Vintage theme weddings have become incredibly popular in the last ten years. It doesn’t matter if it’s for a summer  edding or a winter wedding; vintage wedding themes are always fun and can be quite unique and stunning when done well. There can be many different types of vintage weddings depending on which historical time period you like the most. Some popular themes for vintage weddings are Old West style weddings, 1920’s weddings, Victorian weddings, Old Hollywood weddings and Old English weddings. Almost any time period or historical event can be turned into a wedding theme. Regardless of which time period or event you build your wedding theme around, there are certain things that brides should think about before making final plans for a vintage wedding.

Pick a time period you already know about. If you want to have a vintage wedding and you love the 1920’s Art Deco/Flapper style but your friend is having a wedding with that theme already, be creative. Don’t just pick a 1920’s English wedding theme because it’s around the same time period and you don’t want to exactly copy your friend. This is your wedding. The theme should be something you absolutely love, because you’ll remember it forever. If a friend or family member is having a wedding with a similar theme, find a unique angle to make your wedding different. So if your friend is also doing an Art Deco / Flapper style wedding but her theme is a 1920’s summer garden party then make yours a 1920’s night in the cabaret theme. There are so many ways that you can pick the same time period as a friend or family member yet come up with a totally unique angle to make sure that no one compares your wedding to hers.

Decide how historically accurate you want the wedding to be. Are you and your fiancée history buffs who want every detail of the wedding to be historically accurate? Do you want to just evoke the feel of that time period without worrying too much about the small historical details? It’s important to decide that in advance. If you want to go for historical accuracy you need to plan far in advance so that you can advise the guests on wearing historically appropriate costumes or outfits, find a historical location, find the appropriate wedding dress and attendants clothes, find a caterer who will serve historically authentic food on the right china, and so on and so on.