Thursday, October 16, 2008

Trash the dress?





Interesting idea... but what would Vera Wang think? Trash the Dress, you say? It's exactly what it sounds like -- following the blessed event, the bride straps on that gorgeous dress once again for a final farewell photo to the gown she spent a fortune to wear for one day only. We all know our daughters won't wear our dresses, so trashing the dress sounds like a great idea to me.

These so-called Trash the Dress photos have become all the rage with brides who want to add something unconventional to their wedding albums. And unconventional they are -- particularly the photo at right in which a bride has set her wedding gown aflame, a la Joan of Arc. This shot was taken by a photographer named John Michael Cooper, who coined the phrase Trash the Dress. If you want to see more of his edgy, arty wedding photography, check out his website, which chronicles his collection of Trash the Dress wedding photos. A recent bride of mine decided to trash her dress buy jumping in the pool with her new husband. Even better than that her whole family followed suit. What did you do with your dress?

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