Wedding theme, ideas please.

I have about three hundred different ideas and im going mental.
I want a way to 'cheaply' make our wedding not so cookie cutter...
Ive been looking at more pictures today and going by the dress I want and the dresses we (me and moh) like for bridesmaids, I'm thinking 1950's seems good for us.

So, is there anything remarkably different about 50's suits (black)? Can anyone find any examples. Would you consider a bow tie or a cravatte more fitting?

Hairstyles and make up? Preferably long and down hair, so far i have only found marilyn and jean harlow looks which are all shorter.

Jewellery? I was going tp get red swarovski crystal sets and hair combs (cheap off ebay) otherwise made with czech beads... but I am open to a more 'fifties' suggestion.

So far our colour theme is red (a dark kind of red, not a hot red), and our flowers will be a cream and red rose posy.

I went boring with the colours (red and cream) so now id like to do something a 'little' different.

50's hey...get married on rollerskates? Have a 'drive in wedding'? Oh hang on, you already booked your church didn't you...umm...dunno...is there something a bit different about where you and Ant met or had some other significant moment, or something you have in common?

:rofl: im way too uncoordinated to get married on rollerskates!!!
They are great ideas, but yes, i have booked the church.

We met at the Eagle Bar on a college theme night "P Party", i was "dressed up" in a punk theme (which was just me anyway :lol:) and there was a Jagermeister Promo on... Few months later we hung out together at a friends place eating chuppachups and talking about an upcoming reel big fish gig (ska band - which is jazzed up punk, sort of). And as they say the rest is history.

first of all, congratulations!!

long hair in a snood is very 50's, as is the half french braid with a tail in the back - from memory i think 50's suits had narrow lapels and stovepipe trousers with a narrow tie, or is that 60's? google early Frank Sinatra, he was a sharp dresser, as was Fred Astaire. i've been looking for vintage wedding dresses on ebay (i'm actually doing "Op Shop Ball" for mine, with the boys in kilts!) and found some really nice stuff when you search for "rockabilly" and "wiggle dress"

bow tie for afternoon, cravat for evening, and glamour all the way!

Have you figured out the reception yet? If it's sit down, then I reckon chuppa chups as part of your table display, perhaps in the centre piece, or perhaps with each name place. That's you. :P

Just find stuff that's very YOU guys. You could always go A themed, since you're an A family...perhaps not the A Team though. :P
A backwards reception? Since people say that having a bub first and then getting married is doing things backwards? Dessert first? :D And you can spend the rest of your lives getting to know each other and falling in love. :P

I'll keep thinking...not sure whether that's good or scary.

Ooooooo you could go completely Retro, get some Pinup styles in there as well. I'll come back and post more later ;)

Are you still considering a ****tail reception? You could do a lot with 50s-style food at one. Just ask my nanna for catering ideas - she used to run functions in the 50s! Lots of seafood ****tail sauce!

There's also loads you can do with long hair - someone suggesting googling rockabilly and that is definitely a good idea. Alternatively track down some local rockabillies and ask them - most, especially girls would *love* to help. You might even be able to borrow some funky pieces to use as centrepieces, if you're having a sit-down, or decorations if going ****tail, like Bakelite radios or something. You could scour the op shops, but I reckon with a wedding to plan and baby in tow you've got a lot to do already!

And of course there's wedding cars... but that one's easy.

DF won't let me have a 'theme'. He says that a theme should represent something that is 'intrinsically us'. So i guess just our style will be somewhat fifties. Id love a rockabilly theme but im not allowed that either, not even allowed polka dots for the bridesmaids.
So as it stands, we're just having 50's silhouettes for my dress, the bm dresses and the mens suits. Which isnt too bad as I found a gorgeous Ferrari suit called Sinatra - and i love it. So does Anthony, thankfully.

Now i just have to somehow set a budget for 5k and stick to it (impossible :rolleyes:) and decide whether to go ahead with a hall and caterers at 30/head or a restaurant with no organisation (on my part) at 35/head.

Thing with the restaurant is it is also a nightclub (ourn function would finish at 10pm so they can operate). They are very child friendly, but I'm... apprehensive to say the least.

I could ask my Mum when I speak with her next (though might be sometime) for you as she was a young 17 year old bride in 1956 ... my Mum was & still is very stylish & is until this day big into everyone ' getting it right ' with the fashion from the 50's ;)

She said the American & Australian 50's fashion was somewhat different to each other :rolleyes:

I know my Mum wore a very fashionable ' ballerina style ' Wedding dress :)

I can't offer any suggestions but I think a 50's theme is defiantly original and it sounds like you already have a heap of great ideas. I hope it all goes well and Im looking forward to photos :).

My brother had a 50's themed wedding which worked out well, all slanted towards slightly comical American style 50's gangsters/Molls - themed transport and most of the guests in period dress was lots of fun.

Ash, Your Ideas sound fantastic! I love the sound of 50's!

I had so much trouble organising my wedding.I had the whole thing planned, reception center booked but changed my mind last minute and had a garden wedding instead.

Money was an issue for us but we managed.It can be done cheaply, you just have to investigate.

If you like I can help you investigate? Quite funny really...I hated doing it for my own wedding but absolutely love love love helping with other peoples!

Speak soon.xx

Our reception place was cheaper (off-peak rates during peak period, a diff of $40/head) because we booked within a 3 month from date thing.

I do like the chuppachup thing - I reckon bouquets of chuppachups as centrepieces is a top idea.