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For example, birdcage veils, candy buffets, smile booths with mustache props, bunting, colored shoes, etc.
Some brides want to do everything that's trendy. Some brides refuse to do something BECAUSE it's trendy.
I personally don't care if something is trendy or not. For example, candy buffets are very trendy in the wedding blogosphere, but I have no interest in doing one. Not because it's too popular, but because I'm just so meh about the idea for our own wedding (even though I'm sure I'd enjoy one as a guest).
But. We are doing a smile booth, and there will be fake mustaches. Not because they're trendy, but because they're fun!
I am just going with what we like. I don't care about trendy. It is our wedding, so it will be the way we want it.
I don't really pay attention to what is trendy or not. I just am doing things that are within our budget and that we like!
Listen .. I say do what you want. Just like you said - you're doing a smile booth. And you will have fake mustaches. And that's fine. Not doing something just because it's trendy doesn't make any sense ... and doing something just because it's trendy doesn't make a ton of sense, either.
Haha, great question. I hear a drum beat in my head and sometimes that beat may lead me straight into a polaroid photobooth, but never make it to the other trends. As a designer, i tend to just imagine what i want something to feel and look like, and work from there.
I'm not the biggest fan of trends like the bird cage veil, and I have no idea what bunting is. So apparently I'm not hip to the trendy stuff anyway. The one thing I do like is the photo booth, though I'm not doing one. I think its silly and fun, and while its 'trendy' it can still be timeless. Because you're going to laugh in 20 years when you look back at those pics!
Hmm, I'm going to say that in general, I do what I want with my wedding regardless of whether it is trendy or not. I have to say that applies with all aspects of my life, not just my wedding.
However, I do have a tendency to dislike things that are very popular (wedding related or not) and I try to differentiate myself by going against the norm. I'm not sure if it's because I dislike trends or because I just enjoy not being so run-of-the-mill. I guess the two probably go hand in hand.
I love the idea of wearing colored shoes under the wedding gown. And although I would love a candy buffet as a guest, we may not incorporate it in our wedding. I won't include something just because it's trendy.
I freaking hate trends. Not just because they're "trendy", but because I usually think they're silly and gimmicky.
I am not making any choices based on whether or not something is trendy. However, many of the wedding trends right now have a whimsical vintage, almost childlike, look to them-that is completely not my style, so I am not doing those sorts of trends. Some trends I like and will use or consider using. I like a candy buffet, because I like candy-but I decided to make cookies as a favor since I am a pastry chef and it is more personal. I love colored shoes but only found pairs I like in satin. Since my wedding is outdoors I decided to go with a more durable metallic leather. I am doing orchids on manzanita branches for centerpieces. I didn't know it was trendy, but I guess it is. I still love the look.
My wedding is not traditional, but not trendy. I would say it is unique.
@Tulip - that's kind of an interesting point that you bring up. I tend not to gravitate towards things that are popular as well - but that's not BECAUSE they're popular, it's just because I don't really care for them.
Case in point: last year, everyone and their mother used "Single Ladies" as their bouquet tossing song. Well, I'm not doing a bouqet toss, but if I was, I'd never use that song. But it's not because it's too popular; it's just because I'm not a fan of the song.
I guess there's a big difference between mainstream trends and wedding blog trends!
I voted for doing whatever you want regardless of how trendy it is.
We did a candy buffet at our wedding, but only because we both love candy (like seriously, people know that about us), so it was very fitting.
I'm on the bandwagon of including what I like regardless of it is trendy or not. If it is - cool since I'm never on the trendy side of things. If not, don't care - it's me!
I'm just trying to go with my gut and do what *I* like. I know I'm going to look back on pictures in 20 years and laugh at some things NO MATTER WHAT, so I might as well just pick things that I really like the day of the wedding.
