[FAQ] Wedding Colors Month by Month
Barbara Jean Kuehl
his mom's mouth was *so what are your colors?* GEEEEEZZZ!!!
Subject: Re: Colors - January
Q: I am getting married in January, and I'm trying to figure
out what my colors are going to be. What colors are good for
the winter months.?
From: sac5...@saclink1.csus.edu (Judith A. Murray)
Reds and greens are good winter colors, as are blue and white.
More important than when in the year the wedding is planned is
when in the day it is planned. Morning? Afternoon? Evening?
How formal is it expected to be? I would think you could go
with a nice deep crimson, perhaps with white and/or green
accents (such as white & red flowers with ivy as greenery). I
like most jewel colors (i.e. non-pastel colors), but royal blue
is my favorite, so I selected it. When pressed that I really
ought to have a second color for accent, I selected white, since
it's the color of my dress.
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From: Any...@ibar.com (Denise & John Castellucci)
You can have either a deep red and/or forest green. Dark primary
colors would work, with either gold or silver highlights. Brides
are now opting to have bridesmaids to wear white or black
dresses. If you go for all white, you can have BMs wear
shorter, simpler styles in a different fabric. Black dresses
would be great for BMs, since they can often wear black again
and again after the wedding and it looks good on everyone. You
can either go for the black and white ball theme, or go for a
more holiday decor. Bridesmaids would look good with velvet
cocktail dresses, and you may consider a heavier fabric for your
dress, perhaps in velvet also. If you don't find the shade of
color you like, you can try to find a large fabric store (like
Britex in San Francisco) that features fabric in every possible
shade and find a seamstress.
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Subject: Re: Colors - February
From: bam...@wolfenet.com (Todd Harris)
I'm getting married in Feb. '96. My favorite flower in the
world is the tulip, so my flowers (and overall color scheme) are
deep purple tulips. My bouquet is very simple and elegant--
hand-tied purple tulips with a little greenery and an iridescent
white ribbon. My MOH's bouquet will be hand-tied white tulips...
her dress is deep purple as are the tux vests, etc.
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From: Toby Pridgen <Toby.P...@DaytonOH.ATTGIS.COM>
I am going with a navy wedding with complimentary colors being
wine (maroon) & cream. The BOs flowers are white roses and mine
are red.
Subject: Re: Colors - March
Danette Wilson (dmwi...@u.washington.edu)
The wedding will be end of March (3/22/97), and late at night
(probably after 7 pm). I was thinking about black (fiance and
my mom say NO!), cranberry, hunter green, or navy...
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From: lis...@imap2.asu.edu (Lisa)
My wedding is going to be March 9. I have chosen burgundy which
will go nicely with the flowers I have chosen. Central to all
the arrangement will be the stargazer lilly which has a deep
fuschia/burgundy color.
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From: anti...@aol.com (Antikreis)
I was married 12 March 1994 in the afternoon. Being in the
south we took advantage of early spring colors, meaning lilies,
meaning not pastel. My one bridesmaid wore a dark purple very
close to navy blue but not. I hate saying my colors were purple
and white since I think of purple and usually cringe:) We
decorated with different purple lilies and white accent flowers
and brought in a little yellow, jonquils were just coming out
then. It came off very nice.
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From: fr...@news.gate.net (Frank Dickinson)
We decided that the bridesmaids will wear a floral print dress
and all the boquets and centerpieces will be multi colored. The
tablecloths will be white and the napkins hunter green. We're
still working on what the guys will wear.
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From: ampr...@aol.com (AMProcess) (Sue)
My wedding is March 10, 1996 in Michigan and my color is plum.
Go with whatever color you like. There is nothing wrong with
black or any other color for that matter. It's your wedding. I
planned on having black, but when we were at the store and my
bridesmaids were trying on dresses to see which ones looked the
best, I found a really cool looking one in plum (velvet and
satin long straight dresses with jackets). So that is my color.
