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How to create your bridal shop moment with your online bought dress

How to create your bridal shop moment with your online bought dress

It’s way easier to buy online than it ever has been before. This online shopping convenience comes with a tiny cost, though: you don’t have that bridal store moment where you let your crew see you in the dress/outfit and ooh and ahh. The remedy? Create that shit yourself!

Here are my tips to create your bridal shop moment with your online purchased dress…

How a last-minute wedding dress disaster made me remember what really matters

How a last-minute wedding dress disaster made me remember what really matters

I had an amazing process getting my first dress custom-made. But an incident with my curious kitties made my dress unwearable. In swooped my amazing fiance and bridesmaids who rallied to my aid to find a new dress just one day before my wedding! Here’s how the situation managed to make me realize what really matters when it comes to weddings…

painted wedding dress alternative wedding ideas from Offbeat Wed (formerly Offbeat Bride)

9 painted wedding dress masterpieces you have to see to believe

I basically told the gals at RMINE that I wanted a dress that “looked like a unicorn sneezed on it.” And they whipped out their paint brushes, and worked into the night, until the store smelled of fresh paint and their floors looked like a unicorn had been slaughtered on them. And they gave me this beauty!

If you’re looking for more painted wedding dress inspiration or dresses you can purchase ASAP, keep scrolling…

unique LA wedding dress shops alternative wedding ideas from Offbeat Wed (formerly Offbeat Bride)

6 awesome and unique LA wedding dress shops

One of the side effects of working for Offbeat Bride and living in Los Angeles is that newly engaged friends will always ask me things like, “where can I go to find unique wedding dresses in LA?” After almost a year of shopping around, I have managed to track down the top five places to get an offbeat wedding dress in Los Angeles. Go to one of these places…

Custom-made wedding dresses don't have to be expensive

6 tips for inexpensive and totally stunning custom-made wedding dresses

I’m getting my wedding dress custom-made and I’m so glad I went this route. As a US size 16, and after watching my size 14 sister struggle to find places who even had things in her size to try on, and then settling for something at David’s Bridal, I knew I was going to get a custom dress. I can’t believe more people don’t do this. Here are my tips for making the process rock…

Samsara alternative wedding ideas from Offbeat Wed (formerly Offbeat Bride)

Yes there are colorful, eco-friendly, custom wedding dresses that won’t kill your budget

This might seem like a tall wedding dress order: Hi, I want my dress to be eco-friendly, support an indie designer, completely custom made, affordable, and also incredibly unique. But with our long-time sponsor (and purveyor of tie-died onsies) Wai-Ching, can fulfill that order…