This imaginative editorial illustrates a battle between a young woman and her alter ego, portraying a psychosis that slowly unravels as her alter ego takes over. With a uniquely styled tablescape in the richest jewel tones and seriously chic wedding-day fashions, this editorial is so much more than just timely halloween inspiration! We’re loving the wild florals from Grasslands Flower Co, ultra chic gowns from Park & Fifth (that we’re seriously crushing on!), and the beautiful styling work of Fox Hair Salon and Alannah Hilton for hair and makeup. These two looks definitely serve as bold inspo for the alternative bride, one looking for something a little more avant-garde for their wedding day!
With art direction from Rebekah Brontë Designs and the creative photography techniques of Nikki Collette Photography, this vendor team truly steps “outside of the box” to create something unusual – yet beautiful. Scroll through the gallery below and you’ll find a fantasy world of self-reflection and seduction, with a conceptual narrative that’s equally eerie, mystifying, and breathtaking.
Alter ego (n): an alternative self; an alteration, an iteration. Distinct from one’s normal or “true” personality. An altered state of being; a secondary version of oneself.
![The Other Side of a Mirror: A Sinister and Strange Editorial About the Alter Ego Featured by Brontë Bride](https://brontebride.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Nikki-Collette-Photography-5.jpg)
![Bridal hairstyle for a Gemini bride](https://brontebride.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Nikki-Collette-Photography-1.jpg)
![Halloween inspired floral bouquet for an October bride](https://brontebride.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Nikki-Collette-Photography-8.jpg)
![Bridal hair inspiration for an October wedding](https://brontebride.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Nikki-Collette-Photography-15-1.jpg)
![Veil style for the Gemini bride](https://brontebride.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Nikki-Collette-Photography-36.jpg)
![October bride veil and bridal hairstyle](https://brontebride.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Nikki-Collette-Photography-59-1.jpg)
![Halloween bridal inspiration](https://brontebride.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Nikki-Collette-Photography-70.jpg)
![Halloween photo shoot inspiration](https://brontebride.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Nikki-Collette-Photography-47-1.jpg)
![The Other Side of a Mirror: A Sinister and Strange Editorial About the Alter Ego Featured by Brontë Bride](https://brontebride.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Nikki-Collette-Photography-57-1.jpg)
From the Designer:
From the dresses, to the bouquet colours, to the jewelry, and hair and makeup, each decision was carefully curated by myself and our amazing creative team to further this narrative. And what we ended up with was two pretty stunning (and completely different!) looks that really sink into the fantasy of it, but that are also quite wearable, especially for those wanting to make a bolder statement.
![Strange Sinister Editorial](https://brontebride.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Nikki-Collette-Photography-42.jpg)
![Sinister strange editorial for the gemini bride](https://brontebride.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Nikki-Collette-Photography-69-1.jpg)
![The Other Side of a Mirror: A Sinister and Strange Editorial About the Alter Ego Featured by Brontë Bride](https://brontebride.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Nikki-Collette-Photography-45-1.jpg)
![Halloween makeup ideas](https://brontebride.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Nikki-Collette-Photography-20.jpg)
![Halloween makeup ideas](https://brontebride.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Nikki-Collette-Photography-52.jpg)
![Halloween photo shoot inspiration for a sinister strange editorial](https://brontebride.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Nikki-Collette-Photography-41-1.jpg)
![Halloween makeup ideas for sinister strange editorial](https://brontebride.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Nikki-Collette-Photography-53-1.jpg)
![Woman cloaked in a veil for this Halloween inspired photo shoot in Calgary Alberta](https://brontebride.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Nikki-Collette-Photography-221.jpg)
![Halloween makeup ideas for a sinister strange editorial](https://brontebride.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Nikki-Collette-Photography-28.jpg)
![The Other Side of a Mirror: A Sinister and Strange Editorial About the Alter Ego Featured by Brontë Bride](https://brontebride.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Nikki-Collette-Photography-66.jpg)
![Colourful jewel tones for an October wedding](https://brontebride.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Nikki-Collette-Photography-74-1.jpg)
![Bridal hairstyle inspiration](https://brontebride.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Nikki-Collette-Photography-85.jpg)
![Bride with flower crown behind a purple veil](https://brontebride.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Nikki-Collette-Photography-83.jpg)
![Sinister strange editorial at Orchard in Calgary Alberta](https://brontebride.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Nikki-Collette-Photography-101.jpg)
![The Other Side of a Mirror: A Sinister and Strange Editorial About the Alter Ego Featured by Brontë Bride](https://brontebride.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Nikki-Collette-Photography-111.jpg)
![The Other Side of a Mirror: A Sinister and Strange Editorial About the Alter Ego Featured by Brontë Bride](https://brontebride.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Nikki-Collette-Photography-126.jpg)
Unlike the aspects glad and gay, that erst were found reflected there –
The vision of a woman, wild with more than womanly despair.
written by Mary Elizabeth Coleridge
from her poem ‘The Other Side of A Mirror‘
![Halloween makeup ideas in this October bridal editorial](https://brontebride.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Nikki-Collette-Photography-164.jpg)
![Gemini photo shoot inspiration for Halloween](https://brontebride.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Nikki-Collette-Photography-153.jpg)
![Gemini photo shoot inspiration for Halloween](https://brontebride.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Nikki-Collette-Photography-152.jpg)
![Sinister strange editorial for Gemini Halloween inspiration this October](https://brontebride.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Nikki-Collette-Photography-151.jpg)
![Mirror and looking glass inspired Halloween bridal photo shoot at Orchard in Calgary](https://brontebride.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Nikki-Collette-Photography-163.jpg)
The location, you ask? This editorial takes place at the Orchard Restaurant, an opulent venue found in downtown Calgary, filled with more greenery and hanging plants than you can count!
