Tame your grabby hands while we share this show-stopping wedding fashion inspiration
I wanted to end the year with a bang and pull together some of the BEST wedding fashion inspiration we could find from some of our best and most stylish vendors. They decided to blow our ever-loving minds with stunning dresses, dapper AF suits, handmade crowns, masks, custom suits, hand-painted shoes, dresses made from vintage tablecloths, and even dinosaur purses.
I’ve got some serious grabby hands going on for these dresses, suits, and accessories. It’s time to feast your eyes on this smorgasbord of fashion…
Offbeat wedding night lingerie for steamy, romantic, and geeky sexytimes
Real talk: the wedding night is NO guarantee of actual wedding night nookie. You’re far more likely to be super exhausted and ready to snooze. Regardless, we are not going to pass up an opportunity to enhance our booty short coffers with more cute, sexy, and downright geeky wedding night lingerie when we see it.
Let’s shop some of our favorite brands for offbeat lingerie (most with extended sizes up to 6X!)…
Become a monarch (butterfly) with these nature-inspired butterfly crowns [updated!]
Y’all know we LOVE flower crowns, bad-ass metal crowns, and headpieces of all sorts. But how about really channeling Mother Nature with these butterfly crowns that look like you’re being engulfed in multicolored wings. Don’t float away until you see what I’ve found: gilded gold butterflies, embroidered butterfly veils, delicate butterfly fascinators, and so many other ways to be a Monarch… butterfly.
These dreamy Disney-inspired gowns make us believe in fairy tales again
Disney Style just shared the Paolo Sebastian Spring/Summer 2018 show collection of Disney-inspired gowns and we were floored. They’re all subtle nods to Cinderella, Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, Belle, and even a Jasmine-like pantsuit. There’s so much gorgeous embroidery and detailing and I want to WEAR IT ALL.
Elegance overflows at this misty Halloween ballet wedding inspiration
This Halloween-themed spooky inspiration shoot was set in Payson, Arizona, where a fire had burned down the forest. Set in-between the trees, they staged a romantic Halloween ballet. There were horses (in skeleton costume!), a perfectly creepy and moody tablescape, mist in the trees, a tall and elegant black wedding cake, a stunning black tulle dress, and pops of blood-red and deep purple details and skulls.
Masked romance: a quirky masquerade-themed engagement story in the rain
I’m no Cinderella. As a child, I was one with the sword saving the prince-in-distress. But somehow I was the one, 20 years later, with a fairy godmother, the gown of my dreams, and a magical masquerade ball. Just after midnight, instead of the dream melting away, my very own button-nosed Prince Charming poured out his heart, asked for my hand, and sealed it with a kiss and a sparkling sapphire.
Eight-year-old Lydia, eat your heart out. Here’s how my real life fairy tale engagement story played out…