News flash: Being a woman doesn’t mean I know how to plan weddings
While I am a cisgender woman, I do not always adhere to the expectations of my gender (like many women). While I’ve come to terms with it in most parts of my life, there is something about the wedding process that shoves it in your face again and again and again…
While many vendors have been kind with my ignorance once I flat-out own it, there seems to be a constant, persistent expectation that I should have more of this wedding thing figured out, or that my double-X chromosome has given me fluency in this secret wedding language.
This ultra chic wedding is an homage to color, sweet details, and a naked cake
Brooke and Scott’s ultra chic wedding embraced vibrant colors, fabulous flora, and killer fashion in the bride’s work of art beaded dress and groom’s amazing purple jacket. It’s all just fashionable as hell and we can’t.get.enough. Don’t miss all the unique and detailed centerpieces, beautiful venue (The Allan House in Austin, Texas!), and the sweet naked cake.
Breakfast, tiffs, and hand-holding: These guys show us how to own writing personal vows
Ben and Joanna’s Latin American fiesta wedding had some killer details like authentic Mexican fare, tap dancing, and a live jazz band. But their hand-written and super sweet vows stole our hearts. Want to hear them? I knew you would. Let’s see how they incorporated breakfast, tiffs, hand-holding, and support systems to craft super personal vows.
J. Von Stratton wedding dresses, inspired by glamorous drag queens and burlesque performers
For those who’ve been following my adventures on the Lovesick Expo tour this winter, you’ve probably been like “WTF is up with all those sequined dresses?!” Well, I will tell you what’s up with them: J. Von Stratton is up with them, that’s what.
Now I’m stoked to announced that J. Von Stratton has a line of wedding dresses, perfectly combining the show queen aesthetics (sequins! mermaid sillouettes! heart-shaped cut-outs!) with wedding-ready realness…