Wedding Invitations

Classic Wedding Invitations Fleur De Lis

What makes a style or a characteristic of a thing to be classic? According to dictionaries’ definition, we find that classic is related to something that has established a mode or a standard, something that is of a well-known type, or something that is refined, formal and restrained in style. It is also rendered the meaning of something simple and harmonious. If we take the symbol of fleur de lis flower we can assimilate to it the definition of classic without the worry of being misunderstood. The design of fleur de lis has gained this characteristic of being classic whenever it is printed on different objects. Whether it is a fabric, a paper, a shield, or a flag that is carrying the symbol of the fleur de lis it is instantly conferred the status of a classic.

Fleur de lis is believed to be the most used flower in the symbolist of the historical events that had borrowed this flower as a mark to define either beliefs or simply setting the boundaries of certain royalties thus becoming a heraldic symbol. Flowers have been given meanings since ancient times partly because their names etymologically meant something and partly because to the origin of its name lied a story that had a message to deliver.

During Victorian times, the meaning of the flowers was supposed to replace the words in some specific situations. Having a certain flower with you signified something that one couldn’t say due to the morality of those times or simply because time and space prevented the words to be uttered. People used to print symbols of the flowers on letters that were supposed to reach a certain destination in order to emphasize the importance of the message.

The same thing happens in the case of wedding invitations. The symbols drawn on the paper have to say something to the receiver. When couples decide to use flowers to adorn the design of a wedding card, they have to know exactly what that flower represents. Even if this representation is merely an unofficially recognized one, they have to know at least the common meaning attached to it. Classic wedding invitations fleur de lis carry the symbol of this flower which is known to have so many meanings: faith, hope, wisdom and valor, fidelity, affection and more often used the meaning of royalty.

The fleur de lis design is maybe the oldest to be seen since the times of Mesopotamians when it served as a decorative symbol, for in the High Middle Ages to be associated with royalty as a heraldic sign. The stylistic of fleur de lis has gained so many types maybe because every period needed to find a stylistic that represented its different events or royal houses of the time. Therefore we find fleur de lis on flags, on shields, on coins and seals, as decorative motif for crowns or religious transcripts.

Sending wedding invitations having the fleur de lis as a decorative symbol it is guaranteed to have a meaning, whatever that might be, it won’t fail, that is for sure!