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vintage dress

Vintage wedding dresses are always a lovely way to pay tribute to the past, whether it’s your own or a hidden gem found at a vintage shop. Explore our featured vintage wedding dresses and retro-inspired gowns.

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Katy & Joe’s pinwheels, vintage dress, and a walk for a cure wedding

This pair were already super psyched to get married, but having the ceremony at a cystic fibrosis walk (which is close to the bride’s heart), made it all the more personal and amazing. Don’t miss the groom’s day-glow green suit, the bride’s grandmother’s dress that she remade to her own design, and the super funny ribbon “cutting” ceremony. Get ready to feel like happy gooey butter after seeing this wedding.

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Get your head-to-toe vintage wedding look from The Wardrobe Shop

Do y’all remember our sponsor The Wardrobe Shop — the place to find all the vintage-styles of your Downton Abbey fashion dreams? For those that don’t recall: The Wardrobe Shop, and carries vintage-style clothes inspired by Titanic-era fashions, Downton Abbey, as well as Old Hollywood silent movie star fashions. Now they’re back with a special promotion! But first, let’s talk vintage-style fashion…

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Turn that vintage nightmare into the wedding dress of your dreams with Blue-Eyed Boutique

Our sponsor Blue-Eyed Boutique provides one-of-a-kind dresses up-cycled from vintage clothing. Which means, that less-than-flattering dress or your mother’s (or grandmother’s) can become the a dress that looked like it was made just for you!

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1920s-inspired wedding details you’ll love as much as Gatsby loved green lights

Beaded headbands, dapper top hats and canes, scandalously short skirts AND hairstyles, and Art Deco details every-flippin-where are a recipe for wonderfully “loose morals” and high-stepping. Embrace your inner flapper and shimmy your way into some of our favorite Roaring Twenties-inspired weddings.

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Lenore & Daniel’s Mormon, blended family, backyard wedding

These creative, artsy Mormons planned a colorful backyard wedding in only a month! With a vintage dress, thrift store decor, and three enthusiastic kids, there was no end to the fun. Plus, you’ll love their 1950s-meets-modern day family video invitation!

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Meghan & Kristian’s local-loving paper flowers wedding

Paper flowers, local friendors, and a love for their hometown make this wedding hit home. Plus, this bride took two vintage dresses and made her own dove grey dream dress with 70 years of history. And we will all learn at least one thing from this wedding: keep the dance floor splits to a minimum or face the crotch consequences!