With the help of planner La Fête, the couple crafted a wedding weekend inspired by the poem “Ithaka” by C.P. Cavafy. “It speaks to the beauty of the journey—a message that shaped every detail of our wedding,” explains Buggy. “The wedding was designed to feel like a journey through places, textures, and traditions that shaped us—a celebration not just of love, but of life’s path itself.” These themes were woven in with the food, music, décor, and fashion. “Through it all, we tried to honor Greece’s effortless, elegant simplicity. In the end, it wasn’t about creating something perfect, but about a wedding that felt full of organic joy, love, and true to us.”
As a designer, Buggy decided to take advantage of this design opportunity to “indulge in pure fantasy without restrictions,” she says. The bride would create four bridal looks for herself, as well as her mother’s dress and the table linens for the weekend. “Each piece tells a story: honoring the location, paying homage to craftsmanship, and weaving together cultural influences,” explains the designer. “My bridal looks integrated exquisite Indian hand-beaded techniques, developed closely with our Mumbai atelier and couture beading houses, yet remained infused with a distinctly Greek spirit.”
For the first event at Siparos, Buggy created an open-back halter gown in silk chiffon covered in chikankari hand-embroidery of florals and olive branches. “Though the dress felt simple, 380 hours of delicate chikankari handwork went into its making,” she shares. “I paired it with a sparkling choker discovered in India and soft, salt-swept hair from a swim just before dinner.”
Night two’s welcome party would feature a hand-beaded gown inspired by the port of Naoussa, “a whitewashed fishing village alive with electric energy that set the stage for the evening’s dinner,” the bride says. “I combined crochet pompoms and lace cutouts reminiscent of fishing nets, sequined jellyfish drifting across the silk, and hand-dyed crystals in rose, cerulean, and soft blue forming Byzantine cross motifs, a nod to the chapel just steps from where Mattias and I were seated. The lace appliqué shapes were inspired by patterns of a vintage Greek textile at the Benaki Museum in Athens—my favorite museum in the world.” To add some sexiness to the gown, the designer decided to cut out half of the lining when she did her fitting for the dress in India. “I loved how young and playful it made the dress feel,” she adds.
