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from Your London Wedding - July/August 2023 (Issue 90)

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Morden Hall provided the perfect location for Tara and Arzhang’s wedding Images courtesy of Jessy Papasavva Photography

These lovebirds met in San Francisco at a wedding, and both felt a spark from the beginning! Arzhang visited Tara in London a month later before they started a longdistance relationship for three years during the pandemic until Tara could relocate to the US. She says, “Arzhang proposed when I visited California to visit him. I had to quit my job to get into the country as I had to quarantine in Mexico for 15 days before staying in San Francisco for four months, resulting in a proposal!”

Here the bride shares details about their special day…

It felt like an out-of-body experience when I first saw myself on the day – I felt really good but numb simultaneously!

We had a string trio for the ceremony and drinks reception, which added a nice touch to the day. The team was terrific to work with and so responsive.

Our number one goal when planning our wedding was to ensure everyone would have a good time.

All my mum’s ornaments were on display as part of the decorations, which added sentimental touches.

We loved Morden Hall as the location felt out of Central London and was a romantic meeting point for families worldwide.

Our florist Nicola was amazing! She helped design the wedding and was patient as we made many chances up until the last month of the wedding. She also made our Iranian Sofreh Aghd using beautiful florals.

Baker Elle Gerrish created our beautiful cake, she’s so talented and her cakes are delicious! We went with rich Belgium chocolate, white Belgium chocolate and lemon – all the guests were crazy about the flavours.

My dress was called Arya, from the Enzoani Love collection, and knew this was the one as soon as I tried it. The team at The Wedding Dress Shop were all so lovely and altered the gown.

The bridesmaids wore dusty pink dresses, and all looked absolutely gorgeous!

Three of our guests performed the Iranian knife dance for the cake cutting, which led to dancing and got us ready for partying all night.

We were nervous and overwhelmed, but our wedding coordinator Akilah helped us so much.

We went upstairs to compose ourselves and chill for 20 minutes before dinner, which was special.

With Arzhang being in America, I mostly planned the wedding with help from my parents – I seriously couldn’t have done the last few months prior without help from With Akilah and Co.

My dad’s speech was special to me! We had quite a journey the past few months before the wedding, and he worked so hard for us. He made all the guests laugh, cry and feel our special bond – I’m so proud to be his daughter.

For Arzhang, he loved partying! It was great to see all our guests having fun, dancing, laughing and being silly.

We wanted to give candles to guests for favours because they’re not only great gifts, but I wanted to add a little touch to the presentation. We picked out the gauze and tied it together with pearl strings.

We had a mini-moon on a farm and a highlight was feeding a two-weekold calf!

TARA AND ARZHANG’S LITTLE WHITE BOOK

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