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What do you think hive...is this going too far with trash the dress? I dont think I could do it...maybe a thrift store wedding dress but not my own. And I just think it looks trashy....smoking, drinking, and then the end result...NO WAY not for me. Cool pics and all but not my thing! What do you think?
http://www.weddingistas.com/weddingistas/2009/11/trash-the-dressfor-real.html
I could never burn my wedding dress! She definitely has guts. The photos are great though!
Personally I don't understand the whole Trash Your Dress concept. Especially if you drop serious cash on your dress. If you don't want it anymore, consign it or donate it to a thrift store. It seems even more bizarre because most brides go through some level of agony to find that perfect dress...only to burn it, swim in it, whatever?
To each their own!
That freaks me out! Then again, I could never think of doing a "trash the dress" shoot. You work so hard for that dress and spend too much money to have it destroyed.
eh im not a fan of those, not my style. I would never want photos like that.
Kudos to the couple for having the guts to carryout the idea. I don't think I would have the heart to burn my dress... not my thing.
Im right with you girls...Im thinking of selling my dress afterwards...and def donate it instead of burning it...hello! there are so many other brides out there who need help with money and cant afford a gown...thats why Im going to sell mine at a low cost so a bride can afford it.
Wow... that's crazy! I like it in an artsy kinda way but when I think about doing something like that to my dress, I just cringe! We're having a beach wedding and I KINDA want the "splash in the ocean, roll in the sand" pics but I don't know if I can bear to do that to my dress... and I don't even have one yet!!
I actually think it's quite rock 'n roll. I like it! However, my inner hippie is screaming at the environmental injustice of it all. (Anyone heard of reduce, reuse, recyle?)
Wow. She's definitely trying to make some sort of social statement! I think its pretty cool actually, but not for me. I read an article (maybe I got it from here) about the TTD trend, and it pointed out the irony in it... a lot of women do it to turn the traditionalism of weddings on its head, kind of their way to reclaim power and take away the emphasis on purity, etc. But the ironic thing is, by destroying something expensive, and being wasteful purely for a photo shoot, these brides are (in the opinion of the author) contributing to the culture of wastefulness, vanity and consumerism that surrounds weddings - the same thing TTD are attempting to deconstruct. Interesting.
I would never do that. It seems kind of crazy: as in crazy people who burn reminders of past relationships. I just have a bad feeling about burning a dress worn for such an important event if you're still with the guy!
I like it - wouldn't do it, but I think it's pretty saucy. I bet the whole shoot turned out great.
Is it weird that my first thought was "Woah, when did she put that black bra on? and who was watching?" instead of "OMW dress in oil bin burning!"
I'm super into photography and I'm all for TDDs that are about creating a sense of realism associated with the bride... splashing around at the beach, rolling in a field with your groom, playfully chasing after him on a dirty train track... because you can get incredible shots without actually "trashing" the dress (a good cleaners can usually undo whatever you put it through, within reason) but literally DESTROYING a beautiful, costly gown that is (hopefully) filled with sentimental value is downright disgusting to me.
As several have pointed out... how would you feel if you were a less-fortunate bride-to-be, wishing you could have a beautiful gown for your wedding day, after seeing those images? It would be devistating to see such a wasteful, selfish act. I don't think this woman has "guts" at all... I think she has shown us a horrendous example of consumerism, wastefulness, and vanity, as daniellemybelle's reference pointed out.
When I first heard of the TDD concept, I came across a photography site dedicated to it which had a tagline that read, "It's about creation, not destruction." Isn't that what we want for all things associated with the celebration of our marriages?
OH wow....
I couldn't do that... Walk away from the bee-utiful burning gown that I have chosen.. :(
I love a lot of the TTD photography, but if I'm going to burn my dress, frankly, I'd like better pictures than those. They look too deliberately posed to me, too self-conscious.
I would rather give away my dress instead of trashing it. It just doesn't make sense to spend so much money on something that you only wear for one day and then trash it.
I second Mouse, I think it's really cool, but in my case I would like to donate it, or have it recycle somehow, after the TTD shots
Um, by TDD, I meant TTD... oops. Also, I had similar thoughts as daydreamwanderer and cheerful... those shots are really not dress-burning-worthy, and putting on the black non-strapless bra in the middle of the shoot makes no sense and just looks stupid. Sorry but this whole thing is still getting me riled up!
