Rock n Roll Bride - The ultimate guide for alternative brides

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A Tattooed Dress for a Tattooed Bride!

Rachel Webb

Sarah Salotti

July 3, 2017

Sally and Nick wanted their wedding to lean itself towards people dressing up and so they went for a vintage Rock n Roll theme with some unique tattoo twists. The bride even wore a tattooed wedding dress made for her by The Couture Company! They did a lot of DIY so everything had their stamp on it, had their reception at Sally’s dad’s venue, and had very few formalities except for the speeches and the dances.
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Romantic, Industrial Wedding With a Homemade Pink Dress & A Last Minute Venue Change!

Rachel Webb

Voyteck

June 23, 2017

When it came to wedding planning, Alice and James worked on finding a middle ground between their very contrasting tastes. They wanted their wedding to celebrate their differences. They looked at colour as a way of showing their different viewpoints and the end result was a mix of a few different themes. They served vegetarian and vegan food, and they had a vegan wedding cake.
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A ‘Funfest’ Festival Wedding with 16 Bridesmaids!

Kat

Seth Baines

June 6, 2017

Lizzy and Ed met because of Glastonbury so of course they had to have a festival themed wedding. They named it FUNFEST! "Not only do we love music festivals but without them we’d have never met", explained the bride. "We were introduced by a mutual friend that we both met completely separately at Glastonbury. He thought we were made for each other so he played cupid and introduced us, and turns out he was right."
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Eclectic and Floral Wedding

Kat

Nichola Morton

June 1, 2017

There's one thing you're all going to notice right away with this wedding - the brides amazing, and enormous, flower crown! I mean, wow! The best part is she made it herself. "After being quoted different prices from several places, my sister and I decided to give it a go ourselves", Robyn said. "We ordered the artificial flowers online and bought a headband from Claire's Accessories. After a few nights of pinning and gluing, on occasions having to de-glue our fingers and thumbs from the headband, we finally mastered the skill of using a glue gun and the headpiece was complete!"
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Retro & Disney Inspired Wedding on Southend Pier

Kat

Caroline Hancox

May 31, 2017

Charlotte and Jack's wedding had a really unique location - Southend Pier! The day had a retro theme with Disney references throughout. "Our wedding theme was 'Grease meets the Great British Seaside!'", said the bride. "We were inspired by lots of wedding blogs, especially Rock n Roll Bride! We saw so many couples who had a day that reflected them and that's what inspired us to plan a wedding that people would describe as completely us. Also, we saw so many weddings that looked like they and the guests were having a total blast, so we wanted to have a day full of fun!"
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Kitsch, Vegas-Inspired Wedding in Birmingham

Kat

Lisa Carpenter

May 26, 2017

They flew over to Las Vegas to elope, but Sally and Stuart still wanted a party back home in Birmingham to celebrate with their loved ones. "Our wedding was themed around kitsch, Vegas and movies with cheesecake", said the bride. "We had a Las Vegas elopement on Valentine's day because we visited the travel agent on a whim during Christmas and found ourselves with six weeks to organise our outfits! We got married at The Little White Wedding Chapel by Elvis. Our friends and family watched over the internet and when we got back, we promised our family and friends a party so we wanted to bring a bit of Vegas to them."
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