A complete luxury event, with every wedding elements concepted in an authentic theme, is a unique event that few are fortunate to experience in life, especially if we’re talking about the two loving ones standing on the altar. Most couples dream of it, but being able to put it into practice is a privilege itself. It’s precisely a dream that comes into being.
Crystal and gold ornaments, high-standard candlesticks, glacé wedding cakes, and a thematic top-class event schedule: these wedding elements come to mind when we ponder about a luxury wedding, don’t they?
Despite the cliché, there are still many other elements that feature a luxury wedding. What are they? What details should we think about when planning the perfect marriage ceremony? The answers are the most critical matter of this article.
Wedding Elements
In order to consider a wedding a luxurious event, the ceremony must follow a checklist of features and items. Some fancy ones, and other discreet; however, putting them altogether raise a harmonic impression for those who contemplate the event scenery in person or photographies.
Since a luxury wedding provides everyone with a singular life experience, only top-classed events can inspire both couples and guests and mark their lives forever.
If that is what you’re looking for in your marriage ceremony, understanding the main elements of a luxury wedding and start planning in advance are musts.
Ceremony Venue
This is where the event will actually occur, and all the guests will be gathered, waiting for the main event.
Basically, it is one of the most important wedding elements as it will be constantly observed by everyone, exceptionally because you’ll be saying vows there; that means every aesthetic and photographic aspect is crucial, and you have to select the best place possible.
Some weddings take place in two different venues: one for guests reception and another for the wedding breakfast; they can be close to each other or even request transportation. Choose wisely.
A last thing you should keep in mind is the number of guests you’re planning to invite when choosing a venue. After all, a luxury event cannot seem crowded nor empty; everything must be done impeccably to evoke luxury.
Invitations
The invitations should make the guests aware of two things: the event scale and theme. Then, preparing invitations that inspire guests and make them engage with the event is essential.
Well-designed invitations have the power to make guests wish to attend and be stunningly instigate when the so awaited day comes. That’s a key to have people smiling all the time, cheering up the atmosphere, and beautifying photographs with naturally happy expressions.
Gold brackets and lettering indicate the event scale, which makes it is a popular choice for invitations. Another way to adorn them is to use pink elements to convey a romantic feel and engage the public with love symbols.
Nevertheless, if your event has a specific original theme, leave the cliché behind and exercise your creativity to create a wedding invitation that inspires and sets the guests’ mood. People need to be prepared for a thematic day.
Décor
The decoration is an essential wedding element because its details bring life to a wedding concept. The atmosphere, the mood: each detail is affected by the décor.
In order to incorporate a thematic scenery, it is necessary to choose the backdrops correctly, the degree of lush details, the lighting, tables, and centrepieces set, and organize the whole venue.
To raise a romantic sense and a natural feel, you can utilize floral designs to form an arch down the aisle or let them hanging from the ceiling and covering tables. Besides that, crystal chandeliers, gold and copper décor, silky curtains, and candles may set the romantic mood and conduce the event itself.
A hint in case you intend to cause a fancy impression on the guests is to set a mirrored aisle to take the lead and manage to reach it. It adds up class and makes the venue look lush and gracious.
If your event is built under the tropical concept, tulle decorations may be a great choice, especially when the ceremony takes place on a real beach. Maintaining the place cool and chill is crucial, and this textile helps to transmit this feeling.
Even though we’re talking about a tropical event, never forget it: tropical weddings can happen even in concrete jungles. The aspects and principles might vary according to the weather and place you choose to host the event.
Flowers
It is actually hard to define where to start when the element in matter is wedding flowers: bouquets, arrangements, arches, centrepieces, and so much more… As flowers are present in every corner in a ceremony venue, they are nonnegligible, especially for luxury weddings.
As though the decoration’s complexity wasn’t challenging enough, there are still thousands of flower types, meaning, and a real science behind the subject. It’s highly recommended to work with a specialist florist to select them; but to suppress a bit of your anxiety, we’re going to see some practical examples of how to work with flowers at a wedding.
Bouquet Flowers
Classic or modern? Colorful or neutral? Large or minimal? What is your style, and what’s your marriage theme? These are things to consider when choosing your bouquet flowers.
Roses have been considered a symbol of beauty and love for more than a thousand years, and they figure into many fairy tales and love stories. For that reason, great names of literature have used roses as a metaphor for emotion, beauty, and true love.
