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I like simple and classic. Tastes change tend to change over the years. Our china is actually a hand me down from my FI's grandmother. It's light blue with tiny daisies all the way around the rim of the plate. They are pretty simple and I've always loved daisies. So I'm super excited to get them. They are still in my FMIL's attic so I don't have pictures yet.
I like simple and modern - and I wanted something that I could just change the tablecloth and napkins for the different holidays - without major clashing. Also, I have already inherited my grandmother's (heavily used) china with a simple silver band around the outside edge. It seemed silly to register for new china that was so similar, so we opted for the vera wang gilded weave.
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I like simple but slightly contemporary in a clean fashion. I didn't register for real china, though.
We're registering for a mix of Wedgwood Gilded Leaf and Wedgwood Lace Gold -- both of them are in the vera wang line for Wedgwood. So pretty to mix and match.
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Based on the answers thus far....I think you should register for something in the Vera Wang Gilded collection - it's 50% of the responses! :)
Hobochic,
Our china looks good together. We should get together to host dinner parties. :) haha
He likes simple and classic - I like something with some more flair. So we went with Federal Platinum. It is very simple, but they have some awesome accent plates you can add for some flair!
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I am sorry to follow the trend but I went the Vera Wang route as well. I chose the classic Grosgrain pattern. I love the platinum finish. I didn't stick with the matching crystal and flatware though. I changed that portion up to add a touch of whimsy.
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Hmmm... now I think I need to add a third china to our registry. Platinum edging, here I come! ha!
I'd always thought I'd want the platinum banding, but when we went to the Wedgwood factory/museum here, most of the patterns we loved were gold. Strange.
Caro, one thing I'd advise is definitely go to some stores, to see the patterns in person, rather than just going off the pictures you find online. What you like on the screen may be quite different than what you like on the table in front of you. Good luck!
jhphi - I agree! I believe your gilded leaf is shown as the accent plate in some of the photos for my china - a perfect match!
My FI and I are still trying to narrow it down from 5 patterns we really like-Vera Wang being one of them! My favorite is this one below: (Kate Spade's Pebble Point)
http://www1.macys.com/catalog/product/index.ognc?ID=183478&CategoryID=44131
Vera Wang is the overwhelming popular here! Thanks for your ideas - I really do love the Grosgrain and Gilded Leaf, which I hadn't considered before.
we have Flowering Meadow by Gorham (which has been disconinuted...thankfully our set is complete!) and we are looking to acquire a few peices from Vintage Jewel by Noritake for other special occasions 
Like jhphi said, if you haven't gone to a department store to look at china, please do. A lot of what I liked online I hated in store. You also get to play with settings and switch plates, crystal, flatware, and linen in and out to see how different things look.
Wow, everyone went Vera! I'm thinking of going Monique Lhullier (through Royal Doulton). ;) But now I might change my mind again!!!
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I loved that setting from Monique Lhullier! My husband thought the raised dots were too modern for his taste though. It's a beautiful selection.
Federal Platinum was our second choice, but we ended up going with Oberon by Wedgwood. http://www.wedgwoodusa.com/shop/collection.asp?id=476 (A few days later we saw that it was featured in Vogue as mentioned on that page so I'm hoping that means it remains popular and we can buy replacements for many years to come!)
I agree seeing it in the store is totally different. And I think you should be open to everything - at first I thought Oberon was too busy and would lock us into colors, but then I decided that I really loved how pretty it was and that it had enough different colors to work with. And I have LOVED it every time we have received a place setting - we have been lucky enough to finish our china already!
I think too there is some consideration like above about what other china you may inherit or what your everyday plates look like. Also Oberon is supposed to be dishwasher safe and that is HUGE in my book.
I really liked the Monique L. in photos, but not so much in person. There's one setting, maybe called Femme Fatale or something, that looks like a MUCH prettier color in magazines.
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We are having the hardest time picking out our china pattern - should it be classic, should it be modern, should it be timeless??? Floral, platinum, colorful?? You can see our challenges! If you love your china pattern, please post it!!