By Ven, lifestyle manager at Les Domaines de Chabran
In September, Chloé Crane-Leroux and Clément Leclerc were married at Le Mas de Chabran, and their wedding has since appeared in pictures in both American Vogue and Vogue France. The photographs tell the day. What they cannot tell is the week around it, and the week is my part of the story.
Five days, three houses
Their family and friends arrived on the ninth of September and stayed for five nights, in three of our houses: Le Mas de Chabran, La Bergerie de Calabrun beneath the rocks of Les Baux-de-Provence, and Le Respelido in the village of Mouriès. Every morning, breakfast was laid in all three. Then came the four moments of a wedding week: dinner the night before, the ceremony, the wedding dinner, and a brunch the morning after, to say thank you.
A thousand small things
My work is the thousand small things that make a week feel effortless, and a wedding week brings a few thousand more: a bed for everyone, the house ready before the first guest walks in, the right moment for each thing. Our team planned those days with Chloé and Clément and ran every hour of them, so that they had only one thing left to do: be there.
If you are dreaming of yours
Le Mas de Chabran holds a handful of weddings a year, in spring and in autumn, one party at a time: up to forty at the table, sixteen asleep in the house, and our other houses close by for everyone else. If you are dreaming of yours, tell us the date.
Chloé, Clément: thank you for letting us be part of it.
Ven is Liliana’s sister and the lifestyle manager of Les Domaines de Chabran. She runs the houses day to day, plans every stay with our guests, and has lived in the Alpilles for nearly six years.