Wedding Season is an action-packed romantic thriller following Stefan and Katie through eight episodes, several engagement parties, five weddings and a steadily escalating trail of chaos.

Production Designer Tim Dickel's concept used colour to distinguish between the series' two timelines. Flashbacks were filled with vibrant pinks and blues, while the present day moved into deeper, more natural tones of burgundy and sage green. This contrast became an important part of the visual language as the story moved between past and present.

As Set Decorator, I worked with my buying team to develop the detail, action props and individual character of each environment. Floristry became one of the defining visual threads across the weddings, from dressing Manchester Cathedral and creating abundant beach florals to suspending arrangements inside large ice sculptures. Rather than treating flowers as a finishing touch, we allowed them to shape the atmosphere and personality of each celebration.

Each wedding became an extension of the characters at its centre. Katie's engagement party unfolded within the austere surroundings of a Victorian Gothic Revival hotel bar, dressed with deep, brooding florals. Her lavish wedding then shifted into baby pinks and pastel blues, creating a deliberately sugary counterpoint to her increasingly menacing character.

Elsewhere, Leila and Anil's wonderfully eccentric celebration transformed an abandoned swimming pool with oversized clamshells, sculptural balloon installations, hundreds of metres of bunting and eclectic crockery. Rory and Yuna's wedding brought Scottish and Asian traditions together through tartan, pattern and texture, with towering columns wrapped in asparagus fern and tartan banners suspended throughout the church.

Even Hannah's ill-fated wedding to her former driving instructor had its own gloriously tacky visual language: learner-driver props, foil heart balloons and a zebra crossing leading down the aisle towards their parked learner car. The aim was never simply to create five beautiful weddings, but five celebrations that could only belong to those particular characters.

Across more than 100 sets and a demanding multi-city schedule, the series moved from the rugged landscape of the Scottish Highlands to the bright lights of Las Vegas. It was a substantial exercise in design development, sourcing, fabrication and logistics, while maintaining a distinct visual identity for every environment along the way.

WEDDING SEASON | DISNEY+

FIVE WEDDINGS.

UTTER CHAOS.

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