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Hipster crafts tend to involve a preponderance of woodland creatures — as when an LA couple, wed at the Natural History Museum, took their shots wearing animal masks in front of a menacing taxidermied bear.

Fake or dead, animals — and other hipster motifs, like anchors and bicycles and oversize glasses — carry a subtle message: We're not really grown-ups getting married, we're on a pirate ship/field trip/child's recreational vehicle. These affectations neuter what was once a sexual rite of passage and serve as an incantation against any encroaching responsibilities.

Don't worry, though — the happy couple won't be returning that red KitchenAid mixer from their registry. Semi-ironic homemaking is so Bust!

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