Alternatives to the Traditional Wedding Gown
While there are hundreds, if not thousands, of beautiful wedding gowns to chose from, you might be considering doing something a little different than a normal white wedding gown. Here are a few ideas for alternatives to the traditional wedding gown.

Vintage Gowns
Vintage gown shopping may be a little tough, but your best bet is to try searching online or to find local vintage shops that carry wedding gowns. Places to start:
The Frock
Posh Girl Vintage
Raspberry Beret

Custom tailored or made to measure gowns
Be sure you know exactly what you want if you decide to go ahead for a custom tailored gown. You can always get a gown and alter is as needed as well (if you want to add/remove sleeves, add lace or beading, etc.) There are also a number of online shops that offer unique wedding gown designs (such as renaissance style) that are made to measure and fit you just right. Check out Katrina Marie Designs and Darius Cordell for some starting points.

Non-white gown
Who said you had to wear white? We certainly didn't! No matter the color, the dress you chose will be your wedding dress. You can also have your gown altered to be accented with colors (perhaps with a sash, beading, accessories on the dress are in the colors of your wedding) in addition to gowns of different colors.

Wedding Day Shoes

There are tons of types of shoes to consider for your wedding day, besides the standard high heeled shoe. There are a variety of styles to consider just from the Dyeables collection if you want pure white shoes (or shoes to match any accents or colors in your wedding).

Other options are white sneakers (think "Father of the Bride" - she had tennis shoes with fancy laces on her shoes), flip flops, open toed shoes or sandals and more. The important thing to consider as well is that you will be in these shoes throughout your ceremony. Also consider possibly changing shoes when you get to the reception, as you will be on your feet all night talking to guests, dancing, greeting and more. The choices are endless and completely up to you!

Fabric Gift Bags

If you're eco-conscious (or just want to doll things up a bit) you can consider using eco-friendly, reuseable fabric gift bags for your favors or gifts to your wedding party. You can sew these bags up yourself by following an easy to use guide (or try the no sew version. You can also completely avoid doing it by yourself by purchasing the bags from Lucky Crow Fabric Gift Bags.