The Complete Vintage Wedding Guide

Perhaps you long for your wedding day to be a profusion of fluttering bunting and delicate Victorian tea plates, or envisage deck chairs and checked picnic blankets adorning your lawn. Do you dream of a heavenly vintage wedding dress or delicately embroidered tablecloths scattered with pretty vintage cups and saucers for your guests? It's all wholly possible, and The Perfect Vintage Wedding Guide will inform, delight and inspire you as it is dedicated to the unearthing of unique and dedicated suppliers of vintage finery for your wedding day. Everything from where and how to buy the perfect vintage wedding dress, to beautiful ideas for vintage-inspired place-settings, favours, flower arrangements, stationery and so much more. There is even a chapter on real weddings, so you can see how beautifully it can, and has been, done. Each page has a 'where to find' section, so you avoid the laborious task of hunting out those vintage details that make all the difference. In addition, each chapter is packed full of exquisite and inspirational photos, which will help you to envisage just how truly wonderful and memorable your vintage wedding day can be. Vintage suggests timelessness, elegance and a celebration of classic style and design. The perfect wedding recipe!

Spanning the eras from the Titanic (1910s) to mid-century glamour (1950s), Vintage Weddings 101 shares a look at wedding trends and traditions from times gone by, offering lots of information to help you decide on your era and implement elements from that time period into your event. Full of helpful tips about how to choose an era, how to do your research, finding venues, picking vintage rings, authenticity, hair, makeup, music playlists- even how to build relationships and work professionally with your vendors, this is an invaluable resource for putting on a big or small classy, sophisticated affair. Combining old-fashioned advice with practical knowledge and guidelines for navigating the wedding planning process in a modern world, Vintage Weddings will help you focus on what’s important and what’s not so you can be well-rested, prepared, and relaxed on your wedding day. Dotted with real-life situations the author and her staff have encountered in her 10 years of attending and planning other peoples’ weddings and experiencing the horror of her own big day being ruined, this book is intended to not only help you put on the glamourous wedding of your dreams but to avoid pitfalls and possible problems along the way and afterwards. Plan your wedding timeline from 18 months down to the day of the event with confidence, manage expectations, and navigate the rocky situations with your vendors, the bridal party, family, friends, and even children like a pro. We wish you the very best as you plan your wedding! About the Expert Celia Morrissey is a historian, vintage enthusiast and designer. She has worked for over 10 years as a professional photographer and event designer. When it comes to weddings, she has been in the trenches on the wedding day with her clients through both extraordinary, heartwarming and also the unthinkable events. Celia has written this book because she wishes somebody had given her this kind of advice many years ago when her own wedding day was ruined. She has seen her clients struggle through navigating the planning and implementation process as well. Since her wedding day, one of Celia’s missions in life is to help other couples emerge from the wedding planning process to enjoy a successful, beautiful wedding day and enjoy beautiful photographs to remember it by for years to come. HowExpert publishes quick 'how to' guides on all topics from A to Z by everyday experts.

Originally published: London: Pavilion Books, 2013.

A photo-driven wedding look book that's two parts inspiration one part DIY, 'Vintage Wedding Style' is packed with ideas, projects, resources and above all gorgeous photographs of real weddings to help brides-to-be design and dream about their special day

Simple ideas for creating a romantic vintage wedding.

A lavishly illustrated guide to the most popular types of twentieth-century weddings with advice on how to incorporate creative vintage details into your special day to add romance, fun, and unforgettable style. From Art Nouveau elegance of the 1910s to the Art Deco Hollywood glamour of the 1920s; from the night club and cafe society of the 1930s and the 1940s to the Audrey Hepburn era elegance of the 1950s, Your Vintage Wedding reveals what weddings were like during these periods and how to add vintage elements to invitations, flowers, photography, music, menus, and more including finding the perfect retro gown.

Your Vintage Wedding is a lavishly illustrated guide to the most popular types of twentieth-century weddings with advice on how to incorporate creative vintage details into your special day to add romance, fun, acrd unforgettable style. From the Art Nouveau elegance of the 1910s to the Art Deco Hollywood glamour of the 1920s; from the night-club and café society of the 1930s and 1940s to the Audrey Hepburn-era elegance of the 1950s, Your Vintage Wedding reveals what weddings were like during these periods and how to add vintage elements to invitations, flowers, photography, music, menus, and more -- including finding the perfect retro gown. Playful, sophisticated, and filled with useful resources, this full-color book includes dozens of photographs to enchant and inspire. It features accounts and photos of actual vintage weddings, including a 1940s extravaganza on San Francisco's Treasure Island. Whether you dream of a 1910-style bash complete with potted palms, ropes of pearls, top bats, and dancing the tango or simply small touches that add beauty to the day, such as reviving the custom of wearing orange blossoms or tying lovers' knots in your bouquet ribbons, Your Vintage Wedding will help make it a day to remember.

"Here comes the beautiful bride, in this followup to Marnie Fogg's popular Vintage Fashion: Knitwear. Today's bride wants a wedding dress that expresses her personal style while also reflecting a rich tradition. Nothing achieves that goal as gracefully as a vintage or replica wedding gown. Whether it's a dazzling beaded tunic that captures the jazzy energy of the roaring twenties or a glamorous Hollywood-inspired dress from the 1950s, it can shape the entire wedding. With more than 250 photographs, this stunning volume takes readers on a dazzling tour of the past hundred years of bridal fashion, detailing the periods, styles, iconic designers, noteworthy ceremonies, cultural influences, and key looks"--Provided by publisher.