Black and white wedding: design ideas, images of the newlyweds and guests, photos and videos

There is nothing more simple and at the same time more complex, a black and white wedding. On the one hand, the combination of black and white is familiar and understandable to everyone, but on the other hand, it is filled with philosophical meanings and symbolic meanings. This is the unity and opposition of masculine and feminine principles, light and darkness, openness and mystery.

Decide what you put into the idea of such a celebration and what effect you intend to have on others. If your wedding is in black and white style, this indicates that you have exquisite taste, are prone to rigor and pedantry. The design of such a holiday requires elegance in everything, from invitation cards to the final fireworks display.

It is important to maintain the balance of these colors and not turn the celebration into drama. Let the decor be based on white, and black become a contrasting accent, emphasizing the status and solemnity of the event.

Invitations Black & White

Having received elegant black and white wedding invitations, guests will understand that they are in for a beautiful and sophisticated celebration that requires appropriate preparation. You can order postcards from a printing house or buy them in a store.

But homemade wedding invitations have a special charm. Made with your own hands, simply black and white or with the addition of an additional colored element, they will definitely amaze future guests with their appearance. There are a sufficient number of techniques in which you can perform them (the most popular are scrapbooking and quilling).

Let the cards be formal, laconic, and restrained in decor. Use white paper or cardboard as a background and decorate the base with black elements. Openwork lace, beads, ribbons, hand painting, feathers, appliques, artificial flowers and other decorations are suitable. Handmade wedding invitations look elegant - black and white with images of male and female silhouettes.

Diachrome evokes different associations, one of which is black and white cinema. You can use this idea to design postcards. An image of an old movie reel with your photographs will be an original solution.

You can give your invitations an unusual shape by rolling them into tubes and tying them with black ribbon (for example, lace) or braid. Handwritten beautiful text font, like in old letters, will complement the idea.

Decoration of the celebration

You can have a black and white wedding anywhere. But it’s better to choose a room whose interior and furniture match your idea. Make sure that white color prevails and the atmosphere does not seem gloomy and depressing.

Even a strict contrasting solution can be given specificity by stylizing it as your favorite black and white film, adding a polka dot print, or having a wedding in the style of Audrey Hepburn. But the classics always look great.

Have you weighed all the pros and cons, and are you finally convinced that your choice is a black and white wedding? Decorating the room in this case involves the use of the following decorative elements:

Textile. Use white tablecloths made of expensive materials, complement them with black table runners. Decorate the napkins beautifully - tie black ones with faux pearl threads or white ribbons. Decorate the white ones with black (ribbons, bows).
Dishes. Plain white and black will do just fine (it’s best not to use dishes with patterns).
Dishes. Served on a white background, they look especially impressive. Use silverware for cutlery. Tall glasses made of thin transparent glass will decorate the table.
Flowers. When decorating a room, actively use compositions of black and white fresh flowers. Choose roses, calla lilies, orchids, lilies, anemones or other flowers of your choice. You can decorate bouquets with feathers, ribbons and sparkles. Place them on tall stands or in clear vases.
Candles. This is an essential black and white wedding decor. Candles can be of any shape, the main thing is not to deviate from the chosen palette. Thin candles in tall candelabra look solemn. A more cozy atmosphere will be created by tablet candles in translucent black and white glasses. If using pillar candles, decorate them with ribbons and bows.
Photos. Hang your own black and white pictures or photo collages on the walls. You can use posters with scenes from retro films, photos of your favorite artists. Place a large screen in the room and show your love story in black and white.
Other decorations. You can casually scatter pearls on the tables or lay out strings of pearls and black and white feathers. Decorate the room with balloons and/or large paper lamps in a given palette. If you decide to decorate your wedding in a chess style, then black and white queens, knights and bishops, as well as chess boards, must necessarily emphasize the idea of the celebration.
Pigeons. A black cage with purebred white pigeons will be a wonderful decoration and “attribute” for a photo shoot.
Piano. Black or white, it will give the room even more pathos and celebration. And if a pianist in a black tuxedo and a snow-white shirt plays on it, the holiday will acquire a special charm.

The cake is one of the important “decorations” if the wedding is in black and white style. We offer a photo of one of the options as an example. After all, this is not only the main delicacy, but also part of the decoration. Let him also look elegant and discreet. A white base with black openwork decorations is an excellent solution.

Flowers, silhouettes of newlyweds, sweet pearl beads, ribbons and bows look beautiful as decoration. Multi-tiered black and white cakes look very impressive.

Black and white cocktails and sweets in the holiday palette will be a suitable decoration and compliment for guests. Small color accents (for example, a red cocktail cherry) will not disrupt the style.

Wedding decoration in red: details and nuances

If you decide to decorate your wedding in a bright red style, you should think through a few nuances so that the overall image of your holiday turns out stylish and harmonious, and in no case vulgar.

What to pay attention to when decorating a red wedding:

A shade of red. If you are going to decorate your wedding in red, be sure to look through photos on the Internet to choose the very shade of red that seems most pleasing to the eye. There are different tones - from scarlet to brick red, from garnet to burgundy. When decorating the room, try to use only one shade that you can combine with some other color. Then your red wedding will look truly luxurious and stylish.
A color scheme. A red wedding is most often complemented by the newlyweds with another shade to soften the rich red. As a rule, this color is white. Decorating a wedding in red and white allows you to make the decor more classic and festive. Green also goes very beautifully with red, so feel free to add pots of green plants and flowers to your interior.
Details. If you decide to decorate your wedding hall in bright red, you need to think about which details you will leave in the chosen shade and which you will soften with a contrasting color, for example, white or ivory. You can leave the tablecloths light, on top of which you can place red napkins and decorative elements such as candles, flowers and figurines. Chair covers can also be white and can be decorated with satin red bows. The screen behind the newlyweds can also be made of white material and decorated with red decorations, such as voluminous flowers, ribbons or balls. By combining two colors, you can achieve greater expressiveness of the decor, as well as make it more pleasing to the eyes of guests.

