Yukiko & Toshiki · September 2026

Bridal Hair and Makeup at Hotel Sacher Vienna: After-Wedding Shoot

Bride and groom in front of the entrance of Hotel Sacher in Vienna — Photo: Phina Fotografie (opens in a new tab)

Venue

The venue

Hotel Sacher sits directly across from the Vienna State Opera and has welcomed guests from all over the world since 1876. For Yukiko and Toshiki from Japan, it was the starting point for their after-wedding shoot in September 2026. It's also a place that left a deep impression on me: the suite is beautiful, and as you walk the hallways, you can feel the stories behind every door.

Canopy reading Hotel Sacher, with flags on the facade above

Salon with red sofas, chandeliers and a glass ceiling

Door with the number 315 and a “Candide Suite” sign

Chandelier in front of a large mirror in a wood-paneled salon with a glass ceiling

Bridal shoe hanging from a crystal chandelier

Mantelpiece with a gold clock, red vases and hydrangeas

Wedding gown hanging in front of a window, a veil draped over a chair below

Hallway with red walls, framed photos and a chandelier, leading to a wood-paneled room

Bridal shoes resting on a gold-framed painting on a white wall

View from the window onto a square with an equestrian statue, in black and white

Two red velvet armchairs in front of a fireplace with a clock and flowers

Slice of chocolate cake topped with two wedding rings, roses beside it, in black and white

Red table lamps, chandeliers and wood-paneled walls in one of the hotel's salons

Wall of framed historic photos with a bronze figure on a pedestal, in black and white

Bridal shoe on a table lamp beneath a gold-framed painting

Photos: Phina Fotografie (opens in a new tab)

Styling

Styling in the suite

We did the styling in the suite's bathroom – calm and completely private – before the couple stepped in front of the camera. The first photos were taken right in the suite and downstairs in the hotel's red room. Then we headed outside: around the Sacher, to the State Opera and into the Kunsthistorisches Museum.

Jasmin Werner styling the hair of the bride, who is wearing a bathrobe, in a marble bathroom

Jasmin Werner setting a bride's updo and tiara with hairspray

Veil, bouquet and bridal shoes on an armchair, in black and white

Bride holding her bouquet in a bright room with paintings and a chandelier

Bride and groom in a historic room at Hotel Sacher

Bride with a long train in a hotel hallway with gold wall sconces

Groom leaning in a doorway, a hallway with red walls and framed photos behind him

Bride with a tiara and an updo seen from behind in a hallway

Bride in her gown in a wood-paneled salon with red armchairs

Groom seated on a red chair in a wood-paneled room

Bride seated with her gown spread out in a wood-paneled salon, the groom standing behind her

Groom holding the hand of the bride, who is seated on a sofa in a wood-paneled room

Groom seated in a red velvet armchair in front of a fireplace

Bride and groom at the foot of a red-carpeted staircase, framed photos on the wall

Bride and groom facing each other in a small room with patterned wallpaper and framed pictures

Groom seated on a red sofa, the bride standing beside him with a tiara and bouquet

Groom seated on a red sofa in a salon beneath a chandelier

Bride and groom gazing at each other on a terrace, a historic building behind them

Photos: Phina Fotografie (opens in a new tab)

Planning

Good to know

For a shoot at Vienna's most famous spots, it's worth starting very early. At the Sacher, that's no problem: even at four in the morning, the staff were exceptionally polite and attentive, and the concierge even spoke Japanese with the groom.