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There are certain treasured items that family members pass on for generations: Christening gowns, pieces of jewelry, top secret recipes, family portraits, and wedding gowns. I wore the same dress my great-grandmother wore to her wedding in 1909, which wouldn't have been possible had she participated in Trash the Dress Day.
Some modern brides are scheduling special photo sessions after their weddings with the sole purpose of capturing shots of the destruction of the dress. For some, the images are a cathartic release of wedding-related stress; for others it's just a lot easier than storing and maintaining a pile of taffeta for children that may never exist.
Photographer Mark Eric, photographer from Alexandria, La started trashthedress.com to highlight his own dress trashing images but it quickly became a place for other photographers to share their best trashings. Once you stop guesstimating costs (the Vera Wang rolling in the sandy = four starter house payments) you start appreciating how mermaid-like the brides appear underwater, or how much a veil fanned out on a large piece of driftwood resembles a fishnet. (That being said, I'd still have a screaming hissy if my boys married someone willing destroy her wedding dress.)
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ReaderComments (Page 1 of 1)
6-27-2007 @ 9:39AM
Eva said...Well I'm having a helluva time pawning off my wedding gown from four years ago. This is another way to go!
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6-27-2007 @ 9:50AM
Ethel said...I'd like my sister to do the same with hers. I find it deserving of such a fate and not kept as a millstone to be place around her future daughter's neck.
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6-27-2007 @ 10:13AM
CLM said...Here's a thought for those not interested in keeping their wedding dresses - donate it or take it to a consignment shop so someone else can use it without breaking the bank. Trashing a perfectly good dress takes consipicious consumption to a whole new level.
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6-27-2007 @ 9:10PM
Katie said...I would love to do this purely for how beautiful these photos are. One of the peaple I know of who did it said her dress actually came out in better condition then when it started with the trashing. Many do it in water.
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6-27-2007 @ 2:43PM
Anna V. said...Wasn't this posted a few weeks ago over on StyleDash? I'm not against cross-posting, but only if it's timely.
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6-27-2007 @ 7:08PM
M4Mommy said...I thought those photos were beautiful.
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