Weddings

The couple marked their city wedding in Paris at several personal locations

IVA MARIĆ

January 24, 2026

Andrea Mucino-Sanchez and Mark Fisher met on a cold January evening in Washington and immediately connected through jokes about Jean-Jacques Rousseau and a shared love of travel. Their first date, planned for a new speakeasy bar, was quickly swapped for a quieter spot near the White House, where the evening turned into hours of laughter, good bourbon, and conversation that stretched into the early morning. Four and a bit years later, Andrea and Mark organized their wedding in Paris.

The city has been part of Andy’s family story for generations. Her grandparents found refuge there after fleeing the Spanish Civil War, a piece of family history that would later help shape her path to UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency. She spent her childhood summer holidays there with her French family, and it was also where she and Mark fell in love. “That’s why we built our wedding day around real places and rituals from our lives there: a ceremony at the city hall (mairie) in the arrondissement where we once lived, champagne at our favorite neighborhood bistro, flowers bought that morning from the florist around the corner, and a meal at a restaurant that holds special meaning for us. The ideas came easily, but bringing them to life was a completely different story,” Andrea tells Vogue Adria, emphasizing that it was important to them that everything feel personal and rooted in the Paris they truly know, “not its postcard version.”

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Mark also proposed to Andrea during a summer road trip through southern France. “We were hiking through the Calanques de Cassis and, at sunset, he got down on one knee. It was the easiest yes,” Andrea laughs.

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A city wedding in Paris and carefully chosen locations

When it came to Paris, the couple wanted everything to feel authentic and for each chosen location to be grounded in their Parisian story. Their key day was marked by several city addresses that were meaningful to them. Les Parigots was their neighborhood bar while they lived in Paris, where they would regularly stop by in the evening for an Aperol on the way home, so they decided to have their pre-ceremony aperitif there before heading to city hall. One of their favorite restaurants is Laïa, tucked away in a quiet, non-touristy part of the city. This is where the welcome dinner was held, marked by a mariachi performance.

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The ceremony and celebration took place at the famed Hôtel Particulier Montmartre, which, understated, slightly dark, and incredibly chic, embodied Andy’s personal fashion philosophy. She is a minimalist who loves one striking accessory. “For me, this space was that statement piece.” At the same time, it featured neoclassical details that resonated with Mark’s dark academia aesthetic. The couple also highlights their love for the hotel’s history, as it was once home to the Hermès family, and for its gardens, which are designed to support biodiversity and are always full of birds. Two resident chickens, Marie and Antoinette, roam around as if they own the place. (“Their heads are still on their shoulders,” Andrea laughs.) The hotel also donates part of its annual profits to wildlife protection organizations such as the Association pour la Protection des Animaux Sauvages. The highlight of the celebration at the hotel was the traditional wedding cake, a croquembouche from Maison Stohrer, the oldest pastry shop in Paris.

Personal organization

Andy took on most of the decoration and organization, thanks to her fluent French. “We didn’t use a wedding planner, partly because each venue had excellent event specialists who understood our vision and brought it to life, and partly because we wanted the events to grow organically out of our life in the city. Camille and Antoine from Hôtel Particulier were especially outstanding. They worked with us for a year and a half to perfect every detail, from the DJ to the wildflowers picked from the garden that decorated the tables. Louis from Laïa was also incredible, among other things because he allowed our mariachi band to play ten minutes longer than the noise regulations permit. Our greatest debt of gratitude goes to Mashaida and Andrew from Mashaida, who were far more than photographers. They were therapists, creative directors, and friends. By the end of the weekend, all of our guests were obsessed with them, even before seeing a single photo,” Andrea says of her impressions during the organization across several Parisian locations.

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Well-known brands as the bride’s fashion choices

Andy knew she wanted to wear as many outfits as possible. “In the end, there were five.” Each had a completely different character, but all represented a part of Andy’s style, history, and relationship to space. For portraits around Paris, she chose a simple Reformation two-piece set (“I live in Ref day to day”), which perfectly captured her inclination toward minimalist, high-quality pieces that flatter her figure. Then there was the dress for the ceremony at the mairie. Andy found inspiration in her grandparents’ wedding in Paris in the 1950s. The dress was by Self Portrait, but it had an old Hollywood feel that echoed her grandmother’s original gown. The accessories were Dior, Andy’s favorite fashion house, including her something blue: an elegant My Dior Mini bag in a cloud blue shade.

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For the welcome dinner, Andy wanted something fitted, timeless, structured, and just sexy enough. She had always loved Alex Perry and imagined wearing one of his designs for the main ceremony, but when she tried on the Avery dress, she had that “this is my dress” feeling and knew she had to wear it at least once that weekend. “The only problem was that it technically wasn’t a wedding dress, so I wore it to the welcome dinner at Laïa. It was my favorite piece of the entire weekend (I want to be buried in it, laughter).”

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The wedding gown was from Kyha Studios. Like Alex Perry, it is an Australian brand focused on good tailoring, interesting textures, and minimalist design. Andy’s biggest challenge in searching for a wedding dress was finding one that didn’t remind her of a beauty pageant. (She competed in Miss USA as Miss West Virginia USA.) She visited more than ten boutiques and felt overwhelmed by the selection, but kept returning to Kyha Studios pieces. “In the end, I chose the dress my mom loved the most, perfectly paired with an original floral mantilla, paying homage to her Hispanic heritage.”

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The final dress was the easiest choice. Andy wanted it to be loud and fun, “the perfect contrast to the subtle elegance of the other looks.” It was a Sherri Hill dress, a nod to her pageant days, purchased at a boutique in her home state of West Virginia. Throughout the entire weekend, Andy wore Hues of Her, a fragrance by the house of House of Artem. “It’s a bold, complex perfume that opens with a warm amber note and then settles into gentle floral notes of tuberose, jasmine, and iris. It was the perfect scent and provided continuity between every look and every location.”

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The most precious moment of the Paris wedding

For Andy, the answer to her favorite moment is simple: the moment the mariachi band arrived at the welcome dinner at Laïa. “It was a surprise for her Mexican family, who traveled all the way to Paris to be with us.” Their reactions were priceless, and her father cried. (So did Andy.) “Family means so much to us, and this was one of those moments when we could show that this wasn’t just a weekend about us, but about bringing together two families, friends, and communities. It was also very challenging to plan, so the fact that it happened at all was a huge relief.”

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For Mark, it is harder to single out one moment, because over those few days there were many that stood out: writing vows in the courtyard of the Hôtel Particulier, protests that nearly made them late for their own wedding, sharing stories late into the night with friends after the venue closed. “But the most precious was probably the first quiet moment I had with Andy after the main ceremony, when we could finally take a deep breath, share a glass of champagne, and feel content knowing we had just made an excellent life decision,” Mark concludes for Vogue Adria.