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“Viva Magenta” Wedding Inspiration

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“Viva Magenta” Wedding Inspiration

Each year a Pantone color is selected to be the color of the year. We think it’s the perfect way to select your wedding color. Because the color is unique to each year, it’s sure to be on trend. The 2023 Pantone color of the year is called “Viva Magenta.” If that color doesn’t say joyful celebration we don’t know what does! From its cheerful brightness to its balancing deeper tones of dark red, Viva Magenta is the perfect color to inspire your wedding, no matter the season. Here is some timely inspiration as you plan your “Viva Magenta” wedding.

Start with a bold entrance.

Place color where you and your guests will enter your venue(s) to set the tone of your wedding day. The cheery vibe will be felt the second guests enter. Choose a decorated floral arch, or large draping flowers on any tables or chairs near the entryway. While sometimes less is more, your grand entrance is one place you should go big or go home. If you are on a tight budget, you can still embrace this bright-colored hue by using less expensive flowers, such as carnations. Then throughout the rest of the venue, you can incorporate ribbons, candles, and other decors to carry the color through without the big price tag.

Your bridal party will look beautiful in flattering “Viva Magenta”-hued dresses!

No matter the time of year, your bridal party will have plenty of dresses to choose from in this flattering hue of magenta. If you are having a fall or winter wedding velvet can be a dynamic choice for bridesmaid dresses to pull out both the darker and lighter shades of this color. If you’re getting married in the spring or summer and like the idea of having different shades come out in the same dress, a silky charmeuse satin would be a lighter-weight choice. And of course, there is always the ever-classic chiffon bridesmaid dress popular for its flattering, flowing styles.

Choose a venue with a complimentary, or neutral color scheme.

If you are looking to choose this bold color, it’s important to keep that in mind when selecting your venue. If a venue has lots of red or burgundy carpets or walls, you want to ensure it will not clash with your selected color of the year. One option is to go with a venue with a neutral color scheme so your wedding color will pop. Another option would be to choose a natural or garden venue that would incorporate the magenta. There are so many incredible Chicagoland wedding venues that combine the best of both worlds, whether you’re looking for a barn venue or a grand ballroom.

Wedding favors and dessert tables can be adorned with colorful flowers, linens, beads, or candles as pops of color.

Paired with clean, white linens, Viva Magenta pops! A white cake is the perfect pairing for “Viva Magenta” flowers. Even if the white frosting has lots of detail you can still add bold-colored flowers or fabric to it. Don’t be afraid of different textures and sizes, they add more detail and softness to bold colors. A unique way to incorporate this color is to have vintage teacups for coffee service that have magenta flowers on them. Aside from being useful at your wedding, the teacups can become favors! Unique touches like this are what make your wedding memorable for your guests.

The groomsmen’s pocket squares and boutonnieres are perfect for a bold pop of Viva Magenta!

Keep your formality in mind when choosing your groomsmen’s boutonnieres and pocket squares. There are so many different flowers and boutonniere designs from rustic to classic, formal roses. We love this rustic one because of the unique flowers and simple style. Conveniently, magenta pops no matter what color suit the groomsmen wear. Therefore you don’t have to choose the largest boutonnieres or flowers to pull the eye to your wedding color.




This year brings some beautiful wedding trends! We think this joyful color will be a hit embodying the excitement you have for your new lives together. For more wedding planning advice and inspiration check out more Chicago Wedding Blog posts below. Happy Planning! Did you choose “Viva Magenta” as your wedding color? We’d love to see your wedding photos! Email them to hello@chicagoweddingblog.com.

Spring Blue Table Inspiration

Blue Spring Wedding Inspiration

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Blue Spring Wedding Inspiration

One way to get out of the winter wedding planning blues is to look forward to spring. You have heard of the proverbial something blue, but this blue spring wedding inspiration goes further. Here is some unique blue spring wedding inspiration that will get you spring wedding ready!

Blue Marbled Trends

You can incorporate this design to save the dates, invitations, wedding cake, or flowers. A marbled design brings together multiple hues of blue. For the more indecisive couples, you don’t have to choose choose one shade of blue if you go with this marbled trend!

Fifty Shades Of Gray/Blue

A pretty way to soften a blue color scheme is to add grays, whites, and different shades of blue. We recommend you choose a few areas to add strong color. Then, you can balance the more pungent colors with soft grays and whites. The easiest way to do this is with the bridal party or flowers. Men can wear any blue, gray, or black color to coordinate.

Light Blue Spring Bridesmaids Dresses

One trend we love for 2020/2021 spring weddings is a return to light blue bridesmaids dresses. A soft blue says spring without being too overdone. Your bridesmaids love that many shades of light blue are flattering on all skin tones. We all look forward to lighter hues of spring clothes after a long midwest winter. Don’t you?

Blue Spring Wedding Decor

We love dramatic tablescapes with mixed textures and shapes. This past year hanging canopies of glass baubles and flowers have been popular. You can use different shades of blue fabric as a table runner. There are plenty of light blue glass ornaments that can add a whimsical touch to your wedding. Another trend for this year is velvet. You could tie blue velvet ribbon to a lantern, or centerpiece. Keep in mind it is important your guests can see each other to speak across the table. Avoid going too big or tall with centerpieces. Sometimes the simpler the better.

Are you having a blue spring wedding? We would love to share your photos! If you would like to share, please e-mail us (at hello@chicagoweddingblog.com) your photos with vendors credited. In the meantime, share this post with your engaged friends to inspire them! Happy wedding planning!

Vendor Spotlight – Jenny Yoo

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Designer Jenny Yoo Defies Wedding Dress Convention

Although choosing to wear your mother’s old wedding dress on your big day, might be a sentimental gesture, chances are, you probably want to wear a dress that is as contemporary and hip as you are – a unique dress that is indicative of present-day fashion (no offense to Mom, of course). Chicago area dress designer, Jenny Yoo, has a progressive, yet simple approach to wedding dress design that portrays this aesthetic ideal quite beautifully.

Yoo grew up outside of Philadelphia, and later attended New York’s Parsons School of Design. Subsequently, she started her own company, under the philosophy of creating understated and stylish dresses for bridesmaids – as to alter the preconceived notion that bridesmaid dresses must be ornate and overdone. Today, the Jenny Yoo Collection offers dresses for all wedding roles: bridesmaids, flowergirls, and of course, brides.

Yoo’s dresses all have many common stylistic themes. The bride dresses show a simplistic elegance, presenting themselves as light and airy, while emphasizing that the all-white color scheme is one tradition worth keeping. Yoo’s opposition to convention is clear in her bridesmaid designs. Keeping consistent with modern fashion, they have little to no ornamentation, but all the while, appear extremely refined and feminine. Even the flowergirl dresses maintain a certain sense of sophistication, but are still age appropriate.

For more information on Yoo’s dresses, visit www.jennyyoo.com.

Jenny Yoo – Chicago
730 north franklin street, suite 602 / chicago, il 60654
312.642.2327 / chicago@jennyyoo.com