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From: Debbie Adair <adair>
We are getting married March 2, 1996. I am wearing a midnight
blue velvet gown and would like a predominantly white bouquet.
I may add another color for accent.
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From: boz...@aol.com (Bozwin)
I am getting married next March, and my bridesmaids are wearing
midnight navy velvet.
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SusanE (a52...@dot.state.sc.us) wrote:
I have my heart set on Navy dresses for my bridesmaids. My
wedding is in March '96 and I think navy is a great spring
color. I'm planning on bright flowers for their bouqets.
Subject: Re: Colors - April
From: din...@pitt.edu (Dina Anderson)
My sister was married in April (an evening formal wedding).
The wedding colors my sister chose (in terms of flowers and such)
were navy and fuschia, primarily. The bridesmaids wore full-length
navy dresses. We carried deep pink and purple colored flowers,
even orange. There were orchids, roses, and tulips, and with her
in white, us in navy, and the flowers the colors they were,
the pictures were terrific. Those colors gave a light, crisp feel.
I think navy can work well any time of day or year. It's one
of those classic colors.
Subject: Re: Colors - May
Q: I need some suggestions on the colors of my bridesmaids
dresses for a semi-formal May wedding.
From: g912...@mcmail.cis.McMaster.CA (Doris Sabljic)
I would ideally like a floral print in pastel colours but I have
discovered that florals can be hard to find. If not floral I am
toying with the idea of a pastel solid--perhaps a mint green.
However, my sister (and bridesmaid) was quick to comment that no
flowers would "go" with this colour dress. I was also thinking
of an aqua or blue (something in the blue/green colours in
pastel).
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From: onys...@mail2.sas.upenn.edu (Lada T Onyshkevych)
My wedding is May 11, 1996, and I've chosen Hunter Green for my
BMs. It's a popular color now, so you can use department stores
etc instead of just bridal shops. And there's not much problem
matching flowers to this color- you can use just about anything.
I think this color is flattering to many people; I polled my
three BMs first about what colors they wear in normal life, and
this is one of the colors that they all had in common (plus it's
one of my favorites).
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From: mura...@earth.usc.edu (Gretchen Murawski)
Our day is May 19, late afternoon, and I have chosen the color
WINE/BURGUNDY/or some other deep red color for the BM's. I will
be picking out the material for them over T-giving, but I have
seen some nice dupioni silks in the store where I plan to buy
the material in these colors. Since my wedding dress is ivory
and has bunches of pearls in the shape of grape clusters, and
grape leaves embroidered one the skirt and train, and the
wedding is outside under a Grape arbour, I just thought that
WINE would be a good color for me!
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From: melfo...@aol.com (MelFordyce)
I chose to have my bridesmaids wear periwinkle blue -- that sort
of light blue with a little purple. It was beautiful in
pictures and perfect with the flowers. I couldn't have asked
for a better color. I know I am definitely biased, but other
people commented on it too.
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From: jdi...@uoguelph.ca (Juanita L Diegel)
I have also choosen hunter green for my bridemaids. They all
look great in it. One is blonde (at times :) ), one is
brunette, and the other is somewhere inbetween. They all look
great!!
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From: karm...@aol.com (KarmelaL)
I'm getting married on May 25, and I have quite a few flower
suggestions. Depending on what part of the country you're in,
tulips are still in season in the Northeast. You can use them as
one of your main flowers. As accent flowers, you can use:
- gerbera daisies (they come in every color of the rainbow)
- iris
- queen anne's lace
For filler flowers, you can use:
- stattice
- snapdragons
- mums
- bouvardia
- freesia (yummy smell!)
All these flowers are in season, and they are of the
inexpensive, garden-variety type. Oh, and don't forget baby's
breath!
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From: Lia Zelenka <lzel...@frontier.canrem.com>
My date is May 11th - my bridesmaids chose hunter-green floor
length gowns, and they will have peach and cream flowers. My
dress is ivory coloured. I think the colour scheme will be dark
green, ivory and some burgundy or possibly gold accents.
