Yulia & KirillJune 2026

The day began not with getting ready but with a pillow fight. A room with sand-coloured walls and heavy grey curtains, and on the wall a panel of red birds and flowers on a pale ground. Yulia and Kirill in striped pyjamas, barefoot on the sofa, green velvet cushions going into action. Nobody is hurrying anybody.

Then Yulia was left alone in the room. The dress — dense ivory, sleeveless, a skirt that holds its own shape; embroidered morning glories and lilies wind across it, orange with dark veins, on green stems. She stood by that same panel, and it became clear: the flowers on the wall and the flowers on the dress speak one language. The rest of the day was built around them.

Until evening — old Tbilisi. A square, ochre façades, moulded mascarons, a wooden shushabandi on the second floor and a spiral staircase coming down into the yard. The couple stands at a wrought-iron gate, paper flags overhead. The bouquet repeats what is on the dress: coral tulips, white callas, blue delphinium, orange gerbera. Kirill has an orange flower in the lapel of his checked jacket.

The ceremony was held on the terrace of Funicular. Instead of an arch — a wall of cream fabric gathered into large knots; the low sun struck it from behind and the cloth glowed right through. Along the floor, at the guests' feet, lay tropical armfuls: monstera, orange gerberas, blue nigella, pale hydrangeas, strelitzias on long stems. The host read from a sheet of paper, Yulia laughed back. Afterwards — a group frame, everyone raked in so tightly that no air was left in it.

Towards sunset they came out to the balustrade. The whole city lay below in a warm haze, the light went low and even, and it was possible to stand there for a long time.

At night the sky turned black and the city became a scattering of lights. The cake was brought out to a round table under the column: bright green, rectangular, textured like a cut of wood, with a dense layer of blueberries on top. No tiers, no figurines. Along the edge of the terrace stood the same flowers as at the ceremony.