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Let’s talk about offbeat wedding dresses — how to shop for one, how to buy one, how to deal with decision fatigue or wedding dress regret. Also, be sure to check our posts about offbeat wedding dress shopping and browse some of our fave dressmakers

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Lace up your white wedding gown with a rainbow of colors

Offbeat Bride reader Katie said that she never thought she’d have a white dress. So, she explained, “I really colored it up with my accessories!” Including this awesome shock of rainbow colors in the ribbon that laced up the back of her gown.

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My wedding helped me decide what to do with my dress

Before the wedding I spent a fair amount of time wondering what to do with my gown after the wedding. Trash the dress shoot? Shorten for later use? Save for a possible future daughter? How could I ever decide? My wedding — that day made it all so very clear.

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How I made my own green Victorian-inspired wedding dress

The journey of my dress began in a fabric shop where I discovered a luscious, sage green velvet embroidered with leafy vines and flower buds. I left the shop and went home, but couldn’t stop thinking about that cloth. The next day I went back to look again and bought 8.5 yards of the fabric, everything the store had on hand. After enlisting the help of my friend, this is how I made my own Victorian-inspired wedding dress!

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Jaw-dropping, one-of-a-kind alternative wedding fashions from KMKDesigns

KMKDesigns is a mother and daughter team from Minnesota who own and operate an alternative clothing and bridal shop. We love having them as a sponsor because, unlike many bridal shops, KMKDesigns specializes in wedding gowns and alternative daily wear inspired by Steampunk, Gothic, Japanese Lolita, and fantasy aesthetics. Y’all, these dresses are out of control. Let’s drool over KMKDesigns gowns and talk about how we can get YOU into one of these creations at a special discount…

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Wedding dresses you can breastfeed in: nursing mothers rejoice, we have a gigantic round-up just for YOU

All kinds of tops and dresses can are breastfeeding-friendly, especially once you get the hang of it. While I didn’t don a wedding or bridesmaid gown during my stint as a nursing mother, I did experiment with a variety of necklines to find out what was the easiest to maneuver my son around. You also want to wear something that can be folded back/pushed to the side pretty quickly — hungry babies are demanding!

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How did I just discover these vintage-y wedding dresses under $200!?

Ok, why didn’t someone tell me about Ruche.com sooner?! For those of you who are leaning towards the vintage-y/classic end of the wedding aesthetics spectrum (as opposed to the rainbow carnival freakout or zombie-chic), this place is your new favorite website. Some of their stuff reminds me of BHLDN’s styling, but without the $128 buckets and other overpriced pomp. Their bridal lookbooks? TO DIE FOR. They’re like vintage-tinged fever dreams that I want to crawl into and pretend I’m more understated and chic than I actually am.