In Praise of Purple
By TwistieAnyone who knows me knows I love purple. I even have purple carpet in my bedroom. True story. So yes, I’m happy with the current popularity of purple in weddings.
If you’re as in love with purple as I am, you might want to use a bit in planning your wedding. After all, there’s a lot you can do with it.
Flowers are an obvious place to start. Of course, there are a lot of different directions to go with it. You could choose something regal:
festive:
or charmingly informal:
Don’t forget that there’s more to flowers than bouquets!
But why stop there? How about linens?
Or cocktails?
Or the cake?
Or shoes?
As for me, if I ever had another wedding to plan for myself, I’d probably go all out and dress all in purple. I might even draw inspiration from Vivienne Westwood’s insanely decadent creation for Dita Von Teese’s wedding to Marilyn Manson:
The marriage may be over, but the jauntiness of that tricorn will never die.
July 5th, 2009 at 10:08 am
I was having trouble deciding on colors or a theme for our wedding until I saw a bunch of purple dahlias at farmers’ market. Then everything fell in to place, and I was never a huge purple fan before that. It just seemed right.
I returned to that vendor to buy the flowers for the bouquets–you can’t go wrong with beautiful, fresh, locally grown flowers that are also inexpensive.
July 5th, 2009 at 12:53 pm
I had a true private moment when I saw Dita’s gown…. That fabric is so wonderful. Dita, if you still have that dress, could you donate it to the Jennie?
July 5th, 2009 at 5:42 pm
Oh purple, you are so beautiful. Why do you have to become on trend?!
Oh how I want to serve Kir Imperiales and have pretty purple flowers.
July 6th, 2009 at 11:35 am
I love purple. (& I love Dita.) It’s the one color that I’ve never been bored with so it was the obvious choice for our wedding “scheme”. Too bad most stuff I like and have chosen for our wedding has then become fashionable, but at leas I know I chose them because I liked them, not because of trendy trends. Maybe I’ll find some nice purple things that wouldn’t have been offered a year ago! My fiancé’s favorite and my 2nd favorite color green looks gorgeous with white and purple, IMAO.
(Ps. my entire bedroom is purple. To be fair, my fiancé got green in the kitchen and the living room.)
(Pps. I think those purple cocktails look, in a sort of delicious way, a tiny bit poisonous.
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July 6th, 2009 at 2:35 pm
Purple is popular now? Sounds good to me. When I got married two years ago the most popular color seemed to be brown. I hate brown, and it seemed seriously unfestive. To me, anyway. Those lavender-grey shoes are lovely.
I adore Dita’s gown. I hope she gets married again soon just so we can see what her next choice will be!
July 6th, 2009 at 6:33 pm
I love Dita & the divine Vivienne, so it is a treat to see that gown. The rest of the choices are lovely, too – you’ve got a great eye, Twistie.
July 7th, 2009 at 6:35 pm
I don’t know what’s in those purple cocktails, but they look immensely drinkable! And that gown Dita wore… well, it’s still to die for.