I have no idea what bunting is either could someone explain? I am not doing too much trendy stuff in my wedding just because I either didnt care for the idea for whatever reason (outside of trendy) or because it didnt work out - like I wanted colored shoes but couldnt find any I liked so oh well went with Ivory kinda thing. I think as long as your happy with your wedding, thats what matters :) No matter what in 20 years I think most weddings today will look dated even the most traditional/non-trendy ones, there is no avoiding it really.
I'm including some things that are "trendy" but things become trendy usually because they are a unique or clever idea and other people appreciate that.
The things I'm including are things I would see as trendy and maybe overdone in the wedding industry are not necessarily going to been seen as such by my family and guests because they are things most of them HAVEN'T seen done at a wedding. I'm only doing things I personlally love so that's all I care about.
BUNTING - actually refers to the material but is usually thought of as gathered tulle (or lightweight fabric) that creates that half fan shape. I don't know how many people do that anymore - it kind of seems like an old southern thing to me.
I am pretty clueless about what is trendy nowadays or what isn't. So if I do have anything trendy in the wedding it is really just dumb luck (or unluck depending on how your look at it!)
Does anyone have bunting pictures? I seriously thought it was like the stuffing in a stuffed animal. I had no idea what people were talking about when said they were using it in their wedding.
I am going to fess up and say that if i did have a bouquet toss, i would not have chosen Single Ladies BECAUSE it was trendy. Hell, i love that song! It's meant for ass shaking. I would choose an equally kick ass song though, but something that made more sense for me personally. Like... Mariah Carey "All I want For Xmas is You" since I got married in December, and during my bachelorette people drunkeny all jumped on the beds squealing to that song. So it'd be more special to me! AND it would be more individual.
@camrie- What you are talking about is swagging, not bunting.
I feel like I dislike a lot of the trends, just because they're not my style. I don't like ruching or pickups in wedding dresses. I don't like "vintage rustic" or mason jars or barns or cowboy boots. I hate "Single Ladies". That being said. I have colored shoes so that I can wear them again. We're doing a candy buffet because it's a Halloween wedding and we looove candy. We're doing props and a photobooth because, again, it's a Halloween wedding and because it seems like a good way to get some really fun, goofy pictures of my friends and family.
I will do whatever I want regardless of current trends. However, I am generally one that shies away from them.
@Melissabegins - That's my thinking too. Single Ladies is a fun song, but I wouldn't use it because what's the fun in using the same song that everyone else uses? I could pick just as good of a song and at least it wouldn't be something that's been used at a ton of other weddings.
I think bunting includes both - I always thought it was like the patriotic stuff. But either way I don't think I like it. From my google search - swagging actually is not that bad - I think that's more what I'm used to seeing at weddings.
http://www.rosebrand.com/images/product_320x320/bunting-flag.jpg
I generally like what I like, not just because it's a popular thing to do. I've never been one to follow trends. But, there are a couple things I am doing, which could be trendy . . . but, honestly, I am getting married in 2010, and if in 20 years, everything I did looks goofy, it's OK. It's the sign of the times. I'm not trying to hide from that and do everything so that my wedding is perfectly classic. And, I am OK with it. It seems like it's almost more work to make it that way!
Hmm, we have a few trends. we are doing a "faux"to booth. We are doing signature drinks & fan programs.. but that's about the extent of our "trend" using.
I'm doing what I like, simply because no other couple is exactly like us. There may be a similar bride or a similar groom, but not one couple will truly capture what we are and what we want. I know that a few things we are doing are considered trendy (ie: candy buffet, non-traditional guest book), but ours and another couple's will never be executed in the same way and are therefore unique no matter what.
Bridemegan-i am doing green shoes under my dress. I think up in wausau, doing anything that is out of the ordinary is fun because most people haven't seen it before. I'm waiting for my shoes to arrive now!
wedding trends always circle back, and some trends become classic. go with what you want.
