I love the 50's! and i really want to have a nice 50's themed wedding, but classy at the same time.... dont want it to be tacky in any way. x
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CommentAuthorMrs Mara Tester
I think it sounds exactly perfectly you. If that's what you want then nevermind everyone else hun
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CommentAuthorAntonia9
i have two colour schemes in mind - black & white with an accent of red or black & white with an accent of turquoise.... ive been looking at pictures and there are some nice things but some really tacky things too :-/ eek!
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CommentAuthorbridalmiss
I'm sure I've seen a thread on here about a 50's diner theme, have a search! But oh the fun you could have with shoes and hair styles!! :-)
CommentAuthorAntonia9
i know! :-) i just love that era, its very me i love my bright red lips x
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I think it souns perfect for you with the black white and red colour scheme. x
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CommentAuthorbridalmiss
Check out Vivienne Westwood melissa shoes called lady dragon as part of the anglomania collection, they're gorgous jelly shoes that come in all sorts of colours and could well be up your street!
CommentAuthorAntonia9
you dont realise how much there is to do until ideas start whizzing through ya head x
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CommentAuthorbridalmiss
But with 18 months and a theme in mind you've ages to get everything ready! :-)
CommentAuthorAntonia9
thanks bridalmiss i will check them out
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CommentAuthorRockabilly chick
My wedding is going to be a black and white with hints of red vintage type theme. I am having rockabilly dresses or swing dresses for the bms and 50's (or 40's - its debatable lol) hairstyles. Havent really based the whole thing round the 50's but I am huge fan of 50's music and I am in a rock and roll band - so maybe I'll get the boys up for a song lol. the 50's was the best decade! Closely followed by the 60's....lol xxxxxxxxxxxx
CommentAuthorAntonia9
i have got 18 months but i work overseas so i only have 3 months out of a year back in the uk so it actually isnt that long especially having limited access to the internet :-/
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CommentAuthorAntonia9
oh wow that sounds amazing rockabilly chick! i have seen the perfect dresses for my bm's and i have kind of an idea for one for me.... i think! i agree the 50's was definately the best era, my grandparent got married in the 50's and i love looking at their wedding album. x x x x
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CommentAuthorRockabilly chick
My dress is in my photo album :-) have a look - its not 50's but its quite vintage looking. My BM dresses are Pretty Kitty dresses. Good thing about the swing dresses is they look good on anyone of any size so they totally suit all my bms :-) If you need any links give us a shout :-) My bm dresses only cost £27 each
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CommentAuthorAntonia9
your dress is absolutely stunning hun! do you have any links where you have found 50's ideas? xxxx
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CommentAuthorRockabilly chick
Thank you :-) Its a copy - only cost 185. I got the bm dresses from am-azon from 'pretty kitty' but also try 'hell bunny'. Best bet is to type "50's themed wedding" into google and see what the images brings up :-)
To be honest I dont have a very interesting theme but I want it to look really classy and timeless - I've just gone for black and white so far with hints of lace and red roses. I got wooden roses from the bay of e to use for the centrepieces (joblot of 100 for £12.99), black table runners for 8.99 from the bay of e, rose petals for the tables (like a £1 a box!). Ooooh I also got black and white damask balloons for about £3 which Im going to use for round my B&W sweetie table and cupcake tower :-)
Most of my shopping comes from am-azon and the bay of e :-)
Hope this helps.
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CommentAuthorAntonia9
thats brilliant! very classy definately :-) xxxx
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CommentAuthorLittleMissBossy
We're having a 50s theme - sort of. It's not a concious theme but I am a vintage gal and dress up in 40s or 50s gear every day.
My dress will be a 50s dress, but I wear dresses like that anyway. The 6 BMs got each a different colour and are free to pick any dress aslong as it's swingy, in the given colour and has white polka-dots. There are tons of very reasonably priced dresses like that on the bay! They will all wear a white petticoat and white shoes - I'll have a red petticoat and the shoed Rockabilly chick mentioned :-) The sky blue ones with the bright red heart! In my pics...
