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whirlingturban-wedding-dressWhirlingturban has long been one of our favorite resources for custom-made wedding dresses. You've already seen some of their amazing pin-up couture creations in action yesterday on both the bride and her bridesmaids. And another custom-made Whirlingturban dress in this elegant Rock 'n Roll wedding, where the bride's only advice for other offbeat brides was to… "Check out Whirlingturban. They make custom vintage style dresses that are actually affordable and one of a kind." 

That's why Offbeat Bride is pleased to announce the opening of the Whirlingturban Wedding Boutique! With the opening of the boutique, Whirlingturban is now offering ready-made versions of their most popular wedding dress styles and fabrics.

And attention budget brides: The prices start at $350! All the style and unique-ness of Whirlingturban's famous  custom–fit dresses, without the price of customizing and the extensive figure analysis of a custom fitting.

Exclusive OBB discount:
Mention Offbeat Bride and get a 20% discount when you buy a Whirlinturban wedding boutique dress and make your deposit by September 25, 2009!

Whirlingturban is a perfect place for offbeat brides to shop in particular — they offer many of their dresses with just basic features and allow you to pay only for the bells and whistles you want to add, like one of their boleros, or use it as a blank canvas to add your own DIY additions like our beloved colored crinoline!

So, if you're looking for either a fabulous custom-fit or an affordable ready-made dress click on over to Whirlingturban's Wedding Boutique. Or if are just love to shop for vintage style clothes that will absolutely knock your socks off, check out their amazing selection as well and just try not to drool on your keyboard!

Rachelle & Josh
The Offbeat Bride: Rachelle, Executive Assistant

Her Offbeat Partner: Joshua, Eggo Waffle Warehouse Man

Location & date of wedding: Corinthian Event Center, San Jose, CA — November 15, 2008

What made our wedding offbeat: Josh and I are tattooed rockabilly nuts, but our parents are rather traditional. We decided to compromise a bit and shot for a very elegant and lavish vintage inspired winter night wedding. We went all out and my event planning experience really paid off while planning our big day. Every little detail displayed our style and made our wedding the most-memorable.

Continue reading "Rachelle & Josh's pink & black rockabilly wedding" →

kaci3Ok, remember forever ago when I told you about Austin wedding photographer Whitney Lee's bridal portrait contest? Remember that?

Well, not only do I want to share the photos of the winner of that contest, but I want to let you know about ANOTHER offbeat contest that Whitney's sponsoring — this one's for a free Halloween engagement session.

So first, lets bask in the photos of Kaci, the bride-to-be who won Whitney's last Offbeat contest…

Continue reading "Enter to win a free Halloween engagement shoot from Austin's Whitney Lee Photography" →

234_PWP_6133_wmOffbeat Bride: Jenn, photographer

Her Offbeat Partner: Skip, welder

Location & date of wedding: Cabin in the mountains of Pigeon Forge, TN — 7/11/09

What made our wedding offbeat: We did almost the entire thing DIY including making our own cakes (+ M.O.H. made cupcakes). I (the bride) made: invitations, my veil & fascinator, my bouquet, boutonnières, brides cake, decorations, signs. Skip (the groom) made the groom's cake, & helped with decorations and signs. Bridesmaids made their own fascinators.

We had help from other friends including, my friend Amber who got ordained & performed our ceremony. Other friends made the food, did my hair, & took video of the ceremony for us. We didn’t hire anyone we didn’t know!

Continue reading "Jenn & Skip's Vintage Western Wedding" →

You've seen the fashion details from this wedding before, now get the all the yummy details from OBT member "ChelseaDee" herself.

The Offbeat Bride: Chelsea, Asst. Manager @ Hot Topic

Her Offbeat Partner: Keith, Sound Technician

Location & date of wedding: Maybery Gelvin Botanical Gardens, Mahomet, IL — 6/6/09

What made our wedding offbeat: Our wedding was offbeat from the start, because planning was laid back. We got things done on our own time, and planned to do it all on our own. Our budget was small, about $5000 but we made it work! We had a local band play and everyone danced their tooshies off! A friend DJ'd for us, my aunt made 300 cupcakes(!!), a family friend made the cake, we designed our invites and printed them locally, made our own caketoppers, had my uncle and bridesmaid photograph the wedding, and generally did what we could to keep things personal!

Continue reading "Chelsea & Keith's Rockabilly/Psychobilly Wedding" →


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