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The very best of P'Nina Tornai!

posted 1 year ago in Dress
  • poll: Most outrageous one?
    Giant gold gown : (30 votes)
    22 %
    Black and white : (6 votes)
    4 %
    Short sheer corset : (19 votes)
    14 %
    Low cut sheer corset : (4 votes)
    3 %
    Silver robot : (18 votes)
    13 %
    Raquel Welch fur-dress : (58 votes)
    43 %
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    MissHoneyBun       Dallas, TX

    My friend and I went through the P'Nina Tornai website, and while some of them were stunning--some of the others....woof. Here are some of our favorites. And the award for tackiest (yes, I said it! These gowns are hysterical!) dress goes to:

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    emster83    September 24, 2011   Grand Rapids, MI

    Wow, those are just...frightening :)

     
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    ShandaK    August 25, 2012   Oregon

    I cant choose what one is worse...

     
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    JoJo Bananas    August 21, 2010   Santa Cruz, CA

    Third one was on SYTTD!!!

     
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    Miss Tattoo    September 15, 2012   Pittsburgh, PA

    Wow...wow....just...wow. I think I can see a nipple in the first one. Poor grandma...

    And what's the last one? It looks like someone ripped up some 70's carpet and made it into a bottom of a dress. 

     
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    MissTatas    August 6, 2011   Minneapolis, MN

    I am actually selling a crap ton of dresses like that silver one for prom this year, which is unusually. Most years us midwestern girls are very behind the times and don't buy anything new or trendy which drives me crazy since I want to sell new amazing things. Why oh why does this have to be the one trend to catch on!?!?

     
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    Gingersnap    August 2000   Ontario, Canada

    In a weird way, I love the black&white one. If I had the money, I'd buy it, hide it in the closet, try it on every once in awhile and squee at myself in the mirror. It'd be my tacky little guilty secret dress.

     
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    manda21    May 21, 2011   Las Vegas

    Those are terrible! I would vote the tackiest/ worst is #1. It's just awkward. Followed by the Fur one, then the two sheer corset ones, then the silver robot, and lastly the black & white one.

     
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    tea       norcal

    ha, because when i think of my wedding gown, the first thing i think is SEE THROUGH BODICE!

     
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    tksjewelry    June 25, 2011   Omaha

    What is that woman thinking to think these dresses are worth what she thinks of herself?  All of the dresses above say to me "over reaching fashion student designs"

     
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    MissHoneyBun       Dallas, TX

    @Gingersnap: hahaha--such a terrible wedding gown, but in it's own way it's kind of awesome. It looks like an opera costume.

     
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    jmb584    August 28, 2010   New York, New York

    @Gingersnap: haha, i know what you mean!

     
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    Gingersnap    August 2000   Ontario, Canada

    @MissHoneyBun: I was thinking more of a diva Cruella Deville, but yea I definitely see some opera in there.

     
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    justeen    March 20, 2011   Los Angeles, CA

    The model wearing the short one from syttd is April from an old cycle of americas next top model! haha... anyway, i think the last two are the most tacky. although, they are all pretty ugly!

     
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    symphony    August 14, 2010  

    Is it just me, or is the top dress just not flattering at all? It makes the model look chunky- and I know she's not!

     
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    MissHoneyBun       Dallas, TX

    @symphony: A lot of them do that! It's the sheer bodice with a low-waist--really unflattering.

     
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    amariem25    October 2009  

    that last one looks like a rug on the bottom half.

     
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    KristenGotMarried    May 19, 2012   The Cbus

    They're all ridiculous in their own right, but I must agree with some PP's that the black and white number is a pretty awesome costume-type piece.  Carmen (the opera, not Electra) meets Carmen Miranda meets Cruella DeVille.  I'd never go for something like it but I'm kinda digging it.

    I loathe the short see thru option.  Can't stand it.  I'm not at all a 'traditional' bride but even I think this is pushing the envelope on appropriate for a wedding.  I thought the girl on SYTTD looked kinda silly in it too.

