Aug 27, 2012

Oooh, you so trashy!

I had been held as a willing hostage for most of the weekend at various family events sans phone. I know, I know; there was definitely twitching happening on my part, much to my husband's delight. If it were up to him, I'm sure he would burn my phone, stomp on it, and then bury it 6 feet under. Don't get him started on The Twitter. Oh, yes.

Anyway, so I just found out that this poor woman that was attempting to get photos of herself in her wedding dress slipped off some rocks and sunk to her death. (Thanks for the link, Shelly) And I got to thinking that surely this ill advised woman had not seen the movie The Piano. I mean, really... however dry and painful it was to watch, that movie teaches you three very valuable lessons: 1. Kids are assholes and are not to be trusted. 2. Don't always dismiss the weird dude; he's usually great in the sack... and 3. Corseted dresses are really heavy and if you wear them in water, you will fucking drown.

I had to write an essay on that god forsaken movie in University, does it show?
I would never kid about such things.

Anyhow, yes. It's very sad that that woman met her early demise under those circumstances; it's all fun & trains... until you die. Ahem. That aside, I searched the term "trash the dress" and I was both amused and horrified as to what brides (and some grooms) request for this bizarre trend of fucking up your dress after your wedding.

Here's some of the ones that I love to hate the most, and I took the liberty of adding what I'm SURE they're really thinking...









Yes... that.

As a side note, although some "trash the dress" photos can turn out quite lovely (not these ones, obviously), I still feel like instead of ruining hundreds (or thousands) of dollars worth of dresses on a quirky photo, how about donating it to The Bride's Project instead? There are many brides that would have loved to use these dresses that get ruined for fun, plus all their proceeds go to fighting cancer.

Just a thought...


17 comments:

  1. I would beat the living breath out of my daughter if I put a wad of cash on a dress for her to do that to it. She would not live to produce grandchildren..

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  2. Love that you gave a shout out to the brides project!! They're amazing!

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  3. Well, that's one way to undo what you did with the first wear of the dress. I have mine, cleaned and boxed and taking up room in my closet in the hopes that someday I can take it down and torture my daughter by making her try it on and threatening to make her wear it for her "special day"...it's one a few mother perks I get to look forward to.

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  4. It's ridiculous. I can't see them getting framed or anything. The only person I "sort of" see benefiting from these photos is the photographer, since compositionally, some of them are cool to add to one's portfolio, but...

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  5. I'm confused....should I be disgusted or somewhat turned on?

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  6. What a great idea . . . rather than trashing the dress actually helping out someone!
    Jenn

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  7. I want my future wedding pictures to be this awesome!

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  8. I'm sorry, but if I spend 4 figures on anything, the word 'trash' will not be associated with that item.

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  9. Hear, hear! :)

    Thanks for the suggestion to donate the dress to us, Lady Estrogen, we like to think of it as the gift that keeps on giving. We are wedding dress matchmakers!

    Cancer charities are the ultimate beneficiary, you can find out which ones right here:

    http://www.thebridesproject.com/about/beneficiaries

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  10. I want to punch all those people.

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  11. The original 'trash the dress' photo was the one you used first, with the dress on fire, was created as an original piece of art by the absolutely incredible John Michael Cooper, as a Joan of arc inspired piece, not a trash the dress shoot. So I agree with the other silly shots, but the Fire Bride I must defend because of my ridiculous hero worship of JMCooper and AltF. :). Carry on...

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  12. @Gerri

    Haha. Yes, that one is rather photoshop'y. I respect your admiration for the photographer, totally, but even though Joan of Arc was my patron saint at my 8th grade confirmation, I don't see why I would want to compare myself burning at the stake... on my wedding day.
    Just a thought. lol

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  13. No, I mean the dress from the photo fit the bill for a 'Joan of Arc' look, and was used for that purpose. It wasn't meant to be destroying a wedding dress per se.

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  14. So sad what happened to the bride at Rawdon...great that you linked to the Brides Project - awesome.

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  15. I think I like your husband

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