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black wedding dress

Offbeat dresses come in all colors (red, blue, green, hell, even multi-colored), but right here, we’re focusing on the Black Wedding Dress. Perfect for your Halloween or Goth wedding, these black gowns will flaunt your dark side. PS: check our collection of black wedding dresses trending with our readers!

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Beth & Cory’s artsy, nerdy, and elegant museum wedding

A black Vera Wang dress, black studded heels, and a groom in white — already the fashion is enough to make us drool, but just wait until you see the video game references and home brewery-inspired decor. It’s Final Fantasy meets beer meets dark elegance at this art museum in Ohio.

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Jo & Spig’s goth-ish geeky intimate wedding

Handmade decor, black and white and purple everywhere, a dress the bride already had (!), and some surefire ways to beat your social anxiety at your wedding… you’re going to love this gothic geeky wedding in Birmingham. Don’t miss the geeky table names, the message in a bottle guest book, and gorgeous gothic bunting.

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Amanda & Meghan’s glittery queer wedding

Two dresses, two ladies, and many ways to love this wedding. Don’t miss the emotional vows, the perfect-for-them readings, the shiny aisle decor, and the pet-themed cake. But the dance party at the reception may just trump it all — as long as you don’t split your pants while you’re dipping it low!

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Danielle & Andrew’s 1920s-inspired tiny wedding

Just wait until you see this tiny wedding with some Velveteen Rabbit, a gorgeous black dress, a groom in a dapper top hat and coat, all with a cross-country, long distance plan. It may not have been their original intent, but we can’t deny that it’s a fabulous result. Don’t miss the gothically delicious black feather and flower bouquet!

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Lauren & Steve’s spooky horror film-inspired wedding

It’s our favorite week for spooky, gothic, and horror-themed weddings — it’s HALLOWEEN WEEK! Today we’re drooling over the barbed wire bouquet, the hearse getaway car, the giant pork pie, and the many, many amazingly carved pumpkins by the guests. Plus, you’ll never guess which Supernatural star cameoed in the photo booth…

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Lisa & Waide’s South African farm wedding

We are loving the vintage-inspired DIY details, burlap decor and fabric flowers, and lovely farm venue at this South African wedding. But when you see the bride’s multi-layered, multicolored dress, you’ll feel right tingly in all the right ways. Add in some mini dinosaurs, fire dancing, and a really gorgeous grey cake, and you’ll be on board just like us.