Tanya & Ross' elegant Victorian gothic wedding #Real Weddings: Global#australia#birdcage veil#classic car#fall weddings#goth#historical#outdoor#tattooed bride Updated Mar 15 2021 (Posted Feb 16 2012) Offbeat Editors Photos by David Woolley The offbeat bride: Tanya, Public Servant Her offbeat partner: Ross, Investment Manager Date and location of wedding: Cottesloe Civic Center Gardens and Villa Pourzand, Western Australia — September 30, 2011 Our offbeat wedding at a glance: Ross and I chose to forgo a bridal party and indulged ourselves with a custom-made gown and suit. It was important to us that our attire and details reflected our everyday goth-y style while still being elegant. This included our Victorian-gothic inspired invitations, and our music, which included our favorite metal bands as performed by the Vitamin String Quartet. http://www.flickr.com/photos/tanyamacrae/6291280458 We chose to have our ceremony in a garden at heritage listed grounds, complete with massive stone staircases and creeper vines. Our reception venue's decor was in the style of fifteenth-century Renaissance Florence. At the reception, Ross and I entered to Danny Elfman's Beetlejuice theme song and left to the Tales From The Crypt theme, with steampunk music playing throughout dinner and industrial music for dancing. Our bonbonnieres were wrought iron bird cages, to match our vintage cage wishing well and bejeweled raven cake toppers. Tell us about the ceremony: My father walked me down the aisle to a string version of Atreyu's "The Remembrance Ballad," and a glamorous female celebrant conducted our simple ceremony at the base of a stone double staircase. My young cousins did readings of my favorite Edgar Allan Poe poems, "Romance" and "Annabel Lee." At the end, we had waiters serve champagne and canapes while the family portraits were taken. Our biggest challenge: We tried to preempt drama over who to invite. But despite being up-front with family and friends in the early stages of planning, there were inevitably those who felt disgruntled and left out. There was little we could do to satisfy everyone's wishes, and simply had to accept that older generations may have different expectations about who ought to be invited to a family affair. We also realized that many people our own age may not truly understand the inherent difficulties in selecting guests, until they have personally experienced the difficulties of planning a wedding themselves. My favorite moment: Eschewing tradition by spending the night before at home with Ross and helping each other dress and prepare for the wedding the next morning. Most of all, saying our vows and being pronounced husband and wife on our ten-year anniversary. My funniest moment: During my groom's thank-you speech at the reception he addressed me in the language of the Dothraki tribe from Game of Thrones, referring to me "yer jalan atthirari anni," which translates into "moon of my life." It was sweet, unexpected, and funny, and most of our guests laughed and assumed he was speaking a language from World of Warcraft, since he is an avid gamer. My advice for offbeat brides: Well-intentioned people will give you their opinions regardless of whether you asked for them or not. I found it was best to avoid over-sharing the details of our wedding plans. On another note, we also found it worthwhile to state "evening attire" on our invitations, as we wished for a formal aesthetic and hoped to avoid well-meaning relatives arriving in gothic Halloween costumes. Care to share a few vendor/shopping links? Invitations: Royal Steamline Dress: Chein Noir Dezines Suit: Germanicos Bouquet: Urban Flower Cake: Chocolate Art Vehicle: Belle Classic Makeup artist: Lia Parravicini Photography: David Woolley Reception venue: Villa Pourzand Enough talk — show me the wedding porn! This post features Offbeat Vendors! Check out their vendor listing to see how they cater to Offbeat Brides: Royal Steamline PREVIOUS 2011 reader survey results: still surprising after all these years NEXT 6 things I learned from my first wedding to Mr. Wrong Show/Hide comments [ 35 ] Ohmigosh… that dress!! It's fantastic!! Reply Love it!! Also, very excited when I see local weddings! There aren't many from Perth, but this is the second one where I've recognised people in the photos, ha! Reply YAY for Aussie weddings! And GORGEOUS ones at that! Reply I love everything about this wedding, it is gorgeous! I adore your