Charlotte and Emilio Stavrou’s wedding in Puglia, southern Italy, is the very picture of a picture-perfect destination wedding. Think long tables in a rustic courtyard, surrounded by trulli, dressed with local flowers and festooned with fairy lights. Of course, nothing is ever quite what it seems – more on the truth behind these dreamy, pared-back weddings below – and planning a wedding is challenging, sure, but oh-so-rewarding. 

“We actually got married in London first,” Charlotte, who founded influencer talent agency SevenSix, tells us when we sit down to chat about how she and her husband pulled off their dream day. “London was kind of for our family. And Italy was for us.