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plus size

Whether you self-identify as a plus size bride, fat bride, curvy bride, or bootylicious bride, this archive is full of inspiration, fashion tips, and body-positive wedding and fashion advice, plus real pictures from real wedding from really gorgeous brides of all sizes and shapes.

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A Fat Bride Survival Guide

We featured Natalie and Nick’s plus-size bride gorgeous wedding a while back, and Natalie has now shared with us this blog that she has titled, A Fat Bride Survival Guide.

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Karen & Doug’s WedCon 2009!

The Offbeat Bride: Karen, PC coordinator / data analyst (and OBT member “Karen”) Her Offbeat Partner: Doug, System Administrator Location & date of wedding: Rosy’s Jazz Hall, New Orleans, LA — March 14, 2009 (Pi Day!) What made our wedding offbeat: We’re nerds. We met at a live-action roleplaying game and got together at a […]

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As a wedding photographer, how do you deal with the potential body image issues brides sometimes have?

Last year, Angela from New York’s Milestone Images was just another offbeat bride planning her Chocolate-Themed Amusement Park Jewish-Pagan Handfasting. And now here she is, back to show off her goods as a New York wedding photographer who travels up and down the East Coast. Here’s a quick Q&A between me and Angela…

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Shanah & Jerry’s Gothabilly Wedding!

“Don’t treat your wedding like a competition, focus on the things that mean the most to you and your husband/wife to be, not what others are doing.”

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Offbeat dress advice for plus-sized brides

I haven’t spent a lot of time talking about dresses for plus size brides because my advice to y’all is the same as my advice to everyone: HAVE YOUR DRESS CUSTOM MADE.

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Psychedelically colorful retro wedding reception

I’m totally in love with Julie Cupcake’s psychedelically colorful wedding reception.