Instagram Vs Reality: Why The Pressure for Your Wedding to ‘Perform’ has Never Been Higher
George Thomas Pictures
January 12, 2026

Rachel Darwin
George Thomas Pictures
January 12, 2026
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Mayhew Photo LV
January 12, 2026
Adam and Kitty got married in Las Vegas with a guest list of six and a budget of around £5k including travel and accommodation from the UK. The ceremony took place at High Noon at the Welcome to Las Vegas sign, followed by a limo ride out to the Valley of Fire for portraits.Read more...
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Christina Forza
January 9, 2026
Alex and Chaniel's wedding was built around the symbol of a crown of thorns. For them, it marked suffering, redemption and spiritual resolve they found through their relationship. It reflected the changes they made to arrive at marriage together.Read more...
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Lauren New
January 8, 2026
I want to get married but the whole wedding industry feels so consumerist. Can a wedding ever really be ethical, or am I kidding myself?Read more...
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Lorna Newman
January 8, 2026
Their wedding plans were already very much in motion when George and Kirk attended Rock n Roll Bride Live in 2024. But when they ended up winning a prize package including photography by Lorna Newman, a dress by Lucy Can’t Dance and a custom veil by Holly Winter Couture, they knew just a quick trip to the register office wasn't going to cut it anymore.Read more...
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Wild Souls United
January 7, 2026
From the beginning, skiing sat at the centre of Ryan and Stephanie's relationship. They spent a lot of time on the mountains while they were dating, so when it came to planning their wedding, they couldn't imagine going anywhere else. However they wanted a new adventure too, so chose Zermatt in Switzerland, a resort neither of them had been to before, as their location.Read more...
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Tori Perry
January 6, 2026
The couple met in a bar in Nashville, on Lucie's last night of a solo trip. She'd decided to go there because she loves the music scene there - little did she know she's also meet her husband! "Casey is a musician from Nashville and I live in the UK, but we stayed in touch when I got back home and video called every single day from then until I went back two months later", she told us. "Within six months of our long distance relationship, Casey proposed to me outside the Grand Ole Opry and it was the easiest yes I've ever said. We then planned the wedding in three months!"Read more...
Guest Contributor
January 5, 2026
Hiring a wedding videographer or content creator is about trust. You are handing over the job of documenting one of the most important days of your life so you can stay present and not think about cameras, angles or timing. A professional brings experience, structure and a considered eye to moments that pass by so quickly.Read more...
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McKenzie Bigliazzi
January 5, 2026
Alma and Jose got married in October at the National Forest land in Keystone, Colorado. The setting was open, quiet, and deliberately unfussy. After starting to plan a big wedding, they quickly realised it wasn't for them so instead chose somewhere where they didn't need to have a schedule or worry about venue packages! Instead, the day was all about them and their families.Read more...
Guest Contributor
January 3, 2026
Weddings rarely exist in isolation. They are surrounded by context: how a couple met, what they value, what they are choosing to celebrate and how they want people to feel when they show up. And with social media or on wedding websites in particular, video is the way couples are sharing their stories both before and after the wedding day.Read more...
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Of Colour and Hue
January 2, 2026
tradition around here which feels ironic for a brand that exists to question tradition at every turn. But here we are. Whether you got engaged over the festive period, or you’ve been engaged for a while and the arrival of a new year has finally made you get your arse in gear and start thinking about this whole wedding thing properly, we’re really glad you found us.Read more...
Kat
January 1, 2026
You’re engaged! Cue the confetti, the group chats, the congratulations… and all the questions. When’s the wedding? Who’s invited? Have you picked a dress? What’s your colour scheme? It’s wild how quickly the magic of that “just engaged” moment can turn into a to-do list. Suddenly everyone has an opinion on what your wedding should be. This issue is your reminder that there’s no rulebook you have to follow - and if there were, we’d probably set it on fire anyway.Read more...
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Maddie Farris
December 23, 2025
Getting engaged between Christmas and New Year hits in its own ridiculous, sparkly way. Fairy lights, leftover stuffing and suddenly you’re staring at a ring thinking "OMG this is it!". Welcome to the newly engaged bubble. It’s sweet. It’s surreal. It’s the only time you get to sit in the glow before the wedding machine tries to drag you in by the ankles.Read more...
