Almost every element of the wedding was homemade. “I’m very lucky,” Lucrezia admits. “I had a really great team.” She worked with her mom, designer Luisa Beccaria, to create the table settings, while her sisters Lucilla and Luna planned the dresses, guest lists, and entertainment. Her best friend helped with scheduling and logistics, her brothers Ludovico and Luchino oversaw food and beverages, and the LùBar team and house manager Patrizia to cook and assist. “But most importantly, all of them help me with a lot of love,” she adds.
Curating the bride’s wedding wardrobe was also a family affair. “Luisa Beccaria is my mom’s brand, and it is also my favorite brand,” Lucrezia says. “Apart from fashion and lifestyle, there is also a large bridal atelier.” With full access to the atelier, she ended up choosing seven different looks to wear across the weekend’s celebrations. Her main wedding dress, however, was a custom creation. “My ceremony dress was created from an idea that I had in my mind, interpreted by my sister who found the exact fabric I was dreaming of, and my mother with her years of experience in haute couture. I sincerely think that the dress came out as a piece of art.”
For the dinner that followed the ceremony, Lucrezia wore a haute couture dress from 1995 crafted from a fragile tulle with lace inserts. Giulio, meanwhile, opted for a cream linen suit that he had made while he was traveling in India. “He spent hours with this very small tailor, Sipi from Jaipur,” Lucrezia remembers. “We showed him a traditional Caraceni picture, and we tried to explain to him that we don’t like tight jackets and skinny trousers as are so popular nowadays.”
Lucrezia had her heart set on an open-air wedding, so to achieve this, her mother Luisa Beccaria transformed their family church into a luxurious garden with plants and real grass. “The ceremony was very nice and intimate,” Lucrezia says. “The priest let us do our vows facing our guests, creating an inclusive moment.”
After the church service, a procession took the newlyweds to the Belvedere, a garden overlooking the sea where a Madonna statue is placed. There, Giulio gave a surprise—and very emotional—speech, honoring Lucrezia and her family, followed by fireworks with colored paper ribbons.