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mismatched-bridesmaids

Who says you need matchy-matchy bridesmaids? We love it when bridesmaids get to pick out their own dresses, and this whole archive full of real wedding pictures with bridesmaids wearing non-matching dresses. You might always want to check out our more general bridesmaid posts, including our awful-but-necessary How to fire a bridesmaid. Wait and what about groomsgirls? If you’re going that route, be sure to check out our mixed-gender wedding party posts.

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Dragons and LEGO wedding with sword-fighting

The offbeat couple: Ariel, computer security engineer & Andrew, computer game programmer Location & date of wedding: MIT Chapel and Faculty Club, Cambridge, MA. — October 3, 2009 What made our wedding offbeat: We started with a riot of medieval-inspired color: sapphire blue silk dress, purple-and-black-velvet groom, attendants in their choice of dupioni silk color […]

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Multi-colored crinoline & vintage dresses, oh my!

Ooh, look at the purty colored crinoline and wedding colors that popped up in the OBB Flickr pool! Ugh, you should know right now that I positively freak out over colored crinoline. But what makes me freak out even more is that combined with mismatched bridesmaids in vintage dresses…

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Tasha & Andrew’s fun, elegant, mustache extravaganza wedding

The offbeat bride: Tasha, Customer Service Her offbeat partner: Andrew, Art Gallery Director Location & date of wedding: The Balcony on Dock St., Wilmington, NC — 10/25/2009 What made our wedding offbeat: We made our wedding offbeat by keeping the decorations simple, but with tons of personal touches. We actually had three beach houses on […]

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Chinese/Jewish wedding with a breastfeeding bride from Whitney Lee Photography

Oh you Austin brides. I’m still so jealous of your access to long-time Offbeat Bride sponsor, Whitney Lee Photography. Whitney recently sent me these photos of Leah & Evan (and baby Ada’s!) Chinese/Jewish wedding, and I’m just blown out. You’ve got to see these shots of the breastfeeding bride, elegantly non-matching bridesmaids, and all the […]