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From: Stephan...@cc.chiron.com (Stephanie Sims)
John and I will be married on the 25th of May, 1996 and I have
no idea what colors to choose. I am leaning to the pink to
burgundy range but also pastels like lavender and cornflower
blue entice me, oh well there is always navy and midnight blue.
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From: Beth Elliott <76331...@CompuServe.COM>
I guess navy/midnight blue must be all the rage - I didn't
realize how popular it was - I am getting married next May (navy
is the colour theme) and my girlfriend is getting married
shortly after me (guess what colour? .... Navy!). I didn't see
much Navy in the bridal books over the past year, so I though I
was safe (not that I don't mind sharing such an excellent colour
choice!).
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From: Tammy.S...@SGC.X400.GC.CA
Mitch and I are slated for May 11, 1996. A colour for the
bridesmaids dresses wasn't a big problem for me, because first
and foremost, I wanted my friends to be able to wear the dresses
again. We have chosen "light navy" - a lighter shade of navy,
with a hint of gray in it. The girls are all making (or having
made) their own dresses to suit their styles, personalities, and
of course, sizes. But they will all use the same material.
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From: Dawn <intern...@hcc.cc.fl.us>
I am getting married May 11th and using hunter green.
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From: meq...@aol.com (MEQ519)
We're having our wedding on May 19th -- the flowers are white
orchids, hybrid dendrobium orchids, pink and purplish alstros
and some filler greens, etc. For the colors of our wedding
party -- we went with a rich purple color -- not so purple it
looks navy but not a light purple either.
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From: aj...@lafn.org (Kelly Tong)
Our May wedding is on the 4th and I just finished shopping for
styles for the bridesmaids dresses. I am partial to pastels and
"spring" colors. We chose dusty rose because pink is just too
pale on Asian skin. I plan to use silver as an accent as well
as lavendar and pale yellow in the bouquets.
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From: Michaele Kashgarian <kashg...@llnl.gov>
My wedding date is May 11, and I have to say that I don't really
have "colors" since the reception will be outdoors. As far as
flowers, we will be using lots of pink (apple blossoms, dogwood,
tulips, roses) but we are going to use blue, yellow and white
flowers as well. the bridesmaid's dresses will be something off
the rack, probably from Laura Ashley, so I expect to use
something pastel or a flowery print. I love spring flowers of
all kinds so I didn't want to restrict my color scheme to just
one or two colors!
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From: ha...@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Jocelyn Hall)
May 18th is my PROPOSED wedding date! The colors I first chose
was forrest green & gold. But My coordinator, who is also my
best friend, thought that the green was too dark for Spring. So
the combination I now have is Cream & Gold! Beautiful! If you're
looking for a "dreamy" effect, look for soft crepe material
accented with SOFT metallic gold.
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From: Erica David <eda...@uoknor.edu>
My wedding is on May 19, 1996 and will be semi-formal. My fiance
and his best men are wearing black tuxes. My dress is an
off-the-shoulder, ivory brocade which is floor length (no train,
but I am wearing a veil). The dresses which I want for my
candlelighters are a burgundy velvet with ecru trim.
They are tea-length but can be shortened.
Subject: Re: Colors - June
Q: It seems that many of the weddings are taking place in June.
It also seems that just about everyone has chosen a color for
their reception and ceremony _ except us, since we had never
thought about it. What are your colors?
From: dbo...@mail2.sas.upenn.edu (David Bowie)
Well, i'm a June *groom*, not a June bride, but i figure i can
answer anyway. Jeanne's favorite color is my second favorite
color, and my favorite color is Jeanne's second favorite color,
so the choice was easy. Hunter green (Jeanne's favorite) and
purple (my favorite). (And it *does* look better than it
sounds!)
