Weddingbee Blog

I love Art Deco. It’s that intersection between classic and modern… and the perfect inspiration for a modern vintage wedding! So I feel very fortunate to acquire from Mr. P’s mother (an antiques dealer) the most GORGEOUS and unusual pair of authentic Art Deco (c. late 1920s) silver and marcasite earrings. They’re huge (almost three inches long), yet still understated. I love them so much because they’re so one-of-a-kind. I’ll reveal them at the wedding. But here is a similar pair (mine does not have rubies, though, and are more spade-like… in fact, they’re not all that similar, but you get the picture):

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These reproductions are nice, too, but way too expensive at over $500 (they’re diamond and white gold). Source

Though I love art deco, I think I’d like to have just a few touches of it here and there, and not make an entire theme of it. (I’m not sure, but maybe it would come across as too costume-y?).

But I do adore the style. Here’s a little more about it as a movement:

Art Deco was a popular international design movement from 1925 until 1939, affecting the decorative arts such as architecture, interior design, and industrial design, as well as the visual arts such as fashion, painting, the graphic arts and film. This movement was, in a sense, an amalgam of many different styles and movements of the early 20th century, including Neoclassical, Constructivism, Cubism, Modernism, Bauhaus, Art Nouveau, and Futurism. Its popularity peaked in Europe during the Roaring Twenties and continued strongly in the United States through the 1930s. Although many design movements have political or philosophical roots or intentions, Art Deco was purely decorative. At the time, this style was seen as elegant, functional, and modern. {source}

Is your attire inspired by art?