Category Archive

retro

Need retro wedding ideas and inspiration? We’ve got archives for 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, and even ’80s weddings! If you’re into retro wedding dresses, you might want to check out our tea-length wedding dresses or rockabilly weddings.

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Crinoline, Coca-Cola, and an Adam Sandler first dance at Rebekah & Jerry’s rockabilly wedding

All of the retro details in this wedding make us “wanna grow old with these two,” Adam Sandler in The Wedding Singer-style. Coca-Cola bottles, retro dresses and suspenders, a rockabilly band, and 1950s touches abound. Don’t miss the special first dance surprise and the gorgeous ceremony backdrop.

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Heidi & Erdem’s vintage-inspired Turkish-American wedding (with a belly dancing sword balancer!)

Don’t miss this Turkish-American delight of a wedding: a belly dancer, sword balancing, Turkish delights, “La Vie en Rose” (and tons of other Francophile details!), Turkish evil eye wedding favors, old Hollywood glamour, DIYed invites, and hip scarves that got everyone’s hips shaking on the dance floor. Oh, and don’t miss how the groom’s father speech melted everyone’s heart!

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Ride the “horse tornado” at Michelle & Adam’s retro-inspired and geeky museum wedding

This wedding is ticking all our boxes with a carousel museum, retro style, a fab first dance, geeky touches, and a caramel apple station. Everything is delicious, nutritious, ambitious, and downright amazing. Don’t miss the amazingly funny program including references to Firefly, a “horse tornado,” a great unplugged explanation, and the “best man we could find.”

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Sara & Mutt’s retro handmade dive bar wedding

Vintage-loving couples: this is the wedding for YOU! A $50 fabulous vintage dress, an entire wedding party looking straight out of the ’50s, and a VINTAGE CAR PARADE… get your eyeballs on this one, we’re serious. Don’t miss the surprise gift from the bride’s parents, too. It’s so appropriate.

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Kelly & Jacob’s retro carnival wedding

We’ve seen some amazing carnival weddings, but this one may be in contention for the most epic decor ever. We’re talking popcorn, Cracker Jacks, pinwheels, faux flash tattoos, circus-themed centerpieces, a hot dog stand, a huge and gorgeous candy buffet, and a retro circus cage photo booth! It will make you want to hop on a ferris wheel and get hitched, vintage carnival-style.