Vintage Wedding
Simple Ideas for Creating a Romantic Vintage Wedding
Returning to print in an expanded edition, this informative guide to planning a period wedding provides brides and wedding planners with historic images of wedding fashions and ideas from the early 20th century. Complete with color palettes, photos of period wedding attire, and modern period-inspired designs, it also includes guidelines for seasonal attire, formal and informal wedding wear, proper accessories, bridal bouquets, and boutonniere trends. Decorating ideas include color charts, schemes, and flower arrangements, and ideas for vintage receptions include full song lists and recipes for entrees and homemade cakes. Resources for dress boutiques, millineries, tailors, and historic wedding and reception venues are also included to help give weddings authentic period flair.
Daniela Turudich is an expert on re-creating period beauty styles and techniques. She is the author of the Vintage Living series, which has been relied upon as sourcebooks by film and television costume designers, professional stylists, academics, and historians. She lives in Long Beach, California.