Noir and gothic: black dresses with a dark side
It’s Halloween week at Offbeat Bride and one detail we especially love is an amazing black dress. We love them all year round, but smooshing them into one big post just screams goth Halloween-ness. We’ve rounded up our favorite Offbeat Brides sporting black gowns and some of our favorites to buy if you’re in the market.
A steampunk soiree with an amazingly detailed cake
Jenny from Moondance Photography may have been new to steampunk before photographing this wedding, but she got schooled! Victorian science fiction meets cyber punk is not something to be forgotten once you’ve experienced it. There were gears on the shoes and in the boutinnieres, top hats, vintage decor, and a steampunk cake with more details than you can imagine.
A skull-filled Halloween wedding with on-site ring tattoos
Michelle and Shaun planned a Dia de los Muertos-meets-Halloween-meets heavy metal wedding with barbecue, kegs of beer, papier-mâché masks, and skull details. And get this, they got ring tattoos… AT THE WEDDING!
Dramatic Halloween makeup looks for scary good weddings
YouTuber SarahVictor has a wordless tutorial for a stark and vein-y zombie look that I LOVE. It’s almost a more vivid version of this zombie look from Killer Colours. Here are a few great Halloween tutorials that could totally transition into amazing wedding looks, either at full volume or pared down to your style.