HOT TOPIC Our local experts give us the inside track on what to look out for in the world of weddings for 2024 BOLD AND BEAUTIFUL Liz Wood from The Watering Can (www.thewateringcanflorist.co.uk) says: Following on from the success of my brides choosing the most colourful bouquets in 2023, I’m going to say the bolder and brighter the better! Muted colours have been around too long so let’s have a change and go wow. Let’s make 2024 a bright floral boom filled with the colours of the rainbow in your bridal bouquets! Show off your colourful personality by having a floral, colourful wedding. Why not bring back those hippy days with any colour goes? On that note, sunflowers along with other brightly coloured blooms will give you a wedding to impress. Your Yorkshire Wedding says: 2024 is set to be the year of sustainable weddings. So, we hope to see more and more couples looking for locally-grown flowers and working with their florists to repurpose their arrangements as much as possible to minimise wastage – from ceremony, to reception, to gifts. We’re also expecting to see a boom in showstopping statement installations, such as hanging floral hoops and breathtaking backdrops that are oh-so Insta-worthy. These help you to create a magical, immersive wedding wonderland as well as practically to effectively and beautifully fill the space at your venue if you have particularly high ceilings or empty corners. On the flip side, minimalism is in! We’re seeing more and more couples opt for banquet-style seating arrangements with shared grazing experiences. So, with the food taking centre stage it’s time to think practically, and mismatched, vintage bud vases filled with small but elegant arrays of delicate blooms are a cute way to go. 2024 hot picks FUZZY FEELINGS Your Yorkshire Wedding editor Kelly Andrews says: Pantone, the global colour authority and provider of professional colour language standards, has introduced its colour of the year 2024: PANTONE 13-1023, or to you and me, Peach Fuzz! Here at Your Yorkshire Wedding HQ this annual announcement is always highly anticipated, as we love to see how the wedding industry will embrace each new hue. Last year, Viva Magenta flew and we saw it inspiring many a glorious styled shoot. Indeed, thanks to the hotly-tipped colour-palette trend for 2024, we think it’ll be sticking around. We’re all loving this year’s reveal though. For us in the wedding industry, it’s a more traditional return to gentle pastels, and with rusts and corals proving popular during the second half of 2023, we think Peach Fuzz will be welcomed with open arms. We can’t wait to see what the industry’s creatives do with it. Leatrice Eiseman, executive director, Pantone Color Institute says of their choice, “A cozy peach hue softly nestled between pink and orange, Peach Fuzz brings belonging, inspires recalibration, and an opportunity for nurturing, conjuring up an air of calm, offering us a space to be, feel, and heal and to flourish from whether spending time with others or taking the time to enjoy a moment by ourselves. Drawing comfort from Peach Fuzz, we can find peace from within, impacting our wellbeing.” www.stevegroganphotography.com 57 ASK THE EXPERTS
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