera will offer you a wedding worthy of the most elegant castles!
Ideally located, in the heart of the countryside of the French Riviera, it is a unique and magical place.
Proper venue to the country life on the French Riviera, its construction began in 1780, but the manor and the mill itself were built at the beginning of the 19th century. Since then, it has been hosting a lot of different activities: oil making, silkworms culture or bread making.
Today, it’s a wonderful venue out of time, with all the comforts to organize an unforgettable wedding. Its splendid reception rooms, those total more than 400 m², can welcome 200 persons. The bonus: you have at your disposal an extra-room to keep the children!
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