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Author of three editions of the Offbeat Bride book and its sequel (From Shitshow To Afterglow, the ultimate offbeat breakup book) Ariel Meadow Stallings is the publisher of all the Offbeat Empire web properties. She lives in Seattle with her son. To read her latest writing, follow @arielist on Medium.
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Ringing bearers: for weddings with lots of children

I went to some friends’ wedding a couple weeks ago, and they began their wedding-in-the-round ceremony with this wonderful thing I’d never seen before…

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Bridesmaids: honored friends or henchwomen?

“If they aren’t even going to be able to help me, should I just avoid having them at all?”

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Teaser for Chrissy & Danny’s two weddings

These two actually had two weddings, one in Thailand, and then the legal one in London. The Thai photos are jaw-dropping too (and omg, fashion alert: white dress + green shrug = WIN!), but today we speak not of monks and shrugs, but of cupolas and croquette…

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Orin’s caboose zoot suit

“I think it is definitely more controversial for a man to wear something other than a tux, than for a woman to wear something other than a white strapless A-line dress!”