Sara D’Angelo

Sara D'Angelo trained as an architect at Federico II University in Naples, graduating with honours in 2000, and then spent several years in doctoral study and university research on the restoration and safety of historic buildings. A short course for wedding planners in Salerno and a two-year traineeship moved her towards events, and her first wedding project, in 2010, was her own.

She describes herself as a wedding architect rather than a wedding planner. In practice that means she designs each wedding on paper before it is built: a moodboard to fix shapes and colours, a floor plan to divide the space, detailed drawings of the table settings and a render that places the whole scheme in the venue. Her studio, which she calls the Design Lab, also designs invitations, favours and floral installations.

“The purpose, and great responsibility, of my job is to envisage, design and create the spouses’ great day, making it all come true.”

Sara D'Angelo

Her published portfolio runs to about thirty weddings, almost all in Campania. They include ceremonies on the lawn of Hotel Caruso in Ravello, a dinner under light canopies at Villa Cimbrone, receptions at the Excelsior Vittoria and Bellevue Syrene in Sorrento, Villa Eliana and Villa Angelina on the Sorrento coast, Quattro Passi at Nerano, weddings on Capri, Castello Lancellotti at Lauro, Acquapetra at Telese Terme, Villa Campolieto at Ercolano and the Monastero di Santa Chiara in Naples. One wedding, at Castello di Bracciano, was in Lazio.

Sara leads every project and works with two named assistants: Raffaella Sorrentino, a lawyer by training who sources materials and bespoke pieces, and Susy Troncone, who has been with the team since 2016 and runs logistics, hostesses and installations on the day. On her booking page she says she designs and organises only ten weddings a year, and offers two levels of service: a wedding run by her team, or one run by Sara personally.

Alongside weddings she designs communions, christenings and milestone birthdays, offers a separate venue consultation for couples still choosing a location, and teaches courses in wedding design, planning and photo editing for people entering the profession.