A Weekend Wedding - Vintage Hollywood

Good afternoon everyone and welcome to a Weekend Wedding fit for the Golden Age of Hollywood!

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A beautiful vintage inspired strapless gown by Starlet Bridal is accented by a glamorous black vintage inspired bridesmaid dress by Bari Jay. The bride wears stylish vintage inspired accessories with enchanting feathers and pearls. This wedding is filled with elegant vintage touches! The invitations, save-the-dates, and escort cards echo the Golden Age of Hollywood by displaying vintage movie posters of classics like Casablanca, King Kong, and Gilda. The tables are done in beautiful red and white linens and are decorated with beautiful white roses and candleabras. The reception room looks rich and luxurious with crystal chandeliers and gold accents. The guests enjoy a slice of a simple, but elegantly decorated white and black cake that is showered in red roses and petals. And at the end of the night, they leave with a miniature Oscar statue as a favor of this night to remember.

It's the Little Touches ...

Everyone knows that it's all about the hair, and when it comes to a vintage inspired wedding your gotta make it believable! Here are some great vintage hairstyles that make elegant styles for your unforgettable day.

Hanging crystals are a great way to add richness and elegance to any venue. And with a Vintage Hollywood wedding theme, you HAVE to serve champagne!

Do you and your fiancé have a favourite classic movie? Project it at your wedding reception to add the feeling of a night at the movies for your guests!

Next week's installment of Vintage Month is Vintage Art Deco, so I hope to see you all there!

(late) Floral Friday - Vintage Hollywood

Good morning everyone!

Again this Floral Friday is coming to you late, but it will be worth it!

As you all know, this week we have been looking at inspirations that are fit for the Golden Age of Hollywood, and today's floral inspirations will be no different. Like with your fashions, you want to consider elegance, glamour, and drama when choosing your flowers. Bold and beautiful red roses are the classic embodiment of all things elegant and glamourous, so these are a sure fire hit with any vintage Hollywood theme. You can also think about adding other elements like beads, crystals, metallic decorations, or ostrich feathers to really accentuate this theme. Let's look at some great floral inspirations!


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Check in later today because you are invited a Vintage Hollywood Wedding straight out of the Golden Age of film!

What to Wear Wednesday - Vintage Hollywood

Good evening everyone and welcome to a glamorous What to Wear Wednesday!
This week is all about a Vintage Hollywood theme so the words that you want to keep in mind for your fashions as glamor and elegance. You want to keep your styles very classic, otherwise you will start to stray away from the vintage feel. Top all of your fashions off with vintage jewelry and accessories to complete your look.

Hair and Accessories:

Pearls and crystals scream glamour and elegance. Choose jewelry and hair pieces that reflect these elements.

A beautiful birdcage veil with applique flowers or feathers really is a mainstay of a vintage look.

Wedding Dresses:

Dress on left by Alvina Valenta; dress on right by Mia Solano.

Dress on left by Jenny Packham; dress on right by Natalia Misslin.

Dress on left from ABS by Allen Schwartz; dress on right by Alfred Sung.

Bridesmaid Dresses:

When choosing styles for your girls, it's best to stay with silhouettes that are reminiscent of vintage styles, otherwise you will lose the essence of your Vintage Hollywood theme. Also, since black, gold, red, and white are some of the best colours for this theme, keep this palette in mind. The best way to make your decisions is to ask yourself if you can picture this dress on the red carpet. If the answer is yes, then you definitely found a Vintage Hollywood winner!

All dresses by Alvina Valenta.

Dress on left by Bari Jay; dress in center and dress on right by Badgley Mischka.

Check in on Friday for some Vintage Hollywood inspired florals and don't forget to cast your vote for the latest Eye Candy poll!

Table Top Tuesday - Vintage Hollywood Theme

Good evening welcome to the first vintage Table Top Tuesday!

All of this week we will be looking at a Vintage Hollywood Wedding Theme. For this type of theme you really want to think about glitz and glamour, so using a colour palette that includes black, white, red, and gold are perfect for this theme. Let's take a look at some Hollywood inspirations.

Table Settings:

For your table settings you really want to use linens in black, white or red. This creates a rich and glamorous look for your wedding. Use gold accents in your chairs and centerpieces to make a statement that harkens back to the Golden Age of Hollywood. Think elegant roses, chandeliers with expensive looking crystals, ostrich feathers, and champagne!

Stationary:

As always, this is really where you can set the tone for your wedding long before the day itself. Think of finding or creating designs that use the iconography of old Hollywood, like the clapboard, an Oscar statute, stars, or old movie ticket stubs. You may even want to incorporate old Hollywood movie posters or movie actor glamour shots!

Desserts:

Again, you can really run with this theme in your cake/cupcake designs. Stars, top hats, Oscar statues, and movie reels are all great iconographic images that will really fit with this Vintage Hollywood theme. However, if you want to keep your theme more low key, using your colour palette is a simple yet elegant alternative.

Stop in tomorrow for a What to Wear Wednesday with all the glitz and glamour of Vintage Hollywood!