dress and I really love the venues you chose. I am also using Vitamin String Quartet for the music at my ceremony. I also think your cake toppers are absolutely amazing. Congratulations! Reply OMG, love the dress, the venue, all of it. What a beautiful wedding. Congrats! Have a great marriage hugz Reply Sometimes you see people who are just born with grace and elegance. This beautiful couple is one of them. Congratulations on your marriage! Reply Absolutely breath taking! Congratulations both on your marriage and pulling off such a beautiful gothic wedding! Reply i don't know what else to say other than I LOVE THIS!!! Reply Oh my god, that family photo! Everyone in red and black! SO LOVELY! Reply Simply stunning. Reply I haven't seen a wedding this stunning in…um…well….EVER. 😉 Thanks for sharing. You're making me all excited about mine…less than 8 months now and counting. 😉 Reply Oh wow! I am Facebook buddies with a few of the gorgeous ladies in black and red. I adore Perth weddings, especially those with such amazing style and class. Fantastic job guys! Reply LOVE LOVE LOVE that dress!!!!! This is the most beautiful wedding I have ever seen, and I'm a caterer! Reply Jinkies! That's a gorgeous dress!!!! Reply Thankyou everyone for your lovely comments and compliments! I'm so happy the day went very smoothly (after lots of bumps during the planning phase.. and a thunderstorm two days prior!) Reply Congratulations! I simply love the dress and his suit! Also, how great is Vitamin String Quartet? I love their covers. Reply Tanya – So gorgeous. Everything about it looks stunning. Reply Thanks Abby! 🙂 xx Reply Holy SHIT! Your DRESS! I honestly just stopped and stared when I saw it as it's so similar to the one I've been sketching for my upcoming wedding, beading and all! That's so spooky but so awesome!! Your dress f**ing rocks!! Reply Goth isn't my thing these days (it used to be), but everything about this wedding is elegant and gorgeous. You completely brought me around. Congrats to you! Reply Thanks to everyone for their kind words! We had such a great day and are stoked to be able to share it here 🙂 And yes, Vitamin String Quartet are just brilliant! It was really hard for me to refrain from slipping some Iron Maiden / Slayer covers in there. Although beautifully composed, maybe a bit too fast and thrashy for a wedding!! I have to say for anyone using this tribute group in the future, check out their renditions of Atreyu and Interpol… They make for excellent mood music and are just so good!! ^_^ Reply I'm sitting at home alone, and when I saw that first picture of the bride and groom. 'oh…my…god'. Then I felt silly for talking to myslef. Reply wow, REALLY!?!? could she and her dress be anymore perfect?!? seriously, everything perfect to the last detail. well done!!! Reply This. This. Whoa. (Language. Loss. Un-fecking-believable.) Reply Ooooooohhh I am just loving everything about your wedding! Lovely! Reply I thought I recognised the place! Beautiful, and 6 months before mine, with similar themes for dress and flowers… you both look fantastic and very happy. Congratulations! Reply Ah, my hometown! With people we no doubt both know. I may have to steal virtually every idea from your wedding, it's just gorgeous! Reply This is a wedding after our own gothic hearts! We love how seamlessly our invitations tied into the look of the whole event. What stunning & elegant details you created. Congrats, Tanya & Ross! Reply everyone has said it, but the dress is absolutely amazing! The only thing I didn't like is that there aren't enough pictures of the dress!!! Any way you can share more, or a link! Your entire wedding is beautiful, you made a running bride. I'm in LOVE with your dress. Reply seriously stunning!! great job! Reply Omg!! I love this dress, i have been looking and looking for 2 months to find the perfect dress and i love this one! Does anyone know where i can find it? Reply SUCH a wedding boner right now! Reply I adore this. My SO and I are also getting married on (or around) our 10th anniversary next month (gulp!) so this hit home. Just love the details! Reply "he addressed me in the language of the Dothraki tribe from Game of Thrones, referring to me "yer jalan atthirari anni," " Love! Reply Truly a stunning wedding dress, and I love that it is such a unique wedding. Reply Join the conversation Cancel ReplyYour email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *Comment Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Sign me up for your offbeat awesomeness newsletter! No-drama comment policy Part of what makes the Offbeat Empire different is our commitment to civil, constructive commenting. Make sure you're familiar with our no-drama comment policy. Biz owners & wedding bloggers Please just use your real name in your comment, not your business name or blog title. 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Love it!! Also, very excited when I see local weddings! There aren't many from Perth, but this is the second one where I've recognised people in the photos, ha! Reply
