It’s so easy to go bright and bold for your wedding (and THIS is how you make it happen), but if that’s not your thing, you can always pull off a more minimal wedding theme that feels just as romantic?and even give it a bit of edge, too. Especially if you have a very, very good muse, like photog Max Koliberdin and Special Day Agency did when dreaming up this moody wedding editorial inspired by the concept of wabi-sabi, or ‘beauty in its most sincere essence’.

?Pare everything down to the essence, but don?t remove the poetry. Keep things clean and unencumbered, but don?t sterilize.? These words of the Japanologist Leonard Koren served as a starting point and a guide to action for the creation of our project. Moreover, they perfectly reflected the work philosophy of our entire team… However, as we usually do in our work, we tried to avoid the literal replication of the traditional style, with the explicit Japanese elements, and the rough imitation of the East. That?s why, we deliberately avoided the kimono, the chopsticks instead of the traditional tableware, and the blooming sakura look. Through our project, we wanted to show just a tender touch of the wabi-sabi that is close enough to the real life, but at the same time is festive enough for a wedding day.
With the shoot taking place in November, the team embraced fall by incorporating simple, minimal hints at the season in the details throughout.

A few notes on the styling...