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Red awnings, flower-filled balconies and the Hôtel Plaza Athénée entrance framed by green leaves.

MILA & DAVID · HÔTEL PLAZA ATHÉNÉE

A wedding at Hôtel Plaza Athénée

Sixteen guests, personal vows, and a candlelit dinner with cabaret and dancing. Planned, designed, and produced by Kiss Me in Paris.

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Mila and David at the Plaza

Mila and David brought sixteen guests to Paris for their wedding at Hôtel Plaza Athénée. Le Salon Organza held their vows; Le Salon Haute Couture would bring all eighteen together around one long mirrored table.

Chantelle Streete and the Kiss Me in Paris wedding planning team planned, designed, and produced the celebration, including the days around it. Mila’s dog joined the preparations and the ceremony, too.

The venue: Hôtel Plaza Athénée

The red awnings, flower-filled balconies, and ivy-covered courtyard made the hotel part of the story from the start.

Getting ready

Outside, the red awnings marked Avenue Montaigne. Upstairs, Mila opened Tiffany & Co. gifts and changed from her robe into her wedding dress, with her dog close by. David, already dressed, dozed on a red sofa while he waited.

A Paris-themed invitation suite, wedding rings and a red Hôtel Plaza Athénée bear are arranged on white fabric.
The invitations paired a Paris map with the hotel’s red bear.
Wedding rings rest among the petals of white roses.
Mila stands in a white robe beside her lace wedding dress hanging in front of an open balcony door.
The dress waiting by the balcony.
Mila applies makeup beside a window, with a red Hôtel Plaza Athénée bear behind her.
A final touch of makeup, with the red bear keeping her company.
Black-and-white close-up of David adjusting a wristwatch above his white shirt cuff.
David’s last details before the first look.
David lies across a red sofa in black tie beneath a chandelier at Hôtel Plaza Athénée.
David found time for a rest while he waited.
Mila holds a necklace beside open Tiffany & Co. packaging during her wedding preparations.
A necklace unpacked before the first look.
Mila opens a Tiffany & Co. box on a sofa in her Hôtel Plaza Athénée suite.
Tiffany blue among the suite’s red lampshades.
Mila’s dog lowers its nose beside two wedding rings on a pale textured surface.
The rings received a close inspection.
Mila holds a bouquet of white roses beside a window in her lace wedding gown.
Pearl strands drape across the open back of Mila’s lace wedding gown.
Mila stands on a Hôtel Plaza Athénée balcony beneath a red awning, showing the lace back and train of her gown.
Mila stands beside flowers on her Hôtel Plaza Athénée terrace, with the Eiffel Tower beyond the awning supports.
A little time on the terrace before the ceremony.

First look

Mila met David on the hotel staircase. He laughed when he saw her. Then came a closer look at the lace and the pearls down her back, a few photographs, and time together before the ceremony.

Mila walks toward David at the staircase, her lace wedding-dress train trailing through the hotel corridor.
Mila approaches; David waits by the staircase.
David looks toward Mila as they stand together on the grand staircase at Hôtel Plaza Athénée.
David sees the dress up close.
Mila and David hold hands on the Hôtel Plaza Athénée staircase during their first look.
Their first look on the hotel staircase.
Mila and David sharing their first look at their Plaza Athénée wedding in Paris
Wedding mirror sign reading All You Need Is Love at Hôtel Plaza Athénée.
The reception’s mirrors carried the welcome and reflected its flowers and candlelight. Small details continued the design beyond the dinner table.
Mila adjusts David’s bow tie as they face one another in black and white.
Mila makes one last adjustment to David’s bow tie.
Mila and David stand together on the curved Hôtel Plaza Athénée staircase, seen from above.
Mila stands below David on the Hôtel Plaza Athénée staircase, her lace train spread across the red-patterned carpet.

The ceremony in Le Salon Organza

Marjolaine Vauchelle played harp and Santiago Falcón played violin in Le Salon Organza. Mila and David read their vows beside a Russian-speaking celebrant, with laughter and a few tears along the way. Mila’s dog stayed close, dressed for the occasion in black.

A harpist and violinist perform beside white wedding flowers and the fireplace in Le Salon Organza.
Harp and violin for the ceremony in Le Salon Organza.
David smiles as Mila approaches in her veil, with guests watching beside him.
David waits as Mila approaches in her veil.
Mila reads her vows while David smiles beside white flowers in Le Salon Organza.
Mila’s vows, with David listening.
Mila wipes a tear as David faces her during their wedding ceremony.
A few tears between the vows.
Mila and David holding hands during their wedding ceremony in Le Salon Organza.
Le Salon Organza gave the vows a smaller room. The guests and musicians remained close to the couple, rather than spread across a ballroom.
Mila and David laugh while their celebrant stands beside them in the flower-filled ceremony room.
There was room for laughter between the vows.
David stands in black tie during the ceremony, with guests gathered behind him.
David in black tie during the wedding ceremony at Hôtel Plaza Athénée.
The longer Paris portrait session had been reserved for Sunday. Saturday could stay with the vows and the people who had come for them.
Mila’s dog sits in a black dress beside her wedding gown and David’s black-tie trousers.
Mila’s dog joined them for the ceremony.
Mila looks toward David during their ceremony, photographed over his shoulder in black and white.

