What to Wear for a Medellin Elopement
Warm spring air, tropical foliage, city courtyards, and the granite scale of Guatape. What photographs well in the City of Eternal Spring, with the climate built in.
You pack for extremes, tropical heat or Andean cold.
Medellin gives you neither. It is a warm, stable spring, around twenty-two degrees, every day.
Dress for the comfortable spring air, and the same look carries from a city courtyard to the granite scale of Guatape.
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The mild warmth suits lightweight, flowing fabrics that move in the courtyard light, without the heavy layering the cold demands or the barely-there fabric the coast forces. It is the most forgiving climate I shoot in for attire.
Fabric and the climate
The mild warmth suits lightweight, flowing fabrics that move in the courtyard light, without the heavy layering the cold demands or the barely-there fabric the coast forces. It is the most forgiving climate I shoot in for attire.
Colour across the settings
Against El Poblado's greenery and golden light, white and ivory read cleanly and warm tones glow. Against Guatape's grey granite and the painted town's saturated colour, a clean silhouette holds the scale and a considered tone stands out from the bright zocalos.
Test the outfit for a walking afternoon first, and let me plan the day around the golden light. Because I film as well as shoot, fabric that moves earns its place twice. Twelve years and 240+ couples in, the couples who dressed for the spring air moved through the city and Guatape with ease.
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