Find Your Style

• Begin your wedding planning by finding a fall style that you can call your own. Will your wedding be vintage? Contemporary? Elegant? Posh? Whatever your style may be, choose one piece to center your wedding around. This could be the groom's shoes, your dress, one certain flower or a favorite pattern or trinket. Once you have decided what type of fall wedding you will have, other details will fall into place easier.
  
  Fall brides don't need to feel tied to the usual color palette of reds, oranges and browns. If your favorite color is pastel pink, balance that light color with a darker, more appropriate fall color.
  
  

Attire

• You may already have your perfect dress in mind, but if you don't have a clue about silhouette or shape, start searching for a dress that best suits your body type. Try on as many dresses as you can, and remember that the chilly fall weather may make you shiver in your groom's arms in a tea-length dress!
  
  Your groom and his groomsmen can be traditional in their black tuxedos, or they can enjoy the day in light khaki suits or an earth tone that compliments your wedding style. Your bridesmaids will look best if you choose a dress that flatters all of their figures. Keep them comfortable in a lightweight fabric, but keep in mind that they will need to brave the fall chill.
  
  

The Perfect Setting

• Just because the weather is starting to turn chilly, your ceremony does not need to be indoors. A sunset ceremony and cocktail hour allows guests to enjoy the beautiful fall colors while staying comfortable. Remember to show off the beauty of the outdoors at a vineyard, apple orchard or any park with a view of the changing leaves.
  
  

Design

• It can be simple and affordable to incorporate the sights and smells of fall into each detail of your wedding. Pumpkins, corn stalks, leaves and bushels of apples are all fall favorites. Your table settings can include flowers from your bouquet or a pillar candle surrounded by fresh cranberries in a glass bowl. Dahlia's, leonidas roses, mini-callas and chrysanthemums are all flowers that will look beautiful in either your bouquet or on their own on your tables.
  
  

Details, Details

• Do you want your guests to be talking about your fall wedding for years to come? Plan a little something special for each guest. Add a signature cocktail at the bar. Have guests toss (and munch on!) popcorn instead of traditional rice. Get creative--your guests will appreciate it.
  
  Don't forget to send each guest home with a favor. Candy apples are a sweet way to send your guests off for the evening. Or perhaps you would like to choose a favor that is unique to the area that you live. You can even personalize your own labels and put them on your favorite half bottle of wine. Whatever your fall style, both you and your guests will be ready for a night to remember.