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Damian & Thiago
an evening
of surprises
Seeing the celebra ons unfold into
a carnival of vibrant taste, variety
and colour was everything Damian
had hoped for…
We first got together in a bar, followed by old-
fashioned cour ng believe it or not!
We just knew it felt right and things soon fell into
place. he had been back home in Brazil and we made
plans when i returned from seeing him.
neither of us had actually proposed and i
mentioned this the day before we married, as a
gentle reminder. he then tried to propose to me in
the lift at home on the eve of our wedding. So there
was no proper proposal, not even wedding rings, but
it’s not really important. i did think of asking him on
the plane to australia but resisted!
Thiago is very laid back so when we were thinking
about the style of our wedding i thought we should mix
influences in a playful way, so the Brits could see
something they perceived as Brazilian – dancing girls
with feathers and fishnets, and cocktails – and
something equally British – bangers and mash, mini
Yorkshires with rare roast beef. We both love sushi so
we had a sushi bar, with it made to order!
We chose 45 millbank as it’s a lovely venue, just
500m away frommy home and office, on the site of
millbank Prison and is a part of Chelsea College of art
that’s quite undiscovered. We ‘unwrapped’ the venue to
open different rooms, which had dancing, a photobooth
and a Brazilian pudding buffet. We did canapés, bowl
foods and bacon butties at midnight, but also added
ribbon-wrapped brownies for guests to nibble on the
way home – and our tea towels based on the invite!
our outfits were relatively simple compared to the
food menu – velvet dinner jackets fromm&S, costing
£99. We wanted our ceremony to be very understated,
and just about the two of us. So we took the shortest
version possible – four words each.
it was an evening of surprises and our guests loved
the food, the music, the dancing and the photobooth.
Brazilian guests also loved the pudding buffet!
Seeing our day come together was amazing. it was
everything we had hoped it would be. Sharing a
bottle of champers on our minimoon – we went to
Bath for a few days with the in-laws – brought home
how happy we were. Keep your day focused on
yourselves, rather than bowing to any external
pressures, and you’ll have the day of your lives.
‘Thiago is very laid back so
when we were thinking about
the style of our wedding I
thought we should mix
influences in a playful way...’