Weddings
Libby & Gianni’s Industrial North Melbourne Nuptials
The industrial backdrop of Laurens Hall in North Melbourne set the scene for Libby and Gianni’s quirky lovefest, captured by Pierre Curry and capped off with a dessert table of epic proportions.
The duo first bonded over their mutual love of Volkswagen Kombis so it made sense that they arrived to the ceremony in their 1975 van before exchanging “I dos” in front of a rustic wooden backdrop. Libby shares an excerpt from their unique vows: “Marriage means…eating breakfast on the balcony, never being able to agree on a movie to watch, and hours spent planning our next adventure. Marriage means that I get to wake up next to the most amazing, caring, handsome and frustratingly forgetful person I have ever met.”
Colourful confetti from Pompom Lovers declared the pair husband and wife and they later let their hair down to the smooth beats of Nick Karasavvidis and the Melbourne Soul Collective. But it was the three-metre long chocolate landscape that had the guests most enthralled, made by the couple’s friend and pastry chef, Robert Erskine, who once worked at Buckingham Palace! “What he created was something that we could never, ever have imagined,” Libby says. “It was a fully edible ‘rocky road’ made of mousse, honey comb, spun sugar and chocolate dust that lead up to the main cake which was an orange and chocolate mud cake.
Credits
Images Pierre Curry | Bride's Dress Custom made by a friend | Bride's Shoes Mallouk Shoes | Groom's Suit Sartoria Vanni | Rings Lingham's Jewellers | Celebrant Damon Hughes | Flowers Raven & the Rose | Catering The Farm Cafe | Entertainment Nick Karasavvidis and the Melbourne Soul Collective | Venue Laurens Hall | Hair & Makeup Kate McCleary |