Sixty close relatives in the family salon, a silver tray with the rings, the henna and the dates: an intimate party the family wanted at home, without the house turning into a building site.
- Client
- Hiba K.’s family
- City
- Tlemcen
- Season
- Spring 2026
01 · The brief
At home, not in a hall
The family wanted the engagement at home, as it had been for the elders: sixty guests, the bride in the Tlemcen chedda, and her grandmother in the front row for the rings.
02 · The challenge
A house is not a venue
A salon to empty for one night, a family kitchen that cannot take a brigade, a narrow street to park thirty cars in, and neighbours the family wants to keep as friends.
03 · The design
Garnet velvet and candles
Benches dressed in garnet velvet embroidered with gold, a silver tray with the ring boxes, the henna bowl and the dates, and candlelight the photographer works without flash.
04 · Logistics
One night in storage
The salon furniture goes into storage for a night, the pastries arrive from a Tlemcen workshop at 6 pm, two valets handle the street, and everything is back in place by noon the next day.
05 · On the night
The rings, the henna, the two families’ photograph
The groom’s mother slips on the ring, the grandmother places the henna in the bride-to-be’s palm, the ululations rise, and the two families pose together for the photograph they will frame.
By the numbers
- guests
- 60
- vendors
- 5
- days of setup
- 1
- trays of pastries
- 12
- valets
- 2
- candles
- 40
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