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top hat

How much do we love a wedding top hat? We love a bride in a top hat, a groom in a top hat, and a nonbinary hottie in a top hat!

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My 2008 halloween costume: YOU!

After working on offbeatwed.com for almost two years now (and Offbeat Bride the book for another year before that!) I’ve started to see some definite trends in offbeat bride styles. I mean yes: we’re all doing our own thang, but there are definitely elements that seem to pop up repeatedly in offbeat weddings. To celebrate […]

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Rachael & Josh’s Victorian Gothic Woodland Wedding!

The offbeat bride: Rachael, DJ/Producer Her offbeat partner: Josh, IT Guy/Producer Location & date of wedding: Forest (ceremony) and a haunted 1920’s Log Mansion called Gold Mountain Manor (reception) – Big Bear, CA on September 26th, 2008 What made our wedding offbeat: I knew I wanted my wedding to be a little… dark. I didn’t […]

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Vintage-style wedding headband

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 […]

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Striped wedding dress

I am absolutely in love with this head-to-toe striped ensemble. A little goth, a little vaudeville, a little circus — all stunning. …Perhaps I’m a teeny bit biased — I own a version of the custom bustle jacket by Kambriel that the bride is wearing. But it’s not just about the jacket — look at […]

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George & Sebastian’s bar wedding with homemade red flame wedding dress

OBT members George and Sebastian did it up right in Sydney this last weekend, getting married in the courtyard of the pub where Sebastian proposed. The groom was in “the bastard child of a frock-coat” and as you can see, the bride was decked out in a flame-licked bright red dress she made herself, and […]

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Madam_cobweb’s masquerade wedding

Check out the photos from this October wedding — I love the bride’s striped dress, black manicure, and the masquerade theme. (Thanks for the tip, Morgan!)