Roses make a fantastic combo with lily of the valley, making the bouquet look refined and delicate for the plants’ luxurious fragrance and appearance. You should definitely ponder this combination for your wedding bouquet and pay special attention to the petite flowers’ irresistible fragrance.
If being lovely and romantic is the intention, but roses are too traditional, tulips may take their place. “Deep love”, “happy years”, and “perfection” are some of the meanings to attribute to tulips. Therefore, they are great options for romantic brides.
Three main varieties are commonly used for tulips in luxury weddings: Dutch, French, and Parrot Tulips.
A last option I’d suggest to romantic couples is the Peony flowers. Usually, they meet all preferences, even when the couple intends to throw a historical and classic event. Peony has a rich history and was present in mythology stories. Lastly, its beauty and delicacy can impress anyone who sees or smells this pleasant bloom.
The most popular myth about Peony says it was once used to save Paeon, the Greek physician of the gods, by Pluto. Paeon was transformed into a Peony to be protected and admired by the Greeks. Throughout the story, Peony flowers are seen as a symbol of compassion. Lastly, if not for the bouquet, you can ultimately use them to create beautiful centrepieces and arrangements to adorn the place.
Finally, for those who like history and exoticity, Anthurium can be an exciting option for the bouquet. Found in colors like pink, green, red, orange, and white, they are an element that integrates bouquets of different wedding themes. Since Anthurium grows in any weather condition and adapts to almost every type of soil, it is considered to be the hospitality flower. For that sake, its meaning and symbolism are related to perseverance and strength.
Decor Flowers
Delphiniums symbolize cheerfulness and goodwill; their presence makes us feel like we are in the country or a crystal palace. This flower is often used in large ceremony arrangements and comes in white, mauve, peach, or several blue shades.
Do you intend your event to exude luxury and formality? Then, it would be best if you tried exploring the several types of orchids available to reach it out. They are very popular as decorative flowers and have been used in arrangements for centuries at major and royal events.
Hydrangea and Pansy are both very popular for centrepieces. Hydrangeas come in purple, white, green, blue, or pink, and Pansies in multiple shades of red, purple, white, and yellow. In addition to those two, but for a tropical event, Water Lilies are an excellent choice for centrepieces. They symbolize innocence, purity, and fertility, and they grow in countless humid places, which makes them available in most regions of America.
For boutonniere flowers, use Blue Thistles, Carnations, or Cymbidium Orchids.
To adorn aisles, try pink flowering lepto or white rose petals. Besides that, garland greeneries can bring life to ordinary objects and accent aisles as well. The fact is, no matter what color of flower you use to decorate: they will be intensified surrounded by green. That’s why garlands and wreaths are so popular in luxury wedding ceremonies, and you should use them to decorate aisles, galleries, corridors, and even bouquets.
For tropical events, cacti and greenery arrangements form an excellent choice.
Using alstroemerias, asters, succulents, orchids, and roses are great options to make several general ornaments. They can be found at any time of the year, and some of them, like Alstroemerias, have an impressively long vase life – Alstroemerias live 7 to 12 days this way. Lastly, if you are having a winter wedding, amaryllis can be a great choice to create general ornaments to adorn the venue and tables.
Photography
When hiring a professional photographer, deciding if you want to hold a pre-wedding engagement session to launch event teasers on social media or maybe on the invitations is an important task.
Besides that, there are some other photography services you can hire to make your wedding happen, such as:
Indoor photography: capture images of the private venue space during the ceremony, reception, and throughout the event as well.
Outdoor photography: take the best angles of the scenery on your wedding day and create a whole album of it (can also be used in the engagement photo session).
Finally, hire digital services, such as digital prints, video records, online galleries, albums, etc, and make your wedding completed with every element.
Bridesmaids
They can be either a front line or a team of cheering up fairies on the wedding day, so choose wisely who you’re assigning for this task.
Preparing helpers takes time and responsibility, so don’t go exaggerating on the number of people joining the team. Actually, before you decide how many, it is crucial to define the number of guests. After all, you don’t want to have 50 guests sitting down and observe while about 20{3994ec1da6934de2599ff28472bf5ad6a307ed1a49caff723e340c745b4e17dd} of this number is standing up, bringing the event to life. An increased number like this would pollute the view and cause the impression the event is too crowded or that the number of guests is too little.
As contradictory and controversial as it may sound, please, read it attentively: if possible, avoid assigning friends and family to this role.
We know many people dream of being bridesmaids and groomsmen that day, but this is precisely one of the main reasons to be fair to everyone and not invite anyone to be part of the staff.
