Offbeat Wed

Angelica & Arnold’s Los Angeles wedding was a celestial celebration inspired by Mona Megistus from the video game Genshin Impact... if this is your brand of nerdy, you are going to be OBSESSED: https://offbeatwed.com/mona-megistus-wedding/

VENDORS:
Wedding Planner/Designer: Fantastical Adventures
Ceremony Venue: St. John Eudes Church
Reception Venue / Catering & Bar: The Odyssey Restaurant & Special Events Center
Cake: Manda Bakes .bakes
Photographer: Rico Saturn Photography
Photobooth: Boho Booth Photobooth Co. .booth
Entertainment: DJ Peace Piano
Hair & Makeup: Kristie Beaute .beaute

David's Bridal is the wedding industry's deadbeat ex who just got an MFA in machine learning.

This is a $50 vintage gown that the bride "dresscued" for her wedding day. David's Bridal blamed brides exactly like this (couples opting for "less traditional wedding attire, including thrift wedding dresses") for the company's collapse in its 2023 bankruptcy filing. 😤 (Keep in mind, that was their SECOND TIME declaring bankruptcy.)

Now, two years and one fire-sale bankruptcy buyout later, David's Bridal has rebranded itself as a "tech-powered multihyphenate" with an AI-powered wedding planning platform. The pitch? It will match brides like this with independent vendors, who pay David's Bridal for the privilege... Keep in mind, this is the same company that left independent seamstresses unpaid for thousands of dollars in completed work in 2023!!

And now they want to be your indie vendor's new AI-supported lead-gen platform in 2026!?? Wrote about why this is some bu****it on the blog today. 🤬 I don't normally rant like this, but this is some piping hot vendor tea!

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