Cocktail hour

During cocktails, guests sat for portraits and gathered around the magician. Mila and David went to see Le Salon Haute Couture before everyone else. For a little while, the room was theirs.

An artist paints a guest illustration at a table with brushes, a paint palette and a phone reference.
Guest portraits were painted during cocktails.
A magician holds up a handwritten word card while Mila and David watch.
A magician kept the couple and their guests guessing during cocktails.
Cocktail hour at Mila and David’s wedding at Plaza Athénée in Paris

Reception design in Le Salon Haute Couture

The long mirrored table, white flowers, candlelight, seating mirror, and custom dessert display were ready for the evening. They paused for a few family photographs before dinner.

A bilingual wedding welcome mirror stands beside white flowers and candles at Hôtel Plaza Athénée.
White flowers, candlelight, and a welcome in two languages.
White roses, hydrangeas and tall glass candleholders fill a mirrored mantel in Salon Haute Couture.
A long mirrored reception table is set with tall glass candles, white flowers and pale upholstered chairs.
The long table brought the whole group together.
White roses, hydrangeas, candles and white place settings are arranged on a mirrored wedding table viewed from above.
Two ribbed Champagne coupes sit beside white iced cookies stamped with the couple’s names and wedding date.
Champagne coupes beside the couple’s personalized cookies.
A Champagne tower, white flowers and small desserts stand on a mirrored table beneath tall candles.
The dessert table was ready before the room filled.
Mila and David stand together beyond a long mirrored table set with flowers, candles and white plates.
A first look inside Le Salon Haute Couture before dinner.
Mila and David walk beside the candlelit reception table, with the long train of her lace gown visible.
Mila and David pose with three women in black dresses in front of a red curtain.
A few family photographs before dinner.

The reception: dinner, cabaret and dancing

An evening of performances

The couple welcomed their guests, and costumed performers returned through dinner. Around one long table, the evening moved between conversation, speeches, and the show.

A cabaret performer extends her arms in a jeweled costume and broad white hat inside Hôtel Plaza Athénée.
A jeweled costume and a broad white hat for the evening’s show.
A cabaret performer in a gold costume raises her hands beside a feathered headdress in the reception room.
The performers returned in gold for another part of the evening.
A performer in a gold costume and tall feathered headdress stands in the mirrored ballroom.
Mila and David lean together to bite ceremonial bread held on a tray by a woman beside them.
A bread-and-salt welcome at the reception.

Cake, Champagne, and another dress

The cake did not all reach the plates. Mila left a little on David’s nose, with her mother watching nearby. There was Champagne to pour, dessert to share, and a shorter dress for what came next: a cancan entrance and dancing.

Mila reaches toward David’s mouth with cake as he laughs beside her.
The cake exchange was not especially tidy.
David offers Mila a bite of cake beside their tiered white wedding cake.
David’s turn to offer a bite.
Mila laughs beside David, with their tiered wedding cake in the foreground.
The cake brought its share of laughter.
Mila and David kiss beside a tower of Champagne coupes in a black-and-white photograph.
Mila and David laugh together beside the Champagne tower in the mirrored reception room.
Mila and David beside the Champagne tower.
Mila walks into the ballroom in a short white dress, followed by cancan dancers in ruffled costumes.
A shorter dress and a cancan escort for the party.

The after-party at Raspoutine

After dancing at the hotel, Mila and David left in a Rolls-Royce with close friends. At Raspoutine, their own table and Dom Pérignon kept the celebration going.

Mila and David laugh together in the back seat of a black car after their wedding reception.
One more laugh before the drive to Raspoutine.
A red face graphic glows against a dark background at Raspoutine in Paris.
The party’s next address was Raspoutine.
Mila smiles with one arm raised while David leans toward her hand under red lighting at Raspoutine.
The celebration continued under Raspoutine’s red lights.
An illuminated Dom Pérignon bottle sits among glasses under red lighting at the Raspoutine after-party.
Dom Pérignon at the table, with the party still going.

Planning the wedding weekend

Friday’s sidecars, wine workshop and dinner needed to work as a sequence. Saturday brought the hotel rooms, ceremony, flowers, music and performances together. Sunday needed its own beauty, photography and transport arrangements.

Mila and David planned from different cities and time zones, working across English and Russian. Chantelle helped keep those conversations connected.

During planning, Chantelle and our Paris wedding planning team presented a small selection of vetted options for the services and performances. Mila and David chose what belonged in their wedding. The Paris team then coordinated the bookings, hotel requirements, supplier access and production schedule.

Le Salon Organza gave the ceremony its smaller room; Le Salon Haute Couture allowed the reception and entertainment to take a different scale. Choosing two salons was part of one plan with the hotel team. Future layouts, access and production arrangements are confirmed with the hotel for each wedding.

The hotel team looked after its contracted services and property requirements. Kiss Me in Paris connected those arrangements to the whole weekend, including the experiences outside the hotel. The couple could discuss the decisions with their planner; the team in Paris could handle the practical conversations with the people delivering them.

