To all of my post-bride friends, this one is for you

[elleestelle]

These women have decided to trash their wedding dresses on camera rather than let them sit in a closet for decades. The results are pretty cool...

Comments

[francesbcat]

I saw that in the Times, and it is pretty cool. The photos are beautiful, and it seems like a great way to rid yourself of the burden of "preserving" your dress. (Which made more sense back in the day when people would actually wear their mother's or whoever's dresses because they were handmade and heirloomey things.)

[elleestelle]

Ugh yes, and future generations would be rid of the obligation to wear heirloom dresses. My mother wants me to wear my grandmother's dress - her waist was 18in when she got married (which consequently is the size of my brother's neck). That would be perfectly fine if I had gotten married before I turned 12 years old!

[francesbcat]

18 inches?! Holey moley. When my grandmother passed away, we were going through all her old dresses and trying them on. Her waist wasn't *that* tiny, but she did have a very small waist, very small shoulders, and DD boobs. Grandma was a hottie. Anyway, my cousin Sam fits the boobs, my skinny Melin cousins fit the waist, and my sister and I fit nothing. :(

[elleestelle]

I look awful in white anyway. I also hate the "value of a bride based on her purity/virginity" traditional symbolism of the white anyhow. I intend to wear cream or light pink and get married outdoors near the water somewhere - if I do get married.

Oh and completely unjustly, my sister could probably almost wear my grandmother's dress. AND my best friend from elementary school just got engaged. She could probably wear your grandmother's dress. She weighs 106 pounds and has DD breasts naturally. Living proof that Barbie could walk, run and play ice hockey if she were a real woman.