Is this a non-traditional wedding? You decide. Photo by Allison Williams Photography.
I talk to my clients a lot about non-traditional weddings and I have information on it plastered all over my website, but you might be wondering what, exactly, a non-traditional wedding is. In my experience, it means different things to different people.
Here’s my philosophy on non-traditional weddings. For me, wedding planning starts with something very basic: In Illinois, if you want to get married legally, all you need is a marriage license and someone to sign it. Everything else is optional. Everything. To me, weddings are a blank slate ready for your personal imprint, and I am always willing to question the conventional wisdom.
The concept of non-traditional also extends to the people getting married. Same sex weddings are still considered non-traditional by some people. And there are a lot of body issues that get caught up in weddings. I’ll write a whole separate post about body-positive weddings because that’s a bigger issue.
I’ve noticed that the aspect of weddings that seems to be the most changeable is the processional. Almost everyone feels free to mess with tradition there. At the other end of the spectrum are things that almost no one changes, like the form of the ceremony. And there are lots of variations in between.
Decor, venue, clothing, type of party–all of these are things that a couple might scrutinize when planning a wedding. Whatever you decide, you should know that I am open-minded about your choices. As I said before, almost everything is optional.
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