Premium UK wedding stationery with a vintage gothic bleeding heart and swords, featuring luxurious foil for a dramatic romantic touch.

The Star-Crossed Lovers Collection

Star-Crossed Lovers | Romeo & Juliet Gothic Wedding Invitations

Gothic, Goth & Alternative Wedding Invitations for Dark Romance Weddings

At a wedding fair years ago, someone stopped at our stand and told us it reminded them of Baz Luhrmann's Romeo and Juliet. We never forgot that. It planted a seed that grew into something bigger, bolder and more dramatic than anything we had made before.

This is gothic wedding stationery with genuine theatrical weight. Bleeding hearts and crossed swords, rich dark illustration, and a dark romance aesthetic that runs through every piece in the collection. If you are searching for Romeo and Juliet wedding invitations that feel literary and unapologetically dramatic rather than simply spooky, this is the collection.

The foiled save the date is one of very few designs in our catalogue where the entire front is foiled, not just the details. Holding one for the first time genuinely stops you in your tracks.

Perfect for couples planning a gothic or goth wedding, a dark academic celebration, or anyone searching for gothic invitations that feel like they mean something. Foil finishing is available in gold, silver, copper, rose gold or iridescent. Explore our 'Til Death Do us Part Collection for the flagship gothic range, or The Bleeding Heart as the heart-focused sister collection.

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I took Romeo and Juliet as the starting point, but I wanted it to feel like us rather than like Shakespeare. Bold, punchy, unapologetically romantic and a little dangerous. Joshua pushed the bleeding heart illustration further, added the crossed swords, and leaned into the symbolism of two forces meeting in the middle. Passion and fate. The result felt immediately right.

Romeo and Juliet is not really a tragedy if you read it as a love story about two people so certain of each other that nothing else could compete. That is the energy this collection is built around. For couples planning a dark academia celebration, a gothic ceremony, or simply a wedding where understated was never part of the plan, goth wedding invitations should feel as considered and dramatic as everything else about the day. These do.

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Star-Crossed Lovers Wedding Stationery Options

The Gothic Gatefold Wedding Invitation

The bleeding heart and crossed swords in gatefold format. Three internal columns open to reveal your complete wedding details across main invitation, order of the day and finer details. The most dramatic and immersive way to experience this design.

The Full Foil Front Save the Date

One of very few designs in our catalogue where the entire front is foiled. Not just the details, the whole card. When light catches it the design transforms completely. A full statement piece.

Gothic Save the Date Cards

The bleeding heart and crossed swords in classic portrait save the date format. Bold, dark romantic and immediately recognisable. Available in standard or foiled finish.

The 3-Piece Gothic Romance Suite

Three individual cards, primary invitation, detailed information card and standalone RSVP. Everything your guests need in one dramatically considered set.

RSVP Card

The matching reply card, available as a standalone addition to any suite.

On The Day Stationery

The dark romantic aesthetic carries through to your wedding day itself. Welcome boards, arched menus, standard menus and tarot-style table menu cards, keeping the gothic romance consistent from save the date to the last dance.