Five Fashion-Forward Fall Color Palettes: Autumn Wedding Inspiration
Imagine a pastel yellow cake adorned with buttercream bows, frosting garlands, and delicate rosettes. Such a cake would look like a girlhood dream, a vision from her someday-wedding. Bouquets of butter yellow roses would fill her dream chapel, and maids would process down the aisle in pastel yellow gowns. Even the candles at the altar would be a champagne yellow. For the wedding exit and honeymoon flight, she would opt for an elegant, nostalgic suit—butter yellow with bracelet sleeves, a matching hat, and ivory gloves.
While many would imagine pastel yellow in the context of spring weddings, the color takes on an unexpected richness when paired with mocha. Imagine pale yellow peonies tied with a mocha ribbon, or a buttery rose bouquet arranged with a hint of chocolate—cosmos flowers, naturally. We are perhaps accustomed to seeing chocolate with jewel tones, so the color looks fresh and fashion-forward when paired with pastels instead.
Wedding Guest Dresses Inspired by the Victoria Series
The first time I fell in love with the Victoria series, it was with a color—a queenly teal. During the opening credits, Jenna Coleman as Victoria is filmed in various stages of her royal career. Hair down and looking girlish; then hair upswept with a tiara; eyes mischievous and flickering, then set in the most commanding gaze, her growing authority shimmering through her manners. Victoria changes, but her teal background does not. Deeper than peacock and bluer than emerald, it is a jewel tone that doesn’t feel like one. Instantly, I was besotted. *This* was the most ravishing, regal color I could envision; sophisticated, sublime; a color that belonged in the parlors of the great old homes and in the settings of the royal jewel collection. I wanted to live inside this color.
Exotic Summer Wedding Guest Dress Edit, Inspired By The Art of Embroidery
Recently, while scrolling Instagram, I discovered the work of a group of (mostly) French textile and embroidery artists. Instantly, I was absorbed. What world was this? A world, as it turned out, full of color, fabric, artistry, and stories told through stitches. I discovered tapestries woven with intricate scenes, and dresses embroidered with artwork so beautiful, these pieces looked as though they belonged in a museum—not an ordinary wardrobe. There were also handmade ceramics and fascinating objects: a ceramic dish with a pearl in its center, assiettes hand-painted with flowers, tiles shimmering with patterns from Tunisia. But the textile and fiber art captivated me most, from the lovingly embroidered tapestries to the work of an artist who weaves sculptures on vintage fishing nets.
Frosted Pastel Winter Wedding Inspiration
When most of us imagine winter weddings, we think of rich colors—burgundy, aubergine, emerald— and of jewel-toned bouquets and evergreen-trimmed aisles. While I love traditions and traditional values, when it comes to wedding styling, I tend to prefer the unexpected. And so, the most exquisite winter wedding I can imagine is one designed in pastel shades. These pale hues would feel almost frosted: icy lilac, powder blue, blush pink, mint green. Colors that create a sense of wonder, of enchantment. Imagine a precious opal or moonstone, how the gemstone refracts and scatters light, and contains traces of pink, blue, green. The loveliest pastels also have this iridescence, this pearlescent or opalescent quality. A certain shimmer. A magic.
St. Moritz Inspired Wedding Weekend Fashion
My love for the alpine aesthetic is well-documented (see here and here). Cozying up in a chalet, wearing winter fashions-- this, to me, is the epitome of luxury. And as someone who has perfected the art of après without at all mastering the sport of ski, I can attest firsthand that après ski culture and fashion is something to be enjoyed by all— black diamond experts, bunny hill honeys, and those for whom shopping is their cardio.