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black wedding veil

A longtime favorite at goth and halloween weddings, we’re starting to see more black wedding veils on all sorts of brides. If you’re into black veils, you may also want to check out our archives dedicated to red wedding veils and other colored veils. Or perhaps our collection of DIY veils?

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Dina & Gary’s carnival, freak show wedding

Day #2 of Candy Week brings us the unforgettable combination of candy + carnival + sword swallowing and tons of general freakiness and fun from Dina and Gary.

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Chantal & Sean’s dark red and black, rock ‘n roll marriage party

We decided to do our own take on tradition. We didn’t want to eliminate traditions all together just because we didn’t believe in them, we wanted to show how we could interpret them in our own unique way.

We were together for ten years already and didn’t want it to be all about us getting married. We wanted it to be more of a celebration of the relationship we already had and are planning on continuing.

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Anke & Dave’s rock-n-roll, Las Vegas elopement… with Elvis

The offbeat bride: Anke Her offbeat partner: Dave Location & date of wedding: Las Vegas, Nevada, A Special Memory Chapel — October 21st, 2009 What made our wedding offbeat: First, excuse me for my bad English, we come from germany. My hubby and I didn’t ever want a “normal” wedding with a meringue colored dress […]

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Trish & Patrick’s tattooed, gothic, rockabilly, metal funfest!

The offbeat bride: Trish – graphic designer Her offbeat partner: Patrick – technical operator Location & date of wedding: Wandsworth Town Hall, London UK — 14th November 2009 What made our wedding offbeat: We didn’t have a lot of cash, and we didn’t want a shiny ‘perfect’ day. We wanted to get married with all […]

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Alba Margarita & Jorge’s red & black, Puerto Rico weding

The Offbeat Bride: Alba Margarita, graduate student and profesional procrastinator (and OBT member) Her Offbeat Partner: Jorge, PC repair technician Location & date of wedding: Casa Diego, Cupey Alto, Puerto Rico — December 21st, 2008 What made our wedding offbeat: Being a rebel and all, I decided that I did not want a big cheesy […]

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Sexy gothy, vegan, Halloween wedding ideas

Thanks to Jessamyn for sending us a link to her shots from her sister-in-law’s incredible vegan, goth wedding. Alyssa and Brian got married and in Geyserville, CA. So, yeah, killer dress, obviously, and we love a tattooed bride, but there’s so much more! Like check out that veil… I freaking LOVE the little patterns in […]