Gothic Wedding Dresses offer Medieval attire for your Renaissance Wedding Day!

Not at all interested in wearing a traditional wedding dress on your big day? Why not check out a few gothic wedding dresses? One thing's for certain: no one will say you weren't being original because gothic wedding dresses are very distinctive and unique.

Gothic wedding dresses are usually medieval in design, so don't think that it has to mean ghoulish. Many people perceive Gothic as depressing or morbid - which it can be -- but this does not have to be the case depending on what theme you choose for your wedding.

Most people who choose to have a gothic wedding have it on Halloween and do it in a way that says, "let's have a masquerade party and get married too!" This actually could be a good way to sneak gothic touches into your wedding, if your family protests at more traditional gothic things, such as your gothic wedding dresses.

If you have a fall wedding, you can call it a masquerade ball, which would allow everyone to dress in non-standard wedding attire. Gothic wedding dresses will provide you with many themes to consider, such as:

• His & her vampire-style attire
• Aragorn & Arwen - from Lord of the Rings, Return of the King
• A royal Renaissance Lord and Lady
• Cinderella and Price Charming
• Morticia & Gomez Adams
• Beetlejuice, King Arthur or Gandalf could be your justice of the peace.

Gothic wedding dresses are also about taking style to a whole new level!

Your dress certainly does not have to be black - there will be plenty of black and fall colored décor at this type of wedding so consider the following colors and styles for your gothic wedding gown:

• Blood red or crimson with dramatic flowing sleeves
• White or off-white with a black or red cape
• Burnt sienna with a black velvet cameo choker

Explore gothic wedding dresses first and build the theme of your wedding around the dress of your choice.

Gothic wedding dresses enable you to incorporate any of the following into your big day:

• A unique wedding invitation requesting your guests to attend the Masquerade Ball/Wedding where they should "dress in a costume."
• Use fall colors for everything!! The flowers, the bouquets, the bridesmaid dresses.
• Have the groomsmen or ushers dress like court jesters or squires.
• Instead of a flower girl - dress someone as a bard who sings as he walks down the isle.
• Buy feathered masks for people who didn't want to dress up. Once they see other people dressed up they will be more than happy to participate.
• Add to the eclectic atmosphere with intricately carved pumpkins, bales of hay fall leaves, and wrought-iron candelabras.
• Have candy dishes filled with roasted pumpkin seeds & candy corns.
• Decorate the buffet and gift tables with small, decorative gourds and fall leaves.
• As the evening progresses throw some dry ice in the punch bowl. It creates a bubbling, rolling fog that spills out over the table.