I love everything about this wedding, it is gorgeous! I adore your dress and I really love the venues you chose. I am also using Vitamin String Quartet for the music at my ceremony. I also think your cake toppers are absolutely amazing. Congratulations! Reply
OMG, love the dress, the venue, all of it. What a beautiful wedding. Congrats! Have a great marriage hugz Reply
Sometimes you see people who are just born with grace and elegance. This beautiful couple is one of them. Congratulations on your marriage! Reply
Absolutely breath taking! Congratulations both on your marriage and pulling off such a beautiful gothic wedding! Reply
I haven't seen a wedding this stunning in…um…well….EVER. 😉 Thanks for sharing. You're making me all excited about mine…less than 8 months now and counting. 😉 Reply
Oh wow! I am Facebook buddies with a few of the gorgeous ladies in black and red. I adore Perth weddings, especially those with such amazing style and class. Fantastic job guys! Reply
LOVE LOVE LOVE that dress!!!!! This is the most beautiful wedding I have ever seen, and I'm a caterer! Reply
Thankyou everyone for your lovely comments and compliments! I'm so happy the day went very smoothly (after lots of bumps during the planning phase.. and a thunderstorm two days prior!) Reply
Congratulations! I simply love the dress and his suit! Also, how great is Vitamin String Quartet? I love their covers. Reply
Holy SHIT! Your DRESS! I honestly just stopped and stared when I saw it as it's so similar to the one I've been sketching for my upcoming wedding, beading and all! That's so spooky but so awesome!! Your dress f**ing rocks!! Reply
Goth isn't my thing these days (it used to be), but everything about this wedding is elegant and gorgeous. You completely brought me around. Congrats to you! Reply
Thanks to everyone for their kind words! We had such a great day and are stoked to be able to share it here 🙂 And yes, Vitamin String Quartet are just brilliant! It was really hard for me to refrain from slipping some Iron Maiden / Slayer covers in there. Although beautifully composed, maybe a bit too fast and thrashy for a wedding!! I have to say for anyone using this tribute group in the future, check out their renditions of Atreyu and Interpol… They make for excellent mood music and are just so good!! ^_^ Reply
I'm sitting at home alone, and when I saw that first picture of the bride and groom. 'oh…my…god'. Then I felt silly for talking to myslef. Reply
wow, REALLY!?!? could she and her dress be anymore perfect?!? seriously, everything perfect to the last detail. well done!!! Reply
I thought I recognised the place! Beautiful, and 6 months before mine, with similar themes for dress and flowers… you both look fantastic and very happy. Congratulations! Reply
Ah, my hometown! With people we no doubt both know. I may have to steal virtually every idea from your wedding, it's just gorgeous! Reply
This is a wedding after our own gothic hearts! We love how seamlessly our invitations tied into the look of the whole event. What stunning & elegant details you created. Congrats, Tanya & Ross! Reply
everyone has said it, but the dress is absolutely amazing! The only thing I didn't like is that there aren't enough pictures of the dress!!! Any way you can share more, or a link! Your entire wedding is beautiful, you made a running bride. I'm in LOVE with your dress. Reply
Omg!! I love this dress, i have been looking and looking for 2 months to find the perfect dress and i love this one! Does anyone know where i can find it? Reply
I adore this. My SO and I are also getting married on (or around) our 10th anniversary next month (gulp!) so this hit home. Just love the details! Reply
"he addressed me in the language of the Dothraki tribe from Game of Thrones, referring to me "yer jalan atthirari anni," " Love! Reply