What if there was a Purple wedding and it didn’t use Chocolate Brown? Or Green? Or Pink?
Okay, I give. We do see weddings like that. But it’s still a little challenging — and a lot of fun — to use some of the new crayons in the box. Namely, all those smoky, old-world hues from last fall that are still seeping through interior design, and finally, to weddings.
After all, maybe you’re just not a Perky Girl, into lime green and milk glass and grosgrain ribbon. Maybe you’re a smoldering column of diva appeal plucked from the streets of Montmartre. Complicated. Even prone to a quick drag on the sly, although you’ve really quit. You know. Well, maybe this is your wedding.
Purple, Burgundy, Gray and Ivory Wedding
Aubergine is an amazing color. So is purple in general. As you run up and down its scales, the mood and color shifts faster than you can say, “let’s pop another bottle.” I’m sure there are cultures that boast a hundred names for the color we call by one.
Purple and creamy ivory forms the base of this palette. To keep it old world, you’ve got some pleated ecru satin. Ceam satin ribbon. Decadent black feathers. A little brooch action.
Then, the supporting acts: gunmetal gray, and wine red. Let’s call that last one (really dark) burgundy. Put your bridesmaids all in gunmetal gray, dark and shiny and dangerous. Oh-so-now, while being unmistakably 30’s. Because nothing sets off purple like gray.
To belabor a point, don’t put your bridesmaids in purple: it’s just too much. Purple looks best in winks and grace notes, not swathes. But put your MOH in wine, with a shiny metal belt.
For centerpieces, blend purple with graphic anemones in black & white. White rununculous. Purple sweet peas. Or set tables in wine-colored linens and top with creamy masses of flowers.
This isn’t a color-by-numbers wedding. It’s sultry and sexy and glamorous. And that’s the end of this particular valentine: To Purple With Love.
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