Vintage Wedding: Simple Ideas for Creating a Romantic Vintage Wedding

You don't actually need to be planning a retro wedding to enjoy this book. If you have a photo of your mom, grandmother, or great-grandmother at her wedding, this book will give you a good idea about what was going on behind the scenes. It's a fascinating look at the fashions of the day, and how they changed over the decades. If you're planning to wear grandma's wedding dress and want to make your own wedding true to the period, this book will give you the low down on what undergarments and shoes work with the gown and how the veil should be arranged. It was fun seeing how the wedding cake evolved over the first half of the 20th century. The author even includes cake recipes for each decade - and the basic cake recipe did change! It was amazing to learn that a bride in the 1910's may have made her own cake a day or two in advance, and by the 1940's she may have baked the cake, but would have taken it to a bakery to have it professionally frosted. The information about the flowers is also very interesting. There are lists of flowers that were popular through the years, with some flowers remaining in favor. So a bride in 1910 or 1950 may have carried lily of the valley and orange blossom, but bouquet construction definitely went through some changes. For the nosegay type bouquet the author includes a diagram of how the base is put together that you can try yourself, or take to your florist. For each decade, there are color palettes that show you how the popular shades changed for the bride, groom, and bridesmaids. There are representative menus for the reception. There are song lists of the popular music that would have been heard. There are even examples of how the invitations were worded and printed, plus the "at home" cards. There is a nice section of material on how the groom's fashions changed as well. This includes a section on the current formal wear, or uniform or suit - plus diagrams of how to fold the pocket handkerchief and how to make the appropriate knot for the tie. The book is simple, but it does include a lot of detail covering a 50 year period. It will satisfy your curiosity about grandma's wedding pictures, and it's a great place to start researching for your own retro wedding.

This book is great! I picked it up to get some ideas to create a period wedding. This book has information on everything I could think of from attire, to recipes, to color palletes. It's a must-have for anyone thinking of planning a vintage wedding. It even lists sites one might want to check out for a wedding location and all the information is up-to-date. Check it out!