How To Make a Wedding Elegant and Luxurious?
Elegant, luxurious weddings are the ultimate wedding goal. By following some simple philosophies you can achieve an elegant, luxurious wedding aesthetic, regardless of budget.
Elegant, luxurious styling is about thoughtful choices. By prioritising quality and following refined styling, you can choose key elements that impress. Approaching your wedding planning in this way is the fastest way to take your wedding planning to the next level.
Let’s define what makes a wedding look elegant and luxurious then explore the key elements to include in your wedding planning to make your wedding feel elegant and luxurious.
What is elegant, luxurious style?
Elegant, luxurious styling uses: the finest materials, expert craftsmanship, classic colours and timeless styles. In elegant styling, the luxury is in the level of craftsmanship so the beauty of the item itself is the priority. Styling is free from lots of embellishments and nothing is overdone, creating a refined, pared back, slick aesthetic.
For clothes that means the very best tailoring, classic colours and beautiful materials, resulting in clean, flattering silhouettes for both men and women that are sleek, smart and appealing.
Whether it’s clothes or products, elegant designs always look stylish because they use tried and tested design principles resulting in timeless, aspirational products that do what they’re intended to, to the very best.
How to make a wedding elegant and luxurious
So for your wedding that means choosing: well-made products in classic colours, well-tailored clothing for you, the entire bridal party and your guests (so black tie dress code) and pared-back, timeless styling. For what to choose for each element of your wedding to achieve this read our blog on what to choose for an elegant wedding.
But beyond refined styling and high-quality choices, let’s take a look at 3 additional elements to include in your wedding to take your wedding to the next level.
They are:
Wedding Table Decor and Design
Wedding Flowers
Customised and Personalised Items
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1. Wedding Table Design & Decor: With a stunning, elegant wedding venue in place, an impressive wedding table design and table decor can take your wedding reception to the next level.
Setting out your tables in a continuous line, whether straight or curvaceous will immediately make your reception look special and create a buzz as guests interact along the tables.
Top your tables with beautiful, high-quality tablecloths in neutral colours. If you wish, you can add a table runner in a complementary colour to add interest.
On top of your tablecloths, have a beautiful floral arrangement that runs along the middle of the tables accompanied by candles. Choosing neutral monochrome or pastels for your florals will enhance the look. For added impact, have a complementary floral arrangement above.
Altthough the arrangement along the middle of the tables will be mostly one height, add higher arrangements at few key points, that won’t obstruct your guests’ view, to make the look pop.
Finish your tables with beautifully designed plates that make a statement, pretty personalised place name cards, personalised menu cards and well-made glasses. Your plates are a statement piece so choose a colourful design or a colourful pattern that works with your neutral decor.
To add drama and interest, put the full set of plates for the meal on show so each setting has a layer of plates. You can also add: napkin rings, an interesting glass choice and personalised napkins with your names monogrammed on for an extra touch.
All cutlery should be well-polished to give the whole look a shiny, mirrored finish. For evening, add fairy lights to the space to maintain the beautiful aesthetic. You can find personalised name cards and menu cards in our luxury wedding stationery collection.
2. Wedding Flowers: Wedding flowers make an instant impact. Having some impressive floral arrangements at your ceremony and reception venues will instantly upgrade your wedding.
Go for a monochrome or pastel colour scheme to keep the look refined. The most impactful floral arrangements you’ll want to include are:
At the Ceremony
an arrangement at the entrance to your wedding
a floral arch or hoop behind you as you exchange your vows
flowers along your ceremony aisle
At the reception
flowers along the middle of the tables
a flower installation above the tables
But which flowers should you choose? The most elegant, luxurious wedding flowers are the florals that most people have come across before. These blooms are well structured with distinct flowers that automatically make your wedding flowers look luxurious.
The top 10 most elegant, luxurious wedding flowers are:
Roses
Hydrangeas
Anemones
Calla Lillies
Peonies
Baby’s Breath
Lisianthus
Dahlias
Gardenia
Delphiniums
Learn more about lots of them and when they’re in season in our most popular wedding flowers guide.
3. Personalised and Customised Wedding Details: Adding personalised and customised items to your wedding will make it unique and memorable. There are lots of different types of personalised and customised wedding products out there, the most popular choices include:
customised wedding invitations to send your wedding announcement in memorable style
personalised wedding signs and other wedding stationery to make guests feel relaxed and comfortable whilst adding personality
custom drinks with names related to your love story to add sentiment to your day
unexpected food choices such as artisan food vans.
To kick things off browse our beautiful customised and personalised wedding signs and invitations in our extensive luxury wedding stationery collection.
Charlotte is a luxury wedding stationer who has worked in the wedding industry for over 10 years, starting out as a wedding copywriter. See her elegant designs at DesignByLyft