How to Create a Retro Chic Vintage Wedding

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Saving Money on Your Wedding with Vintage Style--Having a Retro Chic Wedding

Retro-chic vintage weddings are trendy for many reasons, not the least of them that you can save a lot of money on your wedding by creating a retro-chic vintage wedding event.

While vintage style increases in popularity, you can use this fashion trend to make your wedding stylish, hip, and trendy, but also affordable and eco-friendly. Vintage and retro style use many recycled and repurposed items that you can buy second hand online or locally that are far less costly than buying them new. And what is amazing is that you can create a wedding event that is equally or even more elegant than one where everything is brand new.

Part of the reason for this is that vintage items are often handmade, and elegant in themselves, and some of the most expensive items for a wedding including the bridal gown, and bridesmaids dresses can be bought for half or less than the price of a brand new gown, and actually be much more beautiful. On top of bridal wear, you can find many party accessories, table decorations, and even wedding rings among the vintage and antique finds that can be discovered.

This article is a starting place for your retro vintage wedding with links to other places to search for individual items. To find out more about the wedding dress and veil pictured here go to Vintage Wedding Dresses.

Retro Vintage Weddings Start with the Invitations

Zazzle offers many customizable vintage style wedding invitations

Your retro vintage wedding will start with the invitation that you send out. To be the most eco-friendly, you can send out email invites, but most people still expect to receive an actual paper invitation in the mail. So if you plan to send out paper invites, then an excellent place to buy them in on Zazzle. Zazzle offers several styles of paper including recycled paper, and their invitations are completely customizable. There are several beautiful vintage style invites including the one picture here. To see them, just click through this link or the link on the invitation below.

White Floral Vintage Wedding RSVP invitation
White Floral Vintage Wedding RSVP by TheBrideShop
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Victorian Steampunk Style Weddings

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One of the most popular vintage styles is authentic Victorian style or Victorian steampunk style. And there are some wonderful, and lovely wedding dresses, accessories and jewelry that you can find online in both authentic Victorian style, retro Victorian style, or neo-Victorian steampunk style.

To find out more about Victorian Steampunk, you can read this article, "Steampunk Culture." Ebay is the best place to find Victorian and neo-Victorian styled wedding items. Here are some guides to finding Victorian items on Ebay.

Victorian Wedding Gowns

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Or Buy a Retro Style Wedding Gown

Vintage Style but Never Worn


GB1003 Wedding Gown - $ 299.00

Retail Price: 999.00
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This is a classic strapless A-line wedding gown featuring two layers of luxurious fabric. The bottom layer is made from the finest matte duchess bridal satin while the top layer incorporates soft English net, French cotton and Venice lace adorned with hand sewn seed pearls. This dress has extraordinary detailing in the bodice and skirt. It also comes with a matching custom lace wrap and detachable straps. Similar dresses sell in stores for $900. Shown in Ivory, also available in Champagne, Ice Pink and White.

Vintage Bridal Accessories

Choosing accessories with meaning and history

Accessorizing The Bride: Vintage Wedding Finery Through The Decades

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Buying Vintage and Antique Items Online

Buy from reputable sellers

You do not need to spend a lot of money when you shop for antique or vintage items online for your retro-chic wedding. But you do want to make sure that you are buying from reputable sellers. I love to shop on Ebay because the sellers have ratings and you can see right away if anyone has been having trouble with them.

Ebay is really the best place to start looking for vintage and antique items. You can find all kinds of wonderful vintage items from just about any period of time. Just search by style and decade to find what you want.

Many people appreciate vintage gifts. In accordance with your vintage wedding, you may want to give out vintage gifts for bridesmaids or groomsmen. You can find some wonderful vintage lockets, and pocket watches on Ebay for gifts.

Vintage and Antique Lockets are a Very Popular Vintage Bridal or Groomsmen Gift

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Small Vintage Details Can Make a Huge Impact

Vintage Cake Toppers

It is sometimes the smallest details that are remembered by guests the most. One small detail that is so much fun to buy as a vintage item is the wedding cake topper. Vintage wedding cake toppers are so much fun to add to your celebration, and they will be seen by everyone when you cut your wedding cake. Cake toppers are so cheap, and they can add a lot to your wedding.

Vintage Wedding Cake Toppers

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Recycle Vintage and Antique Glassware for Table Settings

Centerpieces, Glasses, Vases for Flowers

Vintage and antique glassware is very beautiful, and make great centerpieces and other tableware for weddings. Depending on how many people you are inviting to your wedding, you can choose to buy vintage glass jars for your centerpieces or flower vases, and vintage glassware to serve your drinks in.

Or you may choose to use vintage dishes for serving pieces, and standard dishes and glassware for your guests. Whatever you end up deciding to do, anything that can be recycled or repurposed will not only continue the retro-chic theme, but also be eco-friendly saving money and the earth at the same time.

Vintage Glass Vases for Flowers or Centerpieces

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Vintage Stemware for Tableware

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Vintage Tuxedos for the Groom and Groomsmen

Although the bride's dress is probably the single most remembered part of any wedding, the groom can also make a vintage statement in a vintage tuxedo. You may or may not decide to have all of the groomsmen wearing vintage tuxedos, because matching all of them would be difficult. But the groom can wear a single vintage tux that stands out. You can also consider having the groomsmen wear different vintage tuxedos.

With tuxedos, you have the choice of hat or no hat, and whether the tux has tails. Some of these decisions can be made by the time of day, and location of the wedding. Ebay is again, the best place to purchase a vintage tuxedo as well as other accessories for the groom.

Vintage Tuxedo for the Groom

Vintage tuxedos for all the groomsmen

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This article is only the begining of your Vintage Wedding search

This article is just a beginning. Start your search here, with the links provided, then come back if you have find some great unique vintage wedding finds or have questions. I will continue to add resources to this article as I go, and as I find them.

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This huge, topfloor apartment in a threestorey multiplex on St. Joseph Blvd. gives her ample space to display not only her eclectic collections of antiques, from tiny silver spoons and other old kitchen utensils, but also medals won in dance ...
Townshend Auction Gallery
There will be a choice of fine antique furniture as well as some good country and vintage item. Additionally there is lots of glass and china, many interesting collectables, some good artwork, costume jewelry, rugs and carpets and much more.
Terry Hummel: Antiques and more at Orlando Museum of Art
This weekend is your last chance to visit the Antiques Vintage & Garden Show at Orlando Museum of Art (2416 N. Mills Ave., 407-896-4231). Your $10 admission and purchases help to support the educational programming and exhibitions.

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