Inspirations from a Wedding in Osaka, Japan
| By Tweeny ~ September 30th, 2009 ~ Flowers | 1 Comment |
I recently had the fortune of attending my sister-in-law’s wedding in Osaka, Japan. Because Vera had grown up in America and her fiance in Japan, their wedding, although Japanese, did not have all the formal accouterments of most typical weddings in Japan. It was a nice blend of East meets West, held at a restaurant and event space called Mitte.
Besides having had cried buckets at the wedding and eating some very delicious and amazing food, I was quite enthralled by the flowers!
The bride first walked out in her Western style wedding gown holding a lovely petite, asymmetrical bouquet of white roses and amazing, ruffly white cattleya orchids with magenta centers. Her up-swept hair was also accented with 2 beautiful cattleya blossoms. Here in the States, most brides go for small blossoms accenting their hair – think mini cymbidiu orchids, spray roses, or stephanotis. They might even use one large daring bloom like a peony or fully open rose. I loved the use of multiple large blooms in Vera’s hair – very dramatic and effective – and was not at all over-powering.
Partway through the wedding festivities, the bride changed into a luxurious, wedding kimono in red with small flowers in multiple colors. It was an explosion of color! To complement, she held a pomander of orange, white and yellow dahlia accented with small green kermit poms, purple mokara orchids, and loops of lily grass circling around the flowers. I am accustomed to making pomanders of one type of flower or one shade of color. It was lovely to all the colors playing with the colors of her kimono – simply stunning! Vera’s hair flowers were similar, and again, size did not matter. Beautiful dahlias of orange and purple and mokara orchids were pinned to the side of her head almost as if she was wearing a small, delicate hat made of flowers.
I hope you enjoy the images of Vera’s flowers and perhaps find some new ideas to incorporate into your wedding!
Jessica
10/1/09
Love the combination of traditions in your sister-in-law’s wedding, and the asymmetrical flowers are wonderful!