Okay. I admit it. I’m a sucker for a good theme wedding. At one time I even seriously considered the possibility of having one. Then I couldn’t decide between Renaissance and Victorian, and I decided to just have a simple, pretty wedding and not bother with a theme.
But to this day I have a certain fondness for those couples who are so dedicated to a particular era or subject that they can look at one another and say ‘I want a pirate wedding,’ just as a f’rinstance.
A while back, a couple on Whose Wedding Is It, Anyway? had just such a piratical wedding. It was held on a ship, and the couple had eyepatches and bandanas on hand for any guests who chose to get into the spirit of the event. The bride wore a gorgeous eighteenth century-style gown and a dashing hat with a plume. The groom wore breeches and a coat with gold buttons and braid, as well as his own quite dashing hat. The planner seemed a bit flustered and mystified with the whole thing, but the wedding itself was quite lovely and the guests all looked like they were having a grand time. It was one of the rare instances when I watched one of those shows and found myself wanting to be at the wedding.
It just looked like fun.
The most important thing in a theme wedding is that you have to go all out with it. You can’t be timid, or it will look like you just have a couple of odd touches to an ordinary wedding. If you’re doing pirates, do pirates. Choose whether you’re doing Johnny Depp, Captain Hook, or a more historically accurate pirate, and then take it to eleven.
