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DANYELLE I IEAFEY
ADAM LAROSA
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CASTELLO IL PALAGIO, MERCATALE VAL DIPESA, TUSCAN’Y 18 Sej~tember 2005
PHOTOGRAPHEO BY DEATRICE RAGGIO TEXT DV CAThV HOWES
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WHEN IT CAME te writing their own wedding vows,
Danyelle HeafW thought she would be the mie most like!y
to put pento papa, yet she admits it was mainly her fiancé,
Adam Lakosa, who found the right words tu express their
love and commitment. Not .that she should bave been
surprised, given the roniantic nature ol’ bis proposal during
their New Year break in Botswana. Adam had secretly
~lesigned the engagement ring himself and brought it on
safari,’ explains Danyelle. ‘One night, aller a long day’s
treldcing with the San Men, he asked the camp staff to set up
formalìties at City Hall in New York City jboth arc
Ainerican-bornj and bave a symbolic ceremony and party
in kaly. For us, that was the irnportant part says Danyellc.
The venue they chose was the l3th-century Castello Il
Palagio in the town ofMercataleVa) di Pesa,Thscany.
However, organising a celebration in Ttaly while livin~
and working in London (Adasu works for l3loomberg and
Danyelle is picture editor ori Wedding Day) proved quite a
task. 1t was the most exhausting thing l’ve ever doner
Danyelle admits, ahhough they decided against involvinj
a table with q Iantern and champagne ori mie of those neverending saltpans so that he could propose to me at sunseg
The couple gave theniselves fine months to organise
the wedding and, as ozio of their big passions apart ffrom a
shared love of travelling and sailing Is kaly, there was no
contest fin the locadon of the autumn wedding.’Neither cE
us Is particularly religious, so we decided tu cova the legai
a wedding planner. ‘We toyed with the idea of ari evcnt
organiser but we’re both a bit crazy, you could say neuroùc.
ami very particular about things, so it would never
worked. lnstead we went to ~ee Simone Coppi, who nrnt E
Palagio, severa) times ami it was tze, together with bis wffi.
Manuela,who niade most of this bappen. Simone said w~
coul4 bave whatever ive wished and we knew that was ah,
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party, ,lot one oF those uptight, lòr,,,al ~veddi,,gs yOt’ StilIle—
di nes get l’vi ted tu. We’re eiiergetìc, we love li li, we itive tu
ceiehrate a,,tl st~ do ai1 the peopit’ we were l,,viting
And ~vidi ,,iost oL their lix) gtleStS colllmg In),ii the
US. they were ieaving ~othing to chancc. We tried to make
the trave) pianning very easy (or our guests says Adain. We
wa,,ted ti, iligs tu be as stress—free as possible (or the,,,. We
hooked as llla,,y hotel rnnnis;ind apartliiel~ts ‘5 WC eot,id
get i,, ,,,ii~ SI c;i,,,it~,,;,,,o.’Ii,el,
tve ~ eaeit g,~cs, i,, the hotel
or apartllielit in tvi,ich ive feit thcy
tvnoltl be nIost eo,,iiortabie, it ali
tvn,-ked 01,1 great. \t’e lie)ped sviti,
bnnking ilights. reni;,) ears ;,nti
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itlrt tr:,,,sfi.rs, ‘iò
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sei t~~i [IL,, LiWll wttitli,ig wt’hsi,e,
paeked with travei i,ift,r,,,atio,,
aliti eVen sent ont a I 4—page travei
itinerary tu every gtlest.
After ehecking into tileir
respective liotels o,, the Fri tlay,
gilests lati a tew lit,t,rs tu take in
the locai shops or niuset~ nis, a fter
w h i ci, l)a I lyell e a li ti Atia i, i,os ted
tlri,,ks tvitl, typieal italia,, tiislies in
WETRIED TO MAKE
H}NGS PS STRESS-FREE
AS POSSIBLH FOR OUR
GU~STS’ SAYS ADAM
the mani sqtlare of San Cinsignaiio
t,,,tii the eariy l,ot,rs.llie flillowiiig
day, Atiaiu a,itl tue l~leIl shook off
any after—effect~ ui tliis with a gnu’
totlrna,nent, wli.ile l)aciyelie and
l’cr f’rie,,tls relaxetl olI I ialllper
tiay, tviti, two beatity tlieraplsts spe—
e,aily l,ired or the event. O,, the S;itnrtlay iight. Atia,,,’s
pareills htisteti a unr—elliirse tlinner ~vitl, hve ,,ii,sa il the
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all evening I )aiiyelle deseribes as
‘al,uost Iike ant,ther wedding’.
