When I worked at Vogue in the 1970s, you would have never
seen a headline in the magazine like these that I’ve recently read online at Vogue Daily: “Dream Wedding Inspiration”
or “The 41 Most Memorable Model Weddings” or “How To Surprise Your Groom on the
Wedding Day” or “Is It Ever Okay to Tell A Bride You Don’t Like Her Dress?” or any
number of Vogue’s image-rich reports
of beautiful weddings and their fanciful designer gowns. Weddings were simply not fashionable news in the 1970s! (And
if you’ve read my latest book, The End of the Fairy-Tale Bride, you’ll know why—plus learn lots of fascinating bits
of bridal history!)
However, since the 1980s
(since Lady Diana Spencer’s royal nuptials as well as Martha Stewart’s reinvention
of entertaining) weddings have been back in the news—fashion, society, even
business news! And the trend is even more ubiquitous today. Perhaps it’s part
of our modern “media culture” and its penchant for broadcasting all things
personal: our ‘need’ to be seen, to be known, to be in the spotlight—our selfie-ness.
If you’ve been involved in planning a wedding in
the last three decades or so, then you’ve been part of this “fashion”—designer gowns,
designer cakes, designer favors. Nonetheless, ‘tis important to remember that
weddings are about relationships. So in an attempt to be “fashionable,” let’s not forget the things that never
go out of fashion! Like kindness. As the Persian poet Rumi shared long ago:
“Your acts of kindness are iridescent wings.” (Très chic!) ~
[Photograph courtesy of Vogue Daily]
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