Voices
After Pippa Middleton wore
a white Maid of Honor dress
the wedding world declared
that white was the new color;
all bridesmaids would be wearing white for the next year or
two. It’s true that many 2012
and 2013 brides have chosen
white for their wedding party,
some of them influenced by the
royal wedding, but there are still
countless other brides choosing
pink, green, or “Tangerine Tango”
for their bridesmaids. With so
many weddings every year, almost anything can be considered
a wedding “trend.”
Also, anything can be considered “not a trend.” I recently
wrote about people who hire Elvis
impersonators for their weddings
and request Elvis songs for their
reception. One commenter said
that she had been to two weddings this year and had not heard
a single Elvis song. A bandleader
said that his clients in New York
never want Elvis. It’s a hard thing
for me to say, but I was wrong
and they were right—sort of.
Among their friends and clients,
Elvis is not a trend. But, in other
communities, Elvis certainly is.
I know because every year hundreds of people book Elvis imper-
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sonators for their weddings.
So, if nothing and everything is
a wedding trend, why do wedding
blogs and magazines keep telling
you what the newest trends are?
Well, for one thing, they want to
stay current and keep you looking
at their sites. They’re running a
business and your eyeballs pay the
bills. But less selfishly, I like to
think they want to help you come
up with ideas of your
own. Not ideas that
fit the “trendy” idea
This is the
of what a wedding
great things
should be, but ideas
about wedding
that work for you and
trend articles
your wedding.
and the Internet
Somewhere there’s wedding world in
a bride who would
general—there’s
love to come up with
something
a unique wedding
for everyone.”
favor. She reads an
article about silhouette and caricature artists as a
new “trend” and now she has her
idea. This is the great thing about
wedding trend articles, and the
Internet wedding world in general—there’s something for everyone. Does a trend appeal to you?
Great, do it. Do you think it’s
stupid or tacky? Skip it, you’re
bound to find something
that works for you.