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Fashion

Sometimes we unleash our inner 12-year-old and are all OMG HOLY SHIT AWESOME CLOTHES SQUEE!!! Won’t you join us in this exploration of superficiality? Offbeat Wed’s fashion coverage includes tuxedo alternatives for grooms, clothes for non binary folks, lots of very unique wedding shoes, and more! Be sure to check out our wedding fashion advice posts, too.

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Half wedding dress, and half wedding pants

In response to my post last week about what to wear if you don’t want to wear a wedding dress or a suit, a commenter named Amanda sent me photos of her wedding outfit — half wedding dress, half pants. The outfit was designed and sewn by a local seamstress, and if you’re a bride who can’t decide, there’s a LOT of inspiration here…

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The ultimate wedding fauxhawk

OBT member Avalon just had her hair trial appointment and brings us what she calls the “androgynous punk/goth faerie princess look”…

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ShopStyle and the digital paper dolls

So, I’ve never really understood the whole “inspiration board” thing. I guess I’m just not a collage maker, so organizing my wedding ideas that way just didn’t appeal to me. Evidently, however, I DO like to play with dolls, because I’ve recently been sucked into ShopStyle, which essentially lets you create “Looks” based on their […]

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Rainbow Bride

We love EVERYTHING about Megan, the rainbow bride. For even MOAR rainbow wedding madness, check out the selection of rainbow stylings in this colorful ROYGBV roundup.

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Fire! Hot Metal! We made our own wedding rings!

It wasn’t easy, and it was not cheap, but we had a lot of fun, and I learned that I can use those sort of tools and I’m not afraid. It’s the ultimate DIY project. And here is how we did it…

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Bride in striped tights

I’m already harassing Lisa and her red dress, striped tights, and sparkling shoes to tell us more (MUCH MORE) about her August wedding. But for now, we will have to tide ourselves over with a few teaser photos. I’m not normally drawn to poofy skirts, but this one is full of WIN! I mean, for […]