Gothic Wedding Dresses - Unique Wedding Gowns Design for Your Big Day

Many people believe that Gothic wedding dress style inspired from the Victorian period. The main colors of gothic style are scarlet, purple and black. If you are a bold and confident enough, the unique looking may impress every guest. Here are some unique and classic designs of Gothic Wedding Dresses…

Black Ball Gown with Shiny Embroideries
The pure black color may give people a depressing feeling. But to add some embroidered details may highlight the wedding dress. You can choose a sleeveless one. Under the waists, it can be ruffles with shiny embroideries. Accessorize with shining necklace and earrings to finish the gown.

Black and Red Corset Wedding Gown
The gothic wedding dress also can be a combination of black and red. The red color can be added in the layer together with black transparent yarn. It could be more astounding. Also there’s additional gloves and jewelry to finish the elegant look.

Fairy Ball Gown Gothic Wedding Dress
This strapless ball gown contains exquisite details: such as layers of texture, decadent colors and lacing, shades, ribbon, floral appliqués scattering all in black. It’s easy to produce a sweet and gothic feeling for a bit ethereal accent.

White Gothic Wedding Gown
You may amazing that white gowns also can be an alternative choice for gothic wedding gowns. It sounds paradox. But you know gothic is not just a symbol of black, it’s a kind of inspiration. Choose white gowns, you may select some gothic elements in the dress. For example, a huge and long sleeves, a chic waist line and deep cleavage.


In the fashion world, designers never cease their searching in the newest trends of fashion including the wedding dress category. And I hope they will not. It’s may be the major reason for the popularity of gothic wedding dresses today.

Everyone wants to be a special bride in their big day. They do not have to follow the tradition or the fashion. It’s your biggest day, and you have the right of opt a special look to yourself. Gothic wedding dresses will suit for your needs. It’s not only for the gothic fans! Everyone can have such a themed wedding, and wear the nontraditional wedding gowns to show your personality.

Choosing Feminine Romantic Gothic Wedding Dresses

Feminine romantic bridal gowns in gothic style is usually extremely elaborate and stunning. Typical supplies consist of lace, silk and fishnet, although functions of conventional gothic dresses consist of corsets, rosettes and numerous voluptuous folds. Gothic wedding dresses are beautiful, and are available in numerous colours ad styles. Listed below are some suggestions on how you can appear stunning in black in your wedding ceremony day.

Firstly, with the most significant factors in figuring out the correct gothic wedding dress for you personally will be the dimension. Nevertheless there’s no have to be concerned in the event the gown you like does not match you, as for those who have your heart set on it, most wedding ceremony gown retailers will tailor it to match the body dimension and form.

Secondly, do you like it? Private psychological encounter is quite essential in selecting a wedding ceremony gown. Do you appreciate the functions that it features, or such as the way it feels on you? There’s no stage in purchasing a wedding ceremony gown that you simply do not like simply because buddies or household believe it appears great on you.

Thirdly, and most likely least importantly, does it appear great on you? Does the gothic gown hide any flaws and accentuate your great functions? For instance, for those who have big arms you may want lengthy sleeves as opposed to sleeveless. Alternatively, you might want the gown to display off the great issues about the body, for instance your legs or cleavage.

An additional essential element in selecting a gothic wedding dress will be the colour. You need to attempt to decide on a colour that’s both neutral this kind of as black or white, contrasting for your eyes and hair, or matching for your eyes and hair. You might also wish to think about your skin tone whenever you select a wedding ceremony gown.

When selecting a Gothic dress for prom or for goth wedding ceremony, you need to by no means select for cost. Whenever you discover "romantic bridal gowns" you adore, it will likely be correct for you personally, no matter cost. Don’t go for your 2nd favourite if its less expensive in case your initial choose is completely ideal inside your eyes.