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By Brianna Marie
December 22, 2025
A wedding without alcohol is like fish without chips. Or is it? Many couples are rethinking the culture of boozy weddings, and for good reason. More and more wedding guests are swapping their wines for cokes, whether they’re tee-totalers, Dry January participators who never went back, or simply casual drinkers who would rather avoid the headache the next day.Read more...
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Kris Askey
December 22, 2025
Jojo and Marcus got married barefoot in the forest, surrounded by trees, tents, and the people closest to them. Lord of the Rings made its way in too. They did everything for just £5,000 by calling in favours, DIYing up a storm and using a Forest School as their venue.Read more...
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Maddie Farris
December 23, 2025
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Tori Perry
January 6, 2026
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Sarah Kusz Weddings
December 17, 2025
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Kris Askey
December 22, 2025
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Lorna Newman
January 8, 2026
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Daniela Balta
December 18, 2025
Guest Contributor
December 19, 2025
Diamonds tend to arrive in our lives loaded with meaning. Engagements, anniversaries, milestones, moments you want to mark properly. But once you start shopping, the conversation often turns into numbers, grades, and price brackets. What gets lost is how a diamond actually looks and feels when you wear it.Read more...
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Maoizm Bridal
December 18, 2025
There is a part of wedding planning that rarely makes it onto moodboards. It is not about budgets or dresses or venues. It is about waiting for grown adults to reply to a simple question and realising how strange and draining that experience can be.Read more...
Guest Contributor
December 18, 2025
Luxury is a bit of a buzzword in bridal. Brands love to slap it on their website and Instagram bio and think that means they can charge above the odds. But real luxury doesn’t shout about why it’s the best. It’s in the experience and the undefinable reason why something feels extra special.Read more...
Guest Contributor
December 16, 2025
We love a Spotify playlist, but really, nothing beats live music at a wedding. A great live musician will change how a room feels rather than just filling the silence. The key to choosing the best performers for your day is is knowing why you want them there and where they’ll actually add something. Before you start booking, there are a few essentials worth thinking about:Read more...
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JayBird
December 15, 2025
Did you get married this year? Would you like to see your wedding published in a future edition of Rock n Roll Bride magazine or on our website? Well, this is your chance!Read more...
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Jamie Y
December 9, 2025
Getting engaged is the most exciting time. What’s less exciting is when you actually start planning the wedding and realise you might need to remortgage your house to pay for the damn thing. It’s no secret that weddings are expensive. No matter the size or style, they’re a luxury - and luxuries always come with a hefty price tag. It’s not that there are vendors lurking in the shadows waiting to rip you off. It’s just that this shit is expensive. It just is.Read more...
Guest Contributor
November 27, 2025
Alternative brides customise everything. Dresses. Accessories. Playlists. Ceremonies that make your nan raise an eyebrow. But one detail often gets forgotten, even though it hits harder than any piece of jewellery: scent. The right women's perfume doesn’t just smell good. It becomes part of your day and brings you right back to it when you smell it again afterwards.Read more...
Guest Contributor
November 26, 2025
Maximalism is finally having its moment in weddings, and nowhere is this more apparent than with flowers. Couples aren’t interested in shrinking themselves into tradition anymore. They want colour, attitude, drama and a bit of glorious chaos. Florals are the fastest way to take a blank space and turn it into something loud, expressive and unmistakably you. And with online flowers services making big ideas easier than ever to pull off, maximalist wedding florals have officially gone from “maybe one day” to “add to basket”.Read more...
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Mikaela Antonelli
November 25, 2025
From atmospheric venues, to dramatic outfits, to styling ideas for the quietly unhinged - here’s seven ways to invite darkness into your wedding day.Read more...
Kat
November 18, 2025
Let’s be honest, no one wants another bottle opener with someone else’s initials on it. This rising trend isn’t really a favour at all; it’s something your guests will actually want to keep.Read more...
Rachel Darwin
The Shukans
November 11, 2025
It is a truth universally acknowledged that an engaged woman in possession of a good wedding plan must be a bridezilla! Well, here at Rock n Roll Bride magazine, we don’t believe in such a thing. We don’t think you’re the villain at all. We think it’s all those bossy, nosy, old-fashioned relatives who keep sticking their oar in and trying to tell you what to do! So, let me don my bonnet and ready my carriage… because I’m about to set off with you… into the land of obstinate, headstrong girls…Read more...
