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Wedding Shoes

We love dorking out on loud, funky, cute, colorful, comfortable, and dare we say alternative wedding shoes. We’ve got flats, wedges, and weirdness — be sure to check out the styles currently trending with our readers!

Modcloth Dancefloor Darling Heel edited alternative wedding ideas from Offbeat Wed (formerly Offbeat Bride)

Vintage-ish shoes for your 1920s-styled wedding [UPDATED for 2022!]

This week, I’m going to nose around in that delicious aesthetic sweet-spot between vintage and glam, between rustic and chic, between glitz and hay bales. Most of these are in the 1920s flavor of vintage. (If Great Gastsby-era is your jam, be sure to check our 1920s archive!)

Romantic women block heels shoes in blue suede with blue leather bow alternative wedding ideas from Offbeat Wed (formerly Offbeat Bride)

Put a bow on it: adorable wedding shoes with big ol’ bows [UPDATED for 2022!]

True story: when I was a sophomore in high school, I covered a pair of PayLess pumps in emerald green glitter-glue, and then stapled huge enormous white-wired ribbons on to the fronts. These shoes were WAY over the top for Bainbridge High School’s prom in 1992, but I was super into the look, and still am. So today, I’mma wrastle up some wedding shoes with bows.

striped shoes alternative wedding ideas from Offbeat Wed (formerly Offbeat Bride)

Striped wedding heels

Y’all know I loved striped wedding dresses… but what about striped shoes? Today, I am here with a boat-load full of striped wedding shoes. I’ve got a range, from black and white Tim Burton-esque whimsical, to more nautical styles, to rainbow tiger stripes (!?). For those of you who love flats, I’ve got a random bonus shoe for you…

shoes for bride with disability alternative wedding ideas from Offbeat Wed (formerly Offbeat Bride)

One bride’s search for chronically fabulous footwear

My personal motto is “Chronically fabulous,” since I honestly truly believe that my disabilities can’t prevent me from being as fabulous as I can — in fact, they just add to it. They are part of me, and frankly those medical devices make my life a lot better.

NEWALEX HEEL alternative wedding ideas from Offbeat Wed (formerly Offbeat Bride)

Wonderful wedding shoes for those of us with larger feet

Every time I do a shoe post catered to a specific foot-need, there are howls from the internet about how I’ve ignored THEIR special foot needs. This has happened so many times for so many years that the editors and I now have a joke about how long it will take for the first “validate my feet” comment to show up on some of my shoe posts. Well, for those of you seeking validation for larger-sized feet, TODAY IS YOUR DAY!

bridal boots on offbeat bride alternative wedding ideas from Offbeat Wed (formerly Offbeat Bride)

These boots are made for walking… down the aisle

For me today, they do. I look at a lot of wedding pictures, and I randomly get obsessed with certain accessories… today it’s boots. Brides in boots! I love them. Y’all should know me by now: I like daring (aka LOUD!!) wedding shoes, and I’ve geeked out a full range of boots here… including some booties.