Victorian Gothic Wedding Gown Inspired by Andrew Ducrow

The Ducrow Gown is a three piece handmade gothic wedding gown of bodice, skirt and overskirt. Many of the informal wedding dresses inspired by the legendary figures of the past. Likewise with this beautiful gown which inspired by Andrew Ducrow (1793–1842) who was a British circus performer; often called the "Father of British circus equestrianism" and "the Colossus of equestrians" Andrew Ducrow was the originator of horsemanship acts and proprietor of the Astley’s Amphitheatre. Ducrow was trained by his father who had immigrated to England from Belgium in 1793. The "Courier of St. Petersburg", his most famous act, was the forerunner to modern horse acts and is still performed today at equestrian events.


He is most famous for being the proprietor of Astley’s Amphitheatre, where he was also the chief performer. Referred to by some as "the Chippendale's of his day", Ducrow and his sons would dress in "fleshings" (flesh coloured body stockings) and would perform physique poses posed as plastiques while standing upon the rumps of white stallions which could carry them round the amphitheater several times. This Victorian Gothic Gown would make a superb gothic wedding dress or belle of the ball.


The Ducrow bodice is victorian ball gown in steampunk style with a just on the shoulder wide neckline. Trimmed with two rows of crimped ruffling along the bottom and one row of crimped ruffling right around the neck. It is lined with polycotton, interlined with cotton twill and boned at the darts and seams. The bodice fastens with 9 decorative buttons. (Design of button may vary, but will be in keeping with the garment). The Ducrow bodice will fit over a bustle.

The Ducrow skirt is five gored and trained. It is very generously trimmed with a total of seven rows of crimped ruffling making for a very spectacular skirt which can easily be worn alone or with an overskirt. This skirt is designed to fit over a bustle.

The Ducrow overskirt has a front apron which is trimmed with two rows of crimped ruffling. The back is bustled and has two sashes which hang down from beneath the bustling. Fastens with hooks and eyes.


The handmade gothic wedding gown is designed by Michelle Artemis from victorian-gothic.co.uk with a bustle petticoat and extra accessories such as the Ducrow Pelerine, Ducrow Bag and Ducrow Veil. Victorian Gothic as an "informal wedding dresses designer" is to be featured in the book '1000 Steampunk Creations' publish date 1st July 2011. If you need more detail about the accessories for this Ducrow gown please visit Victorian Gothic website.

Stardust Gothic Steampunk Black Corset Fishtail Skirt and Jacket

This is a brand new style offers by RomanticThreads, a wedding dresses designer specialize in unique and beautiful alternative wedding gowns. This listing is for the sample set as shown, it is a size Xsmall. There is a corset, jacket and fishtail skirt and will include the accesories for free; hat with large silver butterfly and black feather, black necklace, and there are 2 small butterflies sewn onto the outfit. You could remove them if you wanted to easily. Set is very small, waistline is for about a 26 inch, so it will fit 25-27 inches, bustline will fit 32-34 inches.

This set is made from a black brocade, lined in a black crepe back satin. RomanticThreads also have used black embroidered lace with a scalloped edge for the skirt bottom ruffle, and the undersleeve of the jacket.

Jacket has a double Queens collar, wear up or down. Fitted bodice is lined, and front of bodice has grommets where you can lace it up, so it is adjustable. Sleeves have a dropped medieval gothic style large sleeve one layer of brocade, and one underlayer of lace.

Skirt for this beatiful gothic steampunk gowns is about 16 pieces put together. The inside skirt is black crepe back satin with the satiny side on the inside. The overskirt is a brocade, slightly shorter. There is a gathered ruffle of black lace fabric sewn around the bottom of the underskirt, and this peeks out under the overskirt. This is a fitted fishtail type skirt with a train.

This black wedding dress works for many themes... This can go deco vintage style, Gothic, Steampunk, Medieval...etc! The sample set in the image above is ready to go. If you are interested in this Gothic Steampunk Black Corset, the wedding gowns designer have listed this set as a custom order as well in the etsy store. You could order any color and size, brocade, silk dupioni or velvet, just inquire.

To see other alternative wedding dresses collection by this gothic designer in vintage and Victorian style, as well as Medieval and Renaissance gowns, you may want to check that out at RomanticThreads site.

