City Ceremony Outfit Ideas For The Alternative Bride

Whether you want to go chic and sophisticated or playful and pretty, for fashionable brides, planning outfits for a small city wedding ceremony is all about embracing your own personal style …

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Our advice when it comes to planning outfits for a small city wedding? Think outside the traditional bridal box. With a small city ceremony, whether you’re getting the legal box ticked before a larger celebration down the line, or indeed if it is the main event, you have more freedom to show your own style through your outfit choice. Add personality by wearing an unexpected pair of brightly coloured shoes, or with a playful bag and statement jewellery. Take this day as your opportunity to explore alternative bridal outfits.

Whether you want to go chic and sophisticated or playful and pretty, you’ll find dedicated bridal edits on Matches Fashion, Moda Operandi and Net-A-Porter. Alternatively, you can search your favourite sites and filter by colour, choosing whites, creams, neutrals or whatever your preferred palette is, like we’ve done here on Browns Fashion. Some brides might choose to embrace their “something blue” and wear it head to toe – we love this pretty (and affordable) midi dress from Selected Femme and this sweet style from Sister Jane at Arnotts. For other mid-range brands that go big on occasionwear, look to ASOS, Anthropologie and Zalando (see more in our edit of high street wedding dresses). And to pick the perfect finishing touches, explore our edit of exquisite Irish jewellery designers.

Don’t forget, it’s your time to shine. So try not to let outside influences guide your decisions, embrace your own personal style and make sure you feel inherently “you” on your big day. Keep scrolling to shop our edit of alternative bridal outfits …

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