Vintage or Retro Weddings

I’m always looking for what’s trending in events and weddings.  For the past several years vintage and/or retro has been a  popular design concept.  However, as a very literal designer I wanted to know what the difference was so that I can accurately deconstruct what my clients are really looking for and present them with ideas that fit their ultimate visions.

 Ok….so what is the difference between Retro and Vintage.  As a designer who enjoys originality and dramatic appearances I am prone to consider my taste more retro than vintage.  However, in all honesty I am not sure that there is much of a difference in a “retro” wedding and a “vintage wedding.”  

 

 

 

 

 

 

Retro is defined by Wikipedia as a culturally outdated or aged style, trend, mode, or fashion, from the overall postmodern past, that has since that time becomefunctionally or superficially the norm once again.   In short…something that was fabulous in the past, disappeared for a while and then reappeared and is fabulous again.

 

Vintage is defined by Dictionary.com as representing the high quality of a past time: vintage cars;vintage movies.

So vintage is a word used to represent fancy schmancy, expensive stuff from yesteryear.  Basically Retro is “popular” Vintage.

 

Ask how Events by Mackie can help you achieve your vintage and/or retro visions for your wedding!

 

 

 

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