Conscious Elegance: Eco-friendly wedding gowns from a cosplaying dressmaker

Conscious Elegance: Eco-friendly wedding gowns from a cosplaying dressmaker

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If you currently find yourself getting frustrated with wedding dress shopping, allow me to re-introduce you to our longtime sponsor Conscious Elegance. The last time we gawked at these eco-friendly dresses was two freaking years ago. Since then the owner Lori has done some awesome things - new dress designs, a spiffy new website, and Lori visited the Lovesick Expo in Boston while cosplaying as Merida from Brave! No seriously, here's photographic evidence of the awesome:

Of course, Lori made the entire outfit herself (including the arrows!), because she's a super kick-ass dressmaker. I say "super-awesome" because she's not just good at making these wedding dresses, she takes the three common anxieties about wedding dress shopping, and blows 'em out of the water...

No environmental worries

Conscious Elegance is built on zero-waste principles. They use exclusively 100% certified organic cottons, pesticide-free hempsilk blends, and reclaimed materials. Offer new fabric options with the highest percentage of plant fiber, use certified organic cotton thread in all of our garments (very rare, even in eco-dressmaking!), and their private label is sewn on certified organic cotton.

No dress shopping horror stories here

Conscious Elegance is LGBT-friendly, non-traditional lifestyle-friendly, plus-size friendly, and just all around friendly-friendly:

My studio and our services are a safe space, and everyone is welcome, respected, and cherished, regardless of how they self-identify or with whom they plan to spend their lives. I cannot overstate how important this is to us and to our clients, current and future.

Lori goes out of her way to make your shopping experience incredibly positive. Whether you're agonizing over whether to have beige or honey gold on your hem, or just need a non-family member to listen and not judge your wedding choices - Lori is not just a dressmaker, but a wedding day ally!

No going broke

Not only is Conscious Elegance eco-friendly, and lifestyle-friendly... she's also budget-friendly. Lori wants her incredible, custom-made dresses to be accessible to all - not just those who have a big budget. The dress prices are based on the materials and the time required to create the dress and that's it: no mark-ups or middle-men.

In fact, this might surprise you, but her creations are priced comparably with David's Bridal. Awesome, right? A gorgeous, sustainable dress, made just for you, that's also WITHIN YOUR BUDGET!?

As if that's not enough, Lori has also thrown in a special offer for all y'all:

OFFBEAT DISCOUNT: Conscious Elegance is offering a matching pocket square for free to Offbeat Bride Tribe members. Just make sure to include a link to your Tribe profile when you place your order.

If you're currently searching for a wedding dress, and have any kind of anxiety around the task, my prescription is a dose of Lori from Conscious Elegance. Have an incredible shopping experience, gain a wedding ally, and get one hell of a wedding dress!

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