I'm with the people who don't get the whole trash the dress concept at all, let alone the wastefulness of actually burning a perfectly good dress.
I'm on the side that thinks it's incredibly wasteful! Also, I think it's a weird choice to burn the dress. The burning and the fact that they look angry seems like they're ending their marriage or some other negative symbolism.
The first thing that I thought was wow that's one of my dream gowns lol and then the burning of it definitely makes a social statement :D. She is burning money in a time that many people are being evicted from their apartments and their homes are being foreclosed. Great statement! It's exactly what got our country into the throws of it's current economic predicament.
However, I like the pictures, very nice. The statement, meh. Sell the dress. Donate the dress, do a trash the dress in a Salvation Army Strip out of it and throw it at the cashier while walking out of the door with the Salvation Army signage in the back ground. That's the way I'd trash my dress...
Ugh, not a fan!! And daydream, i also wondered how all of a sudden she had the black underthings on, esp the UN-strapless black bra.
The video link is uber saucy!! But despite loving the look, an even bigger part of me feels that there must be something much more useful you can do with a) the dress b) the money spent on doing this shoot.
I like that it's different and like Mouse said, kinda rock and roll. I also agree with Cheerful that it's a little too posed for me - I think it would have looked more artsy if they were a little more candid. I personally wouldn't burn my dress, I'd sell it or donate it - something. But I don't think burning it is any more wasteful than preserving it and putting it in an attic or spare closet for years.
@laylabelle that's a good point about the attic. I think I want to turn my into christening gowns for future kids. There have to be more positive things to do with a dress.
Meh, I'm okay with it. Who knows what she paid for her dress. Maybe she's just not a really sentimental kind of girl. It sounds like something I'd do, LOL. I just don't care about my dress anymore...I'm only really keeping it in case one of my friends needs it and is broke or maybe make something out of the skirt. It's just a dress at some point, right? Maybe she's been married a year or two already.
I mean, drinking, smoking, guns, etc? They're obviously a 'rock n roll' kinda couple. Maybe friends of the photographers...who knows. Maybe it was all a staged shoot for PR for him!
Holy crap...I could never burn my wedding dress! That is just so...sad??? I'd cry.
I wish I could stumble upon another TTD session I had found a while ago...the bride had a huge tulle dress, and she took scissors to it...so bold, but I also couldn't bear to do it! The pictures were awesome though...
Here is a video that is somewhat similar...kind of neat! http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&VideoID=51919550
I agree I don't really understand the whole TTD idea. But I gotta admit; I think the pictures are pretty awesome & hott. I must agree with crebre08; that it almost stands as a perfect model of why our country is going to sh*t. Wastefulness; Glutany. I'd Donate it or Sell it Cheap. Also agree preserving it and having it sit in your attic for the rest of your life is nearly the same thing.
I like the pics. Don't think I'd ever burn my dress, but to each their own!
I think they are cool to look at, but agree with PPs that they would be cooler if they were more candid.
I like the comment at the end that says it was "tastefully done." It's not quite tasteful but it IS badass. I might want to take pics in my undies if I looked like her lol.
Ther's no way in hell would I ever do something like that. Prance around in trash in some decrepit neighborhood and then burn my dress? That's way too...well...trashy, for me. Thumbs down.
as art photography, i think its VERY cool!!!! as a real bride doing that, NO WAY!
Honestly, I kind of love it. Sure, it's a little white trashy, but it's fun, and yeah, she's trying a little bit TOO hard. But she paid for the dress, she has absolutely no obligation to donate it/ sell it/ whatever if she doesn't want to.
I actually really like the pictures. I'd never do it myself (my mom would kill me!) but it looks awesome.
She probably doesn't have the weird emotional attachement to her wedding dress that we've all learned to have since we were little girls. I think the pics are badass. I wouldn't do it-but I'm not her and she isn't me so i don't see what the big deal is.
As far as it being trashy, the urban scene is very in right now, right down to engagement shoots and everything. People are posing on rotted down old Chevrolets and everything! Think about it--all the vintage and cross processing looks and everything to make photos look old and dirty and rugged. It's almost....trendy, if you will! haha
Wow - it just seems wrong to me but that's cause I am super sentimental - the pics are awesome though!
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