I was spending the afternoon relaxing and watching Fine Living Network on tv after a very stressful work week, when I was accosted by a preview of this Canadian reality show, "Bulging Brides," in which a bride who can't fit into her wedding dress chooses to engage in a weight loss "boot camp" to help her fit into her dress, all caught on camera. I
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That being said... my new sister in law is a size 12. The wedding dress she was measured for and they ordered was a size 16, and it was still too small when she got it. Wedding and bridesmaid dresses run tiny, so I can see where someone would be in the situation where they'd have an uber-expensive dress they have to struggle to fit into. (None of the bridesmaid dresses fit properly either... David's Bridal sucks much ass, yo.)
Even so, televising it and even speaking on it in the fashion of that promo? Absolutely dreadful. All they do is make the self-conscious fears of any woman magnify exponentially with their bullshit. RARGH.
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I had a two-wedding weekend recently, and the brides were of very different shapes, and they both looked gorgeous. Wedding clothing designers should focus on making dresses that fit and look good on all sorts of brides, rather than wanting the brides to fit the dresses they make.
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