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"  When fashion designer Marta Ferri and industrial design executive Carlo Borromeo were introduced through friends, in 2001 \u2014 she was 17, he was 19 \u2014 the two had no idea they shared a long history. It turned out that the bride&amp;#039;s parents, Barbara Frua De Angeli and Fabrizio Ferri, were old friends of the groom&amp;#039;s parents, Paola Marzotto and Carlo Borromeo. &amp;quot;When I told my mother that we met, she showed me old pictures and said that we had known each other since we were little kids,&amp;quot; says Marta. &amp;quot;We used to play together at Carlo&amp;#039;s father&amp;#039;s farm.&amp;quot; Five years later the pair began a romance, to the liking of both households. &amp;quot;Our families were very happy, and we became very close, but nobody made a big deal of it at the beginning, because no one knew if he was the one,&amp;quot; Marta says. In June 2011, Carlo was ready to take the next step. He took Marta to their future home in Milan under the guise of showing her the progress in its construction, but she found much more there: a candlelit room, roses, and a giant gift box. When Marta opened the box she was greeted with a plethora of fake vintage diamonds. Confused, she turned around to find Carlo on bended knee with a much smaller box in his hand. &amp;quot;It didn&amp;#039;t make any sense, but when I looked at him I realized the big box was just a distraction,&amp;quot; she says. &amp;quot;I finally got it.&amp;quot;  For their rustic nuptials, in June 2012, the duo had only one place in mind: the volcanic Italian island of Pantelleria, where Marta spent summers as a child. &amp;quot;Everyone said I was crazy, since it is windy and rocky, and it&amp;#039;s hard for planes to land,&amp;quot; she says. &amp;quot;But I grew up there. I knew it would work, even if it was just me and Carlo.&amp;quot; Marta, who planned the wedding with her parents, used local flora for decorations. Tabletops were covered with cactus leaves, lemons, olives, and capers, as well as lava stones, and for the ceremony guests sat on bales of hay covered in gauze. The bride&amp;#039;s bouquet of wildflowers, fennel, rosemary, and mint was picked by the groom shortly before she walked down the aisle. The day&amp;#039;s carefree attitude extended to the dress, which Marta didn&amp;#039;t begin to design until a month before the wedding. &amp;quot;I was afraid that if I started it before, I would get sick of it,&amp;quot; she says. Sticking with the homegrown feel of the event, Marta used 19th-century lace place mats that belonged to Carlo&amp;#039;s grandfather&amp;#039;s family for her dress&amp;#039;s scoop-neck, short-sleeve bodice. The skirt was made from organza with metallic thread, and a red coral tiara that her future mother-in-law had given her months before adorned her tulle veil. For the reception she changed into her grandmother&amp;#039;s wedding dress, which her mother had also worn. &amp;quot;I wanted to wear something that was part of both Carlo and me,&amp;quot; she says. &amp;quot;The whole day was about family.&amp;quot;  The Details Date: 6/30/2012 Place: Pantelleria, Italy Photographers: Marcello Serra, behance.net/marcelloserra Nicola Cipriani, nicolacipriani.com Dress: Marta Ferri, martaferri.com Shoes: Fragiacomo, by Marta Ferri fragiacomoshoes.com Venue: Monastero, monasteropantelleria.com Groom&amp;#039;s Suit: A. Caraceni, a-caraceni.it Groom&amp;#039;s Shoes: C. B. Made in Italy, cbmadeinitaly.com Chef: Filippo La Mantia, filippolamantia.com Catering: Peppe Giuffr\u00E8, officinagastronomica.com Wedding Bands: Villa, villa.it Music: DJ Scilla Ruffo di Calabria, scilla.podbean.com "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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