Wearing my grandma's dress and trying to match wedding style/colors

trishacarter19

HI!  

I am brand new to this whole wedding planning thing and in need of help.  I am wearing my grandmother's wedding dress from the 1950's and getting married at the Cape Florida Lighthouse on Key Biscayne, Florida.  The lighthouse is black & white and my vision has always been for a classy, black and white wedding.  However, I have been reading lots of discussion boards and am wondering if I should have an accent color and if so, what would it be?  I would like to style the wedding around the classy style of my grandma's dress and how would I choose an accent color that would do that?  Silver?  Yellow?  Green?  Help!?!

--Wedding Date: Sunday, November 21st, 2010.  Morning ceremony and Sunday Brunch reception 

--Dress: tea length, scoop neckline, and 3/4 length sleeves.  It is no longer white as the lace has yellowed with age but I am told it can be cleaned to an ivory/off-white again.  

--Flowers: I do not care for roses and prefer hydrangeas and calla lillies but have googled they're not in season for late November weddings?

Lauren620

I'm doing black, white and green for my wedding.  I think yellow would also look great with black and white.

trishacarter19

Thanks for the help!  I've seen photos of black, white, and green weddings and they look stunning. 

Good luck!

AmandaK2010

I am SO JEALOUS!  We tried to find my Grandma's dress for me to wear, but no one knows where it went.  It also would never fit because I am at least 4" taller and thicker than she was, but still.  I had one similar made by a local dressmaker. 

I think absolutely any color goes with black and white.  If you want to avoid color, go with silver or gold, or heck, even both!  That adds some depth without overpowering.