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I like the ones that don't actually ruin the dress - but I'd rather donate my dress than full-out ruin it.
2 of my best friends also got married this year, so we are planning a 3 person TTD session. I won't actually trash my dress with paint or sharp objects, but I will do some more adventurous shots since I am not as worried about my dress getting dirty. One of my friends is planning to pick up a cheap dress from David's Bridal to use instead of her actual wedding dress.
Mr. LK says "Have fun, honey."
We are going out after our ceremony and reception (afternoon wedding in Vegas) for an evening on the town in a substitute wedding dress. Our photographer is going with us at the beginning of the evening and we are going to do a trash the dress/urban session with her.
I have been buying sample dresses off of ebay and reselling some of the ones that I do not want.
Here is my current stash of dresses for TTD/Gambling and the most expensive one was around $200. They are all in mint condition :) So you can look on ebay or craigslist or even a department store and get a different dress for TTD.
i did one on the beach. i had seen beach TTD pics before and LOVED them and wanted them so bad. DH was reluctant but went along with it to make me happy (his main concern was spending more money on the photo shoot - but we got a good deal, so it was not that big a deal).
and well, now when you ask DH what was one his favorite things about our wedding, he will tell you the TTD session! He had a total blast doing it!!!
As for my dress, i did not want to take a chance ruining it ( am trying to sell it now), although i have heard most can be dry cleaned. But also, i was not sure my particular dress was that appropriate for the look i wanted in the TTD pics. i wanted more of a simple dress and i found a cheap one and got it! I was also able to wash it in the washing machine after and it came out perfect. My real wedding dress did get very dirty as my wedding was on the beach and it also came out perfect after dry cleaning.
here is a link to my TTD pics if you are interested.
http://boards.weddingbee.com/topic/purpleunicorns-trash-the-dress-photos-the-end
DH really wants to do this. I'm not necessarily opposed to this I just don't want to ruin my dress. I would have to go buy a cheap dress at David's to ruin. But also, I'm just not sure what we would do with those photos. Between the engagement photos and the weddign photos we have more photos of us then we know what to do with.
@lovekiss- That sounds really fun!
@PurpleUnicorn- Those case out really nice. The girl we saw was buy herself but I think it's much better that you did it with DH.
@roxy821: thank you!! I have heard of that too (after i did mine) that the bride does it by herself. but that never even occured to me! just like how some people do "bridals" - i never would have thought of that on my own. i always wanted pics of the both of us for anything wedding related!! Although, for my wedding and TTD, the photog did take some shots of me only and they did turn out cool. but i would never frame a wedding pic of just me! maybe i will put some in our album....
Personally, I am not a big fan of Trash the Dress pics in general (although PurpleUnicorn - your pics are pretty awesome, so I may be changing my mind). I do like the ones in water better than ones with paint/dirt, etc. Even if it is a cheap dress it just makes me cringe!
I have never discussed it with my FI (I'm pretty sure he has never heard of such a thing), but I know he would think it was crazy. He would probably flip out if it was with my actual dress since we spent so much money on it, and I don't think he would see the point in buying another dress (even if it was cheap) just for the sake of ruining it - he is the frugal one in the relationship :-)
We are doing a TTD session. 2 of them actually! one on our honeymoon in the ocean, and another when we return at the MN state fair. we even did a TTD on our cruise last march. nothing as drastic as our wedding outfits or anything, but it was fun to get a taste of it! my FI was all for it - but i think its because were both picture addicts and would do almost anything for a good photo! lol!
I had considered this, and our wedding photographer (our friend) has been asking if I want to. But when it comes down to it, I can't bring myself to trash a dress that cost that much!
If I did, I would want it to be over the top.. I saw a pic once of a girl who lit her dress on fire! (photoshop im sure lol) but I would want something like that!
I don't understand this trend at all. Can someone explain it to me? I just genuinely do not understand what the reason is for doing this. Besides destroying a perfectly good dress that you could potentially sell or donate or keep as a memento, symbolically it seems backwards to destroy a symbol of a happy occasion. Like, mortgage burning parties make sense to me because you hated having a mortgage. Destroying a wedding ring after a divorce makes sense to me because you didn't have a happy marriage. Destroying a wedding dress after a happy wedding seems so backwards! I know I must be missing something. Please tell me!
@Over the Moon: i think what you are missing is that alot of the time, the dresses are not actually trashed. trust me, when i first heard the term "trash the dress", i was like "what?!!" My photographer actually insisted on calling it a "post wedding shoot". I did my "TTD" on the beach and the dress I wore did not get trashed at all. just wet with salt water, so i washed it and it was fine. Other "TTDs" not on a beach can be just anywhere like going around town, in a field. something atypical and often done after the wedding. It's really just a chance to get some more cool wedding pics in a format or location that you couldn't do on your wedding day. That being said, there ARE some TTDs that truly trash it. Like paint/mud whatever, and for that i am with you - i don't get the appeal or the point!
