When the bride is a wedding decorator by profession, her own wedding becomes both a test and a manifesto. Ana, founder of an events studio, married Javi - a man she has known since she was twelve, when they were best friends. At seventeen she confessed her feelings, and discovered he felt the same. Ten years later, he proposed in Paris. „I knew very early that she was the person I wanted to share my life with,” says Javi.

The wedding took place on 18 October in the church in Vila-real, in Castellón, with the celebration on an estate that means a lot to Ana's family - the first venue her parents included when they founded their events company 35 years ago. The circle closes where it began.

The dress was made by designer Castelar Granados, in silk satin. The detail many brides will recognise: three months before the wedding, Ana completely redesigned the dress. „At the third fitting I realised that, even though the design was beautiful, I didn't feel like myself in it,” she admits. The new version had a fitted, clean line, with embroidered squares and rosettes in zircons, and a cape that comes off for the aperitif. The dress fell exactly to the floor, with a slit that let her move freely - comfort before effect.

As a decorator, Ana directed every little thing. A runner the colour of raw linen in the church, antique floral-print table linens, her grandmother's planters, a double-height structure around a fountain wrapped in checked and violet cloth, and a dessert corner in a semicircle around an olive tree with silver candlesticks. „We wanted a fun wedding, with no rigid protocols, where people would really enjoy themselves,” she says. The menu had seventeen different appetisers, a main course of turbot, and her father and sister came up with a new dish specially for the day. When someone who does this for a living gets married - the result isn't a wedding, it's a signature.