Beach shots are common...
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As well as water.
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Fire is not too common, for the obvious reason.
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Although the photo above was probably photoshopped, it reminds me of a story a coworker told me. When his sister got married a few years ago, the reception was near a lake. When they made their grand exit, all the guests were given sparklers to form a sparkling "aisle" in the dark for the couple to walk through as they made their way down to the dock where a boat was waiting to take them to the lake-side resort where they spent the night. As they were waving goodbye and about to kick off, an overly-excited guest threw his sparkler toward the lake, but it landed on the bride! Her entire dress went up in flames and she had to jump into the lake to put out the fire. What a way to start your wedding night, right?
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This last one makes me feel a little sick to my stomach. No clothing should be treated this way, especially a wedding gown!
It shouldn't really concern me what other people do with their gowns. I know a lot of people keep theirs forever, and I think that's pretty cool. Some people sell theirs used to try to get some of the money back. That's great too. But I think that if you care so little about your wedding gown that you're willing to roll in the mud in it, why not donate it so that someone who's less fortunate can wear a beautiful gown on her wedding day? It's too bad. And anyway, who wants a bunch of photos of them jumping in and out of water, with mascara running and hair looking like a drowned rat. Sick.
Who knows why I even care... maybe it's the Charlotte in me that has a problem with being disrespectful of wedding gowns. Remember that episode of Sex and the City, when Anthony tells Charlotte to keep her legs together during the "chair thing" at their wedding, because "nobody wants to see the bride's beaver," and Charlotte told Anthony not to say that in front of her dress? I miss that show...
What do you think? Did you trash your dress? Would you trash your dress?
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I don't want to trash my dress because it'll be expensive to dry clean...and yes, that last photo is over the top. :p
ReplyDeleteThe "trashiest" thing I did with my dress was walk across Montana Ave. to the Rainbow bar. (Remember, it was February and we had a snow storm that day) I was lucky that it cleaned so well!
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