Outrageous Bride

We absolutely adore this custom realistic artificial red & black cascading wedding bouquet with skulls by Iloveflola. This stunning bouquet has been custom made with quality silk, velvet & real touch flowers. The flower arrangement includes silk & ve

HE FLINT ROOM is an inclusive and bespoke, one-of-a-kind, licensed venue for all nonreligious ceremonies in Norwich. How did we begin? My business partner Lesley loves old buildings. She has a love of all things old and beautiful. Lesley is a collect

Jenny from Chocolate Falls has always loved the drama evoked from gothic styling but wanted it to be toned down a little to make an amazing and alternative shoot. So, she teamed up with her good friend, Bridget Carter from Windchant, a multifaceted s

Celebrants like the rest of us come in all shapes and sizes, personalities and diversifications. It is not a one size fits all option. To complete your day, you will need to be as careful selecting your celebrant as you are selecting your gown. Just

Q Tell us about your wedding! What was the inspiration behind your day? Did you have a specific theme, style or colour palette? Did you incorporate any cultural or religious traditions in any part of your day? A The inspiration behind the theme was j

Each issue I will explore three outrageously different venues for brides who don’t particularly want the traditional church wedding. This issue will be focusing on the gothic theme for brides that like something a little darker on their special day.

Our wedding date was 31st October 2021, Halloween day. Our theme was ‘till death do us part’. We chose the theme because we both love Halloween, skeletons and coffins, basically anything gothic! It also landed close to our 10-year anniversary on the

Andora and Matt have been together for quite a few years, have two children together and Matt proposed in 2019. They spent a few years putting off their wedding because of the pandemic. This year they are finally planning their wedding celebration! T

The Quirky Wedding Fayre was created in 2019 by multi award-winning alternative wedding planner and stylist, Lily Jones of Lily Jones Events. Lily was fed up of attending white-washed ‘traditional’ wedding fairs and shows that were quiet, sombre and

Great Betley Farmhouse is a blank canvas venue set in the heart of the Sussex countryside with sweeping views across to the South Downs and the Iron Age Hillfort of Chanctonbury Ring. We’re situated in Henfield, just half an hour from both Horsham an

The aim of the shoot was to have a fun, quirky shoot. To bring together some fellow nerdy suppliers and celebrate our joint love for Dungeons & Dragons. To show that themes don’t have to be tacky, and most importantly for me, show diversity from that

As you may know, I am the biggest advocate for creating the wedding day that YOU want. It’s a special day, to celebrate the love that you and your other half have for each other, what makes you so perfect for each other, and it has to look the way th

Our wedding was Harry Potter themed throughout. Including all the decorations and centrepieces. All the table names were places from Harry Potter, and everything was in the Harry Potter font. We organised for an owl to fly the rings down to the groom

I have never fitted into anybody’s box. To put it simply, I love to dress up. Using clothes and accessories to express myself is a big part of my life. I was a goth in the 90s. I have been a fire performer and a singer and have always been fascinated

Many alternative brides will be seeing out styles and touches that reflect their inner vamp and this dark and sumptuous half-moon manicure is the finishing touch to any Outrageous Bride. Before we take you step by step through this modern gothic nail

I often get asked what I like most about my job and for years the answer was pretty simple, “I’m a girl, I like make-up and all things girly, and I get paid to make people up and make them look pretty”. However, over the years of my career I’ve worke

Our wedding took place on stage in front of thousands of people at a horror convention in October 2021, called For the love of Horror which is run by Monopoly Events. The event featured guest actors and celebrities from movies such as The Rocky Horro

I realised that by trying to appeal to everyone, I had fallen into a well-worn conventional image of a celebrant who was unlikely to draw clients that I had a real connection with. What was most interesting about really “niching down” as they call it

With autumn vines and with a touch of spooky, as Halloween is our fave time of year. The wedding skeletons on the autumn swing made our wedding unique! We had a spooky playlist for the wedding breakfast and received so many compliments from the staff