Wedding Wednesday! . . . err . . . Thursday . . .

Hello loves!  Happy Thursday!  Ever since I have been young, I have been obsessed with wedding style and wedding magazines.  (Now, mind you, I always considered the actual marriage was always very separate from the "wedding."  What really I wanted more than anything was a loving and supportive husband to be my partner in everything.  But, I figured if I'm going to dream, I might as well dream big and throw in a fabulous dress and glorious flowers, too!)  My mother and I used to buy several wedding magazines at a time and curl up together on the couch looking at dresses, flowers and reception locations, talking about what I would eventually like my wedding to be like.  My dad would occassionally stop to look over our shoulders and make some comment that he thought was pertinent.  ("I don't like that dress; it looks like a cupcake.  I don't like that one either - it has too many 'pom poms' on it.")  Well, I am happy to report that my wedding to Mr. Mancakes this past fall was everything I have always dreamed of - we got married in a beautiful, historic location with fabulous music, food, friends and family . . . Mr. Mancakes wasn't too shabby in his tux, either! 

Now, even though I have stopped looking for details for my own wedding, I am still drawn to wedding magazines.  I think it is because I love beautiful things and event planning.  And weddings are usually the ultimate event.  They are perhaps the biggest style statement a woman will make in her life.  Maybe not, but for many they are.  They are a combination of "interior decorating" in picking decorative touches for tables and locations and personal style in picking one's own dress, tuxes for the men (because who are we kidding - what man actually picks his own tux by himself?!), and dresses for one's bridesmaids.  More importantly, in my opinion, is the fact that weddings are often the first big statement, stylistic or otherwise, that a couple makes together.  It is the starting point for the rest of their lives together . . . what other stylistic moment could be more important?

With this in mind and because of my general obsession with weddings, I am going to bring to you every Wednesday a post on weddings and/or wedding style, i.e. Wedding Wednesdays!  When I thought of this today, I got so excited that I couldn't help but sit down immediately and begin posting, even though this time, I am about 20 hours behind schedule!       

Today I bring to you wedding and style inspiration of actor Armie Hammer's wedding to his journalist wife Elizabeth Chambers. 

Armie Hammer is the actor who played the Winklevoss twins in "The Social Network."  He did have a body double, Josh Price, but unfortunately at the end, Josh's face was replaced with Armie's!  Maybe next time, Joshie!  Annnyway, I digress . . . I stumbled across this video when looking for wedding style pictures - the video was made by Armie's obviously talented wife Ms. Chambers.  Watch here:  http://vimeo.com/12607954. 

I love everything about the wedding and the wedding video - from Ms. Chamber's simplistically beautiful dress by Melissa Sweet to the classic flowers to the organically sophisticated outdoor ceremony.  And how cute are the expressions on their faces while they are getting ready and when they look at each other?  Amazing.  The way the video is prepared is equally well-done.  I love the use of light in the film whether it is the sun glowing softly before setting on the horizon or the glowing lanterns in the evening.  The editing brilliantly times the climaxes in the song, "Wake Up" by the Arcade Fire, with the climaxes in movement and expression (the little girls appearing behind an opening door, the couple kissing).  I showed Mr. Mancakes and he told me that part of the effect of the video comes from the fact that the shots were filmed using more frames per second.  This is a film technique that is used on film that will eventually be slowed down later to maintain a smooth quality in the video.  Apparently, if normal speed is used, when the film is slowed down later, it is jerky.  Huh!  Mancakes never fails to amaze me with the random knowledge stored in his cranium!  Sexy, no? 

Armie and Elizabeth's wedding is actually being featured in this month's Town and Country magazine, on stands now.  I tried to find pictures for you, but, alas, none!  Next Wedding Wednesday, I hope to discuss Reese Witherspoon's *pink!* wedding dress and possibly some Twilight wedding . . .

Until then . . .

XOXO,
Ladycakes