Trash the what, now?
A few weeks ago I came across this website.
Essentially, once the wedding is all said and done, instead of paying big bucks to store a dress they’re never gonna wear again, and taking up space in an already overflowing closet, women are doing photo shoots in odd locations, like a Louisiana swamp or the Pacific ocean, and essentially trashing their dresses for the sake of, well, a really awesome pile of pictures.
I ran a poll on the Rogers Yahoo! today module with a news feature about the site, asking if readers would trash their dresses for the sake of art or are they treasuring that dress always… An overwhelming 70% said, no, no way, uh-uh to the dress trashing.
Me? I’m not sure if I’d do it. It’d have to be a location that was pretty meaningful to either me or to me and my groom… and it’d have to be a really awesome photographer. I wouldn’t want to go through all that hassle and ruin a dress I spent a huge amount of money on for crappy pictures.
What about you? Would you trash your dress? Why or why not?
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You know… I just might do it! I’m one of those people who get all pissy about paying so much for something. So if I couldn’t sell it on Ebay, why not get some great pics of it in the ocean or the snow. I’m all for a great pic. I never keep something for the sake of keeping it. The dress would probably get donated eventually. How cool is that? I’m totally digging that ‘trash the dress’ idea!
My custom designed raw silk medieval style gown is safe in the back of my closet thank you very much.
Those pictures are beautiful. If my mother hadn’t sewn my dress–mostly by hand, entirely with silk, over the course of three months–I would be so tempted to do something like that. As it is, I can’t shake the feeling she’ll show up any second to kick my ass for even expressing admiration for the idea. And if she did, I wouldn’t blame her; that dress was work.