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Tree of Life Films & Photos
December 4, 2025
Sure Thing Chapel (and their second location, Sure Thing Too) in Las Vegas has become somewhat of a pilgrimage spot for alt couples who want a kitsch, quirky Vegas wedding. We see a lot of weddings in this space. We’ve featured weddings with rhinestones, leather, Hellvis, pink suits, black veils and every combination possible. Then Zuza and Marcin walked in and the way Tree of Life Films & Photos captured them almost shifted the room into something new. We are totally obsessed with these photos and we think you will be too.Read more...
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Life in Vegas
November 12, 2025
Garrett and Delaney’s Vegas wedding was just about having a weekend away with their families that felt easy and personal. They’d fallen for Sure Thing Chapel the moment they saw it and built everything else around that - hearts, pink, and whatever made them smile.Read more...
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Electric Sugar Elopements
November 5, 2025
Aimee and Jon left Birmingham to get married in the Nevada desert. The bride loved the idea of Vegas, the groom wanted something outdoors or in the mountains, so as soon as they found out about the little chapel at Eldorado Canyon, they knew it would be the best of both worlds. Eldorado Canyon gave them the intimacy they wanted, but they still ended the day in true Vegas fashion. After the ceremony they changed outfits and headed to the Strip and Downtown to celebrate.Read more...
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High Roller Elopements
October 21, 2025
Heather and Angus met in the comment section of Reddit and ended up eloping in Las Vegas. They have a long-distance relationship between New Orleans and Scotland, and although they're still working through the visa process to Angus to move to the US, they didn't want to wait a moment longer to be married.Read more...
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George Thomas PIctures
September 23, 2025
Mikkel and Yana flew in from Copenhagen to Vegas with one plan in mind: chaos wrapped in sequins. Their wedding was never going to be quiet or restrained. They described their theme as “Vegas. Punk. Rock ‘n’ Roll. Tarantino. Trashy fabulousness” and when they found their officiant, Hellvis, they knew they had the final piece. “He was the missing rhinestone", they said.Read more...
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To Have Her
September 12, 2025
Alyssa and Keshaun met at a house party six years ago, during a psychedelic trip. He had control of the playlist and they bonded over their mutual love of Hiatus Kaiyote.Read more...
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Jamie Y
September 8, 2025
Carlo and Taylor didn’t want the big, 200-guests-you-barely-know kind of wedding. They wanted something louder, sharper, and unapologetically theirs. Enter the idea of flying to Las Vegas with just 25 of their love ones. “A modern, edgy, rock 'n' roll elopement meets vintage Vegas,” is how they put it. Tattoos out, rules in the bin, black and white everything.Read more...
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Electric Sugar Elopements
August 28, 2025
Meet at a punk show. Get married in the Punk Rock Museum. Lily and Luke had their wedding blueprint down from the start. Their story started years earlier when Luke was drumming for the band Subhumans. “I spotted him drumming and was obsessed straight away!!” she said. After that show, the two were together constantly and never looked back.Read more...
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True Colors Creative
August 25, 2025
Alyssa and Tay, a real couple, became the focal point of this gorgeous shoot set inside the newly renovated themed suites at the Westgate, Las Vegas. Photographer and stylist Jazzmin of True Colors Creative wanted to create something bold and maximalist, and the patterned interiors ending up being the perfect inspiration. After the ceremony set up, they travelled around the city, shooting in the monorail and in front of the iconic Bonanza Gift Shop.Read more...
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Jamie Y
August 22, 2025
Jade and Stu had been together for ten years when they decided to combine their honeymoon with a wedding in Las Vegas. They wanted a day that reflected them, and that meant stripping away most of the formalities. No bridesmaids, no first dance, no “something old, new, borrowed, blue.” They stayed together the night before, got ready side by side, and walked into the ceremony at A Little White Chapel together.Read more...
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Wander and Dusk
August 13, 2025
Bri and Matt met after Bri moved to Vegas and joined a new group of friends. “The timing wasn’t right for anything romantic,” she said. “We stayed friends for years, and over time, it became undeniable that there was something more between us.” Seven years later, they were planning their wedding around two things they both loved: spooky season and each other.Read more...
