No, trash the dress is not what a woman does later after she has made a late grand entrance at a party wearing what she thought was a one of kind creation, only to encounter another female clad in the same “original.” Trash the dress is a fairly new collaboration between a bride and the photographer to introduce a new aspect of memorializing the couple’s wedding.
Trash the dress is a trend for the bride looking to break away from tradition when it comes to traditional wedding picture settings. Instead, this bride is choosing a photo shoot environment in direct contrast to her beautiful wedding dress.
Imagine, a bride wearing a $5000 Vera Wang wedding dress diving into a waterfall, or painting a barn bright red while wearing a Lazara bridal frock, or even disassembling an Oscar de la Renta bridal gown to frame the remnants as a work of art. Though not typical these are examples of trash the dress.
For the trash the dress bride who is not so willing to do serious damage to the most important dress she will ever wear, the bride and photographer can go with shots that put emphasis on contrasting the background of the pictures, with that of the wedding attire.
For example, trash the dress wedding pictures can feature a formally clad bride and groom walking in a forest, or strolling through an art gallery, or eating at a sidewalk café. The point being that trash the dress photo shoots are not necessarily set in rustic surroundings, or result in irreparably damaging the wedding dress.
Just how far the trash the dress bride will go to express her individuality might depend on much she the loves the wedding dress she chose for her wedding day. Some brides reconsider their decision to wear their wedding dress in a trash the dress shoot, and purchase a second, less expensive dress for the trash the dress photos.
Not very long ago, people were bleaching, or cutting up a $250 pair of blue jeans to make a fashion statement. But, even for today’s edgier brides, there are boundaries that most won’t go past when it comes to damaging the bridal dress worn on their wedding day. And, isn’t that a form of self-expression.
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