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American Trends 2009
Advisors: Jubilee Lau, Jubilee Lau Events and Jewel Savadelis, Savadelis Films
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Gowns
- Strapless gowns remain the favorite, even though spaghetti straps and cap sleeves are being seen more often
- Mostly cream and ivory colors with emphasis on adventurous textures such as lace
- A colorful sash
- Less emphasis on train and veil
- Bride changes into a party gown after the ceremony
- Colored attendants' gowns
- Bride's shoes don't need to be white. She changes shoes after ceremony into something more comfortable. Remember to take the dress length into consideration when choosing the comfortable shoes.
- The bridesmaids' dress color can vary within a range, allowing the style to also vary
Event Design
- Creative and personal (see: Somewhere over the Rainbow)
- Mixture of ethnic and new customs
- Lounge-style bars remain fashionable
- Different looks at different spaces, such as where the toast is made, where appetizers are offered, and the dancing area
- Mixture of tables
- Interior room design in an outdoor setting
- Draping and piping, giving a tied-back curtain effect, to cover entry ways between rooms; sometimes large mirrors are placed over the drapings
- Decorating with light: pink and amber spotlights to enhance colors, textures and complexions
- Sit-down dinner inner party experiences
- Attention to personal space: eight guests instead of ten at a round table
- Food stations with different ethnic foods so that guests can float around
- Dessert bar, sushi bar, ethnic stations where guests can converse
- Dessert buffets, chocolate, cookies and milk instead of a wedding cake, making the dessert a focal point with a dessert chef creating chocolate fusion cake
- Assemble your own favors
Flowers - Colors - Design
- Favorites are roses, mini calla lilies, cymbidium orchids, peonies, and old fashioned, hard-to-find flowers
- Eclectic and unexpected color combinations, such as fuchsia and purple, green and violet, combinations of yellows and white
- Colors still follow the seasons: fresh and softer tones in the spring; deeper colors in late summer and fall
- Adventurous in flowers, materials, texture
- Crystals, velvets ribbons, and heirloom pieces, such as a brooch or a hanky are added
Drinks
- Martinis are the signature cocktail, including pomegranate martinis. Signature drinks depend on the preference of the couple more than on the color theme.
- Cosmopolitan and fruity drinks are also popular
- Nonalcoholic drinks made of the same ingredients minus the alcohol
- Champagne cocktails in traditional flutes (back to the '40s)
Venue
- City weddings
- Winery weddings or weddings on private properties, such as a meadow overlooking the ocean
Photography
- Inspired by celebrity trends, to reflect an affluent lifestyle, often of casual grace
- Candid/photojournalistic or artistic pictures
- manipulations though photoshop
- Digital photography is the standard, with magazine-style albums and prints available online
- Rich colors
- Coffee table books
- Album covers in splashy colors
Video
- Live broadcast of ceremony over the Internet
- High definition, recorded in surround sound
- Delivered on DVD and on iPod
- More cinematic, less documentary
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