{"id":865522,"date":"2025-08-15T21:16:46","date_gmt":"2025-08-16T02:16:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/15\/lights-camera-i-do-karena-ng-and-brian-szes-wedding-in-tuscany-was-an-ode-to-old-hollywood\/"},"modified":"2025-08-15T21:16:46","modified_gmt":"2025-08-16T02:16:46","slug":"lights-camera-i-do-karena-ng-and-brian-szes-wedding-in-tuscany-was-an-ode-to-old-hollywood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/15\/lights-camera-i-do-karena-ng-and-brian-szes-wedding-in-tuscany-was-an-ode-to-old-hollywood\/","title":{"rendered":"Lights, Camera, I Do! Karena Ng and Brian Sze\u2019s Wedding in Tuscany Was an Ode to Old Hollywood"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The morning of Karena Ng\u2019s wedding to Brian Sze began not with sunshine, but with rain. Heavy rain. \u201cThe skies were so overcast, and parts of the hotel even had hail,\u201d Karena remembers. \u201cWe had to delay the ceremony by an hour, and honestly, we were all just sitting there hoping the rain clouds would have mercy.\u201d At last, mercy arrived.<\/p>\n

As guests made their way to Villa di Geggiano\u2014a 14th-century villa outside Siena where the ceremony was to take place\u2014the clouds began to lift. A soft golden light washed over the Tuscan hills, and with it, Karena felt the day transform. \u201cI can\u2019t even describe the relief I felt when the sun finally came out. It felt like the whole atmosphere changed.\u201d<\/p>\n

Karena, an actress based in Hong Kong, and Brian, head of Asia Pacific at Checkout.com, had always envisioned their wedding as something cinematic, romantic, and transportive. Their planners, Juliana and Nati of Savvy Events Studio, brought that vision to life. \u201cHiring Savvy was the best decision ever,\u201d Karena says. \u201cFrom the very first call, they understood exactly what we wanted. They curated every detail with so much care\u2014from the venues to the flowers. Honestly, they made the entire process so easy for us.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The couple\u2019s own love story began in Hong Kong, albeit in far less glamorous circumstances. \u201cWe met at Ocean Park during a Halloween-themed weekend,\u201d Karena recalls, laughing. \u201cMy friend Kevin, who later became one of my bridesmaids, actually introduced us. But at the time, I wasn\u2019t interested. I thought Brian was too short!\u201d They crossed paths again, nearly a year later, at a birthday party. \u201cHe hadn\u2019t grown any taller,\u201d she teases, \u201cbut something clicked that night.\u201d Karaoke sessions (always Jay Chou), sun-soaked outings, and endless hotpot dinners followed. \u201cI remember wondering whether Brian really liked all the same things I did\u2014or if he was just pretending so we\u2019d spend more time together,\u201d Karena says. \u201cBut one night, he came to meet me straight after a hotpot dinner, with cilantro stuck in his teeth and smelling like garlic. That\u2019s when I knew he was serious.\u201d<\/p>\n

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In October 2022, Brian proposed\u2014but not just anywhere, or in any way. The setting was a glamorous photo shoot arranged for Karena\u2019s 29th birthday by her closest friends\u2014the same group who would later serve as her bridesmaids. \u201cThey told me it was to celebrate the last year of my 20s,\u201d Karena explains. What was supposed to be a simple commemorative shoot quickly escalated into something far grander: Gucci, Valentino, and Miu Miu provided outfits, the location was styled like an Old Hollywood film set, and a vintage Rolls-Royce was positioned as a prop. A full team of photographers and videographers was on hand to document the day. \u201cI was loving it,\u201d Karena says. \u201cI thought it was just this elaborate birthday surprise.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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What she didn\u2019t know was that Brian had secretly turned the shoot into a proposal. \u201cI\u2019d always told him\u2014if you\u2019re going to propose, I want to be dressed up, and it has to be captured on camera,\u201d Karena recalls. \u201cHe remembered that.\u201d<\/p>\n

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As Karena changed into a vintage Valentino gown for the final look of the shoot, Brian waited nervously behind the backdrop, working with her friends to time his appearance. When Karena returned to set, she found 300 roses arranged atop the Rolls Royce and their favorite song, \u201cUntil I Found You,\u201d softly playing. Then, Brian stepped forward, dressed in a Ralph Lauren Purple Label pinstriped suit, and dropped to one knee. \u201cIt was perfect,\u201d Karena says. \u201cA complete surprise\u2014and exactly what I wanted without even knowing it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Their wedding, held in August 2024, unfolded across two days in Tuscany. \u201cWe chose Tuscany because we both love being outdoors, under the sun\u2014and the scenery there is just unbeatable,\u201d Karena explains.<\/p>\n

The festivities opened with a welcome dinner at Borgo San Felice. \u201cFor that, I wore a pink floral Carolina Herrera dress,\u201d Karena says. \u201cThe theme was Under the Tuscan Sun<\/em>.\u201d Brian paired his Zegna beige linen suit with an olive linen shirt and Triple Stitch sneakers. \u201cIt felt relaxed and summery.\u201d<\/p>\n

But the main event was the ceremony itself, set at Villa di Geggiano. Guests entered through the villa\u2019s frescoed halls, where 12 hand-painted scenes of seasons lined the walls, before arriving at the all\u2019Italiana<\/em> garden. \u201cWe were really worried about the rain, but when we got to the villa, it was like the sun came out just for us,\u201d Karena remembers. The ceremony d\u00e9cor, created by Vincenzo Dascanio, featured a towering floral pagoda adorned with light pink roses and white orchids. \u201cIt was breathtaking,\u201d Karena says.<\/p>\n

Brian arrived first, driving up the cypress-lined driveway in a vintage 1957 Porsche Speedster. \u201cEveryone loved that entrance,\u201d Karena says. Then came the moment Karena had long imagined. \u201cI walked down the aisle to \u2018Wildest Dreams\u2019 wearing a Zuhair Murad gown. It had long sleeves, a dramatic train, and so many intricate lace details.\u201d She paired the gown with Jimmy Choo heels and De Beers earrings. \u201cThat gown was everything to me. I felt like a princess.\u201d The sun filtered through the trees as the couple exchanged vows beneath the floral arch. \u201cAfter the stress of the morning, it was just\u2026peaceful. I felt so much love from everyone around us.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The morning of Karena Ng\u2019s wedding to Brian Sze began not with sunshine, but with rain. Heavy rain. \u201cThe skies were so overcast, and parts of the hotel even had hail,\u201d Karena remembers. \u201cWe had to delay the ceremony by an hour, and honestly, we were all just sitting there hoping the rain clouds would<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":865523,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2535,4452],"tags":[7143,10541],"class_list":{"0":"post-865522","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-camera","8":"category-lights","9":"tag-camera","10":"tag-lights"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/865522","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=865522"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/865522\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/865523"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=865522"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=865522"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=865522"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}