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birdcage veil

Short veils are ’40s, ’50s and ’60s vintage-inspired and totally on-trend. Our birdcage veil wedding inspiration is full of wedge veils, blusher veils, and bandeau veils, all held on with skullcaps, fascinators, or combs.

Aerin & Jeremy’s Neo-Victorian Haunted Museum Wedding

Neither of us had really thought about what type of wedding we’d want until we were actually engaged, but there were definitely a few things we knew for sure… Churches were out. The white dress was out. Hundreds of guests were out. And then Aerin found a copy of The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, and everything began to fall in place.

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Cat & Scott’s low-class high-rise wedding

The Offbeat Bride: Cat Rocketship, painter Her Offbeat Partner: Scott Kubie, media consultant, man-child Location & date of wedding: Tallest skyscraper in the state, Des Moines, IA — April 18, 2009 What made our wedding offbeat: As an artist with a bunch of artist friends, we made everything that we could. The wedding posse made […]

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Punk-but-classy vegan wedding, as seen on Etsy Storque!

A very special thanks to @LaurenCrane for tweeting about this amazing vegan wedding that manages to be both a little punk and a lot classy: The bride (coincidentally also named Ariel — no relation!) explains that “we tried to have as classy a wedding as two scruffy punks can manage.” (photos by Andrew Kercher) For […]

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Sophie & David’s fantastic romantic Alaskan wedding

You’ve seen this fashionable photo from this wedding before, now get the whole scoop! The Offbeat Bride: Sophie, University Peer Advisor (aka. OBT “SophieStradley.” Her Offbeat Partner: David, Economics Intern Location & date of wedding: Centennial Hall Convention Center in Juneau, Alaska — August 23, 2008 What made our wedding offbeat: We took advantage of […]

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Bridesmaids with fans and purple veils

The full scoop on this insanely stylish wedding will be coming next week, but for now … bask in the hotness that is this bride and her purple-veiled, turquoise-bedecked bridesmaids. (Thanks to mighty5146 for the photo!)

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Aaron & TJ’s Dog-Lovin’ Food-Fightin’ Wedding

The Offbeat Bride: Aaron Ashley, Master Colorist Her Offbeat Partner: Tanner Jacop, Master Hair Stylist Location & date of wedding: The tenth tee overlooking the intercoastal, Lake Worth, Fla. — January 18, 2009 What made our wedding offbeat: There were many reasons why our wedding was truely unique, but there was one that stuck out […]