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From: Katherine Lange <kat...@umich.edu>
our wedding will be next June 22nd, and my colors were
determined by the bridesmaids' dresses - they're floral prints
with peaches, lilac, some mint greens, etc, and our wedding is
in the morning, so we have lots of springy pastel colors. There
wasn't much to coordinate 'cause we're ordering white invites
and thank-you's, the guys are wearing grey morning suits, the
chapel's full of all colors of stained glass, and we're
borrowing a friend's pew bows from her wedding, and they're
pink, so we'll add some purples and light greens and whites with
ribbons to them to hang off of the pews. Our reception site is
at a hotel ballroom, and they've got very rich colors in the
carpeting, table linens, and silk floral arrangements - lots of
burgandy, forest green, and creams, but I'm not too concerned
about the two color schemes clashing. I'm most concerned about
the ceremony colors when all attention will pretty much be in
one area, whereas at the reception, there will be many areas of
focus. I'm so excited, I'm getting goose bumps as I write this!
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From: dan...@aol.com (DanieK)
I wanted light and springy because my wedding is in the morning.
The bridesmaids dresses are probably going to be peach and I'll
probably go with seafoam green as the other colors (for accents
and random things like that) just because I like green and my
favorite sweater is white, peach and seafoam green so I figure
they go together well.
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From: Julie_B...@hp6400.desk.hp.com (Julie Bostater)
I chose my colors by the bridemaid dress that I liked. I didn't
want to fall in love with some color and then be stuck searching
for just the right dress, only to find it doesn't come in the
right color. The decision: Midnight Blue.
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From: byr...@serv.net (Renee Ann Byrd)
Ivory (my dress) and burgundy (a color that somehow prominmently
wormed its way into our interior decorating *ha ha* scheme).
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From: pa...@uniserve.com (Patricia Goertzen)
My sister got married last June and a great way to use spring
colors is in a wonderful floral print (works if you're a floral
person) and picking one or two of the dominant colors in the
floral as your accent colors.
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From: jcr...@psu.edu (Jennifer Rose)
I fell in love with those stargazer lillys, and I will also be
using Ivy from my mother's wedding (25 years ago).
Consequently, I took a lilly to the fabric store to choose the
material for the bridesmaids dresses. They are a shimmery dusty
rose with a light pink lining so they look bright for June.
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From: Janet Sodano <soda...@mc.duke.edu>
I got married last June and used dark purple dresses. All but
one of my bridesmaid were dark complicated with dark hair and I
thought they looked better in dark colors (that's why I choose
my color). But I found the dress I wanted, then I chose my
colors by what looked best on my bridesmaids. For the flowers I
basically asked the florist what she thought looked best with
the dress. I believe in their bouquests there were salmon
lillies and other flowers which I can't remember right now. In
my bouquest I used all white flowers. So you can use any color
that you want for June.
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From: lank...@tigger.jvnc.net
For my sister's wedding we all wore navy gowns, they were
beautiful! My sister used all bright spring flowers. Everyone
said that they were very nice .....As it turned out, it rained
on the day of the wedding (6/30) and so most of the guests wore
navy also.
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From: GKV...@prodigy.com (Gina Vogliardo)
My June wedding color is going to be plum (plum dresses and black
tuxs & white table coverings probably). Plum is my favorite color;
not too violet, or purple -- But it sucks in a way because I'm
having a hard time finding a floral arrangment that I like.
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From: Kathy Gantz <kga...@mail.inhs.uiuc.edu>
I'm having plum bridesmaid's dresses. My dress is ivory and we'll
have black tuxes. A good complimentary color to plum is dusty rose.
I am going to use dusty rose colored roses and filler for my bouquet.
I've also decided to incorporate gold as an accent color (the
reception site uses gold fluffy stuff on their buffet table
as decoration).
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From: kri...@dartmouth.edu (Kristy Patterson)
I'm having plum bridesmaid's dresses. They are a plain
spaghetti-strap plum brocade sundress (rewearable, at least
my friends think they'll wear them again), with a cropped
short-sleeve jacket over them, with ivory trim. The groomsmen
are wearing a black tux with a black/plum paisley waistcoat
and tie. Our accents seem to be hunter green and ivory
(my dress color), with some deep red roses here and there.
