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The couple on the rocks above the sea at sunset, an intimate wedding on Lampedusa, Ordine della Giarrettiera

Ordine della Giarrettiera

Italy

Documentary wedding photography by two women from Milan

No. 620 · Autumn 2026

Two grooms walking a lakeside avenue at sunset, a civil union on Lake Como, Ordine della Giarrettiera
Welcome

Welcome to Ordine della Giarrettiera

Ordine della Giarrettiera is the studio of Antonella Argirò and Alice Demontis, two photographers based in Milan and Brianza who work mainly in Lombardy and northern Italy and travel for weddings across Italy and abroad. Their style is reportage with a light, guiding hand: no stiff poses, no whisking the couple away from their guests, and natural light wherever possible.

Ordine della Giarrettiera, the Order of the Garter, is a partnership of two photographers, Antonella Argirò and Alice Demontis, who founded it together and still photograph its weddings. The name borrows the garter, the most traditional of wedding symbols, and the old English order of chivalry. They came to weddings from portrait and documentary work for magazines, and their wedding page says they have now spent more than fifteen years photographing couples who would rather not pose or be the centre of attention.

Se non ami le pose plastiche, sei nel posto giusto!Ordine della Giarrettiera (official website, home page; in Italian: "If you don't like stiff poses, you're in the right place!")
Bride and groom on the rocks above the harbour, veil in the wind, Isola d'Elba, black and white, Ordine della Giarrettiera
About

Ordine della Giarrettiera

Their method is reportage with what they call a gentle guide. They describe themselves as two kind ninjas: they enter the getting-ready rooms on tiptoe, follow the couple rather than the other way round, and catch the day as it happens, with a little irony. There are no staged kidnaps of the couple for a portrait session.

A typical wedding is covered by two photographers for about ten hours, which they say gives two different but harmonious points of view. Smaller or shorter weddings may need only one, and some call for three. They take a limited number of commissions each year.

Round tables set among the bookshelves of the Centro Filologico Milanese for a winter civil union, Milan, Ordine della Giarrettiera
Location

Getting there

Airport
Milan Linate, 23 km straight line distance
Airport
Bergamo, 38 km straight line distance
A long table with coloured chairs under strings of lights, Cascina Lago Scuro, Ordine della Giarrettiera
Services

What is on offer

5 services.

The couple on a rooftop terrace in the evening light, a family country house in Sicily, Ordine della Giarrettiera
Service

Wedding photography

  • Reportage coverage with two photographers, about ten hours
  • One photographer for intimate or shorter weddings, three for larger
  • Civil unions, civil and religious ceremonies
Bride and groom among the hydrangeas at Villa Semenza in autumn, Ordine della Giarrettiera
Service

Engagement and couple sessions

  • Engagement session of about 45 minutes in a place you
The couple in the vineyard at Villa Castelbarco, Ordine della Giarrettiera
Service

Albums and prints

  • Boxes, albums, prints and books, chosen after delivery
  • Products collected in person or sent by tracked courier
A table laid on a terrace above the lake, the hills beyond, at E&M's lakeside wedding, Ordine della Giarrettiera
How it works

Step by step

  1. 1

    First contact

    Write to [email protected] or use the form on their site, with the date and a little about the wedding.

  2. 2

    Meeting

    Meet in person, perhaps in a bistro, or by video call on WhatsApp, Meet or Skype. They have no fixed studio.

  3. 3

    Booking

    Your word first, then a signed contract and a deposit to hold the date. Weekends go early, so they advise booking well ahead.

  4. 4

    Engagement session

    Optional: about 45 minutes with one photographer in a place that matters to you, a good way to get used to the camera before...

Bride and groom reading together during the church ceremony, the wedding of C&G at Convento dell'Annunciata, Medole, Ordine della Giarrettiera
Bride and groom in flower crowns laughing with guests in the garden, Mulino dell'Olio, Ordine della Giarrettiera
Paper cones of rice monogrammed for the couple, a wedding on Isola d'Elba, Ordine della Giarrettiera
Petals thrown over the grooms and their guests after a civil union on Lake Como, black and white, Ordine della Giarrettiera
Friends dancing under the lights at the Sicilian wedding, black and white, Ordine della Giarrettiera
A tiered wedding cake dressed in pink flowers, Caterina and Rashed's wedding at Villa Semenza, Ordine della Giarrettiera
Arms in the air under a shower of petals as the couple leave the ceremony, Villa Semenza, black and white, Ordine della Giarrettiera
Guests raising glasses at a long candlelit table in the garden of Villa Clerici, Milan, Ordine della Giarrettiera
Bride and groom looking out through the gateway over the hills, Villa Semenza, Ordine della Giarrettiera
Three young guests in yellow hand in hand in the church, a ceremony in Brera, Milan, Ordine della Giarrettiera
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Guests throwing petals as Caterina and Rashed walk out of their garden ceremony, Villa Semenza, Ordine della Giarrettiera
Guests relaxing on rugs and cushions on the grass after a civil union at Ca' Mariuccia, Monferrato, Ordine della Giarrettiera
A kiss on a candlelit staircase at Villa del Grumello on Lake Como, black and white, Ordine della Giarrettiera

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