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eco-friendly

We know that your vow to help save the planet is one of the most important vows you’ve ever made… until this second vow thing entered the picture. Learn how to combine your wedding day and your eco-ethics!

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3 eco engagement ring trends and endless Valentine’s Day gifts from Brilliant Earth

Beyond being eco-friendly AF, Brilliant Earth has gorgeous engagement and wedding rings in every style you could lust after. If you’ve been noticing a certain ring trend that you’re drawn too, Brilliant Earth has been noticing them too. Check these out…

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Yes there are colorful, eco-friendly, custom wedding dresses that won’t kill your budget

This might seem like a tall wedding dress order: Hi, I want my dress to be eco-friendly, support an indie designer, completely custom made, affordable, and also incredibly unique. But with our long-time sponsor (and purveyor of tie-died onsies) Wai-Ching, can fulfill that order…

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5 types of brides that these sustainable wedding dresses were literally made for!

I told you about how our longtime sponsor Conscious Elegance‘s custom eco wedding dress designs that are SUPER eco-friendly. eco-friendly wedding dress maker, Lori, is now permanently in the Boston area, and this means that Conscious Elegance is “now able to be even more present to LGBT brides of all genders.” I’d add “brides of all shapes, sizes, and interests” too! Here are the types of brides who should have a Conscious Elegance wedding dress.

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Protect the environment and look like boho deliciousness with Celia Grace Fair Trade Bridal

Imagine a fabulous gown that gives back and empowers women around the world. Celia Grace uses unique and exclusive heirloom silks, laces, and organic dyes from Indian temples. Each Celia Grace wedding dress is handcrafted in safe, fair, and empowering Fair Trade conditions, and they give back locally with each dress sold. Basically, your eco wedding dress is helping to protect the environment, empower women around the world, as well as make you look smashing. Oh, and they are competitively priced too.

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Real brides give us the low-down on getting their dream Wai-Ching wedding dress

Wai-Ching dresses are so dreamy that I sometimes forget they’re FOR REAL, so I was all a-flutter when I saw them in real life, all lined up, in the prettiest raw silk rainbow I’ve ever seen. These dresses may look like fantasies, but I assure you they’re real, they’re just as gorgeous in real life, and you can totally hook yourself up with one for your wedding. Let’s get a Wai-Ching reality check with real brides, real experiences, and really awesome dresses…

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Sara & Mutt’s retro handmade dive bar wedding

Vintage-loving couples: this is the wedding for YOU! A $50 fabulous vintage dress, an entire wedding party looking straight out of the ’50s, and a VINTAGE CAR PARADE… get your eyeballs on this one, we’re serious. Don’t miss the surprise gift from the bride’s parents, too. It’s so appropriate.