Suzanne Paul's luminous life in beauty ✨
Artists Brunelle Dias and Hugo Primbs met as students in their first year of art school at AUT in Tāmaki Makaurau over a shared love for painting. The couple have exhibited together and separately in shows across Aotearoa, and had been together six and a half years before getting engaged in the last few seconds of 2023.
Leading up to a New Year's trip with friends in Whangārei, Hugo had spent months making Brunelle's engagement ring, with help from his dad, Florian, a former silversmith. "I wanted to go into the New Year as an engaged couple and got a bit carried away with my pre-proposal speech to Brunelle. It was only when our friends in the other room shouted 'one minute 'till midnight!' that I had to cut to the chase and actually get down on one knee and ask the question."
After a few weeks enjoying their engagement, they were eager to start their new journey together. Hoping to catch some late summer weather, they set their wedding date for April 2024 – leaving them four months to get everything organised.
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