Category Archive

BIPOC

Based on reader feedback that it was “hard to find any weddings of people of color,” we started tagging posts that featured a BIPOC bride and/or groom — and/or means you’ll find tons of interracial couples in here! Increasing visibility for BIPOC folks has been a priority for us since 2008, and note that we always allow folks to self-identify. More about how and why we do this here.

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Kimi & Paul’s Jug Band, Critter-Filled Wedding

The Offbeat Bride: Kimi, artist and designer Her Offbeat Partner: Paul, artist and museum worker Location & Date of wedding: Audubon Boathouse, Prospect Park Brooklyn — 9/12/2008 What made our wedding offbeat: I’m half-Japanese Hawaiian and half Jewish, and my now-husband is an ex-Mormon, so tradition was out the window. All we wanted was a […]

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Teena & Anthony’s Delicious Orange Creamsicle Wedding

The offbeat bride: Teena, marketing coordinator and soon-to-be Etsy shop owner My offbeat partner: Anthony, video editor extraordinaire Location & date of wedding: San Francisco Bay — literally, we were on a boat What made our wedding offbeat: Reflecting our approach to life, our wedding was simple, part handmade, part eco-friendly, part budget-conscious, and part […]

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Wai-Ching does it again

Yes, I’m a longtime fan of Wai-Ching dresses, and even wore one to my book release party. But with this silk dress, Chrissy Wai-Ching has truly outdone herself. No seriously: I love that Chrissy made the groom’s dramatic silk tie to match … but really you haven’t lived until you’ve seen the back of the […]

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Erin & Chris’ Brady-Bunched on the beach wedding

“I said vows to Chris’s biological children, and he said vows to mine. It just formalized the incredible bond we already have with each other.”

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Wedding wings for dudes big and small

I’m a longtime fan of wings in weddings, but usually it’s brides and flower girls wearing wings. It was so refreshing to see Fairylove‘s wedding gallery, which features several shots of a Hawaiian groom rocking his own set of wedding wings: The gallery also features what look like ring bearers and bridesmen wearing wings as […]

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GroomsOnSwings.com

Ok, so my photo collection for GroomsOnSwings.com has had only one photoUntil now!