Sci-Fi Wedding Attire | Sci-Fi Wedding Chapel

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As a sci-fi fan, you can put your stamp on your big day with a themed wedding that embraces and reflects your interests. Perhaps you’re a fan of sci-fi franchises like Star Wars, Star Trek, or The X-Files. Maybe you watch every NASA shuttle launch. Suppose you love astronomy and dream of traveling among the stars. No matter what sparked your interest in sci-fi, there are unique and incredible ways you can incorporate your passion for sci-fi into your wedding attire. Let’s explore some sci-fi wedding attire trends and things you can use to draw inspiration when choosing what to wear to your wedding.

Trendsetting Trends: The Latest Trends in Sci-Fi Wedding Attire

Now more than ever, people are defying tradition and becoming trendsetters with one-of-a-kind wedding attire. From the shape of your dress or suit to the color, fabric, and design elements, you can eschew tradition and become a trendsetter with sci-fi-inspired wedding attire. Turning to popular sci-fi movies and shows is the perfect way to get inspiration, and checking out recent wedding attire for women and men is the perfect way to familiarize yourself with the latest trends.

Out-of-This-World Dresses

Draw inspiration from outfits other brides have chosen during the planning stages to ensure you select the perfect design. In addition to looking at sci-fi-inspired wedding dresses, you can turn to movies and TV shows and get ideas from dresses worn by aliens or intergalactic travelers. Some options for inspiration include the following:

The original Star Trek women’s Starfleet uniforms
Princess Leia’s outfit in Star Wars: A New Hope
The robes worn by Bajoran Vedeks in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Outfits Inara wore in Firefly

Whether you rewatch your favorite sci-fi shows or movies while searching for inspiration or read lists of the hottest aliens in pop culture, there are plenty of sources for inspiration.

You can also use sci-fi symbols, colors, and ethereal fabrics to incorporate your theme when designing your wedding dress. If you’re a fan of astronomy, you probably already know that a comet’s center has a green glow, in addition to blue and gray tails. You could combine these shades to create a comet-inspired dress, using tulle, organza, or another see-through fabric to layer the colors.

Sci-Fi Suits

Are you looking for a one-of-a-kind suit to wear to your wedding? Whether your favorite sci-fi characters include Spock or Superman, there are plenty of characters you can use to inspire your suit design. Red and blue shades with a cape are a great way to pay homage to Superman, and dressing like Lando Calrissian from Solo: A Star Wars Story will also give you a chance to wear a cape. Other great sources of inspiration for wedding suits include the Doctor from Doctor Who, Starfleet dress uniforms, Starbuck’s uniform in the original Battlestar Galactica, and Malcolm Reynold’s standard attire in Firefly.

Space Suit Chic

Holographic and metallic fabrics are fantastic options when designing a sci-fi-themed wedding suit or dress. These materials convey an otherworldly impression, and they’re reminiscent of the metal used to make rockets, space shuttles, satellites, and lunar rovers.

You can also head to NASA to learn more about space suits and draw inspiration from authentic space suit designs. While many people associate space suits with the suits worn by astronauts when walking on the moon or outside their ship, the SpaceX suit is a sleek white and black suit that could be used as a template for a groom’s attire. You can also draw inspiration from the cut and colors used for NASA’s Artemis III space suit.

Bridal Accessories

Accessories are all the supplemental details that complete your look. Some, such as clutches, may serve practical purposes, while others are purely decorative. Ways to include sci-fi touches with your accessories include the following:

Wear necklaces, bracelets, and earrings featuring stars, spaceships, or aliens
Add a metal belt to your outfit
Carry a bouquet of aliens or spaceships on sticks instead of flowers

Accessories for Grooms

Although grooms may not have as many accessories as brides, there are still plenty of options. You can include a belt and lightsaber for a Star Wars wedding or add a Star Trek communicator badge to your suit. Star Trek fans could also wear a metal slash like Worf in Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.

You can also add a sci-fi touch with cufflinks shaped like spaceships or design a boutonnière featuring your favorite spaceships, such as the Millennium Falcon or Enterprise.

Mixing Sci-Fi With Tradition

When choosing sci-fi wedding attire for men and women, you can add details to traditional options to incorporate your theme. Men can wear ties and matching socks featuring spaceships or planets. Men can also opt for traditional tuxedo color patterns but use the cut of an actual space suit. Women can incorporate subtle nods to their love of sci-fi with stars stitched into their dresses or veils.

Inspiration From Sci-Fi Icons

There are several ways to use inspiration from your favorite sci-fi icons when planning your wedding attire. Your icons can inspire the colors of your outfits, the fabric you choose, and the style. As noted, you can also draw inspiration for accessories. You may want to dress like Han Solo and add a belt, holster, and blaster to your outfit. You may want to cosplay your favorite aliens from Star Wars, which could inspire everything from your hair to your makeup and outfit! If you’re undecided, the planning stages are the perfect time to look through your favorite sci-fi books, shows, and movies for ideas.

Personalizing Your Look

Suppose you love Star Wars and your partner plans to dress as Han Solo, but you don’t want to wear Princess Leia’s white dress from Star Wars: A New Hope. You could use general details from that dress, such as the color and fabric, and have it tailored to suit your body shape. Add a slit to the skirt to show a little leg or lower the neckline to add interest.

You can also use your makeup, hairstyle, and jewelry to add personal touches to any look, whether you pay homage to a character or wear something more traditional.

A Sci-Fi Wedding To Remember

At the Sci-Fi Wedding Chapel in Las Vegas, we’re ready to help you host the perfect sci-fi wedding. Our officiants include Darth Vader and William T. Riker, so whether you want to say your vows in a galaxy far, far away or enter your union under a Starfleet banner, we can help with all the details to deliver your perfect Las Vegas dream wedding.