Coastal Ceremony · 180 guests
“We wanted the sea to be a third guest — close enough to hear, far enough to whisper.”
A coastal ceremony on a private stretch of Jumeirah Bay. Linen and oyster tones, the ceremony staged so the horizon line sat exactly behind the couple at golden hour; a long-table dinner under olive trees, a single string quartet for the recessional.
An aisle of crushed shell flanked by potted olive trees. The ceremony arch was a single asymmetric sweep of pampas, hydrangea and white wisteria. Vows were timed to the last twelve minutes before sunset; recessional confetti was pressed white rose petals only.
A single 36-metre table under a canopy of fig and olive. Twelve courses, Mediterranean-led with a quiet Levantine accent. Service paced so the entrée arrived as the sky turned violet — a moment we had rehearsed three times in the week before.