I recently featured a photo of a bride named Heather wearing her black wedding dress, and a commenter suggested interviewing her. Always one to oblige my readers, I tracked down Heather on Myspace, and fired away a few questions about what it was really like to wear a black wedding dress.

What made you decided on a black dress?
I'd originally bought a white dress about a year before the wedding, but every time I tried it on I didn’t feel like me and I was uncomfortable.

About three weeks before the wedding I was having breakfast with some friends explaining how I felt and I said "Why can't I wear a black dress?"

I wasn’t really considering it but they said, "You can do whatever you want."

That got me thinking, so I went to offbeatbride.com and found other brides in not only black but red, purple, and every other color imaginable.

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I can't decide which aspects of Aerin's awesome outfit to focus on…

The elegant and sleek slate-colored dress from The English Department?

The fabulous fingerless gloves with the little button details on the wrist?

The amazing puffy shrug she pulled on after the ceremony?

The whole thing manages to be impeccably elegant while also playful and distinctly Portlandish.

Go look at the photos from Jessica Hill Photography and pick your favorite bits for yourself!

(Thanks to both Marissa and Gina for sending this one my way)

Photos courtesy of Daria Bishop Photography

When I asked Katie about her amazing 1920s-style wedding headband, she reported that it was the work of Etsy seller Boring Sidney, who makes amazing little hats and headpieces of all sorts.

And if you're looking for lots of vintage wedding inspiration, you must flip through Mario and Katie's wedding pictures. He's a magician, and she's his assistant — so of course their wedding looked like this:

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I love how her black dress with white sash exactly matches his black suit with white tie.

Not only were there a lot of Converse All-Stars worn at this wedding, but they got married by a monk wearing sneakers.

Lots more photos over here!

(Thanks to kittyfeliz for the photo!)

I've been waiting to see if the much-discussed black wedding dress trend would actually come to fruition this year.

I mean sure, there have always been fabulous gothic brides who wear black, but rumor had it this was going to be the year that ladies other than my Brides Of The Night broke out the black dresses.

…And it looks like it's finally coming to pass.

Want to know more about black wedding dresses?

• See photos from dozen of weddings with black wedding dresses.
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Want to get an idea of black wedding dresses that are available? Here are a few to check out: