"Say Yes To The Dress" ... Then TRASH The Dress?

So.... was she going for a "Twilight" themed wedding?

I'm sorry, but have I been

living on another planet?

When did it come into vogue to trash your wedding dress for

your post-wedding photo shoot?

A good friend, Josh, (a pilot who would be more likely

to fill me in on the latest in aircrafts,

but NOT wedding dress trends)

found an article on MSNBC.com about this eccentric new trend in weddings.

I like watching the TLC channel show "Say Yes To The Dress" and I wondered,

does Kleinfeld's in NYC

know what may be happening to some of their fab dresses AFTER the wedding?

:)

I wonder how the mother and/or father

of the bride feels about this,

since they probably haven't even finished

paying off that dress yet!

I must admit, some of the photos look pretty

and in some, the dress really

isn't getting "trashed" - nothing a good

dry cleaning wouldn't erase...

These are sweet, they look like wonderful,

down-to-earth couples.

I love the following photos...

they look like they could be in

a glossy wedding magazine!

This makes me

SWOON!

How romantic!!

This gets my vote simply

for it's artistic appeal.

And sheer guts.

But in some of the pics....

Well, they're another story...

Julia Roberts-style good looks, to be sure, but

I think she should have taken advantage of the

government's Cash-For-Clunkers deal before it ended...

Honey, that car needs WAY more than a car wash...

;)

I actually really think this

is darling.

She looks so happy

& afterall

that's what wedding days

are all about, right?

This one is fun --

or, as my friend Josh wondered,

is she actually

a water version of

the 'runaway bride'

and that's

her

getaway-ski?

:)

Okay. Color me confused...

Wedding day. Lovely dress.

So naturally the next thing to come to mind is ... junk yard!

Not so much...

And what does it say on the car?

"Her's"? (I'd like to see "his", then!)

"HELP"?

Words escape me...

Would love to know the story behind the football jersey.

Goin' casual, were we?

And this last one?

Well, some of you know my daughter is an art major...

Olivia...

If you're reading this...

Hon, I beg of you...

Your father begs of you...

please...

no.

You guys wanna hear the very words my hubby said when he

read first read about this?

"Uh, I can tell you right now...

if she plans on doing anything like this,

I'm not paying for the dress!"

Did I ever mention, hubby doesn't mince words?

But you know what?

At the end of the day,

if it helps make it all more memorable,

and it if helps really "brand" the special day

with what makes you, "you"...

then I say

GO FOR IT!

It's just a dress --

and though so much emphasis (and money!) is

placed on the dress before the wedding

(as evidenced by the show "Say Yes To The Dress")

there is really nothing

inherently magical

about

the dress...

the marriage is what really matters....

~Ruth~

{All photos courtesy of MSNC.com}

And thanks to Josh, too, for

enlightening me on this

new trend!