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fluevogs

We make no secret of our never-ending ongoing love-affair with John Fluevog shoes. Our publisher has been wearing them since the ’90s, and can attest to how solidly constructed they are. Fluevogs for weddings! Fluevogs for life!

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Karen & Ian’s swords and boards geek-tacular wedding

You say you want some geek chic in your life? We’re bringing it hardcore with this wedding. Gamers, sword fighters, King Richard VIII, the full Princess Bride ceremony, a D20 that determines who kisses who… it’s fantastic. Put your nerd pants on and check out this kick-ass wedding brought to you in the name of all things geek!

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A geeky elegant dinosaur museum wedding at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County

When some fossilized friends make their way to the ceremony, you’re in for a Jurassic-sized party. This couple even had to hire a bounty hunter to protect their uber intricate Millennium Falcon cake. That’s right, we’ve got Star Wars, dinosaurs, and the coolest mix of geek and chic this side of an ice age.

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Sasha & Ra’s vegetarian gluten-free burner fire-spinning wedding

Take some cowboys, Orthodox Jews, and Burning Man devotees, and mix them in a gorgeous tent in the forest with some cheesecake. Cook with lots of fire and you get one delicious wedding. Fabulous pictures? Inquire within.

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Janna & Nick’s Motorcycle-themed, whimsical wedding celebration

After seeing Janna’s motorcycle sprocket bouquet (and, for some of us, learning what a sprocket is), we knew that we had to know all about this wedding and the creative, motorcylcle-loving (and, as it turns out, ex-wrestler and theater geek) couple behind it. Some of us (me) also have totally developed friend/mentor crushes on the bride. -Becca

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Fire spinning wedding ideas

A while ago we featured pictures of a bride spinning fire on her wedding day in her mother effing wedding dress and it was awesome! But you know what else was awesome? The rest of Amanda and Alasdair’s wedding…

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Groom’s shoes, Vol. 1

I realized, why should ladies get all the fun? Grooms need shoes too, and while a black leather shoe is fine … there are certainly more exciting options for the offbeat gentlemen in the house.