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From: shak...@cco.caltech.edu (Adele Shakal)
Navy was actually our second-choice color for *our* bridesmaids
for next June! I ended up finding burgundy-plum dresses instead.
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From: shak...@cco.caltech.edu (Adele Shakal)
My 'maids dresses are burgundy-plum, fairly casual, and I'm
accenting the burgundy with white and pale yellow...
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From: Leala A. Skwara <ls68...@oak.cats.ohiou.edu>
My wedding is June 29, 1996. I'm going "untraditional"
and using black and white, with bright green accents.
Subject: Re: Colors - July
Q: I was wondering what the appropriate colors were for a July
wedding? We are open to all suggestions!
From: be...@wannabe.East.Sun.COM (Beth Hall -SSE- Huntsville AL)
I recently got married on July 8. I went with in-season
flowers....deep purple, yellow, pink, and white. I don't even
know the names of the flowers, but they were gorgeous. The
invitations were floral purple and green. I knew the men would
wear black tails with white shirts, and I would be in white.
And since the wedding was at 8pm....the bridesmaids should wear
full-length. I picked out the most beautiful gowns for them.
Simple scooped neckline, fitted, shortsleeve, tailored skirt
with a high slit. The bodice was white lace and the skirt
black. It was simply beautiful. Everyone was in black and
white....with bright flowers. And the sunset was perfect.
There was a gentle breeze. We lit white bamboo torches around
the gazebo to add a little romance.
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From: ang...@bvu.edu
We are getting married July 6, 1996 and our colors are red,
white, and black. I like the sophisication of those colors
together, and the red really brightens everything. We did have
a tough time finding the style of bridesmaid dress (a suit) in
red, and we ended up having them made. The bridesmaids will be
wearing red and carrying a white/red-tipped rose with greens. I
will be wearing white and carrying a bouquet of mainly red and
white roses. Red will be our accent color for decorations at
the reception.
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From: Jennifer Stoller <stol...@ucs.orst.edu>
I'm getting married in late July of 1996. I decided not to have
any specific colors because I didn't want to limit myself like
that, I guess. I plan to have lots of wildflowers and only one
attendant (my sister who will wear a dress from this really cool
chiffon fabric with purple daisies).
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From: gat...@aol.com (GatesGM)
Our wedding will be in July at night, but my bridesmaids are
wearing black dresses and we are having flowers in the
burgundy/dark red family. Our flowers are: dark red roses,
Stargazer lilies (white with burgundy spots/stripes), burgundy
snapdragons, freesia, stephanotis, "white wax", plumosa, and
lots of greenery.
Subject: Re: Colors - August
Q: Well, since people have asked about colors, was wondering if
anyone had suggestions for my August wedding?
From: cd...@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Jennifer Gebhardt)
I decided long ago that I would make the bouquet, corsages, and
boutineires for my wedding on August 26. Our wedding has a
Celtic theme (My mother is a Lindsay, his is a McDonald). The
MOH and BM are wearing long evening gowns in dark wine with a
sash of Lindsay tartan (wine, dark green, and navy) and the
piper is wearing McDonald Tartan. My bouquet will have white
roses, wine roses, thistle, and heather.
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From: rc8...@mcvax2.d48.lilly.com (COLEMAN EDRICE M)
The last wedding I attended in August, the colors were fushcia,
white and teal (sounds loud, but was really okay!). The bride
wore white of course, the bridesmaids wore fushcia and one mom
wore fuscia and one teal. I like navy, pink and cream. So (if I
get married again) I'd have my bridesmaids wear navy, and I'd
like for both moms to wear a soft pink.
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From: aga...@ix.netcom.com (Ms. Alana Gaymon )
My girlfriend used a burnt orange - not Haloween colored, and it
was beautiful!
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From: jo...@aol.com (JoyKu)
We are having an outdoor ceremony. Our colors are silver &
black (Raiders colors), and teal (I had to get *some* say in).
