If you’ve been searching high and low for casual wedding dresses for your low-key celebration, you’re in luck. In a world of frills and fluff, we’ve narrowed down 25 casual wedding dresses that are simply beautiful and perfect for your laid-back style. Whether you’re saying “I do” in a backyard or on a beach, surrounded by loved ones or with only your officiant and photographer, you deserve to feel like a bride even at the most casual wedding!
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Well, we’re crying. And smiling giddy smiles. And feeling all the feels. Alexandra and Leif’s emotional Italian elopement is everything our music and mountain-loving hearts needed. The couple decided to elope in their favorite places in the world: Florence for their getting ready location and the Dolomites for a sentimental ceremony. Photographers The Ferros adventured with the couple all day, artistically capturing every tear and sweet moment of laughter. If you’re into vintage fashion and unexpected surprises, you will surely be inspired by every little thing about Alexandra and Leif’s special day.
The Couple:
Alexandra & Leif
The Wedding:
Florence and Dolomites, Italy
We had a small getting ready session in Florence, one of our favorite city in the world (where we also had a private jam session the night before).
We are both musicians and travel quite often around the world, even separately. So we really wanted to find some quality time for the two of us only and spend a couple of days just being together. We actually perfectly knew how we wanted our wedding to be: intimate, adventurous and fun. And surely with our favorite music as our background. So planning wise that wasn’t a lot we did, except for choosing our photographers, the perfect location and the most dreamy dresses! (We both love fashion, me, Alexandra especially that is why I picked 2 dresses instead of 1!)
Being both quite sensitive towards art the research of the right photographers meant a lot to us. We felt we needed someone who was able to express our feelings (with his own vision) differently from most of the “wedding photographers” we found on internet. It took a while to find the perfect fit, til we find the perfect fit in The Ferros. Two incredible human beings and amazing artists who made such an artwork! So for us the research of the photographer has been quite crucial. Nico and Vinx are now our best friends. Really. They made our days a dream, they have been able to get so close to us as persons and as artists that we still cannot believe our eyes when we see those pictures. What they have created is something we will treasure for ever, it has been a magical chemistry among the four of us. I still don’t know how to describe it but it has been one of the best experiences of our life.
We decided to read our vows to each other, so we did. I actually wrote them on a piece of paper a couple of days before. The most intense moment (and most unpredictable too) one was when Leif pulled out his music cassette and let me hear a song he wrote for me as his vows! I literally couldn’t handle my tears…
Calling all edgy, fashion-forward couples: Courtney and Marcell’s Castaway Portland wedding is sure to drive you wild — in the best way! We’re obsessing over all the little things that made this day equal parts stylish and cool. If you’ve ever dreamt of interesting wedding ideas, take this couple’s advice: break as many rules as possible. Courtney totally nailed the non-traditional bridal look with a fabulous champagne-colored, beaded The English Dept. gown, and Marcell looked so rad in all back attire from The Black Tux. The duo chose classic “black and white” colors for their bridal party and reserved all the gold details for their looks. If moody decor and artistic photography is your jam, you’re going to love every single image Naba Zabih Photography captured of this inspiring day at Castaway Portland!
The most memorable part was probably our first look when we fist saw each other. We had no idea what the other would look like, and we hadn’t spoken yet that day, so we were just sooo happy to be together. In that moment I just remember being more excited than ever before. Our first look was in a green house full of beauty, a little rabbit named Kevin, and sunshine. It was perfect.
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This sounds silly, but we were each other’s most passionate ally. There was not one decision we didn’t make together. Planning a wedding was unlike anything I have ever experienced, and who better to relate to how I was feeling than the one I was about to marry? It was important to us that no matter which direction our plans took us, that we were on the same page and happy overall with what was happening. Compromise is everything.
We knew we wanted an industrial vibe, and a downtown Portland location, and then the greenhouse on-site was the killer. Castaway Portland couldn’t have been more perfect for what we were looking for.
There were many pieces of our ceremony where we changed the traditional words. Courtney had both of her parents walk her down the aisle and instead of being asked “who gives this woman to be given to this man yada yada” we re-worded it to say “Who stands in support of this marriage?” and all four parents were to answer. Courtney always felt like it was weird to be “given away.” We wanted our ceremony to reflect our faith while being respectful, and we also wrote our own vows. We just remember feeling STOKED the entire time to be marrying each other.
Wedding planning advice from the couple: Compromise is so important for the happiness of your partner. People will tell you that you should plan your wedding for “you” and forget what other people want. But what they don’t tell you is that you and your partner might have different visions for your wedding. Be honest with your partner about what you want, but be willing to bend a little their way. It’s not just “your” day, it’s both of your day.
I loved Marcell‘s look all together. The tie clip and collar chain were wedding day presents from me, but Marcell had accumulated lots of cool gold rings, and gold studs for all his piercing to really complete the look. And the black on black on black for his suit was just soo cool.
We literally could not love our photography more. Naba is a real life friend and now best friend forever. When it came to choosing our photographer and videography we knew we wanted people who we loved to be around. People don’t realize how much time you will spend with your photographer and videographer.
We were probably the most excited to choose our wedding looks. We kept about 80% of our looks a secret from each other while we chose key accessories and colors for the entire bridal party. We wanted gold freckles for the bride look before we were even engaged, and over time we decided with our makeup artist to do the gold freckles on both of us. We are both risk-takers when it comes to fashion and we wanted to break as many rules as possible. We looked using the classic “black and white” colors for our bridal party and reserving gold for just the bride and groom.
We did not do wedding favors and the reason is this: nobody takes them. As wedding photographers we have seen this time and time again. At least half of the favors get left in the basket, on the table, you name it. Instead of spending that money on favors, we chose to use it on an experience for our guests to enjoy at our wedding: aka the Photo Booth.
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