It is so much fun to talk about trends - and in the wedding world, there are so many of them. Just last week, for instance, we sounded off on a handful of 2021 must-have motifs. Then again, there are also those wedding ideas that have been around forever and no matter how many times we see them pop up in photos, video, Instagram posts, reels and roundups, we never find ourselves tired or ‘over it.’ These are the timeless features, the enduring elements that will surely still be popular in another 10, 20, 50 years.
When we started considering which products we’d fill our Style Me Pretty Collection with, we knew we wanted a blend of trendy and timeless items. So, as you peruse the shop, you’ll see that everything can be styled in ways that are ‘of the moment’ or completely tried and true - and however you choose to incorporate them into your wedding, just be sure you add your own signature touch to the detail. From clean and classic wedding invitations and heirloom-worthy props to make your flatlays shine to beautifully-calligraphed place cards and garlands to guarantee a significant glow-up to your getaway car, these are our favorite timeless takes from our curated collection.
How to Make Your Wedding Uniquely You, While Keeping It Timeless in Style
And if you’re having trouble envisioning the timeless touch points of your day, ask one of your style-savvy friends, your wedding planner, or your photographer to comb the site with you in advance of your big day. Everything is available to shop right now!
Photo by RTFaith Photography
Read on for the timeless real wedding trends (sounds like an oxymoron, but makes a lot of sense) we’ve seen show up for decades and how you can ‘get the look’ for your own special day.
The Invitation
We have a lot of classic invitation suites, but this one just epitomizes timelessness and elegance. Not only is the palette pretty perfect (blues will always be in and metallic accents, especially gold, can go both trendy or traditional), the typography is particularly fitting, as well. Plus, because the design is so clean, it can be styled however you’d like for your wedding morning flatlay photos. Can’t you just see this beauty anchoring a vignette with your shoes, your bouquet or some greenery, and a gorgeous perfume bottle? We can!
To that end, exceptional stationery will never go out of style, so you can also print programs (which we love, because each guest can take theirs home and remember the day+the principal people involved, just like they would with a playbill from their favorite musical)
Photo by Anya Kernes Photography
The Wedding Morning
Sure, we’d say that the timeless choice of gown would be one that’s white and long, with a veil for days - and we love that look, really, we do, but making the day ‘uniquely you’ means that you can wear what you want: be it white, champagne, blush or black. What really makes a timeless wedding morning is your squad helping you get ready, champagne being poured into whatever festive flutes you have on hand, and your dress displayed on a worthy garment hanger.
Photo by Manda Weaver
Of course, you don’t have to honor all of the something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue traditions, but like we mentioned earlier, blue truly ages well…. Our powder blue handkerchief is so on-brand for the getting ready portion of your day, and we can’t help but get all the 😍😍😍thinking about the wedding photos that will be captured over the years, with each new bride in your family making the accessory her own something borrowed.
The Table Decor
Crisp linens, lots of candles (at varying heights and thicknesses), greenery garlands, and soft blooms in unassuming vessels will never retire from the wedding hot list register. We have plenty of candle options available on the shop, from tall tapers to timeless tea lights. Add to that a simple white scalloped table placard with gold gilded edges and foil numbers, and you’ve pulled together Style Me Pretty’s most-loved reception table look.
Photo by Sarah & Ben Photography
Photo by Rebecca Yale Photography
The Gift and Guest Book Game
There has been a huge shift in the types of wedding gifts that couples have prioritized (experiences over ‘things,’ for one), but at the end of the day, brides and grooms absolutely appreciate traditional gifts and money from their guests. So, we’ll always love a pretty gift table, complete with a clean white and gold card box for all of those colorful envelopes. The same goes for a traditional and tangible guest book over out-of-the-box alternatives. While having guests write on a globe or sew/stitch sentiments into your wedding quilt sounds really cool, there’s something to be said for a simple book with ample room for your friends and family members’ inscriptions.
Recently, couples have gotten into having guests sign their favorite cookbooks (we’ve featured several weddings with these kinds of inclusions, too!), and it’s also a pretty timeless bridal shower tradition to have guests bring their favorite recipe to add to the bride’s rolodex. What would be a more perfect blend of trend and tradition, then, than our guest book with cards and envelopes? Just something sweet and personal to include [as a request] in your all purpose card, when you start imagining your invitation suite.
Photo by Alexandra Vonk
The Getaway Car
For as long as we can remember, couples have been exchanging vows and then hopping into their own getaway car to ride to their reception. Limos are great and spending time with your bridal party is fun, too, but there is just something so classic and poetic about newlyweds driving off with their partygoers following closely behind. Of course, when your friends and fam head to your venue, maybe you sneak off to an undisclosed photo site where your photographer can snap some golden hour portraits in your favorite place. Either way, a getaway car is timeless (just like the antique cars can be themselves). Make yours uniquely you with a banner or a garland in the back. Mr. and Mrs. or multicolored ribbons, whatever you choose, just coordinate with your florist to have some extra blooms to style with in back and a cart of champagne nearby to cheers for the first time as a married pair.
Photo by Sarah & Ben Photography
Ideally, your love will be the most timeless part of your wedding day, but, likewise, all of these other details have that remember-forever quality about them. Shop the Style Me Pretty Collection right now for everything that will stand the test of time at your wedding (and a few things that can be passed down to generations to come)!