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Bridal Party: Tale of a Tomboy Bride

Social Commentary post by Michael Braithwaite on July 31, 2012 - 10:05am; tagged butch fashion, fashion, feminine tomboy style, femme tomboys, queer fashion, queer wedding style, queer weddings, same sex weddings, tomboy brides, tomboy style.

As a tomboy bride, I BARELY wanted to wear a dress, let alone something that looked like to me like a cupcake. 

The wedding industry, and pop culture in general, is so bossy about what everyone'sa bride in a white dress on a treadmill next to a woman wearing a pink shirt that says BRIDE BOOT CAMP experience of gender is. Hey, Wedding Crap Culture! Not everyone is a pile of princess fantasies! And stop telling all humans to lose weight! Stop counseling us all on up-dos!

"What will your wedding day hair be, Michael?" It will just be my hair. It's short and sits there on my head quite well.

Basically, I ended up scrapping traditional wedding sites and advice all together in favor of finding a solution that fit with my gender identity and expression.

I'm a Scorpio rising; nobody puts me in a corner—gender or otherwise. But enough about me.

Good news! Just like you don't have to wear white, you also don't have to wear a dress, nor do you have to wear a floofy dress. Nor does anyone have to wear a tux, formal suit, etc.! 

Some wedding and non-wedding idea boards for wedding fashion for a small sampling of tomboy "types"...

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