Gothic Silk Marie Antoinette Fantasy Gown

This is a beautiful gothic style gown! This beautiful Marie Antoinette fantasy wedding gown is made with gorgeous color in Silk Dupioni, line it in black crepe back satin....and we use black soft lace for the undersleeves, black hooks down the front, and large scalloped black beaded trim with black sequins around the rounded overskirt and bottom of sleeves. We also put a black beaded fringe around the over sleeve. So, this fantasy wedding gown has a nice little sparkle!


Inspired by Marie Antoinette wedding dress, this dramatic fantasy wedding gown includes a full underskirt done in silk, with a waistband an hook. The bodice goes on like a jacket hooking down the front. The overskirt is attached to the bodice. The bodice is lined, and boned. The overskirt can be rounded, as shown, or squared. There are loops and ribbons inside the overskirt so you can bustle it up if you wish. Hoop skirt can be added below. This makes a gorgeous gothic gown for any special occasion or portrait.

Dark Twilight Gown Collection

Different with the white Nicole Miller wedding dress collection, this Dark Twilight Gown Midnight Blue Silk and Black Lace has its own uniqueness. As the steampunk fashion, the concept of this beautiful wedding gown is : Even in the Darkness there is a Beauty. Yes! This Gothic gown is Magic at Midnight.

This Dark Twilight dress can be your wedding gown, masquerade dress, or even you formal gown for an evening on the town. This gown is a 3 piece ensemble of a stunning midnight blue silk dupinoi corset that is overlayed with a elegent lace and embelished with Hematite stone beads.

The grommetts in back are black which gives beautiful striking contrast against the dark blue and laced with satin black ribbon lacing. This corset also has a side zipper under the arm for easy access in and out of the corset. The corsets are also made fully boned and made with 4 layers or support fabric, so they do what all corsets should do which is support and shape to your body.

In addition, the back of the corset has a giant removable tulle bow and the skirt is made by pitch black silk taffeta which is gathered really full, and is slightly longer in the back to give a more dramatic effect.

This beautiful Dark Twilght dress comes with a matching petticoat all of black tulle and lined with black cotton for comfort. You can even wear this petticoat alone or with other things for your weddings or prom night as well as Nicole Miller wedding dress collection.

The Dark Twilight Gown Collection - Photos by Laura Dark Photography - Model: Raven LeFay - MUA: Deanna Roberts - Hair: Synthetic Rebellion - Accessories: Gothic Jewelry. Click image to enlarge!

Victorian Gothic Lolita Vampire Wedding Dress

As well as Gothic Steampunk Wedding Dress, this Red Black Victorian wedding gown is part of the KMK Elegant Blood collection, a line that was created to embody the world of the vampire using Gothic, Lolita and Victorian influences.

This beautiful Neo Victorian dress can be a fabulous Gothic wedding dress, alternative prom dress or a dress for some other fabulous event, a ball perhaps? Maybe even a costume for Halloween.

It is a 4 piece Gothic dress which includes a soft boned corset top with a reversed scalloped edge trimmed with black lace and a metal cross - lace and cross may vary slightly - sewen in the center of the bottom of the red triangle decoration on the corseted top.

The overskirt is a beautiful full skirt in a black cotton that dips in the back and is short and gathered in the front. Also it comes with a red tool and cotton petticoat, that peaks out beneath layer and layer of ruffles.

Comes with but can be made without a red silk dupioni peter pan collared blouse, with 3 buttons down the front. With blouse is $575 and without is $500. The skirt and petticoat have elastic and hook and eye clasp, the corseted top that goes over the skirt is laced up like a corset and has a disappearing zipper on the side for easier changing.

Victorian Gothic Lolita Vampire Wedding Dress - Please Click to Enlarge!

Beautiful Gothic Steampunk Wedding Dress

"Steampunk" is a genre of literature and film that uses alternate timelines. As a rule, stories take place in a Victorian world with some extremely cool accessories, like steam-powered robots and Jules Verne submarines and anything awesome that's made out of wood and brass. Steampunk fashion starts with Victoriana, which means you can save some serious cash by buying a vintage dress.

This black wedding dress is part of the KMK Elegant Blood collection, a line that was created to embody the world of the vampire using gothic, Lolita and Victorian influences.