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Love in Bloom
December 2, 2025
Caoimhe and Boris wedding theme was simply ‘how can we make this day feel fun and stress-free but also somehow pull off it looking cute!?’ "I wanted the day to feel like me, and normally when I saw weddings online they never did", the bride told us. "I’m not a white roses, big white wedding kind of girl and dreaming of a big white wedding was never something I did."Read more...
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Amative Creative
November 14, 2025
Lindsay and Tom’s wedding at Mankin Mansion in Richmond, VA was a burst of joy and colour. Together they built a day that looked and felt like them: vibrant, unfussy, and full of playful details. The tattoo artist bride walked down the aisle in a teal Flora & Lane gown embroidered with orange and yellow flowersRead more...
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Wilde Weddings
November 13, 2025
Aimee and Onyx leaned fully into their shared love of fantasy aesthetics for their wedding. They wrote their vows in a cemetery (where they had their first date!) and were married surrounded by friends who camped out for the weekend. The day was romantic and a bit vampiric. In fact, they wanted their day to feel like it had been plucked straight from a gothic romance novel.Read more...
Kat
Life in Vegas
November 12, 2025
Garrett and Delaney’s Vegas wedding was just about having a weekend away with their families that felt easy and personal. They’d fallen for Sure Thing Chapel the moment they saw it and built everything else around that - hearts, pink, and whatever made them smile.Read more...
Kat
Kyra Boyer
November 6, 2025
Bianka and Scott’s wedding skipped tradition and added trivia, pasta from a parmesan wheel, and their two huskies, proving that the best weddings are the ones that truly feel like you. Their only real goal was to have fun.Read more...
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Electric Sugar Elopements
November 5, 2025
Aimee and Jon left Birmingham to get married in the Nevada desert. The bride loved the idea of Vegas, the groom wanted something outdoors or in the mountains, so as soon as they found out about the little chapel at Eldorado Canyon, they knew it would be the best of both worlds. Eldorado Canyon gave them the intimacy they wanted, but they still ended the day in true Vegas fashion. After the ceremony they changed outfits and headed to the Strip and Downtown to celebrate.Read more...
Kat
Juliana Noelle Jumper
November 4, 2025
The concept for Cherry Bomb came straight from Vegas glitz and rock ‘n’ roll grit. Conceptualised by Heavy Petal and shot by Juliana Noelle Jumper, this shoot palette slams the door on restraint, leaning into saturated reds, punchy pinks, and metallic shine - all with an unruly 70s edge.Read more...
Kat
High Roller Elopements
October 21, 2025
Heather and Angus met in the comment section of Reddit and ended up eloping in Las Vegas. They have a long-distance relationship between New Orleans and Scotland, and although they're still working through the visa process to Angus to move to the US, they didn't want to wait a moment longer to be married.Read more...
Kat
Laura Fitzgerald
October 15, 2025
Do you love Disney but in a dark, alt way more than a girly fairytale way? Then you’re going to love this gothic-meets–Beauty and the Beast inspired wedding shoot. Although it wasn’t a real wedding, there are so many creative ideas you could steal for your own. Think: moody candlelight, corseted gowns, blood-red roses, gilded mirrors, dripping wax, and that perfectly haunting mix of romance and rebellion.Read more...
Kat
Lacey Moranville
October 14, 2025
Cassie and Curtis matched on Tinder and bonded over a shared love of alternative music. Early on, they made a promise: if they ever got married, they’d do it their way. Years later, they kept that promise with a darkly romantic celebration at the Madonna Inn in California, complete with red velvet walls, golden cherubs, and a red wedding dress inspired by Cassie’s parents’ first dance song, Lady in Red.Read more...
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The Drakes
October 7, 2025
Dave and Vanessa, who met eight years ago after Dave reached out after seeing her in a movie trailer, hosted a multi-day celebration at Dunskey Estate in Stranraer, Scotland. The Edwardian castle, surrounded by woodland and overlooking the sea, perfectly set the scene for a darkly romantic, gothic-inspired wedding.Read more...
