French model Thylane Blondeau gave fans a detailed look at the custom Miu Miu wedding dress she wore to marry DJ Ben Attal at a $64 million chateau in the South of France, a gown she called a lifelong dream come true.
Blondeau posted a series of behind-the-scenes photographs on Instagram showing the creation of the dress, which required more than 30 metres of French lace and 240 hours of handcrafted work by the Italian fashion house. The model, who first began working with Miu Miu at age 16, shared the images on Monday alongside a lengthy tribute to the brand and its artisans.
The couple married last month at Chateau Diter, a sprawling Tuscan-style estate in Grasse valued at $64 million. The 17-acre property features 18 suites, two helipads, saltwater pools, manicured Italian gardens, a medieval cloister, and a wine-tasting cellar. Hiring the venue for a wedding starts at roughly £17,000.
In her Instagram post, Blondeau made clear how much the collaboration meant to her personally, tying it back to a professional relationship that began in her teenage years.
"My wildest dream. I never imagined that one day I'd be wearing the wedding dress of my dreams, custom made by @miumiu. Made with over 30 metres of French lace and requiring 240 hours of craftsmanship, every single detail was created with incredible care and artistry."
She continued, describing the emotional weight of having a brand she grew up working with create something so personal.
"I started working with Miu Miu when I was 16 years old, and I never could have imagined that, years later, they would create the dress I'd wear on one of the most important days of my life. This is a memory I'll cherish forever. Thank you, from the bottom of my heart."
Miu Miu operates as the more youthful sister label to Prada, both owned by the Prada Group. The brand was founded by Miuccia Prada. For Blondeau, choosing Miu Miu was not a celebrity endorsement deal announced after the fact, it was a continuation of a working relationship that predates her adult fame.
It has been a season of high-profile weddings making headlines. Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce tied the knot in a star-studded ceremony at Madison Square Garden, drawing enormous public attention to the costs and logistics of celebrity nuptials.
Blondeau's path to this moment started early, remarkably early. At age four, she walked for Jean Paul Gaultier. By five, Vogue Enfants had named her "the most beautiful girl in the world." At ten, she became the youngest model ever to pose for Vogue Paris. In 2018, she topped TC Candler's annual list with the same title.
Her father, Patrick Blondeau, is a retired professional footballer. The modeling career that followed placed his daughter in front of some of fashion's most storied brands before she was old enough to drive.
The Chateau Diter ceremony was not the couple's first trip to the altar. Blondeau and Attal held a legal wedding ceremony in June at a city hall in Paris's 16th arrondissement. For that occasion, Blondeau wore a custom couture gown designed by Eva Bouskila, a different look entirely from the Miu Miu creation she saved for the main celebration.
Celebrity weddings have drawn particular interest this year, with Donald Trump Jr. and Bettina Anderson officially marrying ahead of a Bahamas celebration in another widely covered ceremony.
Blondeau and Attal began dating in 2020. Before that, Blondeau had been in a relationship with French DJ Milane Meritte, which ended roughly a year before she and Attal got together.
Attal proposed during a trip to Greece. The couple married just three months after announcing their engagement, a quick turnaround by any standard, and one that makes the 240 hours of lace work on the Miu Miu gown all the more striking. That dress had to come together fast.
The venue itself tells a story about the scale of the event. Chateau Diter is owned by British millionaire Patrick Diter. With its helipads, cloister, and wine cellar, it is not a place designed for modest gatherings.
Wedding stories have filled celebrity pages this year, with family dynamics sometimes adding unexpected layers. Eric Roberts recently addressed his absence from daughter Emma Roberts' Idaho wedding, denying any family estrangement, a reminder that even happy occasions can carry complicated backstories.
In Emma Roberts' case, her five-year-old son walked her down the aisle after her father missed the ceremony, turning a private family matter into a public conversation.
What sets Blondeau's story apart from the usual celebrity wedding fare is the specificity of the craftsmanship she highlighted. She did not simply thank a designer. She gave numbers: 30 metres of lace, 240 hours of work. She named the relationship, a professional partnership that began when she was a teenager, and framed the dress as the natural result of years of trust between a model and a fashion house.
The staggering costs behind major celebrity weddings have become a story in their own right this year. Blondeau's Chateau Diter celebration, with its $64 million venue and couture gown, fits squarely in that conversation, though the model's Instagram post focused less on price tags and more on gratitude.
In a culture that often treats celebrity weddings as disposable content, consumed, liked, and forgotten by the next news cycle, Blondeau at least made the case that the dress on her back meant something beyond the photograph. Whether the marriage holds up as well as the lace remains, as always, a question only time can answer.
