Sabrina + Hubert met in Las Vegas in 2008 – even though she is German and he is French. She was studying at UCLA for the summer and went for weekend trip to Vegas. Hubert was road tripping in California with his best friend. After spending only a few hours together in Vegas, they immediately knew they would see each other again. Hubert returned to France and after the end of her term, Sabrina returned to Germany. A half year later she moved to France to be with Hubert and another half year later Hubert proposed in a tree house on Martinique Island! Because of language barriers, they decided to move to an English speaking country and moved to London. They knew their story was unique, so when it came time to plan their wedding, they knew it needed to be very, very special. :) I’ll let Sabrina tell you lovelies more:
A lot of fantasy is needed to think about the fact that two people from two different countries, with two different languages met in Vegas, fall in love and get married. That’s actually how we found our wedding theme: FANTASY! And what reflects fantasy better than ‘Alice in Wonderland’!? Our wedding idea was born. Since I was a little girl, I’ve always loved winter and I dreamt of having a winter wedding – and of course I always loved Alice in Wonderland which I grew up with.
Despite the fact that Alice in Wonderland has absolutely no winter theme, I wanted to combine both as I just love playing with extremes. I love details and it was very important to me that everything was perfectly designed and well planned. This and the fact that we live in London and had to organize a wedding in the middle of the Austrian Alps, made us decide to work with a wedding planner – Doreen Winking Weddings. We briefed the team on our ideas and really let them run with it – and as you’ll see they totally nailed it! The whole team was very professional and it felt like working with friends. Our gorgeous photos are by Carmen and Ingo Photography.
When we decided to go for a winter Alice in Wonderland theme, I knew that I would need a very outstanding but warm dress. The Victorian time was fascinating to me since I moved to London and so I started to create a wedding dress in my head. I imagined a Victorian dress but still traditional and very sophisticated and modern. After months and months of researching I came across Victorian Gothic – she makes Victorian Gothic dresses by using original patterns. I got in touch and sent her my ideas and asked whether she would like to create my dress. From that first initial moment, she was totally excited to work on not only the dress, but also the shoes, hat and other details. Hubert is wearing an original vintage suit and top hat from1890 he bought in a vintage store in London.
The snow does make for some pretty gorgeous photos, right?!
Our fairytale wedding brought different cultures and nations together and the cold, cozy winter mood let everyone move more closely together, no matter if they spoke the same language or not. We enjoyed every second of our wedding!
Sabrina + Hubert also opted to do some fun Day After photos…with a horse and then holi powder! :)
Such a creative + beautiful winter wedding! Big congrats to Sabrina + Hubert and thanks so much for letting us share your story!
photography: Carmen and Ingo Photography // venue name: Schloss Münichau, Kitzbuhel, Austria // planning: Doreen Winking Weddings // wedding dress: Victorian Gothic // hair stylist: Amory Uhlmann // paper goods: Die Exklusiven Einaldungskarten -- Sonja Bührke // music: Roberto Sotgia // concept: Doreen Winking Weddings // make-up: Amory Uhlmann // flowers: Hörl Floral Kreativ -- Julia Hörl // wedding cake: Alma Pasteles // horse: Reitstall Henntalhof -- Franz Gasteiger // ponies: Reitstall Henntalhof -- Franz Gasteiger // carriage: Reitstall Henntalhof -- Franz Gasteiger
Oh my gosh! I think I just died from awesome detail overload! I love this wedding, the photos, the theme, the day after photo shoot with the holi powder!! Wow, just stunning. Great job everyone and thanks for sharing it with us Jen!
This is one of the most unique weddings I have seen in a long time. It has a lot of character and personality. Great post Jen!
Incredible. That’s pretty cool to have a horse included. A white one at that! Great photography!
OMGosh! So in love with this wedding. Love every detail this wedding has. It’s so different from all the Alice themes I have seen.
Love how curated this wedding was. Looks like a very small wedding with lots of planning to details. Well done designers/vendors!!! Amazing finishing results!!!
This is absolutely magical. VERY well done. I wish I was one of the lucky people to see this wedding in person. It is a dream…..
Incredible! the photos are amazing! It’s wonderful!
I’ma french, and I think it’s a unique wedding!
WOW. this wedding took my breath away. So beautiful, magical, inspiring and creative! The details are amazing and this is such an awesome winter wedding.
I adore winter weddings & this is the MOST creative one!
the snow really makes this wedding breathtaking! love the fun with color at the after session!
Wow, this is incredible! The photos with the paint are striking, and what a setting with all the snow.
What a different wedding!…Love the last photos with the snow…
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Wow!! This is just so awesome and beautiful!! Love it!
This is a gorgeous wedding!! I love the colorful day after photos and I love the dress!!
Being a hair and makeup artist in Florida, this wedding is the EXACT opposite of what I see in weddings, and EVERYTHING that I dreamed of for my wedding (didn’t happen in FL)! I loved everthing about this wedding!!!!
Wow – what an amazing set of photo’s. The snow is so incredibly gorgeous and the use of the chalk dust to create colour is absolutely beautiful.
this is mental, fair play for using the colour bombs! the pictures and styling are quality
I instantly fell in love with every single detail of this wedding! The choice of doing a “day after” wedding shoot adding elements like the gorgeous white horse and the holi powder was icing on the cake! Great job to all involved and many blessings to the couple.
Love the invitation in this wedding. My son is engaged and his fiancé wants an Alice in wonderland theme. Where were the invitations from. I think she would love them!
This wedding is off the hook! The styling is amazing and the couple shots blew me away. Those powder paint portraits are just incredible.
Wowzers, I’d love to shoot a wedding like this, what a brave couple! amazing images
Absolutely amazing wedding, the styling is just wonderful.
This wedding is out of a fairytale.
That makes you feel like getting married in winter yourself. Dreamlike pictures