Fairytale Too Corny?

Do you think the prince/princess fairytale wedding theme is just too cliche any more? All castles, white knights, and so forth - it really seems overdone. Granted, a couple could do their fairytale with more unique touches, really personalizing it, but it seems like that “classic” look isn’t as popular anymore. Any thoughts?

Honestly, it kind of reminds me of an over-the-top wedding from the 1980s. The original idea does seem a bit dated.

However, I do think you can add a few modern, classy touches to give the “fairytale” feel to a wedding without overdoing it. For example, the bride could wear a small hair comb that looks like a tiny tiara, have a horse and carriage on the wedding invites and maybe a fancy sculpted cake shaped like a castle. Anything more might get cheesy if it isn’t done right, but anything less wouldn’t convey that fairytale theme.

With the right ideas and planning, you could definitely do a full-blown fairytale theme, but you might need a wedding planner or coordinator to really pull it off.

I also think it can be well done if you don’t do the classic princess fairytail. For example, a mermaid fairytale might work well for a beach wedding - a sandcastle cake and details like that - or an Arabian Nights fairytale twist instead of a classic one. That would give you that “happily ever after” feeling without being as commonplace as the regular style.

I agree that using touches of a princess or fairytale theme can be classy if you don’t go over the top. We had a more classic wedding theme, but one of the wedding invitation styles I loved was a white embossed invite with a carriage and the words “dreams do come true” on it. I think alluding to a fairy tale theme in a subtle way can add to the wedding without being too juvenile.