In case you missed it, last week my cross-blog conversation with Ashley of Bride on a Budget ventured onto the ever-sensitive topic of alcohol and cash bars. If you missed it, check out these links:
Crystal’s Opinion on Cash Bars
This week it was Ashley’s turn to pick a topic and she asked me:
In case you haven’t seen this hot photography trend – a trash the dress session is a photo session where the bride puts on her wedding gown and has glamour shots done in unique, unexpected locations. The most common location is the beach – with brides rolling in the sand and lounging in the water – but other locations have included back alleys, dumps, car wreckage yards, theme parks and deserts just to name a few
Personally – I LOVE trash the dress photography. I get that some brides can’t handle the idea of doing that to their dresses. But realistically, chances are you aren’t ever going to use it again and the photos you will get from the session will be unforgettable keepsakes that you can display proudly – while your dress sits in a back closest in a box where no one will ever see it anyway.
Do I think the wedding dress is sacred? No – I don’t. I think that wedding vows and marriage are sacred. Everything else is just icing on the cake. If you wear a paper bag – does that make your wedding somehow less sacred? No – the dress is just ornamentation. Don’t get me wrong – I think every bride should look and feel amazing on her wedding day and a dress is part of that. But to call it sacred seems to take away from what is really sacred about that special day in my opinion.
Should you trash your dress? Well – I am. I have an appointment later this summer lol. I can’t wait. Should you? If its something that appeals to you and you would enjoy – do it! Don’t worry about the dress! You’ll never wear it again anyway. After all- you just vowed to spend FOREVER with your guy right?
So Ashley – what’s your thoughts?
