New Wedding Fad: Trash the Dress



Posted: Thursday, February 11, 2010

by Glenna Tooman
Memory Makers Event Planning, LLC

Want to add a bit of pizzazz to your wedding photos and you don't mind damaging your gown? If so, you might consider taking "trash the dress" photos. This is a new fad created by wedding photographers as a way to obtain unique, once in a lifetime, photos. When a bride is willing to get her dress wet or dirty, she may be photographed wading in the ocean or a lake, sitting on a mountainside or on the beach, riding a motorcycle, rollilng in mud, or in many other unconventional situations that can harm her wedding gown.

I recently had a bride who was photographed playing in a downtown fountain while wearing her gown, though she was careful not to get too wet. Another photographer told me about shooting a bride who jumped into a swimming pool at a country club in her gown. The groom and several of the groomsmen joined her. (If they were wearing rented tuxes, they own them now.)

If you don't want to ruin your dress before or during the reception, some brides choose to take "trash the dress" photos a week or two after the wedding, when they no longer need to keep the gown clean.

Obviously, this fad isn't for everyone. If a bride wants to keep her gown, then she wouldn't be interested in this fad. However, if the gown is not that important, a bride may be willing to sacrifice it for more unique photos. To each her own style!

2007 Glenna Tooman, Memory Makers Event Planning, LLC; all rights reserved

Glenna Tooman owns Memory Makers Event Planning, LLC located in Boise, Idaho. Glenna is internationally recognized for her common sense approach to wedding and event planning and as an expert in wedding and social etiquette issues. She writes primarily on event planning and small business issues for magazines, newspapers and web sites throughout the U.S. and Canada. Visit her web site at www.memorable-events.com.

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