Monday, July 6, 2009

The Chinoiserie Wedding


These wonderful photos are from Bella Umbrella, a Seattle based shop with the world's largest selection of vintage and vintage style umbrellas for sale or rent. They ship worldwide. These beauties are from the early 1900s through the 1960s. I of course am especially enamored with the pagoda umbrellas and Asian parasols. These have been featured everywhere from Vogue, Bazaar, Martha Stewart Weddings, and In Style Weddings. Critical for an outdoor wedding in a rainy city like Seattle, they add a chic, stylish, sophisticated, and Chinoiserie note to any wedding, rain or shine. The owner started the business after collecting seventy five vintage umbrellas for her wedding guests to carry at her own wedding in the event of showers. For a garden wedding, I would have my wedding party carry these instead of flowers. After the ceremony, they make a beautiful backdrop. I also love the idea of them suspended from the ceiling for decoration. This idea is cost effective, earth friendly, unique, and incredibly chic. Visit our post today on Style Redux for more stunning parasols and umbrellas.











18 comments:

  1. What an absolutely beautiful and unique idea for a wedding accessory!

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  2. Alison-Welcome back. I love these.

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  3. There was just a great photo in Sunday's NY Times of a wedding couple with an umbrella.

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  4. Meg-I saw it-they could have used one of these beautiful ones though-that was quite utilitarian.

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  5. too fab. what an original post!

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  6. Kitty-Thanks-Chinoiserie works everywhere!

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  7. I LOVE this post! So inspiring and light~ Thanks for sharing these images.
    xox's
    Janet

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  8. Janet-So feminine, ethereal, and elegant.

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  9. Very inspiring. I love creative ideas like this.

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  10. G.-This would be quite memorable.

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  11. Whoa, stunned & heading to their site now. Thank you for blowing my mind.

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  12. Hi!
    I love those umbrellas,the post is fantastic.Thanks by stopping on my blog.Come again.
    kisses

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  13. Gorgeous! The groups of different colored ones are so pretty!

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  14. From the Right Bank-They are a wonderful idea.

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  15. So fanciful. That striped one is a stunner.
    There's just something about parasols - I remember playing with them as a little girl. They're perfect for something like a wedding, where so many childhood dreams are already coming out to play. The detail in the first picture is breathtaking.

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  16. Sanity Fair-They do have a fairy tale quality to them.

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