The only hard part is that every bridesmaid dress manufacturer
has a different shade of teal for every type of fabric!
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Nicole Anderson <n...@acpub.duke.edu> writes:
My colors will be pink and gold.
Subject: Re: Colors - September
Q: Just wondering if there are any September brides out there
who'd mind letting me know what their colour schemes are...I
have been wracking my brain for what colours to go with, and
September just isn't a month where any particular colour jumps
to mind...
From: ambr...@cnsvax.uwec.edu (Noelle Christine Ambrose)
Our wedding is September 1996. I live where the Autumn is known
across the country for its beauty! That's why we chose the peak
color weekend for the wedding. I just picked out the most
beautiful bronze ribbon to be incorporated into all the flowers.
We will be looking for mocha-colored dresses for the
bridesmaids. The church will be decorated with turned oak and
maple leaves, and sprays of wheat will be accented by japanese
lanterns (orange). The colors for flowers will be yellow,
orange, and rust to go along with the season's colors. I am at
this moment in search of invitations with turned leaves on them.
Perhaps miniature pumpkins and mums for table centerpieces? We
are using cornucopias for the altar.
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From: David D. Boscia <Dave....@daytonoh.attgis.com>
My wedding is September 23rd. I have always loved the fall and
the colors associated with it. My BM's dresses are cranberry
(actually closer to burgundy) and the flowers are going to be
fall colors (muted oranges, yellows, dark green, burgundy and
cream accents). I know it is hard to picture, but I took one of
the dresses with me to the florist and it looks incredible.
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From: rmer...@lynx.dac.neu.edu (Renee Mercier)
I'm getting married in New Hampshire this Sept 30th (peak
foliage time). By default (I got an excellent deal at a Laura
Ashley outlet in Maine) the 3 bmaids dresses are a berry red.
I'm not really a "red" type of person, but it is starting to all
come together quite nicely. My sister is the MOH and she chose
a dress with the same red floral pattern. I am making red and
pink silk roses to put on my dress. So, I guess the main colors
are red, pink, and soft white (along with green of ivy, etc...)
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From: gpue...@SHHS1.CCSD.k12.CO.edu (Gloria Puester)
For my wedding, 29 yrs. ago this Sept. my bridesmaids chose
dresses in pale seafoam, very close to today's turquoise. I
wanted them to carry dark, blue-purple asters with small yellow
or white "filler" flowers in their bouquets. I had seen the
colors together and they were stunning. The girls, all in their
early 20's, thought this would look "gaudy" and I ended up
bowing to their choice of yellow roses with ivy, which looked OK
but lacked the drama that the purple would have added. My own
bouquet was a round mass of gardenias, my favorite, which lasted
well through the 85 degree day and for days afterward altho most
florists tried to talk me out of them as being too fragile.
They ended up implanting a "scent memory" for both of us, and to
this day whenever we see or smell gardenias my husband gets an
"I remember" look on his face.
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From: Betsy Miller <elizabet...@fmr.com>
Paul & I are getting married on September 21, 1996. The
bridesmaids dresses are hunter green, and I am thinking about
having hunter green, burgandy & ivory for our colors (which will
coordinate well with the fall flowers in our area!)
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From: MORRIS <MOR...@rcn.wpic.pitt.edu>
Bill and I will be married on 9-14-96. I am leaning toward a
combination of purple, green. amd gold accents, or cranberry &
green with gold accents. This may change once I get around to
looking for attendants' garb.
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From: it...@aol.com (ITSLT)
My bridesmaids wore navy blue gowns (velvet and satin). The
flowers were all very pale peach, ivory, cream essence (whatever
that is) roses some Betsy Brown roses (a burnt orange inside the
petal and white on the outside of the petal), and hydrangias -
which are turning to an ivory/beige color that time of year, but
because it had been so warm, they had a little tint of reddish
brown in them - how convenient! The florist also made some
arrangements with twigs, leaves and reddish berries and
incorporated the roses and candles in them - these were isle
stansions.
