You necessities for a 30s/40s wedding?

mirandapedigo · July 2010

Hi I've just started planning my wedding, I'm hoping to do a vintage theme wedding and I'm having trouble deciding what I can do to have a vintage-y style wedding! Any ideas? What are your necessities for a 30s/40s wedding?
Very open to ideas by the way.

Chandler2Be · July 2010

Well I chose an element from that time ear that I really admired....so mine is more of a 40's/50's Nautical/Militray/Rockabilly feel.
Victory Rolls
Polka-Dot Accents
Sparrows/Anchors design

Ingamckinley · July 2010

I think you might need to zone in on an even more specific theme like Katie said.

What elements of that era do you like?
Your venue and decor can set the theme. You can use music to round it out. Of course the dress, hairstyle and men's outfits you choose can be or feel vintage.

Mine isn't all out vintage, but there are elements of Old Hollywood feel like silk/satin fabrics, feathers and crystals. I have damask prints in my invites and such.

jlmeier5 · July 2010

i agree with chandler.... i picked cherries and decided 50's rockabilly

kelleyku05 · July 2010

I'm going with an old Hollywood glam theme and including Audrey Hepburn style dresses, lace, feathers, brooches, and pictures of my relatives weddings (parents and grandparents). I'm not going too over the top, just trying to keep it classic and include bits and pieces of my theme.

mirandapedigo · July 2010

That's exactly what I wanted to do, I'm thinking I want it to just have small undertones of vintage-classicness while not fixating on it.

weddingspinster · July 2010

First, CONGRATS on your engagement! I agree with what's already been said: it's totally up to you, how "vintage" you want your wedding to be. There aren't any rules, so don't stress about HAVING to do it a certain way.

If you want to see photos from a few 1940s weddings, here are some that I've posted on my (vintagely obsessed) website:

www.weddingspinster.com/Al_and_Hildies_1946_Hitch-Up.html

www.weddingspinster.com/War_Wedding_%281940s%29.html

www.weddingspinster.com/One_Photo_Album,_Four_Weddings_%281940s%29.html

Maybe you'll get inspired by them...maybe not! But you'll be able to see what weddings really looked like, back then.

Good luck with everything!!! I look forward to reading about the decisions you make, in the future.

www.weddingspinster.com

graysquirrel · July 2010

I'd go with a pin curl or victory roll hairstyle. I agree that you should decide what feel of those decades you want to go with, or even narrow it down to one decade. The 30s were much different from the 40s. The 30s were more hollywood/glam where the 40s were more wwii and swing. My best advice for making the period come alive would be with your music choices. Finding some music from the 30s or 40s may help you narrow down a feel more.

Nukke · July 2010

don't forget your other senses! Get some signature cocktails from the era(s) and also think about your music! Music can really set the mood for a wedding. I know that sometimes vintage music is hard to dance to (no one knows how to dance nowadays) but you can play it during the cocktail hour for sure!

rikachika · July 2010

Have the men look into Zoot Tuxes from After Six - that is what we are using for our 1940s inspired wedding. Good luck!!

Srbageldog · July 2010

I would suggest watching some old movies from the 1930s and '40s. Check out some Cary Grant, Jimmy Stewart, Katherine Hepburn, Spencer Tracy or Marx Brothers movies. That might help give you a "feel" for that era, and also might inspire some ideas. Also definitely use music from that era for your reception! You don't have to play nothing but oldies, but maybe consider alternating between more modern music/whatever music you want played and throwing in an oldie every other song or so. Hope this helps!

noonescookie · July 2010

We started with a film - The Thin Man. The film is the first of a series that ran from the 30s into the 40s, so 30s/40s is our era, but we keep going back to the film for all of our choices and ideas. What drew you to 30s/40s in the first place? A song? A movie? A movie star? An image?

decobelle · July 2010

We are doing 1930s for our theme with ostrich feather centerpieces and slinky satin gowns for me and the bridesmaids ala Jean Harlow. We are hiring a big band to play with a female singer. Our colors are silver, black and white. Favors will be CDs with 30's music. We are getting married in the dining room of an old Art Deco Train Station. We are telling our guests to come dressed as if they are attending a train baron's wedding in 1933 (The year the building opened).

budvar1012 · July 2010

I'm doing sort of a vintage-y seaside wedding in about two weeks. I have lots of crystal, clear glass vases, loads of roses and peacock feathers, and tons of silver, ivory and white. My dress is sort of a tight strapless mermaid style dress (and oh my Sweet Baby Jesus have I been working out to fit in it), with a crystal belt, there's a white feather and fake diamond doohickey for my hair that may or may not be used at all, earrings that are dripping with fake wicked glam diamonds, and a cuff style fake diamond bracelet along with my late mother's platinum and diamond bracelet dad got her. I'm doing my hair in a kind of Rita Hayworth style as well.
http://www.amazon.com/Cheline-BEAUTIFUL-PEAR-DROP-EARRING/dp/B00346UNWM/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&s=jewelry&qid=1280359651&sr=1-6
http://www.davidsbridal.com/Product_Pinwheel-Feather-Flower-with-Rhinestone-Center-F7570_Accessories-Headpieces-Pins-Combs-Flowers

http://images.teamsugar.com/files/upl0/2/29811/11_2008/292811.jpg
http://www.ehow.com/how_5415190_do-hollywood-glam-hair.html

I have covered about five dozen votive candles in antique and vintage lace from Etsy and have God knows how many other candles and holders around, let alone the vases stuffed with white roses, mercury glass for candles, etc, etc..

Ivory table runners, white table cloths and for the walking in music, we have Billie Holiday doing The Very thought Of You. It's all on the water at my dad's house on the water on Vinalhaven, Me.
Hahah, jaysus christ, I'm petrified, it's only a couple weeks now!

You necessities for a 30s/40s wedding?

Re: You necessities for a 30s/40s wedding?

Choose Another Board

Search Boards