{"id":45052,"date":"2016-04-24T11:54:52","date_gmt":"2016-04-24T15:54:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.topweddingsites.com\/wedding-blog\/?p=45052"},"modified":"2017-08-06T12:00:24","modified_gmt":"2017-08-06T16:00:24","slug":"victorian-theme-wedding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.topweddingsites.com\/wedding-blog\/formal-themes\/victorian-theme-wedding","title":{"rendered":"The Victorian Theme Wedding"},"content":{"rendered":"

When people think Victorian, they often think high tea or garden party<\/a>, filled with doilies and cherub birdbaths, cast iron benches and finger foods, mismatched teacups and \u201cshabby chic.\u201d This is a beautiful way to do Victorian, but it\u2019s not the only way. Victorian had an evening style as well. Perhaps the easiest way to picture formal Victorian: imagine the upper-class ballrooms on the Titanic<\/a>. Think of crystals and fringe dripping from chandeliers, lamps and candlesticks. Imagine a piano player in the background, softly tapping out a Mozart sonata, or something by Liszt or Chopin. A string quartet would also be common.<\/p>\n

Then, picture men in black tails and white gloves, peering over spectacles at their polished pocketwatches. And enormous Lady Ferns (a Victorian favorite) arching over square mahogany stands. The Victorians were obsessed with ferns, Lady or otherwise. You can\u2019t overdo them.<\/p>\n

Before the Reception<\/h2>\n

Many people hold a cocktail hour before the reception, to keep guests happy while they\u2019re waiting on the bridal party to take pictures. If you\u2019re having one, a wonderful touch would be to scatter a few Victorian-era newspapers around where people can use them to pass the time and break the ice. Place them somewhere central where people aren\u2019t afraid to flip through them.<\/p>\n

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