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From: mszo...@mintrop.Mines.EDU (Michelle Szobody)
My colors were Wedgewood blue and midnight blue. The bridesmaids
were in the lighter color, in satin, and my MOH was in the dark,
in taffeta. I think it looked great (I'm a sucker for contrasting
colors).
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From: Kristy Gayhart <grs...@gormanrupp.com>
We are having navy as our main color also, for our September
wedding. I am really thinking of complimenting it with gold?
- ribbons around flowers, on pews, on tables, etc. Maybe even
glass globes rimmed with gold for centerpieces? I am sort of
limited because our church is draped in a dark orange!
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From: Kelly Elliott <elliott-ck...@email.mot.com>
I am getting married Sept. 28. I am going with Navy. I am
wearing ivory and have not yet decided if the guys are wearing
white or ivory shirts, but the groomsmen will be wearing navy
vests. The bridesmaids will cary 2 white roses with baby's
breath. So, the only colors I am using are Navy and white
and ivory.
Subject: Re: Colors - October
From: ea...@Lehigh.EDU (Beth)
I'm getting married in October 1996, and my fiance and I decided
to use fall colors for the entire motif. We are using a main
color theme of hunter green and white and then accenting these
colors with flowers of other common fall colors, such as gold,
brown, orange, and red. We wanted to be careful not to use too
much red, because we didn't want it to look like a Christmas
wedding. I think there are more fall-type flowers that look
good with hunter green than burgundy. Another thing we had
thought about is to actually use leaves that have turned
already. This might be easier in some areas of the country
though (we're getting married in Reading, PA).
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From: jo...@yogi.contex.com (John Kimball)
I'm getting married THIS October, and I chose a unique shade of
teal. It's not blue and it's not green, and it doesn't match
with any ribbon, lace, etc. that I've seen. But boy!!!! is it
gorgeous! And all my wedding party loves it! And it looks good
on all of them (a brunette, medium brown and frosted
brown/blonde). I've also seen some wonderful shades of
cranberry, forest green and midnight blue that I did consider.
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From: jac...@nd.edu (nancy and mark)
For our wedding in October, my SO and I chose emerald green,
gold, and white. I will be wearing a black tux with a white
shirt, black bowtie, and an emerald green patterned vest (to
match the bridesmaid).
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From: mzut...@aol.com (Marna Zutovsky)
My wedding is October 14, 1995, and for colors I'm using jade
green and peach.
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From: terr...@bigwpi.WPI.EDU (Trish)
Our colors are Hunter green, gold, and light ivory. We're also
going to have a bit of navy blue here and there, because one of
my bridesmaids really wanted to wear her navy blue dress.
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From: Kelly Ostrander <k...@iastate.edu>
My color scheme is hunter green and wine. I know this color --
hunter green -- is probably over done these days, but I think it
is a good color for any time of year. I'm only having a very
small amount of another color at the ceremony but using both at
the reception.
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From: VDO...@cpua.it.luc.edu (Vicki)
We're getting married October 14th. Our colors are cranberry
and silver. The bridesmaids' dresses will be cranberry, my
dress is white, and we will have cranberry and silver
decorations, as well as mostly cranberry, purple and white
flowers (are there any silver flowers??). We just met with the
woman who's doing the balloons for us (it's gonna look SO cool),
and we're actually having what THEY call burgundy and platinum.
Funny how everyone has a different name for colors these days!
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From: b...@embezzle.Stanford.EDU (Rebecca Agin)
We're using slate blue, charcoal grey and cream. My dress is
somewhere between periwinkle and slate (cause I couldn't find
fabric in the exact right color). But it's hard to find October
flowers in those colors, so we're not going to worry about
coordinating that. We'll probably use a lot of spider mums.
