Is that even possible? What would my dress, makeup, hair, cake, linens, flowers, invitations, etc look like? I want it to be a big wedding…I want it to be perfect. Please, wedding planners or people that are good at planning weddings answer my question!! Thanks so much ?
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May 7th, 2009 at 3:55 am
Didn’t Pink & Corey Hart have a punk wedding? Anyway look at http://punkrockbride.com/ for dresses – have temp tattoos as favors, play punk songs from your I-pod, decorate with skulls & stuff & have fun!
May 7th, 2009 at 3:55 am
I love theme-weddings! I had a non-traditional wedding myself, and I would totally do it again.
I think that for a “punk” themed wedding, the only thing is for you to keep your look soft. Punk would be a great backdrop to make you shine on your day, as long as you keep a soft feminine quality to your look and makeup. I think that if you choose punk, you need to contrast it.
For a dress, I think you should go with something a little bit vintage-inspired with lace and for color, I would choose a champagne silk (instead of bright-white). http://www.vintagestyleclothing.com/cata... If there is crinoline under the dress (netting) it should be black instead of matching the dress, and should be slightly longer so it shows at the bottom! You should also wear black fishnets, and super-sexy patent leather high heels. Don’t do your hair too extreme, keep a soft hairdo because you still want to be pretty on your wedding day for photos (you may not like liberty-spikes for your hairdo when you are looking at wedding pictures 20 years from now). For make-up, do a very dramatic smokey eye and simple lips, or do a very red lip and simple eye makeup (not both — again, you want pictures that will be classic enough to love for the rest of your life. too much/too harsh makeup could ruin that).
As for your wedding party, groom and groomsmen should be in black converse high tops, and wear mod-inspired black suits (skinny pants, skinny lapel on the jacket, black dress-shirts, and skinny black ties, but your groom should wear a champagne-colored skinny tie to match your dress) or else black skinny jeans or Dickie’s with black shirt/jacket & ties. The guys can have more extreme punk hair. For the bride’s maids, I think they should also wear all black with black fishnets, and their dresses should co-ordinate with yours at least somewhat. The bridesmaids could wear a short (to the knee) dresses.
For flowers, you could do blood-red roses if you want to do a more romantic feel (make sure they are the dark red, not tomatoe red) or you could do plain white lilies which would be more gothy (kind of like the type of flower arrangements they do for a funeral).
Style your invitations after the sort of photo-copied flyers that bands pass out for to advertise punk shows. It will go with your theme, and save a lot of money on something most guests just throw away anyway. Make sure the invites explain that you are having a punk wedding, so people know what to expect and how to dress.
I would do a red velvet cake (which is chocolate-based, but the color of the cake is dark blood-red) with a really simple all-white frosting, but take time before to customize a “punk couple” for the top (I would do the couple on top of your cake in an over-the-top punk look, not to look like you on your wedding day).
The main challenge in doing a punk theme is to know how to contrast it with a lot of elements that are very simple, classic and played-down. If you do TOO much punk, or if YOU (the bride) are the most punk element of the event, I think in the long-term you will regret it. If you keep it punk & SIMPLE, you will have a very unique wedding you will look back on and always love.
BTW, I think hot-pink takes away from your punk theme, but if you are going to use hot-pink as one of your colors, I think ONLY YOU should have any hot-pink on so that others don’t steal your spotlight. It is actually the strongest most distracting color you can use, so if you use it — do so wisely.
May 7th, 2009 at 3:55 am
force a safety pin thru your cheek. your gown should be mostly see thru and completely shocking and innapropriate. groom could wear combat boots and very very tight pants and a defiant look, with spiked hair and clenched fists.
you would serve tons of hard alcohol and virtually no food, and make sure the bathrooms have garbage cans in them so people have plenty of room to puke into them.
your bridesmaids would slouch and look very angry, holding straight razors, maybe with a black ribbon on them.
there would nt be any best man or groomsmen, cause they would all be in jail.
at the end of your reception you and the groom would handcuff yourselves together and leave as everyone gathers in a row to bid you farewell by spitting on you and cursing at you in a festive manner.
good times!!!!
May 7th, 2009 at 3:55 am
i found some websites or you..http://punkrockbride.com/index.htmlhttp://www.hand-craftedcreations.com/G24…
theres not that much on punk rock weddings online….just dress how u feel, and decorate in a ‘punk rock’ way….
May 7th, 2009 at 3:55 am
ok, this is great. how about a big dress, as fancy as you can get, pair with black leather combat boots. instead of exchanging rings, put fancy jeweled padlocks around eachothers necks. stay to the classic wedding themes with punk “spice” sprinkled here and there. as far as the groom, depending on how formal your wedding is, either suit him up in plaid pants and a tux tee, or do a classic tux with say a plaid cumberbund and tie. as for flowers, i think blue roses would be spectacular, paint on some glitter too~!
May 7th, 2009 at 3:55 am
Sounds fun can I come?
