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black wedding dress

Offbeat dresses come in all colors (red, blue, green, hell, even multi-colored), but right here, we’re focusing on the Black Wedding Dress. Perfect for your Halloween or Goth wedding, these black gowns will flaunt your dark side. PS: check our collection of black wedding dresses trending with our readers!

Black dress, purple hair, and superheroes: the dark romance wedding of our glam dreams

Black dress, purple hair, and superheroes: the dark romantic wedding of our glam dreams

Kym and Sam combined some of our very favorite themes in their dark romantic wedding: goth-meets-nature decor, a lacy black wedding dress (that fabulously shows off her ink!), purple hair, Harry Potter, and major glamour. Don’t miss the superhero cameo on the gorgeous black and white cake, the wild head-banging first dance, and great advice on how to be a superhero.

Let’s see the whole darkly romantic wedding in all its glory…

Punk meets rockabilly meets skulls meets Simpsons at this retro tiki wedding

Punk meets rockabilly meets skulls meets Simpsons at this retro wedding

“After getting engaged at a historic 1940s San Francisco tiki bar, we decided to theme our wedding to match. Everything including our cocktail choice, wedding party dresses, shoes, centerpieces, boutonnieres, guest book, and drinking glasses had a tiki vibe with hints of our nerdy and punk rock/rockabilly backgrounds.” Yep, this retro tiki wedding is KILLING IT with awesome themes and massive style. You’ve got to see it…

Black tulle and wild braids: this jewel-toned wedding inspiration is edgy goodness

Black tulle, wild braids, and stars: this jewel-toned wedding inspiration is edgy goodness

he bride at this inspiration shoot looked like a dark goddess in her black tulle skirt and damask corset. Her platinum faux-hawk updo is giving us grabby hands, too. Mmm, wild braid-y updos. Oh, and did you see the groom’s leather moto jacket?

Ready to be seriously inspired by this elegant and dark jewel-toned wedding inspiration shoot? Let’s do it…

Not all rainbows and glitter: X reasons dark wedding themes are glam AF

Not all rainbows and glitter: 16 reasons dark wedding themes are glam as hell

We love to feature rainbow weddings, whimsical weddings, sparkly beach weddings, but some offbeat weddings are dark, mysterious, and decidedly non-whimsical. That’s when goth meets Halloween meets black dresses and jewel tones and Medieval-inspired venues.

Sometimes weddings are elegant and moody and so perfectly gorgeous. Let’s take a peek at all kinds of goth and dark wedding themes and details…

A super chic greenery wedding in the heart of Chicago

A super chic urban forest wedding in the heart of Chicago

Karen and Bill wanted a stylish urban forest wedding in Chicago, and somehow managed to bring in so much of nature into a chic city space. Air plants, succulents, ferns, logs, herbs, and manzanita branches created the most lush forest we’ve seen in a wedding yet… without actually being a forest, of course! Want to see?

df alternative wedding ideas from Offbeat Wed (formerly Offbeat Bride)

A 13-color handfasting and fire dancing at this Quebec wiccan wedding

This Quebec wiccan wedding had a lovely handfasting that involved 13 of their friends, pagan and wiccan rituals, fire dancers, musicians, and so many of the couples’ friends contributing their wares and talents. It turned out to be a community-led wedding with fantasy, goth and viking details, and personal spirituality. You’ll want to take a look, especially at the bride’s amazing dress!