Proposal · Milan

A Surprise Proposal at the Duomo, the Loggia dei Mercanti and the Galleria

He knelt in front of the Duomo while the square was still empty. After the yes, a walk to the Loggia dei Mercanti and through the Galleria.

Piazza del DuomoLoggia dei MercantiGalleria Vittorio Emanuele II

The photoshoot, frame by frame

A man kneels on the empty Piazza del Duomo to propose to a woman in a white dress, the cathedral facade rising behind them.

On one knee

The square is still empty when he goes down on one knee in front of the Duomo.

Close-up of a man's hands opening a black ring box with an engagement ring inside on Piazza del Duomo.

The ring box

A woman in a white midi dress throws her arms around her partner in a cream jacket on the square in front of the Duomo doors.

Arms around him

She throws both arms around his neck on the square, the Duomo doors behind them, and holds on.

A blonde woman in a white dress laughs with eyes nearly shut as she looks down at the ring on her hand in Piazza del Duomo.

First look at the ring

She looks down at her hand and can’t stop laughing.

A smiling couple stands before the Duomo di Milano, the blonde woman in white holding up her hand to show her new ring.

Ring held up to the Duomo

A man in a white shirt kisses a woman in a white strapless dress as she wraps her arm around his neck in front of the Duomo facade.

A kiss at the cathedral

A couple smile at the camera in front of the Duomo, her ringed hand resting on his chest and his arm wrapped around her waist.

Ring on his chest

Hand in hand, a man spins a woman in a flowing white dress across the wide open Piazza del Duomo with the cathedral behind them.

A spin on the piazza

Smiling, a couple hold both hands and lean toward each other with the Duomo spires softly blurred behind them in bright light.

Both hands held

A smiling blonde woman in a white dress leans against a stone column under the arches of the Loggia dei Mercanti.

Under the Loggia arches

Beside the Savini terrace in the Galleria, a man holds his partner's ringed hand as she laughs and leans into him.

His hand on the ring

A man carries a woman in a white dress in his arms past the green-and-gold awning of Savini inside the Galleria.

Carried past Savini

He scoops her up and carries her past the Savini terrace, and she just laughs.

A couple poses arm in arm in front of the Savini restaurant terrace in the Galleria, both smiling straight at the camera.

Portrait at Savini

Laughing with her head tipped back, a woman in white holds her ringed hand to her partner's chest by Savini in the Galleria.

Can’t stop laughing

A woman in a white dress crouches on the mosaic floor by the Savini terrace, gazing at her ring with a small white bag in her lap.

A moment with the ring

A woman in a full white skirt swirls the fabric as she walks along the mosaic floor of the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II.

Skirt in motion

Under the great arch of the Galleria, a blonde woman in a white dress lifts her hand to show her ring and smiles at the camera.

Hand up under the arch

Nose to nose and smiling, a couple hold each other close in the Galleria, her hand resting on his cheek under the glass arch.

Nose to nose in the Galleria

She rests her hand on his cheek and they stand nose to nose, both smiling, in the middle of the Galleria.

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