With the bride a fan of Sofia Coppola's "Marie Antoinette" and the groom's family eager to show off their Texas-chic resort, the wedding team deftly merges the two themes.
Some 10,000 roses were brought in to dress the wedding.
Wrought iron gates and tall holly bushes give the site the look of a formal French garden.
An elegant detail along the pathway to the ceremony site.
Vessels filled with roses dangle from trees.
Pretty pink berry martinis for guests.
Gold bird cages housing white doves dot the venue.
Gilded birds' nests are filled with flowers.
Although doves are usually common in Texas, the prior cold winter killed off the entire white dove breeding stock, so the event team had to bring doves in from out of state.
Golden birds' nests filled with flowers decorate the pews.
Sandalwood fans on each chair.
The dramatic ceremony gazebo, covered in roses and swaths of dupioni silk.
The bride's bouquet, accented with a cameo.
The lakeside ceremony. The groom arrived via speedboat.
Custom bars feature gold-painted iron irises.
Little birds decorate favor boxes.
Dining tables feature pearl and vintage lace overlays.
A closer view of a table.
The tables featured both tall and lower centerpieces.
The dinner buffet includes tenderloin, rib-eye steaks, chicken-fried lobster with chipotle aioli risotto and duck confit, Louisiana crayfish and sea scallops.
Each table features a wine bottle in a pearl sleeve.
The wedding cake has its own silk-topped gazebo.
In keeping with the Marie Antoinette theme, the cake bears a banner with her immortal phrase.
Since the groom works in the corporate jet industry, his cake is in the shape of a jet.
A pretty tower of macarons.
After the first dance, fireworks!
In a big shift from the Marie Antoinette theme of the wedding, the after-party features an edgy nightclub vibe.
Tents on the resort's beach at the after-party.
Cushions provide bright accents on lounges at the after-party.
Dramatic lighting adds to the nightclub vibe.
The event team had to turn off the generators at 4 a.m. to prompt happy guests to depart.
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