We will have lots of polka dots around, very colourful everything and of course every vintage wedding needs moustaches on sticks :-) I've started a thread 50s/Vintage DIY (something like that, search engine will find it) - all my ideas and decorations in there!
Regarding classiness - I guess everyone has a different perception. I don't strive for classiness but I also don't consider this as tacky because tackiness contains bling - for me, just my opinion :-)
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CommentAuthorLittleMissBossy
Sorry bridalmiss mentioned the Westwood shoes!
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CommentAuthorRockabilly chick
That sounds awesome, I dont think it sounds tacky at all. I think of teddy boy suits from a fancy dress shop as tacky, nothing worse than bad fancy dress lol - seen plenty this halloween :-)
I cant wait to see pics of your wedding!
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CommentAuthorLittleMissBossy
Rockabilly chick - your sentence about that ut's debatable if it's 40s or 50s hair made me laugh. Same here. I suppose it's modernised pin-up hair - 40s rolls with ponytails for the girls. Haven't quite decided on myself. I wear victory rolls every day so maybe I want something different for the wedding - I bought a hat already, if I wear this hat then I will have one roll on the side, one covered by the hat and a rolled up back. But that hat was an impulse buy, I actually always wanted a huge bow sitting like a hairband on my head with a birdcage veil. If I will do that (which I think) then I'll have a typical 50s set and no rolls.
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CommentAuthorLittleMissBossy
I agree with the tackiness of the fancy dress outfits Rockabilly chick!
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CommentAuthorAntonia9
it all sounds really good ladies, i feel much better about my theme now :-) xxxx
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CommentAuthorLittleMissBossy
Why were you unsure in the first place? Because of some guests?
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CommentAuthorLittleMissBossy
PS - the greatest 50s weddings are to be swooned over on certain blogs. Google Rock'n'Roll Bride or Love my dress - you'll never be short of inspiration!
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CommentAuthorAntonia9
no not because of the guests, because of the different colours and my own self restraint lol i could go mad on 50's, but i want it to be 50's and classy, thank you for the advise, google has become my best friend recently lol x
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CommentAuthorLittleMissBossy
The colours you mentioned are very typically American diner. I wanted this at first as a theme paired with retro sweets and a big candy buffet. But this was too kitschy and too American for my h2b so I toned it down and suggested the very classic tea-stained vintage shabby chic style but luckily he didn't like this either. So in the end I told him to sod off with his vetos and we have agreed on middle grounds - we will have 50s kitsch but not the all American approach. :-)
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CommentAuthorNicsquared
I love retro and vintage themes - i think if you do the 50s right it will be extremely classy Im having a vintage-ish theme but a bit like some of the others its more due to me picking things with a vintage feel rather than setting out to be vintage I cant wait to see pics from some of these 40-50s weddings :)
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CommentAuthorrocketqueen
This would soooooo be my theme but h2b isn't that into it :( I've usually always got bright red lips and a swing dress on :)
I think it will look fab fab fab!!
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CommentAuthorMrsHardy2be
I wanted to the 50's but don't have the budget for the full look so am raking snippets of it all
CommentAuthorRockabilly chick
Little Miss Bossy, how do you do your hair in that style? I have really long hair and I've never been able to do much more than a standard quiff type thing. I'd love to be able to do my hair like that! See the rockabilly crowd use the 40's hairstyles and some 40's clothes but its all about 50's music (and later rockabilly stuff too) so at first I was confused but the style I like best is the 40's pin up style. I want my bms to have that hairdo and I think they are all happy with it but have booked them a hair trial to see how it goes :-)
Dead excited about seeing everyones photos!
Mine probably wont look particularly 50's in the venue cos everything is just black and white but I've got a 50's classic rover MG for my photos - a friend of ours bought it a while ago and said he could use it. Now I just have to convince my man not to wear a kilt....lol. A nice suit would definately fit the theme more :-)
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CommentAuthorLittleMissBossy
MrsHardy - I have zero budget, really zero. A 50s theme is probably the cheapest theme - I buy everything off the bay, my dress was £30. It just takes research and collecting over a few months - but car boot sales etc really don't cost much.
