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Let’s talk about offbeat wedding dresses — how to shop for one, how to buy one, how to deal with decision fatigue or wedding dress regret. Also, be sure to check our posts about offbeat wedding dress shopping and browse some of our fave dressmakers

How to Cartwheel in a Wedding Dress

How to cartwheel in a wedding dress

To me, a cartwheel is an expression of joy, and there is so much joy when you get to marry the love of your life! Here’s how you too can pull off a cartwheel in a wedding dress…

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Whoa-my-gawd gorgeous vintage-inspired bohemian wedding dresses from Martin McCrea

Where are my beautiful vintage-inspired, bohemian, and whimsical brides? Are you looking for simple-but-beautiful wedding dresses? Then you’re going to wanna give me a big ‘ol smooch for introducing you to our sponsor Martin McCrea Couture — the designer of all of these whoa-my-gawd gorgeous dresses…

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Find out how Borrowed By Design is like the AirBnB of wedding dresses!

Ready to have everything you know about wedding dress shopping get completely blown out of the water? Our sponsor Borrowed by Design is an online community set up to rent formal wear between members. It’s like the AirBnB of fancy dresses!

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Floral dresses for the bridesmaids… OR THE BRIDE!

Wedding flowers don’t only go in vases. Splash ’em all over your wedding party! Yes, my friends, it is time that we discussed the awesomeness that is the floral bridesmaid dress. I’ve got 20 examples here of flowery dresses for your bridesmaids! Or, you know, for yourself. We’re not huge into rules when it comes to dresses.

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How to dye your wedding dress

After my divorce, I had this dress in my wardrobe that fitted me perfectly but that I couldn’t wear, and that I couldn’t bring myself to give away. In some ways, I felt like this dress was stopping me from moving on with my life. So I decided to reclaim my wedding dress.

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Moving past The Dress: Let’s ask different questions of engaged couples

From day one of my engagement, the question that I have heard most frequently has been, “have you decided on a dress?” As someone who has been 100% guilty of asking this same Dress Question in the past, I would like to propose the idea that maybe we should stop asking this question.