Maria and Cody at Relais Villa Vittoria, Laglio, Lake Como
Lake Como · 28 June 2025

Black and white,
and a lake
underneath

Relais Villa Vittoria · Laglio, Lake Como

Two days at Laglio in June. A welcome dinner the evening before that began on a wooden boat in the middle of the lake and ended at a long table in white and red, and then the wedding itself: a round arch of white flowers on the terrace, with the water six metres below it and the mountains behind.

The evening before, out on the water
The wake, in black and white
Past the village
On the bow
The pontile
The welcome dinner, under the lights
The menu, on gingham
Supper
White and red, by request
The house, from the pool

The ivy tunnel,
and the table
under it

Laglio · June

Laglio · June
The dress, at the window
The headpiece
The bouquet, and what was pinned to it
Her shoes
His cufflinks

Two days,
one set
of gates

The night before was not a rehearsal. It was a boat, a dress code of white and red, a gingham table and a lot of aperol — and by the time the wedding day started nobody was meeting anybody for the first time, least of all me.

That is the argument for a two-day wedding on this lake, and it is the reason the pictures from the second day look the way they do. The camera had stopped being a stranger about eighteen hours earlier.

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On the stairs, in black and white
The balcony over the lake
The bow tie
Coming out
The two of them, in the doorway
Villa Vittoria, after midnight

The floor,once itgot dark

How I work
The ceremony, and the lake under it
Walking in
The seats, in black and white
The vows
Under the veil
In the arch
Back down the path
The lake behind them
On the pontile, at dusk
The cake
One table, under the chandeliers
Dinner
The first dance
And the rest of it
The night before, again
Six months earlier, five thousand miles westTheir engagement in Laguna Beach
Six months earlier: Laguna Beach
Treasure Island, in December
The California engagement
The team Laglio, Lake Como
Venue
Relais Villa Vittoria, Laglio
Photography & film
Stefano Casati

Photographs by Stefano Casati. The full supplier list should follow the one published with the wedding.

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Six months earlier,
five thousand miles west

Treasure Island, Laguna Beach.

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