Surprising Wedding Trends Inspired by Famous Couples
When we plan our weddings, we tend to take inspiration from the people around us. But, thanks largely to mass media, and more recently the emergence of social media, we can now draw that inspiration from people thousands of miles away, whom we’ve never met.
When a sufficiently well-known celebrity does just about anything, it’s considered news. When such a person makes wedding plans, the entire wedding industry takes notice. In many cases, a celebrity wedding can spark a revolution.
Breaking the Mold: Unique Wedding Traditions
We shouldn’t make the mistake of thinking that celebrity weddings, and the influence they exert, are a new phenomenon. When Queen Victoria of England wed Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha in 1840, she broke with tradition by choosing to wear a plain white dress. But in doing so, she sparked a tradition that’s among the most enduring elements of a modern wedding.
More recently, we might consider the wedding of Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce, which saw the couple sport matching yellow-gold engagement bands, each dotted with small diamonds, modeled after the larger diamond on Swift’s engagement ring. A raft of copycat designs soon followed.
Men’s Wedding Bands Take Center Stage
Wedding bands aren’t just something that women have to worry about. Nor are they a functional, Spartan item of jewelery, playing a supporting role for the engagement ring. In fact, men’s wedding bands have become a style statement. It isn’t just Kelce’s choice of the ring that’s driving the trend. When Dwayne Johnson married Lauren Hashian in 2019, he came away with a diamond-studded ring. He later revealed plans to bring in rings made from bull horns and T-rex bones, as well.
Fashion and Decor Inspired by the Stars
Some of the choices made by celebrities are having a big influence on the choices the rest of us make when it comes to wedding fashion and decor. When Madonna wed Sean Penn in 1985, she did so beside the pool of millionaire real-estate developer Dan Unger. David and Victoria Beckham’s wedding in 1999, meanwhile, saw hundreds of celebrity guests descend upon Luttrellstown Castle, in Ireland. Naturally, unusual locations can often make a wedding much more memorable – though you needn’t feel compelled to hold your wedding in a castle.
The Rise of Social Media Moments
An engagement is now traditionally announced on social media with a photo. This might depict the couple, or just the engagement ring. When it comes to weddings, however, you’ll have many more pictures to choose from, and deciding which ones make it to social media might be difficult. You might seek to preserve your privacy, in the same way as a celebrity, by keeping the details private, without being shy about what’s actually happened.
Make Your Wedding Uniquely Yours
Of course, drawing inspiration from another person’s wedding is a great deal different from copying the elements wholesale. Make sure, above all, that you feel at home with the specifics of your ceremony, and that you’re not imitating anyone else.
