Victoria spent the night before her wedding among the flowers her relatives and friends had sent her, and from them she tied her bridal bouquet herself. Instead of a ready-made florist's arrangement, she carried a piece of everyone who loves her.

The bride has Spanish and Argentine roots. She married Gianmarco on 20 December in Buenos Aires, after nine years together. He proposed in Uruguay, on a beach, at sunset. The wedding, she says, was meant to bring the two worlds together: "I was looking for a mix of Spanish elegance and Argentine bohemian spirit, always with subtlety."

She wore that mix too. The dress was by designer Alejandra Valero: a strapless silk shantung design that could be transformed, with a detachable tulle cape embroidered with gold lurex flowers. In her ears were vintage earrings, a gift from her grandmother, who couldn't attend. On her feet were green linen heeled sandals by Flordeasoka, later swapped for low boots, and she wore her hair in a low bun, with natural make-up.

The wedding took place at the Argentine Polo Association, outdoors, with the ceremony held on a path lined with trees. A Bedouin-style tent was put up for the celebration, housing the dinner and the party. The decor started out in white during the ceremony and then took on yellow, orange and soft pink tones, with lemons and limes, candles and wicker lamps.

The wedding was organised by the agency Plan Events, but for the couple the most important part couldn't be hired: the vows they wrote themselves. "It was important to us to say what we feel in front of our family and friends," Victoria says.

In the Balkans a wedding is a family project, with best men, aunts and grandmothers who have a say in everything, from the music to the sarma. This wedding on the other side of the world uses the Balkan recipe in a quieter way: grandma's earrings, flowers from the people closest to her and a few sentences spoken out loud. Isn't that what people remember longest in the end?