Offbeat Wedding Week: Wedding Dresses

There's a wide variety of wedding dresses for a wide variety of brides. I love these offbeat dresses!

From elaborate styles to dying to adding a simple belt, there are so many ways to make your wedding dress what it is... Yours! 

What did you do to make your dress unique and one-of-a-kind?

Photo Credits:
http://offbeatbride.com/2009/12/colored-crinoline-vintage-dresse
http://www.capitolromance.com/2012/07/17/capitol-wedding-victoria-curtis-offbeat-rock-roll-northern-virginia-wedding/
http://detailweddingdress.blogspot.com/2010/01/wedding-dress-with-unique-color-black.html
http://offbeatbriom/2013/04/california-retro-wedding
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http://offbeatbride.com/2013/01/grey-and-white-wedding-dress
http://offbeatbride.com/2013/01/easy-custom-dress
http://offbeatbride.com/2012/12/australia-baby-postponed-diy-wedding
http://offbeatbride.com/2012/10/bc-forest-wedding

What dress is best for your Body Type

When I found this Infographic on how a dress should fit your body style, I knew I had to share it.


Found at Oh Lovely Day

Dress in Something Blue

I love this, Christian Dior - Found Here

I love this. In fact, if I was getting married again, which I am not. But if I was, and if I was, it would be to my husband again, but if I was, I would wear this.

I just love the Tea Length, variated length, with the beautiful blue print on the inside.

Am I crazy?

You can say yes.

Wreck the Dress

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So you spend a good amount or a lot of money on a dress that you're only going to wear once. Do you keep it preserved so you can one day hand it down to your daughter or do you take a crazy awesometastic "wreck the dress" photo shoot?

As amazing as these pictures would be to have to remember your wedding, would you consider wrecking the dress?

Bridal Store Closing

 

Businesses close all the time, and it's sad and scary when it's a bridal store. Unfortunately, in this economy it's happening more and more.

 

Recently in our town a bridal store that has been in business over 88 years (Eighty-Eight, that is not a typo... Eighty-Eight...) was forced to close it doors. They just couldn't fight these rough times any longer. It can happen to anyone - 5 years, 10 years, 100 years...

 

So, as a bride what do you do?

 

Let's say your ordered your dress from a store you found out was closing, first contact the store to find out how they are handling orders, and try to be understanding, your call may not be returned right away. If you can, head over to the store and ask questions, the hard ones. If your wedding is more than 6 months away, and you just ordered. You may need to request a refund on your credit card, find out if the store will be offering refunds for orders that weren't completed.

 

The store is closing for a reason, they aren't able to make ends meet, your order may need to be handled in bankruptcy court. It's sad. Really sad.

 

If you haven't ordered your dress yet, this may be a great opportunity to buy a dress off the rack, keep in mind it will be a sample, and zippers may need to be repaired and there may be small stains, but you can get a dress for a great price.

 

The bridal store closing affects a lot of wedding professionals and brides, if you hired a wedding planner, contact them for help, they are probably dealing with more than one bride who was affected by the closing of the store and may be able to offer insight on how things are being handled.

 

Wedding Insurance is also another option that would be able to help you in this instance.