The Bride Wore An Art Deco-Inspired Dress To Marry In A Magical Provence Village
When Lillian Francesca Myer created a dating profile, she already had someone in mind. As in, one specific person: Nathan Brown. The two had met sporadically over the years in their hometown of Melbourne, Australia, but it wasn’t until they were both out of relationships that the wheels were set in motion. “I was living with a mutual friend who mentioned Nathan was recently single and had been dating on Hinge,” Lillian shares. She felt inspired, downloaded the app, and when Nathan’s face came up on the second swipe, they matched. “Let’s call it premeditated fate,” she says.
Even from the very start, it was clear to Lillian that what they shared was different. “He put so much effort into his communication, there was never any small talk,” she says. “We very quickly became inseparable and spent two of our first six months together working remotely from Palm Cove and Byron Bay, before the Covid lockdowns started in Melbourne.” When an opportunity arose for Lillian to relocate to her company’s office in New York – six months into their relationship – they took a leap of faith and chose to move to the US together.
Currently, Lillian is a manager working in technology strategy and AI consulting. Nathan works full-time as a creative at an advertising agency (and moonlights a few nights a week at the Old Mates Pub downtown). “I feel like all New Yorkers wear many hats in terms of employment, and we are no exception,” Lillian says, sharing that the two also plan to cofound a consulting agency in 2026.
Due to visa issues, they were forced into a long-distance relationship for a little while, spurring the decision to book a last-minute trip to Copenhagen. “We spent a magical 10 days at Hotel Bella Grande, where Nathan had meticulously planned almost every day perfectly with a mix of shopping, exploring and plenty of eating,” she says. On their second night, he surprised Lillian with a booking at Michelin-starred Vækst, which is set in a converted greenhouse. “We were just between the mains and the desserts of the degustation when Nathan got down on one knee in front of the whole restaurant and proposed,” she recalls. “Needless to say, it was a strong ‘yes’.”
When it came time to choose a wedding location, they were torn between Melbourne and New York. That’s when Lillian’s mother stepped in: “We were speaking with my mum, Kerry, about it, and she went quiet and said, ‘I think you know where to have the wedding.’” The location? Eygalières, a tiny village in Provence where Lillian lived as a child, and which she’d visited with family since 2007. “There is something so magical about Eygalières. It has a population of only 1,500 people and a small handful of incredible local French bistros,” Lillian says.
They chose as their venue Le Mas de la Rose, a boutique hotel set within 60 scres of French countryside. The couple’s bridal party (eight bridesmaids and six groomsmen) stayed with them at the venue for the three-day wedding. “It was so much fun having our closest friends there with us, especially because a lot of our bridal party live in Australia and we only see them a few times a year,” she says.
