Say it With Stripes

For a unique and stylish theme for your modern day wedding, say it with stripes. From contemporary and classic pinstripes, to colorful circus-styled bands of color, stripes can be all that you need to create a wedding theme like no other.

If looking to create a more high-styled theme, the trick to ensuring that your stripes look stylish and not garish is to keep the lines thin and monochromatic. From stationery, to table settings, centerpieces to chair coverings, making stripes work for you takes a keen eye and a light touch.

Ensure your theme is cohesive while refraining from going overboard, by looking at the many subtle ways of bringing your stripe theme to life. Use them on invitations and on all your stationery needs as a unique take on the belly band by mixing colors and levels of brightness which will bring your own brand and unique perspective to these simple bars of style.

Fill striped-styled rectangular vases with linear-inspired flowers such as tall calla lilies, cabbage roses, peonies or lady slipper orchids, which naturally have beautiful green striped petals.

For your cake you can create a striped delight by rolling stripes of fondant over a white or light colored base icing and create spectacular striped favors with striped favor boxes or bags, sealed with a sticker bearing your signature striped design.

Create stripes of light along your walls with the use of gobo lighting, or highlight your theme through the more upfront fashion stylings of the groom and groomsmen's pocket squares, ties, or suits embedded with a light pin stripe.

Bridesmaid outfits can also benefit from bands of color, including striped ribbons cascading from their bouquets, and striped sashes encircling a solid colored dress.

If stripes are your theme of choice there is no end to the many ways you can express the stripe streak in you. Say it with stripes for a look and a line uniquely your own.

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