I basically want to second what VirginiaMarie said. I rarely see something trendy that I actually want to do (in the wedding world and outside it) because most trends feel really contrived or gimmicky to me. I DO like the colored shoes trend, but is that really such a trend that can be "overdone" or "disingenuous" as much as something brides do more commonly these days? I mean, don't people wear colored shoes to punch up their neutral-colored outfits in general? I know I do. I don't want a candy buffet either, but I don't see what anyone could find offensive or even terribly "overdone" about a a table covered in sweets. Doesn't that sounds great at any point?, and it's not like tables covered in candy never existed prior to like three years ago. A lot of brides are doing it, but it's the sort of thing that's universally appealing and makes sense, it doesn't seem like it could be "overdone".
I would love it if my wedding wasn't painful to look at in twenty years, like my aunt's 80's wedding is (yes, she was a beautiful glowing bride...but THAT DRESS, THOSE COLORS, THAT HAIR, THAT DECOR...ugh), and had the timeless appeal of Grace Kelly's, whose wedding makes my jaw drop and my heart swoon every time I look at the pictures. I doubt I'll come anywhere close to achieving that, but I'd love to if I could (just not at the sake of me and FI expressing our own personalities).
Personally, I will include only what I like. This being said, most of the present trends are stuff I strongly dislike, for example
1) birdcage veils: they just don't look good on long wedding gowns, period. Plus, unless your face is a perfect oval, they don't look good either.
2) candy buffets: candies... at a wedding?
3) smile booths: no no no I hate booths!
4) mustache props, bunting: is it a wedding or... kindergarten?
5) colored shoes: depends pretty much on the color...
I think that girls planning weddings are really insulated. Most people at your wedding aren't going to know that fake mustaches are a trend, or colored shoes. Even with something super popular like photobooths, they have only been super trendy for the past few years, and most people don't go to weddings more than a few times a year at most.
I am a "do what I like" kind of gal in every other facet of my life, so my wedding will follow suit.
Also, I think plenty of girls with all face shapes look hot in birdcage veils. And! I love bunting and don't think it looks like Kindergarten at all!
It definitely bothers me when something that I love is all of a sudden being done by everyone (this applies to life, not just weddings!) but in the end, eh, what are you gonna do! None of us are quite as original as we'd like to be.
I don't understand the fake mustache trend....??
I feel like so many of the trends are invented by the wedding industry to generate more $$$....then again, some can be fun! I personally love the colored shoes! I mean seriously, when would you ever wear white shoes again?
I know that most of my guests will have no idea what's trendy. Yes, I did moss monograms for my arch. And I'm doing a candy buffet. And colored shoes. And fan programs with a word search on the back.
But my wedding is not being held in a meadow or next to a barn and it won't look like summer camp. And no photo booth because we just can't afford it.
You gotta do what's you. I think that is my wedding motto! I hate veils, too much of a feminist for them, not even if they are trendy bird cages. But I love love love colored shoes so will wear them even if they become so trendy as to be cliche, colored shoes are just my style is all. No photo booth, no bunting. And DIY is super trendy, whichmakes it easy to find ideas to make the centerpieces and having a few other (manageable) DIY projects both to save money and be sure we end up with what we want. And no candy buffets! One of the things I insist on is a tasty cake -- no fondant or anything, just very yummy. So there isn't any money left over in the dessert budget for candies, maybe just some chocolates from a local chocolatier as favors.
We're basically doing what we want, and our wedding is so far out in left field that there's not much chance of hitting too many trends anyway. But FI's original wish was to have a taco truck, so I hit up Google to see if I could figure out how other couples had done this and what it might look like, and found several taco truck weddings to send to him. He took one peek, looked up aghast and said, "Other people have already done this?!? No way, I don't want to do it anymore!" ...and that was that. :) (Once we'd moved to Plan B, a pizza oven, I kept my mouth shut about how many people might or might not have done that before....)
Trend: Function: intransitive verb a : to extend in a general direction : follow a general course
i dont know...by definition, almost everything in a wedding is trendy.
white dresses are a trend, even if it's been a trend for umpteen years. a lot of people seem to follow that.
weddings in general are trendy, so does any of it really matter?
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