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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Short pink dress + beach wedding = WOW!

The bride and groom eloped to Maui from India. Their wedding incorporated Indian wedding traditions like Henna tattoos for the bride and some island wedding elements like a sand ceremony and a dove release.

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Maya & Adam’s “Starry Starry Night” wedding

We had to have a cool party, but on a budget. The community room at the Austin Museum of Art was a perfect little chapel for us, and it fit our “Starry Starry Night” theme! (Adam and I are both astronomy geeks.) Oh and the groom’s one request for the party?: LASERS!

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Shyla & Richard’s Las Vegas Vow Renewal

We had a vow renewal ceremony as the big shin dig instead of the court-house wedding we had six prior. I got to wear my chucks and kick-ass stockings. We played the music we wanted at the reception. OOOH, did I mention the crazines that was Vegas?

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NYC Vespa wedding

Oh, I do love a good scooter wedding! As the bride says, “We were quite the tourist attraction that afternoon, riding down Manhattan on our vespa with my veil flying.”