Watch a bunch of 80’s punk rock videos
Have the guest dress the part as well and have it around halloween.
Good luck
May 7th, 2009 at 3:55 am
Well that is up to you, but weddings should be basically traditional and if you go in this direction, you will please the young people at the wedding reception, but the older folks will walk out in droves before it is over. So it is up to you. I notice older people cannot stand loud noise and with a punk rock wedding, you will certainly put up the volume on the band and that will cause problems.
To be honest…it is tacky and not fine. Punk rock is for kids and not for a grown woman who is planning her wedding. No one is telling you what music to like, but there is a time and place for everything and remember there will people there of all ages, and you should try to please your guests…mainly over 40 crowd. I went to a wedding two years ago, that had a punk rock band, and it was absolutely horrible. The place was beautiful, food, decor, bride and groom, but that music..was enough to make someone go battyn and it spoiled the wedding because that was what people were complaining about and many people left early..
So..I know you won’t listen to my advice, but I had to give an honest and wise opinion from someone who has been many many weddings in her life and knows…
May 7th, 2009 at 3:55 am
It would be ironic since the main point of punk is to rebel against society and getting married is…well…all about society in a lot of ways.
Still, it’s perfectly possible – most things are – and if it will make you happy, then by all means go right ahead.
For the gown, either look for something with a deconstructed style to begin with, or get one from a thrift store and deconstruct it a bit yourself. You’d want something a little off-kilter when you finish. Uneven hemming, trims in any color other than white – but tending heavily to black, red, and military greens – raw edges would all be very punk. Consider wearing Doc Martens or some other normally terribly inapropriate footwear. For a headpiece, well, if you wear a veil, rip it and add a couple safety pins. If you don’t wear a veil, pick something either very fake looking (like a Burger King crown) or a man’s hat with some random ribbons. Or just do a really fabulous mohawk in rainbow colors and don’t bother with further decoration.
I wouldn’t use flowers, actually. They’re so very expected and punk is all about in your face wrongness. Ostritch feathers or obviously fake flowers could work, though. Or do a variation on the old custom of carrying a prayer book and carry the sayings of Chairman Mao or a book of Sex Pistols lyrics.
For linens, stick to that deconstructed look. Raw edges, random funky trims, patches for your favorite punk bands, etc. and make sure they don’t match precisely. Nothing takes it out of punk faster than having things match.
I’m not sure what to do with the cake, but I’d stay away from: all white frosting, sugar roses, doves (unless you have them bleeding red food coloring), or anything else very traditional. If you do pick traditional images, make sure you subvert or pervert them in some way (as with the bleeding doves idea).
Invitations? Get deckle-edged ones (raw and torn looking) and use a font that looks like a ransom note.
My advice? If you want to do this, go completely all out. There’s nothing that will ruin the feel like watering down the punk, but have the paramedics standing by in case grandma can’t handle it all.
May 7th, 2009 at 3:55 am
Of course it’s possible – you can do whatever you want. I agree with the others who said that weddings are meant to be dignified events. I think you could really include the punk in there but still have it be nice and not offensive to any older guests. (If you’re having a big wedding, I assume there will be older guests – parents, aunts, uncles, grandparents, etc, who aren’t into the punk scene.)
What about getting a regular wedding dress but instead of having it all white or cream, get one that has a sash in black or red. You could wear jewellery that is more punk-like but still classy. Also, your hair could be up in a bun with bits sticking out all around, sort-of like spikes coming out. You could also have your make-up be bolder like black eyeliner (not loads), etc.
Play some “regular” wedding music but include a bit of punk in there every few songs (if you’re having a dance). For music at the ceremony, look for a violinist named Vanessa… oh, I can’t remember her last name! Ask at any large music store and they’ll know (her first name is Vanessa). She’s a violinist who was popular in the late 90s. Anyway, she plays classical music on an electric violin so it’s stronger and a bit more “punk” like than regular classical. I bet you could find a great song in there for walking down the aisle!
As for invitations, there are loads of websites that show invitation ideas. Also, check Michael’s because they have a wedding section including books that have invite ideas. You could make your own or give your ideas to a card maker.
May 7th, 2009 at 3:55 am
try http://www.theknot.com
May 7th, 2009 at 3:55 am
Oh please! This is a wedding. Apparently you don’t understand the importance of it or the sacredness to defile your entire marriage with something so juvenile and degrading as punk rock. Themed weddings are really very juvenile- You should save the themes for birthday parties and stuff like that. The whole Punk Rock thing, make ti that much more juvenile.
Grow up and have respect for something. If you are really grown up enough to get married, you would realize just how childish this sounds.
May 7th, 2009 at 3:55 am
Weddings are a dignified event. I would think that you should have fun with your wedding but keep the occasion dignified.
I think that a Punk wedding sound like a lot of fun. But don’t over due it so much that you miss the point of the day.
Have fun. Congratulation.