I'm DEFINITELY doing this. At the beach. We're gonna get wet and sandy!
I don't plan to dry clean my dress after the wedding, I'll do it after this shoot. I think the photos always look amazing :)
I think the pictures always look so awesome... I just can't imagine what I'd DO with them... you know? Like wedding pictures are memories of the day but TTD shoots (or post-wedding shoots, whatev) just seem like cool pictures without a story behind them.
Also, my mom and I made my dress, there's no way I'm even "fake" damaging it. And I'm too cheap to buy a stunt dress for the occasion.
They do look cool though, especially yours @PurpleUnicorn:
no I'm not. I'll be donating mine to Brides Against Breast Cancer
@Lexy: i see what you mean about the story. i first heard about TTDs when i was going back and forth with a photographer in Jamaica, where i had my wedding. He asked if i wanted to do a "trash the dress" and that's when i had my "um, what?!" reaction! So then he showed me some pics and i thought they were soooo amazing. So my idea of what a TTD is was basically the beach kind. And so for me anyway, i find the 'story' for our photos is that they are representative of Jamaica, where we got married. We would never have done them in Canada! Basically, i think for destination weddings, they make sense that way. However, I still think other types of TTDs are cool and who knows on the wedding day what will happen - like what if you don't get all the cool pics you want. I think if someone wears their actual wedding dress again and does a TTD on a different day, the photos could just up end being more frameable or a fun memory from the time period when they got married. I would think it's weirder for example, if someone did them like 5 years after their wedding versus 5 days or even 5 weeks.
@PurpleUnicorn: That's cool, I'm sure yours are a really special memory of the place you got married, definitely makes a lot of sense for a destination beach wedding.
When we were initially planning a destination "elopement" we weren't going to have a photographer at the ceremony at all, just a "day after" shoot with me & hubs a day or two after the ceremony. Not really "TTD" but more "cool pictures in Palm Springs" so I get where you're coming from there.
http://chelseanicoleblog.com/trash-the-dress/behind-the-scenes-malibu-beach-ttd/ here is a video shoot that my photographer has from one of her TTD sessions - the images are just stunning and it looks like fun too
I will if I can't sell it first. If I end up doing a TTD it will be with horses.
Our photographers do amazing TTD's there are a few on the link below - one was on a beach in Auckland where I live, the other in Rarotonga. We are definitely doing one! http://www.perspectives.co.nz/blog/2011/07/
@PinkLimeNZ: omg, i am dying at how gorgeous your pics are! and they just convinced me more than i already am that i have to move to New Zealand one day soon!
Purpleunicorn - thanks but neither are me i'm sure ours will be just as cool if the weather plays ball!! NZ is great - have travelled around the world and loved it but there's no place like home :)
I pulled up my favourite TTD shoot and then got pulled away. Such is work.
I really want to do this though.
Here a a few examples from that shoot.
Okay, so I love pretty much all of them. ;)
While I always think they are gorgeous photos it would break my heart to do this to my gown. Perhaps I'll buy a cheaper gown if I really am set on it.
@Treejewel19: i hear ya there. i don't know if i said this already - but i bought a second, cheap dress for my TTD. In fact, doing a TTD at all was completely dependent on whether i could find an affordable dress for it, and i did! Although i have heard from lots of brides that their didn't get trashed at all, but i would not have taken the risk with mine as i bought my dress with the intention of selling it. AND i didn't think my poufy maggie sottero dress would give me the look i wanted for the TTD pics, i wanted a more simple, non-poufy dress so i could really lay down on the sand and all that. i felt like a poufy dress would make it less sexy looking and more awkward looking.
BTW, when i was getting ready for my wedding, i started this thread for inspiration:
http://boards.weddingbee.com/topic/please-show-me-trash-the-dress-on-the-beach-inspiration-pics
ETA: @Treejewel19 - LOL, looks like we had the same convo on the thread i just linked months ago!
we did a "ttd" shoot, but didn't actually trash the dress. we did it as a way to get more edgy photos and with a nyc background (wedding was at a country club and epics were on a beach). here's a link to our pics on photographers blog. http://www.amandapicone.com/blog/?p=2334
Not only was it a really fun shoot, but it was so great getting to wear the dress again!
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Did any of you have a trash the dress photo session or plan on having one? And if so what does DH/FI think about it?
DH and I were at the beach the other day and we saw a bride doing a trash the dress session. He was completely shocked that people would actually ruin a dress that they just spend thousands of dollars on.
Also I am just curious, what did you do with the photos or are planning on doing?