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CSwindell
December 19, 2025
Dalton and Tanieka had originally planned for a big wedding. But when costs started to spiral and what they started to feel out of touch with what they were putting together, it was time for a rethink. They instead planned something much more intimate and much more them, built around places that already carried the atmosphere they wanted. The Hoh Rainforest and Ruby Beach in Olympic National Park, WA were the perfect spots. With moss hanging from trees and fog moving over the ocean, it was the perfect setting for their moody, gloomy 'til death' themed day.Read more...
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Cammy Marie Photo
December 9, 2025
For Samantha and Joseph, the music came first. Blink 182, Bay Area hip hop, pop punk classics and heavy EDM shaped the atmosphere of their wedding before anyone even walked in. Every guest arrived in black and the couple wore black too. The florals carried dark tones with a hit of mint as a nod to their matching tattoos.Read more...
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Fairfoxes
December 8, 2025
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J Dyer
December 3, 2025
Becky and Ran refused to hand their wedding over to anyone else’s version of “how it should be”. The bride knew she wanted to wear black, DIY as much as possible and to not spend a fortune on the things they didn't care about. Almost everything was made by them or by the people who know them best. The décor, the flowers and the stationery were all put together by the couple, and the cake was a sheet cake from Costo which cost just £15!Read more...
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Marieke Maakt Foto's
December 2, 2025
The Lobsters for Life Wedding Fair in The Netherlands pulled in makers, creatives and couples from across Europe last month and gave us a look at how alt weddings are evolving outside the UK. We were so excited to be invited along and spent the day meeting vendors who are pushing ideas forward with real intention. If you missed it and you are planning something unconventional on European soil, this shoot brings that same vibe straight to you! Every look, prop and detail was created by vendors from the show and most of them work with couples all over the continent.Read more...
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Aurora Way
November 28, 2025
Lucy and Buzz were massively inspired by Rock n Roll Bride for their bold and unapologetically 'them' wedding. "The suits, the bike machine everything was Rock n Roll Bride in mind!" Lucy told us. "I adore your magazine and have for years!” But their wedding was ultimately for them, we just gave them permission to really go full throttle into what they already knew they wanted.Read more...
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RenRose
November 27, 2025
Kaley and Philip built their Tennessee wedding around the idea of something that felt Southern and gothic with Addams Family undertones. The bride had always pictured an autumn or winter celebration with deep colours, heavy foliage and romantic gothic styling. However, the date ended up being June because it marked the start of their relationship. They didn’t shift the aesthetic to match the season though - they held on to the mood that felt right for them.Read more...
Jon Carpenter
Mikaela Antonelli
November 25, 2025
From atmospheric venues, to dramatic outfits, to styling ideas for the quietly unhinged - here’s seven ways to invite darkness into your wedding day.Read more...
Kat
Nick and Lauren
November 25, 2025
When Nosferatu flickered back onto cinema screens, Lauren from Nick and Lauren Photography left the theatre feeling inspired by the film’s shadowy beauty. “I was inspired by the cinematography used in the movie, and wanted to do a wedding shoot that emulated that same aesthetic, but without being vampire based,” she told us. “We decided to combine the elements of country meets alternative, and started joking about what Nosferatu's wedding would look like if it were in the West. Everything snowballed from there!”Read more...
Kat
Wilde Weddings
November 13, 2025
Aimee and Onyx leaned fully into their shared love of fantasy aesthetics for their wedding. They wrote their vows in a cemetery (where they had their first date!) and were married surrounded by friends who camped out for the weekend. The day was romantic and a bit vampiric. In fact, they wanted their day to feel like it had been plucked straight from a gothic romance novel.Read more...
Kat
Electric Sugar Elopements
November 5, 2025
Aimee and Jon left Birmingham to get married in the Nevada desert. The bride loved the idea of Vegas, the groom wanted something outdoors or in the mountains, so as soon as they found out about the little chapel at Eldorado Canyon, they knew it would be the best of both worlds. Eldorado Canyon gave them the intimacy they wanted, but they still ended the day in true Vegas fashion. After the ceremony they changed outfits and headed to the Strip and Downtown to celebrate.Read more...
