Intimate destination wedding in Sapa, Vietnam featured on Vogue
Concept, design, planning, decoration & coordination: @theflab.weddingplanner
Venue: @villedemont
Photos: @hanguyenphoto
Video: NTATST production
Video edit & post production: @nukia.studio
Wedding dress: @leciabridal
MUA: @kyophan0512
Suits: @pham.brothers
Wedding shoes: Christian Lacroix
Wedding bands & engagement ring: @leman.jewelry
Wedding invitation & prints: @lin_wedding_paper
Bridal bouquet & buttonhole: @cathoa.moments
GIANG & TU
Giang Bui knew exactly what she wanted when it came to designing her own nuptials. “I don’t want just a pretty wedding,” she shares. “I want a wedding that is mine and mine only.” Her celebration was just that. A cliff overlooking a stunning mountain range in Vietnam was covered in a red carpet, while surrealist oversize horse sculptures—a nod to the couple’s shared lunar birth year—served as a framing altar for their vows. And given the boldness of the ceremony design, Giang made sure her fashion would match up.
While Bui wore white for the ceremony, she leaned into the wedding color palette and wore a beautiful red vintage dress designed by John Galliano for Christian Dior in 2000. “Growing up as a ’90s kid, two of my biggest fashion idols are Alexander McQueen and John Galliano. I particularly love seeing the women in all of John’s creations, both feminine and fierce. I believe we all have both sides in ourselves,” says Giang. “I had tried one of his designs for Dior in a vintage shop in London years ago and always regretted not buying it and never forgot how amazingly sexy it made me feel back then. I made it a mission to find one of his looks for my wedding and I’m over the moon that my dream has come true.”