This Steampunk Vampire Gothic Black Cotton Wedding Dress can be a fabulous Gothic Lolita outfit, a wedding dress, alternative prom dress or a dress for some other fabulous event, a ball perhaps? Maybe even a costume for Halloween.

It is a four piece dress which includes a soft boned corset top with a reversed scalloped edge trimmed with black lace and a metal cross sewn in the center of the bottom of the top. A beautiful full skirt in a black cotton that dips in the back and is short and gathered in the front. Also it comes with a black tool and cotton petticoat, with a copper ruffle or different color of your choice.

The skirt and petticoat have elastic and hook and eye clasp, the corseted top that goes over the skirt is laced up like a corset and has a disappearing zipper on the side for easier changing.

This Steampunk Vampire Gothic Black Cotton Wedding Dress will take about 8-10 weeks to be made and sent to you and Measurements will need Height, Bust, Natural Waist (smallest part of your torso above your belly button), Natural wait to floor and the corset helps to give a snug fit to this entire range of sizes.

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Gothic Wedding Gowns and Victorian Flower Girl Dresses

Choosing a romantic wedding dresses and Gothic wedding rings are just a couple of the many preparations that must ensure when planning a gothic wedding theme for your special day. Another important part of planning a gothic wedding is choosing a dress not only the bride and her bridesmaids, but also for the flower girl dress for less. The gothic flower girl sets the tone of your Gothic wedding theme, telling your guests what to expect. From your invitations, pre-nuptial parties, wedding website, and word-of-mouth, your guests will come anticipating something romantic and different than the usual American wedding.

The flower girl dresses can either be simple and inexpensive or elaborate and costly. Same with gothic wedding dresses that you choose for your wedding, you can buy the flower girl dresses ready made at a wedding suply store or online at a reputable wedding websites or have them custom made professionally or by a friend or family member that sews.

This role is usually by a small girl child, a friend’s child or niece or maybe even little sister. Or sometimes even the family dog. No matter, the child should be outfitted according to the theme of the wedding, which can often means something frilly, in Victorian, Medieval or Renaissance with ruffles and some sort of little headdress, like a crown or bow.

So, if you have tying the romantic wedding dresses in with your Gothic wedding theme, your flower girls could be wearing anything from Medieval, Renaissance, Victorian (Baroque, Rococo, American Civil War), Edwardian, or a Modern black wedding dresses for your Gothic themed wedding. The flower girl dresses may be ready-made, home sewn, or custom-designed. The fabric may be fine silk, damask or brocade, wool or silk dress, or even cotton.

The flower girl set doesn't need to consume much thought. It’s pretty simple and the little girl is usually very happy to play dress up and wear whatever you choose. Whatever ideas you select, just keep them in tone with your gothic wedding dresses also overall wedding theme and use the flower girl dresses to build further on your gothic theme.

White Gothic Wedding Dresses

Gothic wedding gowns do not have to be black. Dark or black wedding dresses immediately comes to our mind when we heard gothic-themed wedding because dark colors was easy and most often used to display the gothic atmosphere, including on wedding dress. But if you want to try something else for your gothic wedding ceremony, gothic wedding dress in white can be an alternative choice. Especially if you plan to the church weddings, black wedding dresses aren’t usually worn. They will fit right in if you hold your wedding in a castle or a gothic chapel.

However, even you planned your wedding ceremony in a castle or a chapel with gothic theme, so much the ornament of the decor or chapel interior is likely to be black and that you will actually want something a little bit different to jump out. Black, purple and deep deep red are the classical colours that most people associate with gothic clothing and you'll most likely want your groom to dress in black with blood-red trim. A black velvet-effect waistcoat with bone clasps over a white or red ruffed shirt may look impressive.

For you as the bride, remember that in time-honored 19th-century gothic literature the story was always the perfect and innocent young lady with a passionate streak who was seduced by or sacrificed to the dark master of the castle with the bite on the neck that drew blood. It can be very provocative and visually beautiful to duplicate this at your nuptials with a sensual Victorian-style white or off-white gothic wedding gown. Pick out one with flowing long sleeves, a high neck and lots of lace and tulle for the full sacrificial impression.

