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dress shopping

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Buying the dress (an illustrated adventure)

At first I wasn’t going to to the sample sale, because when I hear about bridal sample sales, I think of roaming, semi-feral packs of friends all wearing matching t-shirts and clubbing each other to death over the first spotting of what might be a Vera Wang…

sell your dress online alternative wedding ideas from Offbeat Wed (formerly Offbeat Bride)

How to sell your wedding dress online

When you sell your wedding dress on the Nearly Newlywed Marketplace, you earn 70% of the sale price of your dress without lifting a finger! Here’s how it works…

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13 wedding dresses under $100

Part of being an Offbeat Bride is knowing that you don’t HAVE to get your dress from a bridal boutique or a chain store and that it doesn’t have to cost eleventy-thousand dollars. So to help you on your affordably offbeat dress hunt, here are 13 wedding dress options under $100…

Unique Vintage Plus Size 1950s S alternative wedding ideas from Offbeat Wed (formerly Offbeat Bride)

Mother of the bride dresses that are not frumpy

Your mom should wear something that not only looks and feels good, but that expresses her style (and potentially the style of the wedding!). Here are some suggestions for the Offbeat Bride and Groom’s moms out there.

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The dreaded dress lust (also called, Dress Envy, Dress Regret, etc…)

You know that feeling when you already have your THEE DRESS but then you see another amazing design and think, hmm? Maybe that wasn’t THEE DRESS because it’s quite possible that this one is THEE DRESS. Yeah, it happens. Check out how one Offbeat Bride dealt with her dress lust…

welcome mat alternative wedding ideas from Offbeat Wed (formerly Offbeat Bride)

Hello, I’m the bride. My name is Doormat.

I have only been working in a bridal salon for near a month now and already I have seen some appalling behaviours that seriously need to stop. I have seen far too many people come in and out of my store who have let themselves be walked all over by family members and loved ones. It isn’t right.