    Thanks for the entertainment :)

     
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    SandyThePoet    May 5, 2012   Silvis, IL

    I sincerely apologize if there are any brides on here who might have picked any of these dresses. But honestly, these are really awful. Every time they have a Pnina bride on SYTTD I just shake my head. I can't see spending more than I would normally spend on a car on something so over the top tacky. One thing I really dont' get is the see through thing-that is not cute, in the least.

     
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    SunshineGrin    December 8, 2012  

    I over look the fact that SOME of her dresses are nice, but overall she designs horrible costume like gowns. I swear if you tell someone a piece of crap is worth a LOT of money ppl will want it, when really in the end its just a piece of crap!

     
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    Miss Marine    September 3, 2011   Redlands, CA

    Did anyone see the episode of SSTYD where the bride wore a P'Nina and had to have it altered because the bottice was too long and as a result the see through part was showing her lady parts? EEEEEEK

     
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    MissHoneyBun       Dallas, TX

    @Miss Marine: just. say. no.

     
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    CupCakeMeg    December 18, 2011   Orange County, CA

    Who shaved Alf!?!? lol

     
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    Miss Marine    September 3, 2011   Redlands, CA

    @MissHoneyBun: I know! I also thought the dress was kinda inappropriate because the bride was about 60 years old, the dress was pink and see through and ummm welll just too much!

     
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    littlemissmango    July 7, 2012   Oahu, HI

    @CupCakeMeg: omg LOL!!!!

     

    Seriously! What is WRONG with that Pnina?! Some of her dresses are just utterly gorgeous, classy, stunning couture pieces, yet others are absolute MONSTROCITIES like these!! I don't see how one person could have come up with it all -- it's like she's got a split personality!

     
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    SunshineGrin    December 8, 2012  

    @CupCakeMeg: LOL!!!

     
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    Mrs. Beans    August 21, 2011   New York, NY

    yuck! Say yes to the dress always has this designer but I really don't know who would wear these! Pretty sure she has some sort of advertising deal with them!

     
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    plantains    July 17, 2011   Live in NY, wedding in CT

    Yup. 3,4 and 5 have all been on SYTTD and the brides all looked horrifc. I'm not sure why people can't tell the difference between a wedding and a broadway show. So unbelieveably trashtastic.

     
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    ddubzz    June 5, 2010   Los Angeles, CA

    Yikes, #1 makes the model look like a man!  Who wants to look like a drag queen on their wedding day?!  Surprised

     
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    LGenz    May 21, 2011   New Jersey, Wedding in Clearwater, FL

    I remember the bride who tried on #5. At least she had the sense to think the consultant was crazy for having her try it on.

     
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    dddd89    September 24, 2011   Cleveland, OH

    I just watched that episode of SYTTD with the silver one!

     
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    Kitty Kat    May 14, 2011  

    All terrible!!!!!!!!!!!

     
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    daydreamwanderer       DC

    Is it bad that I kind of like the black one? Not as a wedding gown, but just ... as a pretty dress?

    ... not that I ever wear gowns.

     
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    katiedee    March 17, 2012   Tucson, AZ

    Oh it is so hard to decide! They are all so god-friggin-awful!!!

     
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    JennyW1    February 19, 2011  

    the black and white one is a HOOT.

    Man, you'd need some chutzpah for that one. 

     
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    luckyprincess       New Jersey

    Wait, wait, - I love the black and white gown!!! Lol - I'm a tackless wonder!!!! :P

     
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    Theresa90405    April 10, 2010   Santa Monica, CA

    @luckyprincess: I love the b&w one too! It totally looks like an opera costume.

     
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    Mrs.MedinaJr    November 11, 2011   Houston

    I can't choose just one. All of them are well um tacky!

     
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    JennyW1    February 19, 2011  

    @luckyprincess: I know, I love it too, in its Cruella de Vil fabulosity.

     
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    luckyprincess       New Jersey

    @Theresa90405:

    OH thank God someone else does, lol! Perfect for opera!

     

    @JennyW1:

    Lol - Cruella - exactly!! So dramatic!

     

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