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goth

We love gothic weddings so hard. Black wedding dress? Check. Halloween weddings? Check. Haunted venue? Check. Horror weddings? YES. Corpse Bride? Check. Tim Burton? Of course. Skulls? Always.

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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And the bride called it “My Black Wedding”

I am DYING to know more about this dark and sexy wedding. I’m already harassing the bride to get the full scoop for y’all soon.

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Severina & Seraphim Seattle handfasting

Part of what I love so much about Offbeat Bride is that I feel like it’s all about finding inspiration outside of my little aesthetic bubble. For instance, I’m soooo not a native of the goth/industrial/fetish scene, but I can find about 10 inspiring things in the wedding photo below, which is from Severina & Seraphim‘s Seattle handfasting.

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Rachael & Dustin’s Goth Buddhist Wedding

The Offbeat Bride: Rachael, Neurobiology grad student and researcher (and hard-workingOBT mod) My Offbeat Partner: Dustin, Writer and English major Location & date of the wedding: Wyndham St. Anthony Hotel, San Antonio, TX — 06/07/2008 What made our wedding offbeat: Those that know us personally, really got it. Allow me to explain: Dustin is the […]

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Sam & Chris’ Romantically Epic Tudor-esque Italian Wedding

Remember that Venician wedding featured last week? Here’s the full scoop! The Offbeat Bride: Sam, alternative model My Offbeat Partner: Chris, postdoctoral researcher Location & Date of wedding: Palazzo Zenobio, Venice, Italy — 25th February 2009 What made our wedding offbeat: We wanted something that just felt right to us. Chris and I had visited […]