Pretty much everywhere you go there are adverts for wedding fairs. If you've been to one, then you've been to all of them, right? Well if you are looking for something different for your wedding then take a look at these hotly tipped trends to make sure your wedding will really stand out from the rest.
Cake Trends
This year we are waving goodbye to the modern ideas of cheesecakes, brightly coloured tiers and cheeses. This year we are embracing glamour, with a nod towards the twenties with Art Deco sophistication. Lace overlays, pearls, and tiers are all on trend.
Decoration Trends
Weddings are becoming more personal. Tables are often a reflection on the Bride and Grooms personal tastes. Mismatched crockery, give the tables a vintage feel and wedding favours that add a sense of personality and table decorations that reflect the two families and experiences, photographs of places that are special to them.
Dress Trends
Dresses are taking influences from popular film and TV trends such as The Great Gatsby and Downton Abbey so expect to see a lot of Art Deco designs and feathering is big this year. Vintage is still a hot trend with delicate lace overlays, illusion neck lines with a hint of lace covering the décolletage. Think old school glamour.
Groom Trends
Long gone are the days when the groom wore a top hat and tails. Today it is all about functional dressing, with a simple pared down suit. No more are the waistcoats and cravats that coordinate with the bridesmaids, dark shirts in charcoal tones compliment the simplified suit look. Look for a more modern buttonhole with ideas ranging from pinwheels, feathers, herbs, vintage buttons, paper flowers, silver butterflies and a collection of badges are all set to personalise your look. Many ideas can be found on online.
Gift Trends
Personalised wedding gifts are the new alternative to a gift list from a department store. A gift that has been carefully chosen can finish off the perfect day. This works especially well if you have everything that you need already, and it is also a perfect way for your guests to give you a gift that they know will be treasured.
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We decamped to the pub I walked, half frozen in the flowing dress - minus my now husband, who had to get back to work, via a lift from his now in-laws!!!
The few photos we have are both precious & hilarious - me in hideous dress & husband in working clothes (he was & still is a stonemason!)
Total Costs ** Licence = £6 / Special Licence = £8 (short notice) / Wedding ring = £5 (from the pawn shop) & I have never, ever removed it Total = £19 + a few drinks.
Length of marriage THIRTY NINE YEARS (40 this year) & still going strong.
Bridal Fairs - load of rubbish, you don't need them - ALL you need is LOVE
Our son? - he opted for the money & not the lavish wedding. He paid a lump off of his house & purchased a car instead! It is as you say, a choice. I would never encourage anyone to get into debt for their wedding - it's not the best way to start married life (In MY opinion!)
When we decided to marry it was to be Christmas Eve at the Register Office.
Come the day, the weather was awful & the bus was bound to be late - so we cancelled it & stayed in bed!! Re-organising it for the following week, we opted for New Years Eve.
To avoid wasting another £6 I asked my parents if the would give us a lift
My mother (being deeply religious) had a fit that we were getting married in the Reg Office, but said they would.
I knew what would happen & true to form mum nagged until I agreed to wear my sisters hideous, pink 'maid of honour' dress from a wedding in the USA.
The evening before the big day we asked three friends, who happened to be in the pub, if they wanted to come as we needed witnesses!!
On the day, my parents arrived in their car, my sister & four brothers didn't rise from their slumbers and the in-laws to be had gone away for Christmas (hence the chosen date!!)
Mum, bless her, had organised a small bouquet for me, a carnation & a TIE for the groom & spare carnations for any 5 people who happened to turn up!
We were - at last married, one of the friends from the pub turned up to be a witness & my dad agreed to be the other (to be continued in the following post!)