Alternative weddings
Alternative Weddings: The Costumed Wedding
Continuing our series on alternative weddings, this week we're going to discuss costumed weddings.
What do we mean by 'costumed wedding'?
That's a good question, as usually a costume is defined more by the fact that it's clothing that one wouldn't normally wear. However, at a wedding, everyone wears clothes they wouldn't usually wear!
A costumed wedding can [...]
Alternative Weddings – a brief guide
This is the first part in a new series on alternative weddings, and so a good place to start would be a definition of what exactly we mean by an 'alternative wedding' anyway. This is our definition:
"An alternative wedding does not conform to a standard recognised religious ceremony, nor to a standard civil ceremony, in [...]
Trash the dress?
I have a confession to make. After my wedding, I had my wedding dress lovingly cleaned and stored in a beautiful box, wrapped in the appropriate acid-free paper, and I haven't opened that box since the day it arrived. In fact, I haven't seen the whole dress since my wedding day – I only opened [...]
Elvish Weddings
The elvish wedding is a particular alternative wedding theme that is becoming more and more popular. It started amongst fans of the Lord of the Rings films but is more than just a few dedicated film fans dressing up in costume, it's an entire subculture.
What makes an alternative wedding an Elvish wedding?
An elvish wedding has [...]
