Planning a French Inspired Country Chic Wedding in Adelaide? Start With This Team

Written By Sally Dean

French Country, Adelaide Style: A Lesson in Understated Luxury

There is something particularly special about a local wedding collaboration when every element just works.

And this one? This is it.

High fashion, meet the countryside.

bride running happy with groom ater ceremony in a trish peng gown at Brin Farm black and white image

Think French countryside. A little old-world romance. Soft florals, beautiful tailoring, rolling hills and gowns with enough glamour to feel unmistakably bridal but against a backdrop that keeps everything relaxed and grounded. There is a reason understated is forever timeless.


Our newest Trish Peng Étoile wedding gowns left Imagine Bridal Studio and headed into the Adelaide Hills for a shoot at Brin Farm, captured by Meghan Lowe of Hereafter Studios.


The result is essentially our moodboard for a French country chic wedding in Adelaide.

And if this is the direction you're imagining for your own wedding, consider this your starting list of Adelaide wedding suppliers.

The Venue: Brin Farm

French country style doesn't require a destination wedding in Provence.

Hidden on the outskirts of Clarendon, Brin Farm began as a 35-acre paddock and homestead and has evolved into a wedding and event venue surrounded by rolling hills, large gum trees and gardens. It's also home to an Andalusian and Baroque horse stud which explains why the property has such a distinctive European-meets-Australian-country quality.


Explore Brin Farm


For this shoot, it gave us exactly the contrast we wanted:

Glamour, but farm.

A beautifully constructed designer wedding gown suddenly feels different when it's taken out of a bridal boutique and placed amongst open countryside, horses and natural textures.

That's the trick to French country wedding styling: don't make every element rustic.

Let the venue provide the country.

Then bring in refinement through the fashion, florals, jewellery, hair and beauty.

The Gowns: Trish Peng Étoile at Imagine Bridal Studio

The gowns were from Trish Peng's newest Étoile collection, newly arrived at Imagine.

And this setting shows exactly why we love beautiful bridal design against an unexpected backdrop.

A French country wedding dress doesn't necessarily need lace sleeves, vintage styling or anything overtly “French”. Instead, think about fabric, silhouette, movement and restraint.
Quiet refinement.

A structured bodice against an open field. A dramatic train moving through grass. Clean ivory fabric against weathered timber and greenery.

It's the juxtaposition that makes it interesting.

For Adelaide brides looking for a designer wedding dress that feels modern but still romantic, this is a particularly beautiful direction to explore.

The Photography: Meghan Lowe, Hereafter Studios

The entire shoot was photographed by Meghan Lowe of Hereafter Studios, an Adelaide-based wedding photographer whose approach is centred on capturing weddings creatively and quietly, with an emphasis on couples being present rather than treating their wedding day like a performance.

Hereafter Studios


That approach makes so much sense for this aesthetic.

French country chic shouldn't feel overly posed or pristine. The beauty is in movement, atmosphere, texture and moments that feel slightly undone.

If you're creating a wedding around an incredible venue and carefully chosen details, your photographer is also the person responsible for translating all of that work into the visual story you keep afterwards.


The Florals: Studio 88 Flowers

For florals, think garden rather than ballroom.

The flowers should feel as though they belong in the landscape rather than fighting against it romantic, textural and a little organic.

Studio 88 Flowers brought the floral component to the shoot, completing that countryside-meets-refined-bridal balance.

If you're giving your florist a French country brief, words like garden-grown, gathered, romantic, textural, seasonal and effortless are often more useful than simply saying “rustic”.

There is a big difference.

The Ceremony: Love with Lucy

Your celebrant affects the feeling of the wedding just as much as the visual suppliers do.

Lucy Hagan of Love with Lucy is an Adelaide-based authorised marriage celebrant and storyteller whose approach centres on making the ceremony personal to the couple.

For a relaxed country wedding, that matters.

You don't want to create an intimate, beautifully considered environment only for the ceremony itself to suddenly feel formal and disconnected from everything around it.

The best supplier teams understand the same brief emotionally, not just aesthetically.

Hair: Chelsea Louise Hair

For French country bridal hair, I'd resist anything that looks too finished.

Think softness. Movement. Hair that still feels like hair.

Chelsea Louise Hair created the hair for the shoot, balancing the polish of the Trish Peng gowns with the relaxed nature of the setting.

This is particularly important if your gown is structured or dramatic. Your hair doesn't necessarily need to compete with it sometimes the contrast of an effortless hairstyle makes the gown feel even more luxurious.

Makeup: By Jannifer

The same principle applies to makeup.

French country bridal doesn't need to become a literal costume. You're looking for beautiful skin, refinement and a look that belongs outdoors in natural light.

By Jannifer created the makeup for the shoot.

When planning your own look, consider how your makeup will work not only inside during the ceremony or reception, but outside during portraits and in changing natural light throughout the day.

Jewellery: Pink Carat

Fine jewellery is one of those details that can quietly change the entire finish of a bridal look.

Pink Carat Jewellers is an independent Unley-based boutique jeweller specialising in custom-designed and handcrafted pieces, including engagement rings, wedding rings and fine jewellery.

For this aesthetic, I'd think less about piling accessories on and more about choosing one or two beautiful pieces with permanence.

The French-country look works because it doesn't appear to be trying too hard.

How to Create a French Country Wedding in Adelaide

If this shoot is going straight onto your wedding Pinterest board, there are a few principles worth stealing rather than trying to replicate every individual detail.

Start with a venue that already gives you atmosphere. Then don't over-style it.

Choose a wedding gown with enough quality and structure to create contrast against the relaxed landscape. Look out for Ivovry and details where they matter like the subtle ruffles.

Keep florals organic rather than overtly rustic. Let hair and makeup feel polished but effortless. Choose jewellery intentionally. And find a photographer whose work captures feeling as well as all those beautiful details you've spent months choosing.

Most importantly, don't make “French country” a theme.

Make it a feeling.

Romantic but not fussy. Luxurious but not flashy. Rural but not rustic. Fashion-led but still warm.

That's what this team created at Brin Farm.

And we are completely obsessed with it.

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