‘Flie tvethtliiig itseil’ was l,eid o,, the Stii~d;iy. CeIel,ra,,t
RalThele b’itari presitied over the 4(h—n,,,,ute cereillony,
wi,ich nicluded the cotiple ~ own special by written vows,
v,ul,,, ,ut,sic a,ltl a speeeh writte,, aliti presented hy Adani’s
sister, Michelie Si,nes. (it,ests tvere brtiught
t’I,, Sa,,
Ciniignano un two hired coaches and greeted at Il Palagio
hy
wa iters servi ng refresh ilig dri,,ks a,,d nien dressed is
gtiards earrynlg spears. Whiie the bride a,,d groolli pLIL the
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tvt’athIei re1itlrts as the wedding drew ,,earer mt1 knew therc
‘vere tI;,rk el,,,itls eoniing, bt,t Sin,n,,e stiggesteti ~ve Wait
‘nt’ sec how the Forecast iooked a cot~pIe ol’days before and
cave ntlr fl,,al ticeisions to the day. As it tvas, sonie plans
l,ad tu L’llal~ge. For insta,,ce. the mcmi was nriginallv
stip pnscd tn h,e in the coli rtya rd ho t had to ,,luve i ns de, a,
ti i ti
tI~ e twt,— IltitI r eoektaii party a fte r cile ce renI o ny. in i tiaIlv
we tvere a httle disappointed but it didnt n,ake any differ—
d’ce tt) otlr elljoyillellt ul the tlay
With the help of Simone Cotti aod Danyelles
Lnndo,,—hascti frie,id Severine, who speaks I talian, clic couplc
I u~i ‘‘al ~ageti tu so’, rce 50111 e of the hest wedti, ng su ppl i ers in
li nishi ng touches to their otitf~ ts in separate roonls in the
the regioiì. Si,,sone arranged (or a celehrated oca! chef Nicn—
castie, the gt’ests swapped their coni drinks t’or so,,iethiing a
li ttle stronger oli a wil~e—tastil,g tot,r ot’ the candlelit ecllars,
serenaded by two harpists.
P~fter the WilIc—tasting, the aett,aI cerenlol,y ~vas 0111—
side in the grntinds, ;,ithtitigli hieak cnid ~veath,er lnt’;llll
‘vere absoiutel v (ree~., ,~g,’ says Da ,,velle. We tea te te I thi e
in Scura, known as Tiger, to come in froin Fiorence, so th.,t
i )ai yel ie a id Ada 01 co o Id enj oy plen ty of tasti i, ~s l’e forehand.
At the reception, the chef came out between every course
a itt1. with the IieI~a ofan i,,terpreter, explained each dish to the
gi csts. ‘l’i te ta ke ‘vas a,,, azi iig, tuu i )a liyeli e e,, tu tises. i t was i
rasi i riti , i I i in li;,, i .~1iIIefia.t’Iic wi th aiter nati, lg laye rs of pastrv
PREVIOUS PAGES Dnnyiiio.ipi:iitir-i’
Ioook:ng wiives wurc cronica hy It;iIp.in
lune SLyIISL
ali Hobei-tcj OPPOStI E I-’AGE
CLOCRWISE PRQM PAR LEFr Rio I,riclos
mother, Ginger Heatey. enjoyìng the
ceromony The coupIe recited Ihejr vows ‘TI
the grounds 0$ Il Pelagio. The lush greca
hills ci Chianii Danyellc da,ic,rI9 with tr,end
Sleplien Hoyt. THIS PAGE. CLOCKWISE
FROM TOP LEFT Adarn ano DanyeIlo in
hi,bj~ly monet, Ahor r.Ilnmpngno,i,irt
spoeches. a firowcrk d’splny, DLsring [ho
Cin,iks rocoption, guests orljoycd clistios al
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INSPW&I’ONAL WEDDINGS
HOW IT WAS DONE
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Eviti i,erter
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the ecitiple o l\4:ìria. nt itah;,,,
designers F,or,dea with whom i )anyeile haised froin
Situc,,ie usci i,Ilr,iiit,i-eti
fiorai
Lnndon via
enia,I. Aitlicit,gh i)aiiyeiie w:u,ted to keep the
civhng iart:r:,i, a Moroi-can
lieme ciao,, iai’gan Ui emerge.
