Alana & Alexander's Elegant Black-Tie Wedding at The Trust Melbourne
If you're planning a wedding at The Trust Melbourne, Alana and Alexander's celebration is full of inspiration. From the gorgeous New York style architecture to a stunning spot for a personalised ceremony in Melbourne's CBD, this beautiful wedding showcases why The Trust is one of Melbourne's most sought-after wedding venues. I mean it’s on my recommended vendors list for a reason…
Throw in how absolutely gorgeous Alana and Alexander are, how much they obviously, completely and truly love each other, and the beautiful way that they support each other, I just knew this was a day I wanted to be a part of. And to top it all off I got to work alongside The Nudo team! Making this a day I was excited for from the very beginning…
Alana and Alexander - a love story in the making.
Alexander and Alana have known for a long time that they were each others person, and that it was only inevitable that they would one day be here where we are today, becoming husband and wife.
As Alexander told me, marriage had always been on the cards. For Alexander, marriage is a chance to formalise what they already know, that they are each others end game. They’ve beta tested the relationship, they’ve gone de facto, and finally it was time to be married. And for Alana, well she was always the little girl picking out the wedding dress from the dress up box. She was always obsessed with her parents wedding video and may or may not have worn out the VHS tape. But what she might not quite have dreamed of was that her first boyfriend would become her husband.
Wedding at The Trust Melbourne
Alana and Alexander knew almost immediately that The Trust was the right venue for them. With 130~ people on the guest list and a wedding party made up of primary school friends (on Alana’s side) and high school friends (on Alexanders side), this was a wedding that has had a lot of people excited for a very long time.
With it’s beautiful, unique, modern and romantic vibes, The Trust was the perfect venue for them. With it’s chic New York vibes in the heart of Melbourne’s CBD meant it was easy for the wedding party to get ready at W Melbourne and walk across to the road to the venue. Even in 40° heat wasn’t enough to warm them up on such a short distance! And with The Trust’s layout it was easy to accomodate not only the ceremony and cocktail hour, but a full seated dinner and a dance floor later.
Black Tie dress code at The Trust
I love a black tie dresscode… it allows guests to go all out in a safe environment. And it’s not just the girls who love the glam! I’m hearing more and more from men and nb’s that they are revelling in hiring the tux of their dreams and living out their James Bond reality (or whatever the Gen A version is of that!).
Planning your own wedding at The Trust Melbourne? I'd love to help create a ceremony that's personal, relaxed and memorable. Get in touch to chat about your plans.
Why get married at The Trust, Melbourne?
Couples are drawn to The Trust for the kind of wedding that feels like it already has a story before the day even begins.
There’s a certain drama to it - in the best way. The gorgeous bones, the high ceilings and the old-world elegance of the space all come together to create a setting that doesn’t just host a wedding, it frames it. It’s the kind of venue that makes a black-tie celebration feel effortless, like it was always meant to happen there.
Being right in Melbourne’s CBD only adds to the appeal. Guests arrive easily, stay nearby (I highly recommend W Melbourne), and slip from ceremony to celebration without ever losing the energy of the day. It keeps everything close, connected, and a little electric.
But what really wins couples over is the feeling. It’s polished, yes - but never cold. Romantic without trying too hard. The sort of place where vows feel a little more charged, the champagne a little colder, and the night just a bit harder to forget.
Review
“OMG where to even begin with Precious?!? Put simply - INCREDIBLE
We went with Precious because we weren't quite meshing with the styles of some ceremonies we were seeing. It was either all too serious or dad-jokey.
Precious is somehow able to make the situation light and bubbly and also fit in a few jokes during the time when the couple is most nervous.
She was clear with the legalities of everything and made us cry (happy tears of course) when she read us our ceremony script a few days before the wedding.
Could not recommend her highly enough!!!”
Vendor List:
Venue: The Trust.
Photos, video and florals: All done in house by Nudo Events.
Planner: Tia Zakis.
Violinist: Kimberley Cao.
Dress: Raffaele Ciuca.
Suits: Mens Warehouse.
Jewels: Artelia.
Alana and Alexander’s vows
His vows…
Alana, standing here today, I can’t believe I’m finally about to marry my best friend. I have been waiting a long time to call you my wide, and in ten minutes time, I’ll proudly do it forevermore.
There was no moment when I knew you were the one. Instead, we became so inseparable that before I knew it, I looked back and couldn’t imagine you not being by my side. Even in my earlier memories, it seems so strange for you not to have been there with me. From today forward, I promise to be there with you in the new memories that we make.
We have been each other’s rock, and I promise to continue being yours.
I promise to always be open and honest with you
I promise to fight for you and put you first.
I promise that every night in bed I will eventually stop yapping about something irrelevant and finally let you go to sleep.
I promise to always take care of you, even when you protest because you don’t want me to get up for the fifth time.
And most of all, I promise to love you and always look forward to every new day for the rest of our lives.
Her vows…
Alexander.
The day has finally come.
We’ve been waiting a while for this. To be precise, 3045 days since the day we first told each other “I love you”.
Yes, I calculated.
The day we told each other this, we were 17 and 18 years old and had been dating for a wholesome 3 weeks.
Bold, however it seems that we knew what we had between us, even then.
In these 3045 days, we have achieved and conquered so much together. To list some - graduated high school and university, been each other’s covid buddies, seen each other through first corporate jobs, travelled the world, survived almost fatal fires whilst doing so, got a fur baby and bought our first house.
It seems to me that if this is what the first 8.5 years of our life have looked like together, the rest should be limitless.
Your curiosity and intelligence drive me to slow down, learn and listen to the world around me. Please never stop throwing out the most random knowledge such as Coke in a can has high fructose corn syrup as opposed to coke in a bottle containing aspartamine, or stop arguing with my family on a Thursday night about things as useless as the frequency of which jeans should be washed.
Your kindness and patience with everyone you interact with is something to be admired, and you inspire me each day.
Your gentle and ever-giving nature is a quality not to be looked over lightly and is one of the reasons I fell for you so quickly.
Alexander, for the rest of our lives together I promise that I will be your advocate, your encouragement and everlasting source of love. I promise to try my best to not put utensils away in the kitchen before you have finished using them, and to always greet you at the end of a work day with a family hug with Spencer.
I love you 3045 times as much as I did 8.5 years ago, and I’m so ecstatic to finally be your wife!
