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.

Punk meets rockabilly meets skulls meets Simpsons at this retro tiki wedding

Punk meets rockabilly meets skulls meets Simpsons at this retro wedding

“After getting engaged at a historic 1940s San Francisco tiki bar, we decided to theme our wedding to match. Everything including our cocktail choice, wedding party dresses, shoes, centerpieces, boutonnieres, guest book, and drinking glasses had a tiki vibe with hints of our nerdy and punk rock/rockabilly backgrounds.” Yep, this retro tiki wedding is KILLING IT with awesome themes and massive style. You’ve got to see it…

You'll want a bookstore photo session after seeing this 1950s wedding inspiration

You’ll want a bookstore photo session after seeing this retro wedding inspiration

This ultra stylish, 1950s-themed wedding inspiration got us right in the bookish feels. The bookstore backdrop is tickling our geeky hearts. I’m loving the aesthetic of myriad piles of books, shelves receding into the distance, and old wood from floor to ceiling. I wish we had scratch-n-sniff technology for the book smell! Plus, it’s totally a stealable idea for your own engagement shoot or wedding portraits.

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A 1950s meets comic book wedding with serious retro style

Marissa and Alan’s intimate 1950sand comic book wedding took place at the Country Villa Inn in Virginia Beach. They both rocked seriously chic style with an electric blue suit and the bride’s fab victory rolls and mixed media bouquet.

You’ll definitely want to peek at the record and photo centerpieces, LEGO boutonnieres, geeky Pez dispensers, custom coloring activity books, and many 1950s polka dotted and poodle skirted details…

Retro lovers will go wild for this mid-century modern wedding

Retro style lovers will go wild for this mid-century modern wedding

Mid-century modern interior decor and fashion has been on-trend and we haven’t been able to gobble it up fast enough. Thank the stars we got to see this killer vintage mid-century modern wedding.

You’ll see billy ball centerpieces, bouquets, and boutonnieres, an architectural cake, and the fashion… oh, the fashion! You’ll dig Kaitlin’s cocktail-length dress and sweet birdcage veil (plus bonus reception veil!). By all “Eames,” you must see this retro-fab wedding…