biasr of colou r so’, iewh ere in the receptio li • su
:,sk-ed ib r ilowers iii reti a i, ti pu rpte. •i ‘i teli Si’, itt, e si i ggest—
ed add bg a bn ghr Mo roccan rtig I ad sca trer e ushi mis md ti te
pile., i~re’v. We eve~i had a walter i,, tratiiiiu,,:d dress serviug
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featured a moat corner
offaring lialian pastremie arid saiamie. a breacl corner vilh
iocai breacia ami o?ivos, enti a cheese table. The dinner
menu inciudod Isotta with zucchini, shrimps enti pecorina
chease, hand-mado tolletini wiih spinach enti ricotta, sea
base with capare enti boef tuoi ccokect in Bruneto wines. i
was prepareti by P9~,, .s tamous chet brought in from
Ro,cnce by Simone Coppi. who runs Palagio.
CAKE Tiger atto prepa reti the Mullefoghe, a tradutionai itatir
cake comprislng bui’ layers 01 pastry ami custard creare.
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ei.itipic ag ccii
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diug pa rry ~vas i o t ibr th ciii, so rhey
iii he.s,
,iai,u ‘i, britiesu,aj,iì
Adani ~vaikeci ,i by iaiiitsel( tbiiti~veci
lav liii
itticher estiarteci h
lui
hrothier—u,i—i;tw,
ilcii
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iii o the r ~vidi th e i,r,de ‘i brodi e r a i d
finahiy Danyeiie ~vidi h Cr fhther. •i t
che ni’t:,his. •i icit
‘vas pretty ti:itlittlilg
very nervous josr
throt,gii. hecause
‘vere s’ttitlg
thii’re
before ‘ve weiir
ali duise ieiiiie
~v:itit,,iz itir ‘l’e.
,iy d,ther reaii~’ cahii,eii ,lle
iiti’v,i. i—te ‘vas 5ii rel:,xeth.
Bui
THE WHATHHR WAS
UNUSUALLY COLD, BUT IT
DIDN’T SPOIL THEIP
ENJOYMENT OF THE DAN’
Origzo:liiy i tiah,,t ‘va,,l I ~veci—
tiu,t~ dress, iii,, re;,iiv I usi thdot
‘vani i itcnlllgl,c_ sci I io,iketi
~~‘hn iiiO]d
SOhileOiit’
v,s,cui
create uoy ,iw,,
ea,ite aeross
larer che seor ne tiiree draw,,igs.
petai et1~ct, ~vids a
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iayer upon bayer of siik, crearing a ,‘ose—
back aod erysral beadilig.’
To coIn piemen r da e dress Danye i iec fri end Lauta
Swa ‘epici. I recenc desigia graduate, created unique shoes
~vidi -a hlg
vllirage
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highhight the ‘alci.
borrowed * hlue * tradi non. ‘Th ey ‘ve re q ti i te hhì lig.
wh,eh lui mt — usttaliv.’ laughi i)aoyeile, laur the,m. l’ve
oever had shoes spcciaily macle (or me beibre!’
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FLOWERS The
bouquet, buttonhoie ami tabie decorations inciuded green
enti whhte hydrangea, roses, olive branches, white iisianthta
enti foflage. A separate Moroccan corner featured reti,
purpie ami orange tiowers enti ai anangemente were
created by Marta at Floridea (~.fioridea.com).
DRESS The iayared slik, steevoiess gown with plunge bach
anti cryslai beading was creatod to Danyeiio’s own
speciricatione enti brought to libo by bospoke designer
Ma Cristache (020 7352 2038, m~.anacrisIacheco,ok)
SHOES Danyoie~ shoes wore speciaiy designed 1cr bei’ 1i
Laura Swanopoei (iaurajswanepool@yailoo,cauk).
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‘ite,its ofdresses — i liked, aod che w;is ama-zing. A fe~i’ (iays
iv,rh the pei-fect dress
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famous
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guests uve
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GROOM’S OUTFITAdam woro a biack taitoreti Pani Smt’
suit (si~wpauIsmith,co.uk) with a whita shirt by Emmeti
(~wiw.emmottton don .com).
HA1R Danyeie~ wavy style was created by Tafi Roberto.
~/ia Tainagni 2. San Girnignano, 00390577940601).
MUSIC Musio was provided by locai club DJ Suvano
enti ftunk banti Cristiano Pacini Quartel Oaoth booked
through li Paiagio).
PHOTOGRAPI-ly Beatrice Raggio (bearaggio@hberaifl;
Marcy Maioy (00 1 4155050545, w~.marcymaioycoor