Images of lovers

There are a lot of variations of newlyweds’ outfits in black and white style. These are both classic solutions and more extravagant ones. Let's look at some combinations:

White dress + black suit. Traditional win-win. The dress can be fluffy and fitted, long or short, with decorations to suit your taste. The main thing is that it looks good on your figure.
Black dress + white suit. This solution looks impressive and non-standard. If you are free from prejudices, feel free to choose a black dress of your favorite style. It not only looks solemn and elegant, but also slims the figure. And the groom in a snow-white tuxedo or three-piece suit is a real fairy-tale prince.
White dress with black elements + black suit with white accessories. Choose any style of dress. And dilute the white color of the outfit with a black belt, double-colored hem, black lace, inserts, trim or other details. Complete the classic black suit of the groom with a white tie or bow tie, cufflinks, shoes, and boutonniere.
Outfits "in half". A black and white dress for a wedding can be with a top and a skirt of different colors. The same goes for the groom's suit - choose a white jacket or tuxedo under black trousers. Such “chess” solutions are very effective.

When choosing a hairstyle, the bride should be guided by the style of the dress and the image as a whole. Complex hairstyles based on curls will go well with a classic wedding look with a fluffy dress. A silhouette outfit that fits your figure will be complemented by a tall, neat hairstyle that is easy to style. You can use a veil, veil, hat, or simply decorate your hair with flowers or a hairpin of a suitable color.

Choose shoes that match the dress. If it is two-tone, you can consider shoes in both black and white. There are so many options for black party shoes, you are sure to find something to suit your taste.

The main thing for the bouquet is that it is made in black and white shades. Use roses, orchids, callas. The composition can be monochromatic or include two colors. Monochrome black bouquets look very elegant and unusual. Decorate the bouquet with ribbon, feathers, sparkles or beads. The groom's boutonniere should be in harmony with the bride's bouquet.

By the way, the groom’s jacket or tuxedo does not have to be plain; it can be unobtrusively printed and made in different shades of black.

Guest outfits

Be sure to warn your guests and loved ones that your wedding will be in black and white. Women will look great in “little black dresses” (and “little” does not mean short). And the men are in classic suits or black tuxedos.

The wedding procession must certainly be black and white. Depending on the chosen holiday style (retro or modern), rent a car – an antique model or a sports car. The black and white style is laconic, so do not overdo it with vehicle decorations.

How to choose and decorate a tuple

Wedding organizers need to take a closer look at a luxurious carriage with golden elements. If you don't like horses, a snow-white limousine will do. Modern cars are best avoided - jeeps, hummers and other models will not fit into the framework of a classic celebration.

As for decorating the motorcade, you may need bright bows that can be attached to the bumper. Two gold-plated rings should be secured to the roof. You can tie balloons to the handles, and cover the hood on one side with a pale pink cloth. Don't forget about the flowers - red roses will look great from behind. It is also worth using fabric soft hearts.

Adding colors

Of course, we are talking about emotional colors. It's time to have fun and entertain your guests. It would seem that a wedding in black and white is not much different from any other, but this is not entirely true. What makes it stand out first? Accessories, special sophistication.

You can fill the program with your favorite competitions and quizzes. Let them be black and white, but no less fun for that. The newlyweds and guests can be greeted to the sounds of the hit “Black or White” by Michael Jackson and splashes of black and white confetti.

If you decide to remember black and white cinema, organize a quiz on your knowledge of old films.
Remember the legendary Charlie Chaplin. Hold a “Seduce a Girl” competition in the style of a silent movie. Several couples participate in the competition. And the task of the young man, dressed as a popular hero in a bowler hat and with a cane, is to seduce his partner with facial expressions and without words persuade her to go on a date.
Have a ballet battle. Have two teams compete in the Dance of the Little Swans. Give one “ballet” team white tutu skirts, the second one black ones.
Let the evening be accompanied by the songs “Black and White” from the film “Big Change”, “Black and White” by Valeria and other thematic musical compositions.

Photographer

You can do a photo shoot in the style of a silent movie. Act out popular scenes from retro films, using appropriate props. For example, Charlie Chaplin wore wide trousers, a bowler hat and a cane. Alexander Nesterenko

Our ancestors also turned to the combination of black and white, the unity and opposition of day and night.

The philosophy of Yin and Yang explains the whole essence of this harmony. Man and woman, personifying white and black, are indivisible and at the same time represent two opposing principles. If you begin your life together with this philosophy in mind, your marriage will be strong and harmonious.

And let the photographs from your black and white celebration remind you of this harmony, in which lies the secret of the long journey of two lovers together.

Irina Vasilyeva

Wedding fairy

Original wedding invitation in retro style

Time of year and wedding color

Each season has its own specific shades, characteristic only for it. If you want to emphasize the time of year for which you are planning a wedding, then you can easily adhere to this principle of choosing colors for the celebration:

Winter: silver, light blue, white, dark blue, red-green – wedding in the colors of the New Year holidays, etc.
Spring: ivory, soft pink, pastel blue.
Summer: hot pink, yellow, green, turquoise and other rich shades.
Autumn: burgundy, yellow, orange, chocolate, etc.

Tip: fashionable pastel shades will be an excellent option for colored celebrations in spring or summer, but for weddings in winter and autumn it is better to choose more saturated colors, because... Against the background of white snow and on a cloudy autumn day, pastel shades will seem too faded.