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“When we walked into the room at the Plaza Athénée, it was breathtaking. The ambiance, lighting, flowers, and overall mood were perfect.”

David Collett, the groom · Read his original Google review

What to budget for a similar wedding

For a comparable multi-day wedding at Hôtel Plaza Athénée, planned and produced by Kiss Me in Paris, plan on a total celebration budget of over €100,000. The estimate depends on the dates, guest count, design, entertainment and events included. The budget section of our Paris wedding guide explains which costs change with each guest.

A smaller guest list gives a couple more time with the people coming. It does not remove the cost of a room, a production team, a performance or a second day’s arrangements. You approve the planning scope and supplier costs before bookings are confirmed. If you’re imagining vows for just the two of you, our Paris elopement planners offer a private Eiffel Tower terrace ceremony.

Questions about a Plaza Athénée wedding

Can Hôtel Plaza Athénée suit an intimate wedding?

Yes. Mila and David had sixteen guests, eighteen people including the couple. The choice of rooms, table and program let the small group stay together. For another wedding, the available salons and proposed layout need to suit that couple’s ceremony, dinner and entertainment. For a larger guest list, see how we planned a 240-guest wedding at Château Saint-Martin-du-Tertre.

Can the ceremony and reception happen in the same hotel?

They did for this celebration. Le Salon Organza held the English- and Russian-language ceremony; Le Salon Haute Couture held the reception. The rooms can connect, but availability and the proposed use of each space must be confirmed with the hotel for your date.

Should we arrange Paris portraits on the wedding day or another day?

Both approaches can work. Mila and David reserved Sunday for the longer Paris session so Saturday could stay focused on their ceremony and guests. A separate session adds its own photography, beauty and transport arrangements, which should be included in the plan.

What does an independent planner add to the hotel’s events team?

The hotel manages its contracted spaces, catering and property requirements. An independent planner joins that work to the rest of the celebration: design, outside suppliers, guests, transport and events elsewhere in Paris. Mila and David’s Friday activities and Sunday portraits were part of that wider scope.

Team credits

Planning, design & production

Kiss Me in Paris

Lead planner

Chantelle Streete

Venue

Hôtel Plaza Athénée
Lisa Petroux · venue coordination

Photography

The Paris Photographer
Kiss Me in Paris

Film

Vincent · Kiss Me in Paris

Florals

Events in Paris

Décor rentals

AS Luxury Paris

Lighting

Blackstone Agency

Live music

Marjolaine Vauchelle · harp
Santiago Falcón · violin
Petra Penttila · saxophone

Ceremony

Weddings Art Cérémonies

Guest illustrations

Inness Illustrations

Cake & cookies

Cakes by Meri

Hair & makeup

Kassaundra Stephens

Cabaret

Sublimes Paris

Magic

Agencia Illusion

Welcome sign

My Plexi

Sidecar tours

Txango Tours

Wine workshop

Les Caves du Louvre

Rehearsal dinner

La Fontaine Gaillon

The wedding weekend in Paris

The wedding brought their closest people to Paris. There was time on either side of it to enjoy the city together.

The day before: sidecars, wine, and dinner

A day earlier, Mila, David, and their guests had explored Paris by sidecar, joined a wine workshop at Les Caves du Louvre, and sat down to their rehearsal dinner at La Fontaine Gaillon.

Mila and David hold hands in motorcycle helmets outside the Hôtel Plaza Athénée entrance, with sidecars in front.
Helmets on, ready for their day out.
Mila smiles from a red sidecar while David turns toward the camera outside Hôtel Plaza Athénée.
The day before, outside the Plaza.
A green Paris je t’aime sticker on a bright blue sidecar.
Mila, David and their guests ride in colorful sidecars past La Samaritaine in Paris.
The group took to the streets in sidecars.
Beakers of red wine stand above a blending worksheet at Les Caves du Louvre.
At Les Caves du Louvre, the guests tried their own wine combinations.
A long table set with wine glasses and tasting materials inside a vaulted cellar at Les Caves du Louvre.
An arched passage with branch-like overhead decoration and illuminated displays at Les Caves du Louvre.
Inside the cellars at Les Caves du Louvre.
A brass Fontaine Gaillon sign beside flowers and greenery.
The stone façade and sculpted fountain at Fontaine Gaillon, framed by yellow restaurant awnings.
Fontaine Gaillon, their rehearsal dinner address.
Outdoor tables at Fontaine Gaillon are set with white linens, wine glasses and small flower arrangements.

Sunday portraits in Paris

On Sunday, a white vintage Rolls-Royce took them out for portraits around Paris, including the Medici Fountain in Luxembourg Gardens. With Bastille Eve road restrictions changing the trip back, they finished by Métro.

Mila and David stand together in front of the Medici Fountain in Luxembourg Gardens.
One stop on Sunday: the Medici Fountain in Luxembourg Gardens.
Illuminated lanterns and red awnings line the Hôtel Plaza Athénée façade after dark.
Mila and David raise their arms beneath the Plaza Athénée entrance lettering between two firework fountains.
One more celebration beneath the Plaza Athénée entrance.

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