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A NOTE FROM THE EDITOR

This week we're starting with the wedding before the wedding, the legal ceremony more and more couples are having quietly ahead of the party.

Then it's onto venues for the couple who want their day to feel like the holiday, and a straight list of what to actually pack for the morning of.

Claudia Judd

GIGI & OLIVE

REAL BRIDE

The Wedding Before the Wedding

When we decided to get legally married before our destination wedding in France, I thought of it as the legal bit. Something to tick off before the real celebrations in September.  I could not have been more wrong.

28 August 2026

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