![The Other Side of a Mirror: A Sinister and Strange Editorial About the Alter Ego Featured by Brontë Bride with white and black dresses from Park & Fifth Co](https://brontebride.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Nikki-Collette-Photography-251.jpg)
![Rich jewel tones for an autumn wedding](https://brontebride.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Nikki-Collette-Photography-120.jpg)
![Little black dress from Park & Fifth Co featured in this sinister and strange editorial](https://brontebride.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Nikki-Collette-Photography-247.jpg)
![Park & Fifth Co dresses in white and black](https://brontebride.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Nikki-Collette-Photography-123.jpg)
![Halloween makeup ideas and a little black dress from Park & Fifth Co](https://brontebride.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Nikki-Collette-Photography-172.jpg)
![Jewel tone tablescape for a Calgary wedding at Orchard restaurant](https://brontebride.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Nikki-Collette-Photography-92.jpg)
![Halloween makeup ideas](https://brontebride.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Nikki-Collette-Photography-104.jpg)
![The Other Side of a Mirror: A Sinister and Strange Editorial About the Alter Ego Featured by Brontë Bride](https://brontebride.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Nikki-Collette-Photography-248.jpg)
![colourful jewel-toned wedding table at Orchard restaurant in Calgary Alberta](https://brontebride.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Nikki-Collette-Photography-197.jpg)
![colourful jewel-toned wedding table at Orchard restaurant in Calgary Alberta](https://brontebride.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Nikki-Collette-Photography-210.jpg)
![Unique tablescape ideas with jewel tones](https://brontebride.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Nikki-Collette-Photography-208.jpg)
![Unique colourful jewel toned tablescape wedding inspiration](https://brontebride.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Nikki-Collette-Photography-204.jpg)
![Colourful jewel-toned wedding table at Orchard restaurant in Calgary Alberta](https://brontebride.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Nikki-Collette-Photography-211.jpg)
![Jewel tone inspiration for your October or fall wedding](https://brontebride.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Nikki-Collette-Photography-214.jpg)
![Wedding tablescape with colourful jewel tones](https://brontebride.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Nikki-Collette-Photography-261.jpg)
![Halloween makeup inspiration featured in this strange and sinister editorial](https://brontebride.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Nikki-Collette-Photography-258.jpg)
![Jewel tone floral arrangements for a colourful wedding tablescape](https://brontebride.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Nikki-Collette-Photography-215.jpg)
![White midi Park & Fifth Co wedding dress featured in an Orchard restaurant editorial](https://brontebride.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Nikki-Collette-Photography-142.jpg)
![Halloween photo shoot inspiration with Halloween makeup ideas](https://brontebride.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Nikki-Collette-Photography-135.jpg)
![Halloween photo shoot at Orchard restaurant in Calgary Alberta](https://brontebride.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Nikki-Collette-Photography-146.jpg)
![The Other Side of a Mirror: A Sinister and Strange Editorial About the Alter Ego Featured by Brontë Bride](https://brontebride.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Nikki-Collette-Photography-200.jpg)
![Rich jewel tones and Halloween makeup ideas in this sinister strange editorial at Orchard in Calgary](https://brontebride.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Nikki-Collette-Photography-116.jpg)
![Halloween photo shoot inspiration](https://brontebride.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Nikki-Collette-Photography-136.jpg)
![Halloween photo shoot inspiration at Orchard restaurant in Calgary Alberta](https://brontebride.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Nikki-Collette-Photography-171.jpg)
![Halloween makeup inspiration for this October editorial at Orchard restaurant in Calgary Alberta](https://brontebride.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Nikki-Collette-Photography-131.jpg)
![The Other Side of a Mirror: A Sinister and Strange Editorial About the Alter Ego Featured by Brontë Bride](https://brontebride.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Nikki-Collette-Photography-260.jpg)
![Gemini Halloween photo shoot inspiration for your alter ego](https://brontebride.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Nikki-Collette-Photography-252.jpg)
![The Other Side of a Mirror: A Sinister and Strange Editorial About the Alter Ego Featured by Brontë Bride](https://brontebride.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Nikki-Collette-Photography-166.jpg)
![The Other Side of a Mirror: A Sinister and Strange Editorial About the Alter Ego Featured by Brontë Bride](https://brontebride.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Nikki-Collette-Photography-230.jpg)
Pass – as the fairer visions pass – Nor ever more return, to be
The ghost of a distracted hour, That heard me whisper: – ‘I am she!’
written by Mary Elizabeth Coleridge
from her poem ‘The Other Side of A Mirror‘
![Sinister strange editorial with Halloween makeup ideas](https://brontebride.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Nikki-Collette-Photography-256.jpg)
![Strange and sinister editorial at Orchard restaurant in Calgary Alberta](https://brontebride.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Nikki-Collette-Photography-168.jpg)
![The Other Side of a Mirror: A Sinister and Strange Editorial About the Alter Ego Featured by Brontë Bride](https://brontebride.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Nikki-Collette-Photography-262.jpg)
Vendors: Photographer: Nikki Collette Photography // Art Direction & Design: Rebekah Brontë Designs // Venue: Orchard Restaurant // Floral Designer: Grasslands Flower Co // Hair: Fox Hair Salon // Makeup Artist: Alannah Hilton // Earrings: The Bobby Pin // Dresses: Park & Fifth // Models: Mode Models
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