our guide to
black wedding dresses

Are you looking at Black Wedding Dresses? Well black is back and this time it’s making a splash in the wedding scene! You may have never considered a black wedding gown, but we’re here to say ‘why the hell not?’

Black is bold, powerful and assertive – just how you want to feel on your wedding day, right? We want to break down the barriers and give you the biggest choice of options for your wedding day! From gothic weddings to moody elopments, we LOVE it!

So let’s dive on into everything about black wedding dresses. How exactly do you ROCK a black wedding dress?

Ways to style
black wedding dresses

Take a look at gothic wedding dresses

Get hitched in a gothic black wedding dress and customise to suit your style. It's sure to match your non traditional, alternative wedding day.

Mix it up with colour

You don't have to go for all black. Combining with colour is just as awesome! It's good to do your own things after all.

rock a corset wedding dress

Why not make a statement with a black corset?

ACCESSORIZE

Mix it up further with black capes, dip dye veils, fabric paint and embroidery

EMBRACE YOUR INNER GODDESS

Your day, your way baby!

Take a look at
Gothic wedding dresses

Is white not your thing? Oh, we love a gothic wedding look! This style is all about the attitude and being unapologetically yourself. It’s bold, badass and an awesome way to defy convention. It’s full of lace detail and long wedding trains. You can channel your inner Morticia Addams or Wednesday Addams for a really unique wedding look!

Mix it up with colour

However you do it, mixing your black dress up with colour is just as AWESOME! It’s a way of getting the best of both worlds!

Dried wedding flowers are increasingly popular and we LOVE the dramatic black wedding dress meets muted tones look. And give us a bridal flower crown any day of the week!

Add colour in your wedding backdrop – how about a fairground wedding as pictured? Or coloured smoke bombs pictured below? It really makes the black wedding dress stand out and look AH-mazing!

What’s your power colour? You might also love: Our Ultimate Guide To Coloured Wedding Dresses

ROCK A wedding corset

We LOVE a wedding corset here at UW!

This option is perfect for adding a splash of drama to your bridal look, even if you don’t opt for a full-on, black wedding dress.

You deserve to feel like the goddess that you are in whatever colour, style or themed wedding dress you choose for your wedding day. Speak to your local independent bridal designers (you can find our own supplier members below!). They’ll create you something one-off, truly unique, which will make you feel absolutely AMAZING on your wedding day. Let them work their magic!

Dresses by Haizea Arranz. Photo 2 with white & black corset by Juanjo García

ways to accessorise black wedding dresses

We LOVE the wedding accessories here at Unconventional Wedding HQ. Perhaps you don’t want to go the full on black but still want to include it in your wedding day.

So what are your options?

How about adding a dramatic wedding cape? Perfect for colder winter weddings or how about a little Game of Thrones themed wedding action?
Dip dye, or ombre, veils are all the rage. We think they look so dramatic with a grey / black ombre. Especially if you go for a full, cathedral length veil
Or go down the hand painted option with a custom jacket or boots?
You can also get black overlays for your wedding dress!

featured bridal wear designers

Holly Winter Couture - bespoke veils & wedding dresses

Holly specialises in designing and creating bespoke wedding wear that is inspired by, speaks to and celebrates you and your love story.

BexBrides

Home of Eclectic Brides. Bex is an alternative wedding dress designer based in the North West. As well as creating her own designs, she specialises in upcycling, dip dye and vintage wedding dresses.

Felicity Westmacott Bespoke Bridal

Felicity from Felicity Westmacott Bespoke Bridal makes alternative and unique wedding wear from her base in Surrey. She also specialises in dip dye wedding dresses.

Ryley & Flynn Custom Bridal

Sam from Ryley and Flynn specialises in one-of-a-kind custom wedding dresses. From her home studio in Tamworth, West Midlands, she crafts her wedding dresses from scratch.

Haizea Arranz Alternative Wedding Dresses

Based in France, Haizea Arranz create handmade, alternative wedding dresses. Think steampunk, gothic, fantasy, vintage and more!

Uptight Clothing - Bespoke Corset Bridal Gowns

From her base in Bedfordshire, Janice specialises in Corset wedding dresses. We love her ethereal, rock queen, medieval and pagan creations.

Discover More Black wedding dresses

celebrant ties hand fasting cords around bride and grooms hands and a dagger as part of gothic castle wedding

Find a Wedding Supplier

Love Rocks Celebrancy, Yorkshire wedding celebrant.

Weddings by Sally Rose, Nottingham wedding photographer

Shelley Bell, Essex Wedding Celebrant

Alex Lamb, Nottingham Wedding Pianist

Kirsty Rockett Photography

Kirsty Rockett Photography

The Canary Shed with Lex Fleming Photography

Lina and Tom

Carmel McCabe Photography

Carmel McCabe Photography

Tasha Park Photography

our guide to
black wedding dresses