Rockabilly Chick - I do it every day, so I am so used to it and fast, I run a vintage style blog with the occassional hair tutorial or just exhibiting pics :-) Half of my bridesmaids are in Austria, where I am from, so we can't really have a trial for them, but I am sure they will be all fine as I know they all like the style and I don't want them to feel in fancy dress so they can have it toned down if they don't feel comfortable with it. A friend is a vintage hair stylist and she's going to help me with the girls on the day. I'll pay her in goods (I make stuff for hairstyling). :)
See no budget required! :-)
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CommentAuthorRockabilly chick
ooooh, can you post your blog link on my wall please? I am quite new to this style. Slowly trying to gather things but I've mainly got hell bunny things. Got a gorgeous wiggle dress from the bay for £11. Its sooo cute!
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CommentAuthorLittleMissBossy
Hell Bunny is great! But there's so much repro out there - seems like one company after the next one is starting up each week. It's such a trend at the moment so it's verywhere!
Will post link in a minute!
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CommentAuthorRockabilly chick
I know, I am a bit disappointed that its becomming so popular lol. I got into this stuff a while back and its all related to music but it was Imelda Mays style that I fell in love with. She is so sexy, I wish I had her career and style lol
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CommentAuthorLittleMissBossy
She is great! Her signature hair btw I am thinking for my bms because it is so young and girly - at least for some, I have a whole load of bms :-)
Her hair is easy to do! That reminds me that I should really go and wash my hair before I have to go and pick up my boy :-)
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CommentAuthorRockabilly chick
We do Smothering Me and Big Bad Handsome man in the band - I love singing those songs. So much fun. I can do a basic quiff but not sure about the perfect curl... do you wear a roller or tongs for that?
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CommentAuthorLittleMissBossy
No I just roll around my finger and pin it down, Gwen Stefani used to sport the same hairstyle in the 90s. But it is much easier if it's curled before, much easier to handle, escpecially poker straight hair like mine.
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CommentAuthorKate4
Antonia9 - My SIL wore a 50s dress (not a 50s themed wedding though) and I saw it in a bridal magazine yesterday on a 'real life' bride who had worn it as part of a 50s theme. By Ian Stuart and called 'Jet Set'. Bound to be some fab ideas for a great theme like that! x
CommentAuthorRockabilly chick
Little Miss - Im gunna attempt her do for my rock and roll gig at the weekend :-)
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CommentAuthorLittleMissBossy
I am sure you get the hang of it!
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CommentAuthorBridezilla
I love the 50's style. I have two rock-n-roll dresses which are so versatile. With the right hair and flowers, they'd look the part as bridesmaid dresses as well. I don't know if we are allowed to post links to external sites here (I only just joined). If so, I am happy to look up the links for you if you are interested. I got them on Amazon.
CommentAuthorRockabilly chick
I got my hell bunny dresses from am-azon and my bms dresses are pretty kitty black and white floral dresses. So cute and ONLY £27 :-) Bargain!
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CommentAuthorBridezilla
The ones I have are probably the same as those of Rockabilly Chick - they are Pretty Kitty. I have a Hell Bunny underskirt that cost about £30. The dresses look really nice with or without the underskirt.
CommentAuthorRockabilly chick
They could be! I prefer the hell bunny dresses in general but those pretty kitty ones are perfect for bm dresses :-) Im teaming them with a red shrug or bolero - something along those lines with red mary jane shoes :-)
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CommentAuthortillyturtle
love the idea!!!!! sounds perfect checky out dessy and make a 5-'s vintage style boards to get the ideas flowing!
CommentAuthorAntonia9
ive changed my mind slightly :-/ i think im going to go for old vintage hollywood glamour now..... x
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CommentAuthorLittleMissBossy
Also a nice idea. Fingerwaves hair!
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CommentAuthorLittleMissBossy
This is what my h2b would prefer - the 30s art deco approach to vintage.
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CommentAuthorAntonia9
ive been looking at it all day and i think it would suit me and the H2B better, im thinking clapperhands for name card holders lol
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