How Did These Theme Weddings Get Started? Some One please explain this one to me?

Theme weddings were started when a Bride decided she wanted something very creative, unique and with a touch of personality. Every wedding has colors but to be truly special to some brides it makes sense to have a theme.

i like themes- travel, beach, cherry blossoms, baseball it's just something fun and people are just learning to become more unique with weddings instead of being so traditional (although, traditional isn't bad neither)

I think it makes the wedding personalized, shows more of a personality from the bride and groom. Our theme isn't outrageous: fall-themed. But the whole wedding is a nontraditional concept. Don't think of it as silly, I think that's pretty insulting for people who are trying to express themselves as a couple having fun. Weddings should be fun as well as romantic.

I think that themed weddings are strange too, just pick some colors to unify things and thats all! no pirate costumes or stars everywhere for me!

I asked my mother (a wedding planner) and this was her answer: "Hmm, I don't know...they seem to make me more money though!" LOL. My opinion, I have no official "theme" but if other women want to shell out the dough to have them....so be it. Happy Monday!

I think someone must have felt a little denied by not having the 5th birthday party of her dreams. I think that a unifying element (okay theme) that subtly ties the decorations together is appropriate and attractive - unobtrusive yet provides a sense that things make sense rather than being random. That being said, I agree that the theme thing has been taken way way too far and can be tacky and ridiculous. I knew things had gone too far when someone posted suggestions for her "hunting" theme wedding. I do not lie. <Add - I have to disagree about the rich people. From the spelling and grammar on the postings, these are not rich people asking for theme suggestions>

Mystery's answer is similar to what our wedding was, a traditional ethnic Ukrainian wedding. It just was what it was - never thought of that as being a 'theme'! We just planned a lovely family wedding! I really think the idea of the theme wedding must have been born from that deep-seeded gnawing inside a bride (yes, it's usually the bride) to throw the bigger, better, fancier, more unusual, spectacular event. The one that everyone will talk about, and she hopes that it'll be the most unusual wedding people will have gone to. But from what I read here on Answers about these theme weddings, lots just sound like birthday parties gone amuck. There are regional and cultural differences, and that's fine and lovely. However, the theme of a wedding should be "A Wedding", plain and simple and utterly wonderful. SO interesting reading others answers!

I don't know where they first began but the majority of Theme Weddings that I perform are for couples who consider a traditional wedding painful. On the inside most of my couples are just screaming "Anything but the church" Light themes such as beach, fall, winter.... well it is a beach wedding or a fall wedding or a winter wedding so why not match? To me that's nit the same as a full blown masquerade ball, but then again for many to try to visualize their family and friends in Black Tie it may as well be a costume. Many Medieval weddings are thinly veiled Neo-Pagan ceremonies. Goth weddings try to offer (through poetry, and symbolism) a view other than the black lipstick and clothing. Theme Weddings tend to reflect a side of the couple they consider to be important to them. One of the ministers in an officiants group that I belong to does a lot of Civil War reenactment, as does his wife and all their friends so they did their wedding in period. In my personal opinion, the content needs to be more hard hitting and emotionally significant during these weddings or they are brushed off as a fad. Another thing with the beach weddings, usually the brides dress the attendants in more comfortable clothes that they can actually wear again, the guests can be more comfortable as well. I live on Long Island so many couples spend a good deal of time on the water anyway and it seems to work well here. We also have a huge wedding industry and they seem cookie cutter in many ways. a Theme wedding gets you away from all that too.

I don't know... They don't seem to be such of a trend here in Australia, but having said that they still do happen. They seem to be mainy held by those who have an extreme interest in somekind of theme or hobby. I have noticed however on the American websites just how popular they are there! It's not my taste, I'm certainly running with a color scheme in my wedding, but not a theme. Too each their own though, if that is their idea of a dream day and they feel like a princess (or prince!) for the day then kudos to them!