The Top 10 Wedding Trends for 2006
10 trends from THE KNOT:
1) Diamond or Rhinestone Hair Accessories
In 2005, we saw celebrity brides forgo the traditional tiara by pinning diamond bracelets and earrings into their hair. All brides can easily adopt this trend in a simple and elegant way.
2) Color in Unexpected Places
The trend of having colored trim on a wedding dress will continue, but brides will find new ways of incorporating color into their look. Perhaps it will be the blue or bright red bottoms of their shoes, or a colored crinoline underskirt.
3) Fur and Faux Fur
The ready-to-wear look of fur and faux-fur capelets will make its way to the wedding world with brides adding fur shrugs, or fur trim to their dresses.
4) Personal and Whimsical Touches
We live in an increasingly personalized world, and weddings are no exceptions to this trend. This trend can be found. in everything from your grandmother’s best recipe as part of your menu, to names and places being used instead of numbers on the table assignments.
5) Metallic Embroidery and Fabrics
Metallics have been trendy in fashion recently, as has embroidery and embellishment. In 2006, the two trends will come together with metallic threads being woven into wedding dresses or used in elaborate and simple embroideries.
6) Hot Colors
The two hottest wedding colors will be chocolate brown and a rich orange, although usually not together. Chocolate brown is often paired with pastel colors such as blue, pink or sometimes, though rarely, a celadon green. Rich orange is also a popular choice.
7) Small Plates or Tapas
Give your guests a taste of a wide variety of food by offering them Spanish tapas. Particularly if you are looking to have a sophisticated evening wedding, or you don’t quite have room to have a sit-down dinner, this is a useful trend.
8) Disposable Video Cameras
You can give your guests a $30 disposable video camera from CVS to remember the occasion.
9) Wedding Logos
You can include the bride and groom names on almost everything now. You can create your own wedding logo and put it on the wedding favors and even the rehearsal dinner napkins.
10) Donations to Charity and Doing Good Through Your Wedding
From tsunamis to hurricanes to earthquakes, the world has been hit hard. People are donating to these causes, arts groups and other charities are seeing deep decreases in donations that they count on. So it’s understandable that people want to use their weddings to give back.