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vintage weddings

Need vintage wedding ideas and inspiration? We’ve got archives for 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s. You may also want to check out our art deco weddings.

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Vintage snack: a chiffon and embroidered veil bonanza

This week’s wayback machine brings us three photos from a wedding in 1951 chock full of old Hollywood glam, major chiffon layers, bridesmaid Juliet caps, and an awesomely elaborate mantilla veil! Oh to have been at this wedding!

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Vintage snack: honeymooners and a hat tragedy

This couple from 1948 jets off to their Chicago honeymoon looking straight out of a magazine. Don’t fall too hard for her hat though — it’s a goner.

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Vintage snack: 1950s lace sleeves and lots of sass

This vintage nugget from the ’50s shows a couple of sassy cats just wed in Manhattan. And they are to die for. Check them out in the first of our weekly Vintage Snacks!

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Vintage wedding photos: Honoring our offbeat ancestors

Not only did y’all ask for more vintage wedding porn, but some of you event sent me some entries from your own family photo albums. The photos are all amazing, but even more amazing are the stories that accompany them.