2006 Movie "Marie Antoinette"
Find inspiration for your wedding theme from the movies. Marie Antoinette, the 2006 movie starring Kirsten Dunst, has giving many brides ideas for their colors, decor and floral design. In fact, Golden Chic Events and Consulting in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, is holding a bridal exposition, Marie Antoinette: Let Them Eat Cake, February 28, 2009, based on this theme. The event will feature wedding vendors, photographers, florists, among others, a bridal fashion show and a meal. Find out more about it at their website http://goldenchicevents.com/innerindex.php?link=marie_antoinette_event
If you can’t make it to the expo in Milwaukee, here are some ideas on how to incorporate the Marie Antoinette theme into you wedding:
Colors - soft pinks, peaches, pearl, raspberry with touches of metallic gold
Flowers – roses in a variety of pink tones, peonies and hydrangeas
Textures – extravagant-looking table linens in fabrics are or look like silk, taffeta and brocade, add velvet if your wedding is in the cooler months
Music – if you follow the music from the movie, everything from classical music by Antonio Vivaldi to 1980s new wave
Favors – fans, boxes of petit fours, small candies in fancy boxes, or masquerade masks
Drinks – use champagne fountains to serve champagne, sparkling cider or punch
Food – multiple courses served on elegant china, multiple desserts
Attire – big ball gowns worn with large, sparkling earrings and necklaces for the bride and her attendants, men in informal suits or tails
Venue – ballroom with chandeliers, patterns on the wallpaper, drapes of silk or velvet
You don’t have to follow the theme exactly, just take some of these ideas and incorporate them with your ideas to design your dream wedding.
2006 Movie "Marie Antoinette"