The truth is our family and friends are all tied up with their daily life tasks, and they will often not be available on the exact dates to rehearse the event’s script, understand their functions and practice everything as a whole team. Furthermore, there is still the possibility you may forget to invite a friend or a distant relative who has been dreaming of helping you out with it. Well, when this person realizes you will have prioritized other people, the bomb for disagreement will have already been implanted.
Therefore, to ensure maximum quality, no mistakes, no family break-ups or fights, it’s recommended to hire a professional team who will always be available for you.
Of course, not all cases are like that; yes, there are several events where friends and family take part, and everything runs pretty much perfectly. I’m just saying it’s wise to avoid any mistakes, problems, or failures that won’t live up to your expectations during the event.
Wedding Dress
To choose a wedding dress that will not disappoint, you must follow some steps and practices:
• Conduct research: magazines, inspiration sites, articles about famous events, etc.
• You can count on an expert’s professional voice who will know how to give you tips on idealizing and deciding the best wedding dress for your event. Listen carefully and keep the mind open, but yet, don’t let it slip away from what you’ve always dreamed of for your wedding dress.
• Don’t rely on or expect long-term weight losses and order a dress on your measures. No one will know what size your clothing was made in; people will only observe if it looks appropriate in your body and if you’re looking happy while wearing it.
Speak up: wearing tight clothes and hardly moving your body is reason enough to let a joyful smile slip away from your looking, isn’t it?
• Before thinking about the dress, you need to have to define the wedding theme. Setting up a venue according to a theme is simple: decoration is objective and straightforward. Otherwise, idealizing a dress is much more personal and takes time and inspiration. Besides, choosing the concept firsthand can be a guide to reaching good results with your dress.
Catering
It is not mandatory, but the truth is: guests feel much happier when they get something in return for their presence. The wedding breakfast is a tradition that everyone loves and is very common in luxury weddings. For that, hiring a wedding caterer is vital.
Full-service wedding caterer: They will serve food and take care of tons of logistics tasks, such as setting up chairs and tables, provide the waitstaff and bartenders, clean up both dining area and kitchen, and so on.
Restaurant wedding: It is an option divided into two brackets: provide a wedding venue with a restaurant, or host the reception in a different place from the main event.
Usually, a wedding venue with a restaurant costs a lot more, but you guarantee that everyone attending the event will have the wedding breakfast with you. On the other hand, hiring a private restaurant is commonly cheaper despite requiring transportation.
Cake
Customers take part in a tasting event in which bakeries offer exemplary cakes. Use this day to choose a cake that pleases most tastes, but don’t forget the main goal is to make yourselves, the couple, delighted by its flavour.
Like dresses, wedding cakes should wait for the theme to be set up to be chosen. After all, they are one the most crucial parts of the decoration, and besides making everyone delighted, they are there mainly to adorn and complement the event’s arrangement.
Actually, the wedding cake must be one of the last things as it depends on factors such as the number of guests, possible allergies that an important guest may have, the size of the event, and, finally, guests and couple taste for cakes.
Music
Walking down the aisle, having the first dance, hosting the reception with guests… all these moments require good songs, and you have to know how to please your spouse, guests, and more vitally yourself.
Do not let the playlist slip away from your wedding concept, which, of course, must respect your musical preference and your spouse’s as well. If the song doesn’t reflect the couple’s personality, then something is out of its place.
Of course, attend to guests’ musical tastes, and background is crucial. For example, if your audience is young and not very engaged with the classics, avoid as much as you can playing Mozart, Pachelbel, and similarities during the reception moment. However, it cannot escape from classical music, soul music, or other downtime songs in the entrance moment.
Exceptionally, having a band playing live adds up value to the event. After all, it is always more fun to enjoy the musicians play live than simply listen to a Spotify playlist that otherwise could be played at every guests’ home. Take that into consideration and decide if live music suits your event.
A last resort for both choices, live music or a setup playlist, is to create a “do not play it for any reason, for god’s sake list”. If either you, your spouse, or guests hate any bands or musical style; or think it is completely inadequate, make sure to ban it from the event.
Planning A Perfect Luxury Wedding
Start planning months in advance to make sure your wedding event is thrown flawlessly.
If you’re aiming to host a luxury event, there are still many things to work on, but only teamwork could make it through.
Start reflecting on every element we mentioned here so you can provide an elaborate briefing to the wedding planner when you work together.