3tier square all white wedding cake? any ideas?

Look at the traditional wedding cake pictures given in the thread with "replecated" [sic] in the title.

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I've personally never been in a position to bake and decorate a wedding cake, and am never likely to be in that position, but in a novel that I've been writing, off and on, for over a decade, I postulated and described a wedding cake for my protagonist:

The protagonist in question is a classically-trained organist, a former child prodigy who started at only three years old, and plays everything from Bach to rock, all on real pipes. Her beloved is a fellow musician, a classically trained trumpeter whom she met when her high school was designated a music magnet school. So one tier is her personal favorite, strawberry marble (which is what inspired my own experiments in developing a strawberry marble recipe), another is spice, and the very top tier is described only as "guaranteed to keep for a full year in the freezer." One tier is decorated in a score motif (and not just random notes; an actual, playable score for a tune that would be recognized by anybody who reads music), while another has repeating "badges" or "escutcheons," I suppose you could call them, all hand piped, of a trumpet in front of a rank of organ pipes, while another has a keyboard motif. And the custom made topper has the bride seated at a small organ, and the groom holding a trumpet at his lips.

What all this means is that I'd suggest starting with a traditional design, and then overlaying it with something that picks up any strong interests the bride and groom have, in a way that anybody who knew them would instantly recognize.

You may want to do a lace design, like here: http://www.bellethemagazine.com/2012/02/wedding-trends-lace-cakes-part-3.html

Do they want modern or more traditional? If they are okay with more traditional I think some cream/ivory colored piping or brush embroidery on the side might look nice. Or if they want more a modern look: You could also go plain white tiers with cream colored roses at the corners and ribbon borders maybe with pearls or something to give some nice texture variation.

I think your idea of a gumpaste bow with streamers and ribbons around the bottom of each tier is lovely. The picture posted by uberathlete is actually done with stencils. It looks like royal icing over fondant, and works very well because the fondant and the RI are slightly different shades. It's a very classy look that would work well with your ribbon idea.

Here is a lovely 3 tier cake with cornelli lace.  I just saw this a moment before I read your post:

http://www.ideasinicing.com.au/Cakes.aspx?Category=Wedding%20Cakes&ID=308&CatName=Wedding%20Cakes

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Originally Posted by ashleabrowncake 

have you ever done cornelli lace before? I am curious to ask someone who has done it about the best technique to use

It's not difficult...

http://www.wilton.com/technique/Cornelli-Lace

I like this one, although he calls it Chantilly Lace 

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wo9jOkRIqtM

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Originally Posted by ashleabrowncake 

that is a lovely cake Apti. have you ever done cornelli lace before? I am curious to ask someone who has done it about the best technique to use

Only a little bit, not a whole cake.  The main thing is to have your icing VERY thin so it flows easily and sticks to the frosting layer underneath.  Sotas are actually easier, because it is almost impossible to screw them up.

http://www.*******************/CakeandCandyDecoratingblog.html?m15:post=how-to-pipe-sotas-on-a-cake