Quinten Richardson truly believes his first encounter with Elif Erguvan was a miracle. In 2021, he was crossing a street in London, distracted by his phone. So distracted, in fact, that he failed to notice a black cab had sped around the corner. A stranger pulled him out of the way just in time. “In shock, the first words out of my mouth were, ‘You saved my life. How can I ever repay you?’”

“How about a drink?” Elif said back.

Two years later, they got engaged on a rainy night in Notting Hill. Quinten, a city planner, asked Elif, an interior and furniture designer with her own studio, if she wanted to get dinner at neighborhood pub The Pelican. He led her up to the private room, where he got down one knee. After she said yes, their close friends and family suddenly appeared. Turns out, Quinten had asked them to hide outside the entire time.

In August 2024, the two wed in Provence. “I grew up spending most of my summers in the South of France, specifically in the village of Mougins, where my family has had a home for close to 20 years,” Quinten says. “After many trips to Mougins together, Elif and I knew we wanted to have our wedding somewhere in the region.” They decided to wed at Château d’Estoublon—a former medieval estate turned hotel and vineyard.

Along with Brussels-based wedding planner Guendalina Litta Modignani, the artistic couple—who now co-run a design and development firm, Superattico, together—set out to plan a highly original wedding weekend.

The festivities began with a welcome party at Carrières des Lumière, a former quarry turned art center. Although the guests didn’t know that until they arrived, with the couple opting to keep the venue a surprise. The only thing they knew? The dress code: “nuit blanche,” or white night in English.

The mystique was well worth it. “Our guests arrived in complete awe to the internal space of Carrières de Lumiéres, greeted with Champagne and a cavernous room filled with ever-changing scenes of impressionist art,” says Elif. A family-style dinner was served on long, candlelit tables that stretched the length of the atrium as a harpist played on.

The raw, brutalist setting inspired Elif’s look for the evening: a light, flowing taffeta and silk dress designed by her sister, who owns the fashion brand Ila. “The tension between soft fabric and hard stone created a deliberate yet effortless statement,” says Elif. Quinten, meanwhile, opted for head-to-toe Bode.