I am marrying a great British-Indian guy. We very much want our wedding to embrace and reflect both cultures in a completely balanced way. We are both from Christian families so will be having a church wedding followed by a reception in a stately home.
I think because we are both British and getting married in a church the wedding feels unbalanced and right now appears to be favouring British culture more. I will be wearing a white dress for the church and a sari for the reception. Fiancé just wants to stick to a neutral suit he can reuse.
I have chosen (what I think) is a really lovely blue as my main colour. It was inspired by a scarf
my MIL has. I will be incorporating it in what the bridesmaids will have as their main colour (I hope to do a varied look for them), my sari, and fabric for chairs. I hope to source the scarf material and use it to dress the chairs at the reception. The room where we will eat and have the reception is very elegant so you can’t get away with doing less.
I am just very torn with flowers. If I wasn’t having an Indian influenced wedding I would go with just very relaxed, neutral flowers with a hint of pink. To me it’s very romantic. But I am tempted by going down the marigold route which obviously reads very Indian. I would also go for a more relaxed styling with plenty of greens showing and a less dense/stiff look on the whole. The funny thing is I don’t even really like orange but I think it suits the blue and is a beautiful nod to Indian culture. Fiancé really does jot mind.
What do you prefer aesthetics alone? And what do you think works best for a British Indian wedding?