Kat
Fairfoxes
December 8, 2025
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Marieke Maakt Foto's
December 2, 2025
The Lobsters for Life Wedding Fair in The Netherlands pulled in makers, creatives and couples from across Europe last month and gave us a look at how alt weddings are evolving outside the UK. We were so excited to be invited along and spent the day meeting vendors who are pushing ideas forward with real intention. If you missed it and you are planning something unconventional on European soil, this shoot brings that same vibe straight to you! Every look, prop and detail was created by vendors from the show and most of them work with couples all over the continent.Read more...
Kat
Nick and Lauren
November 25, 2025
When Nosferatu flickered back onto cinema screens, Lauren from Nick and Lauren Photography left the theatre feeling inspired by the film’s shadowy beauty. “I was inspired by the cinematography used in the movie, and wanted to do a wedding shoot that emulated that same aesthetic, but without being vampire based,” she told us. “We decided to combine the elements of country meets alternative, and started joking about what Nosferatu's wedding would look like if it were in the West. Everything snowballed from there!”Read more...
Kat
Lomonico
November 20, 2025
This wedding shoot was a riot of neon lights. Born inside the restless brain of Brooke Conaway, founder of CAT HAUS Collective, she wanted to create something that was the opposite of boring and beige. With a Lady Gaga lookalike bride, she built this shoot as an act of rebellion - against conformity, perfectionism, and the wedding industry’s obsession with fitting in. “I’m not a traditional wedding planner,” she said. “I have ADHD, I’m plus sized, an advocate for LGBTQA+ and someone who has had to fight to ‘fit in’ including how to work with my chaos brain, not against it.”Read more...
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Juliana Noelle Jumper
November 4, 2025
The concept for Cherry Bomb came straight from Vegas glitz and rock ‘n’ roll grit. Conceptualised by Heavy Petal and shot by Juliana Noelle Jumper, this shoot palette slams the door on restraint, leaning into saturated reds, punchy pinks, and metallic shine - all with an unruly 70s edge.Read more...
Kat
Lauren New
October 31, 2025
Nothing says Halloween wedding more than the Corpse Bride and this shoot may be one of the best homages we've ever seen. In fact we loved it so much, we made it the cover shoot for our November/December print issue which dropped yesterday! It blends slight Victorian-inspired details with modern drapery and design elements, bringing together a touch of the past and present for a hauntingly beautiful, editorial goth vibe.Read more...
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Stag & Bird
October 29, 2025
This shoot, dubbed Goth Glam by everyone involved, was created out of a need to shake things up. The team wanted to bring together Kansas City’s weirdest, boldest, and most unapologetic creatives and make something that proved “high-end” doesn’t have to mean beige. They called it a love letter to the alt-lux side of weddings: velvet and smoke, drama and decadence, edge and elegance. The goal was to show that goth, glam, and alternative can sit right alongside luxury, without losing the grit.Read more...
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Tia Leigh
October 23, 2025
A single bite can change everything. That’s the energy behind Forbidden Fruit, a conceptual bridal meets boudoir shoot dreamt up by Suzy Marrero of Pepper Lavender Events. She calls it her “version of temptation meeting wedding day glam, where indulgence, lust, and allure take centre stage". It’s unapologetic. It’s decadent. And it dares you to look a little closer.Read more...
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LH Film
October 20, 2025
Halloween is a little different in the southern hemisphere. In the dry forests of Quito, Ecuador, it arrives with sun, dust, and a different kind of magic. Assyah of Jamila and Juliette, who conceptualised and styled this photo shoot, wanted to capture that energy in the shoot, blending local traditions with a gothic edge.Read more...
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Laura Fitzgerald
October 15, 2025
Do you love Disney but in a dark, alt way more than a girly fairytale way? Then you’re going to love this gothic-meets–Beauty and the Beast inspired wedding shoot. Although it wasn’t a real wedding, there are so many creative ideas you could steal for your own. Think: moody candlelight, corseted gowns, blood-red roses, gilded mirrors, dripping wax, and that perfectly haunting mix of romance and rebellion.Read more...
Kat
Francesca Vecchi
September 18, 2025
We shared a few photos from this shoot in our "The Rise of the Temu Wedding" article a few months back, but we loved it so much that wasn't really enough. So, behold, the full majesty of this epic shoot, inspired by Shakespeare's Sonnet 116:Read more...