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From: Dawn Neuhart <dn...@andrew.cmu.edu>
We're using a deep deep green (green velvet to be exact) and
white for our colors. Our ceremony is outdoors, so we thought
these colors would work the best against all of the gorgeous
colors of the trees! For flowers, we're using calla lillies
(sp?) in the bouquets, white gardenias for our Mothers, and
white rosebuds for the boutiners. That's it, that and the trees.
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From: <SHO...@MAINE.MAINE.EDU> (Charlene)
Our colors are burgundy with a little bit of white here and
there and lots of ivy and baby's breath.
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From: Tempest <tem...@vger.rutgers.edu> (Gale)
The colors for our October wedding are forest green and ivory.
My dress is ivory silk, the BMs' dresses are forest green silk,
the GMs' kilts are Black Watch (navy and forest green), as is
Alex's kilt. I thought forest green and ivory would look
wonderful against the panorama of autumn leaves, which may or
may not be turning by then.
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From: oban...@ctrvax.vanderbilt.edu (Keisha O'Banion)
I am getting married this October. I am still undecided about
the bridesmaids dresses, but I am going to definitely make the
decision today or tomorrow. The color really depends on the
dress I go with. They will be solid black if I go with a dress
by Dessy which has long sheer sleeves or they will be "mocha" if
I go with Jim Hjelm dress which has velvet at the top with long
sleeves and satin at the bottom. They are both really pretty.
In either case, the flowers will be roses which are various
shades of mauve. I have seen this combination in various bride
magazines and it looks great.
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From: Denise Benning <pau...@astral.magic.ca>
We are getting married on October 7th (Canadian Thanksgiving
Weekend). Our colours are Eggplant Purple and Hunter Green. It
was difficult to choose only because I love the fall colour
scheme so much! It is my favourite time of year. I had also
considered cranberry and navy as other options. It was hard to
finally choose the two I liked the best. My bridesmaids are in
purple dresses. The table clothes will be Hunter Green. I will
use gold ribbons for accents (bows etc..). I am also attempting
to make a Hunter Green cape to wear over my dress.
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From: m...@unlgrad1.unl.edu (Mary Kay Provaznik)
What's wrong with pumpkin orange and black? (we met on
Halloween, got engaged on Halloween, and have been asked over
and over again whether we were going to get married on
Halloween: with orange black as our colors.)
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From: rc8...@mcvax2.d48.lilly.com (COLEMAN EDRICE M)
My first wedding was small (in my MILs home), my colors were
peach, ivory, and brown (October wedding). I wore ivory, he
wore a brown suit, my MOH wore a peach dress, his best man a
brown jacket with tan pants (yes, I wanted to kill him!), and
both moms wore - BROWN!!!
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From: Robin Delong <rde...@vax2.winona.msus.edu>
The colors for our October 14 wedding was purple. Our accent
colors were fuchia pink and white. It was beautiful!
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From: guine...@aol.com (Guineagirl)
I'm getting married in October '96 and wanted emerald green,
until I started looking at dresses and got sooooo sick of green.
Instead, I'm having black and gold.
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From: tm1...@aol.com (TM10895)
We had a 10/8/95 wedding and used eggplant (very deep purple)
and ivory. I originally wanted either forest green or navy, but
the dressed that my BMs picked didn't work in those colors (the
green was too green, etc.). For me it was more important to let
the BMs choose their dresses and coordinate it with the
reception site, that stick to a particular color.
Subject: Re: Colors - November
From: sw...@gamera.eng.hou.compaq.com (Celeste Sweet)
I got married in November and my colors were burgandy and
gray...it looked great.
Subject: Re: Colors - December
From: kebm...@aol.com (KEBMHC92)
We are getting married 12/9 and are going all out on this
Christmas theme. I am carrying red roses with holly for my
bouquet, and everyone else gets a combination of red and ivory
roses with ivy. The flower girl is carrying a basket made out
of pine cones (at Crate and Barrel this year) filled with red
rose petals.
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From: f...@pangea.Stanford.EDU (Amy Fox)
I'll be in ivory, and my maid-of-honor will be in a dark plum
color.