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Solène & Gaspard

Lake Annecy · France

Together with their families

Black-and-white portrait of the couple from behind on a wooden jetty over the lake, the veil in the wind and the mountains in the mist

Solène & Gaspard

would love you to join them for their wedding

Saturday, at four in the afternoon

Château de Mirelac · Lake Annecy

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The couple

For you, with all our love

She shoots, he strings

A photographer who only works on film and a pearl stringer who ties a silk knot between every pearl.

Solène

Fashion photographer

Solène was born in Lyon and always has a sixties camera over her shoulder. She develops her films in the bathtub and has not taken a colour picture since school.

The couple from behind on a wooden jetty over a mountain lake; she wears a long veil moving in the wind
On the jetty, the morning of the question

Gaspard

Pearl stringer

Gaspard learnt the craft in his grandmother’s workshop in Paris. He knows every pearl by its lustre, knots the silk thread by hand and whistles while he works.

“Every pearl has its knot, so that if the thread ever breaks, not a single one is lost.”

Since 2021

Our story

Solène was shooting a fashion editorial in Paris when a pearl necklace snapped mid-frame and a hundred and eight pearls rolled across the studio floor. They called the nearest workshop and Gaspard arrived, with his box of silks and his needles, to restring them one by one, with a knot between each pearl.

It took him all afternoon. She never stopped photographing him. Six years, forty rolls of film and one necklace later, we are going back to the lake where he asked her to marry him, to celebrate with you.

  1. A long pearl necklace on crumpled silk and linen

    Issue 01

    The broken necklace

    A hundred and eight pearls across a studio floor in Paris and a stranger who kneels down to gather them.

  2. A small château with slate roofs on the shore of a mountain lake, with a boathouse and mist over the water, in black and white

    Issue 02

    The contact sheet

    First summer at Lake Annecy: one roll of thirty-six frames, and he is in all thirty-six.

  3. The couple from behind on a wooden jetty over a mountain lake; she wears a long veil moving in the wind

    Issue 03

    A single pearl

    At dawn, on the jetty, a pearl knotted onto a silk thread instead of a ring. She said yes.

“A hundred and eight pearls, a knot between each one and a whole afternoon to fall in love.”

Solène & Gaspard

Save the date

Keep this day for us

August 2027

16:00 · Château de Mirelac · Lake Annecy · France

The formal invitation will follow in spring. In the meantime, mark it in your calendar.

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Pearl by pearl

With every day that passes, one more knot on the thread.

· Local time · Central European Summer Time (Europe/Paris)

Saturday, 14 August 2027

The programme

An August afternoon by the lake, pearl by pearl, from the first toast to the last dance.

  1. Welcome beneath the plane trees

    Verbena lemonade, shade and a string orchestra as you arrive.

  2. Ceremony on the lakeside meadow

    By the jetty, with the water and the mountains as the only décor.

  3. Champagne and portraits on the terrace

    A black-and-white film photo booth: take your developed portrait home.

  4. Dinner in the orangery

    Long linen tables, candlelight, antique silver and a menu from the Savoy lakes.

  5. First dance in the hall of mirrors

    And then music until the lake goes dark.

  6. Onion soup and farewell

    For the road home, in the courtyard, with the last pearls of light.

Every hour is a pearl: touch the necklace and it will sway.

A small château with slate roofs on the shore of a mountain lake, with a boathouse and mist over the water, in black and white
Château de MirelacLake Annecy · France

Ceremony and celebration

The château by the water

Fictional sample content

A château invented for this sample: slate roofs, grey shutters, a stone terrace over the water, a wooden jetty and an orangery of iron and glass. On a real website, the address, parking and map link would go here.

Rows of wooden chairs on a lakeside meadow, with an aisle of petals and an arch of white roses, in black and white

Ceremony · 16:00

The jetty meadow

A grassy meadow running down to the water, with wooden chairs and an arch of white roses. If it rains, the ceremony will be held in the hall of mirrors.

A long banquet table with a linen cloth, lit candles and silver cutlery, in black and white

Celebration · 17:30

The orangery

The old glasshouse of iron and glass, with long linen tables beneath the orange trees and the terrace open to the lake.

On the silver tray

The venue card

Château de Mirelac

Eastern shore of the lake · Haute-Savoie

Fictional sample content

Loose pearls roll across the tray: nudge them with your finger.

Getting there

P N Château de Mirelac Jetty meadow The orangery Jetty Car park To Annecy Lake Annecy

Illustrative map, not to scale · Fictional sample content

Dress code

Summer formal in stone tones

We would love you to wear the palette of the invitation: pearl, linen, greige, taupe and an ink black. Fabrics with drape, and no pure white.

  • Pearl Silk
  • Linen Linen
  • Greige Crêpe
  • Taupe Taffeta
  • Ink Satin

The meadow is grass: block heels are best. It gets cool by the lake after dark; bring a shawl or a jacket.

The back of a silk wedding dress with a row of pearl buttons, in black and white

Practical information

Everything you need to arrive unhurried and enjoy the afternoon by the lake.

  • Getting there

    The nearest airport is about 45 minutes away and Annecy station 20. On a real website, the link to the routes would go here.

  • Where to stay

    Hotels with lake views and guesthouses along the eastern shore. On a real website, our list with booking codes would go here.

  • Shuttles

    They will leave from Annecy town centre at 14:45 and 15:05; return at 1:00 and 2:30. Sample times.

  • Gifts

    Your presence is the best gift. If you would like to give something, our list and contribution details would be here on a real website.

Please RSVP

Let us know if you can come: we are keeping a seat for you by the lake on 14 August.

We’d be grateful for your reply by 15 June 2027.

Will you come?
Menu
Food allergies & intolerances

For everyone in this reply (you and your plus-ones). Tick all that apply.

On a real website, the couple receives this in their guest list so the caterer can plan every plate. In this demo nothing is sent or stored.

See you soon

We’ll be waiting for you by the lake

Thank you for untying this bow. It would make us so happy to share the loveliest afternoon of the summer with you.

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Solène & Gaspard · 14 · 08 · 2027

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