Gothic themed wedding ceremonies are frequently booked in wintertime or close to Halloween, so you can expect that it won't be excessively hot, particularly as night time approaches. For the evening, if you're changing out of your gothic wedding gown, you might want to choose a Mortician-style black satin gown with hanging sleeves, or medieval-style dresses in purple or red. However, how about a gothic boned corset in black or deep red? It fits the theme for you and your groom to be dressed alike now that you are married and you can change your make-up and hairdo to give you that vampire’s look.

The gothic jewelry will be all important as well. This is one facet of your costume that can carry-over from the daytime into the evening, and if you pick out dark jewelry that will go well with both wedding gowns you can create a link that also has a deep symbolic sensual meaning. Slave bangles and choker necklaces or gothic wedding rings are ideal and will put the finishing touches on your "gothic wedding dress".

Among the best things about wearing white gothic wedding gowns is that your photos will be impressive, so take the time to make the most of that by considering how your dress or dresses will look beside your groom's outfit so that the two of you make the most of every similarity and contrast that you have. Individuality is the key here and you will find a lot of ideas are triggered by all of the gothic wedding dresses that you will find on the internet. When you are planning a gothic wedding and also "white gothic wedding dresses" it can help to keep a scrapbook and fill this with ideas as you come across them. This will help to make it easier to visualize your wedding dress in the gothic theme.

Gothic Leather Wedding Dress

It is strange when one-person dresses up, it says all about one’s personality. Wedding gown usually made by silks, satins and other soft and swishy fabrics, and this is also apply on making a gothic wedding dress. But, hey, where is the leather??? Yup, a romantic gothic wedding gown in leather.

Even on internet, its very rarely to get information about wedding dress in leather. But, after a quick look around the web, I found one very different leather gothic wedding dresses that run the gamut from classic to sexy to kind of hippie-ish.

Gothic wedding gown created for Linda Marrota for her wedding to Kaz actually consist of 2 pieces - a cordovan laced leather corset and a free-form suede skirt that drapes and fits as though it is bias cut.

The gothic leather wedding dress is made of lightweight lambskin leather in black and lined with satin. It's one of the really unique wedding outfits that ever created.

Long Gothic Dresses

Long Gothic dresses are worn by a section of people who want to stand out in their presentation. As an old culture, "Gothic wedding dresses" leads us to the forgotten era, and it is not a trend that is brought about by the adolescent in modern age. It is a way of living and a lifestyle with a combination of romance, fantasy and elegance.

"Long Gothic dresses" are everywhere, a costume party, proms, weddings and Halloween. People replace short skimpy dresses with the long ones. Various materials have been used since many years ago in the making of Gothic dresses. Dark colors like black, red, maroon, purple, burgundy are favored for them.

You can use taffeta in burgundy with black floral prints and rayon skirt inside, and brocade black for an elegant long Gothic dress. This will compliment a hairstyle in black and burgundy. Laced up corset dresses are also worn with a variety of necklines.

Hooded leather long Gothic dresses are also very glamorous. They are leather boned dresses with lace up waist for a fitted look. Gothic dresses with hoods and cloaks would be very good Halloween costumes.

Lots of young girls wear Gothic gowns for proms; also they are not necessarily in black but also in red, pink, and purple; wearing some colored wigs or gothic jewelry would make the look more put-together, different and unique. Lots of wide belt loops, and pentacle patches are also used for them. Pagan satin and cobweb lace, layers of georgette and embroidered witchy hemlines, Victorian or Medieval necklines also glamorize Gothic gowns.

We can create a lot of elegance in a long Gothic dress, which is required for weddings. Puff sleeves, a peaked collar, a length above the ankle and soft black satin make a very elegant Gothic wedding gown.

Wearing Gothic wedding gown makes you stand out at your big day, and remember it can be in bold and dark colors and unusual. You will ready to bring out the confidence in yourself and be amazingly gorgeous at your wedding in a long Gothic dress.