Throwing the perfect hipster wedding doesn’t have to mean dancing down the aisle to Animal Collective. In fact, it probably shouldn’t. But before we get into that, a quick note on the marriage proposal: creative is best. Write it in pumpkins. Or give her a beautiful hand-drawn illustration. Alright, now on to our best advice for the main event.
1. Dress
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Forget Vera Wang or Monique Lhuillier for a moment. Many would argue that the bride (and by extension, her dress) are the centerpiece of this day. So shouldn’t your outfit choice reflect your real personal style? Just think, if you ditch the cupcake dress and pick something you’ll want to wear long after your wedding, the crazy price tag doesn’t seem quite so ridiculous. Also: in many cases, pieces by emerging designers are going to be more affordable anyway. We’d suggest any of the super romantic bohemian numbers above — from left to right they are by Thakoon, Vena Cava, Lover, and Lanvin respectively. And Urban Outfitters plans to launch a bridal line by Valentine’s Day of next year.
Could care less about finding a dress? Throw on something comfortable and low key, stick some flowers in your hair, and head down to City Hall.
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I really want to get married now
Russ, you are the perfect consumer.
I’m not a consumer I just like schmoopy stuff.
these all look like fun, but i think it’s interesting that the concept of a wedding has become much less about “marriage” and much more like how my old myspace profile functioned: “look how unique and quirky and adorable and erudite and hip i am,” it screamed. exhausting.
that said, i want all those dresses. just for like, wearing around the house. oh hey! it’s sunday. just dusting in my lanvin.
NOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Make it stop!!!!!!!!!!!!
“. . . head down to City Hall.”?!?!?! Why leave the centerpiece of your special day in the hands of some civic employee when you can have your ceremony performed by an internet ordained minister who knows how to engage the crowd while keeping the focus on you, the happy couple?
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@rawksavvy What’s a lanvin and why would dusting in it be odd?
Dr. Robinson is right.
I mean, I’d much rather be married by my local Elvis impersonater who also happens to be an ordained minister. MARRIED BY ELVIS! That’s pretty hipster, no?
You forgot the wedding party going down the aisle on bicycles while not observing traffic laws and feeling smug. And then the Pabst toast. I’m just patiently sitting here waiting for the anti-hipster rebellion to begin.
“A carousel that plays Ginuwine’s ‘Pony’” – OMG. If only….!
Except for the uber hipster references in the ‘location’ section, I didn’t find the rest of it to be too utterly hipster oriented…
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barf…
“Hipster” is the ultimate expression of self-importance and selfishness. Boring.
HIPSTER…please go away.
“Not a consumer” .. are you kidding me? Do you not buy groceries or gasoline or clothing or water or internet service or mp3s? Trust me, you’re a consumer. Eejit.
PUKE!
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I think I just threw up in my mouth.
I’m sorry but I’m “hipster” and these comments are really offensive. I don’t drive a Hummer, I drive a Prius with a lithium battery which is pure as the fallen snow and all my friends have rebuilt diesel cars like Volkswagen Carmengias and VW vans. We only use like one-third the oil from Iraq that Hummers use and so we’re practically innocent of war crimes. Maybe only 30,000 deaths out of 100,000 or whatever. How can you even lump us into the same group? But I’m writing on an Apple iBook or iPhone or whatever with no environmental impact…What’s that? There is? Ok well when I Google this later nobody will be impacted…What’s that? There’s a carbon impact from Googling? Ok well whatever, I still have an ironic mustache and my friends think I’m cool so everything’s ok. But what’s that? My clothes were made in Bangladesh, my iPod was made in China and there were carbon monoxide outputs from shipping and rivers flowing with waste? No way man. Oh yeah I guess so. I’m a total hypocrite.
awesome, awesome suggestions. i’d love some suggestions for a hipster engagement ring. all thoughts welcome.
Hey KC – I love the work of BK-based accessories designer Aaron Ruff (http://www.digbyandiona.com/). I’d also suggest opting for something vintage. Erie Basin (http://www.eriebasin.com/shop.html) has some really lovely stuff.
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Good wedding gowns, I think that they are really beautiful.
I hate hipsters. More and more every day…
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