Last week, a friend sent me a link that led to the photo shown here on the right. It’s on Pinterest, so I was able to see that around a half dozen women had pinned it to their wedding/bridal boards.
Ladies, while the gown itself is lovely and I totally support wearing non-white dresses, as white is not universally flattering to many brides, I’m just going to suggest that you leave the wings at home.
On your wedding day, you want to look beautiful, yes, but you also want to be comfortable. For example, I know from experience that veils are not in any way, shape, or form comfortable. I didn’t want to wear one because I knew that every time someone hugged me, they’d accidentally yank on the waterfall of netting cascading down my spine. However, it was insisted that veils are traditional and therefore I should have one, so I caved to the pressure and wore one. And as I knew would happen, I spent hours having my head tugged backward every time someone hugged me. My head and neck ached until the next day.
So I’m just going to suggest that wings will be even more awkward and will totally get in your way. You’ll be standing next to your beloved at the altar (or the fairy bower or whatever you’re going with with this theme) and you’ll constantly whap him with your wings. Or someone will accidentally put a finger through the netting when they go to hug you, thereby ruining your wings. Or you’ll accidentally poke Granny in the eye with one and, trust me, taking Granny to the ER because of a bleeding eyeball is going to cast a pall on your wedding day, especially if there are glitter shards embedded in there.
Then there’s the other issue. The main thing I know everyone reading this is thinking and that’s the whole concept of the fairy bride. I’m not going to diss your desire to be fairyesque on your wedding day. That’s your business. I can kindasorta understand your desire to live out some Tolkienian fantasy, complete with Legolas or Aragorn as your groom, but the wings are simply a bridge too far. Act that tale out on your honeymoon instead.
[Side note: Do NOT Google "Legolas and Aragorn" images unless you want to stumble across some gay fantasies. I had NO idea...]
Go for the ethereal and floaty look, if you must. Be pink and floral, if that floats your boat. Be a princess, if that’s your goal. Go bold, if that makes you happy. Be fey and sprite-like, if that thrills you. Glimmer like the moon, if that’s your thing.
Just leave the damn wings at home.
Also, one other note: THIS is NEVER acceptable at a wedding. No teeth on any body parts at weddings. EVER.
But if you use said wings to fly to your honeymoon, you could save a shit-ton on airfare.
HA!
Aragorn…..sigh. I’m sorry, what were you saying? And as for the racy stuff, prime case of Rule 34.
The dress is pretty, but kinda over the top. What would the groom have to wear to make that look balanced? And could you get him into tights and a tunic? I think not. Wings are for maxipads, not wedding dresses.
ROTFL “Wings are for maxipads”
<3 Legolas!!
And agree…wings might be a bit much
Yes. Ladies, if you want to wear a veil to the CEREMONY that is a lovely nod to tradition. But, TAKE IT OFF before your reception as you will feel as though with each hug that you will be decapitated.
I’m going to give those half dozen brides a pass and say that they only liked the dress, not the wings.
I agree, veils suck. I wore mine down the aisle and yanked it out as soon as that part was over.
Teeth or no teeth, I hate, hate, hate, the garter belt ritual at weddings. I made it very clear before my wedding that we would not be doing that.
I imagine the wood nymph wearing that number would not have a veil, but rather a lovely floral headpiece. And her groom would be equally imaginatively clothed as well.
That or that dress is really a child’s size 5.
Also, at weddings we need to limit “that guy” ……at my wedding he humped his girlfriend on the dance floor next to my Grandma. Not cool dude, not cool.
As for the dress…..to each his own.
My flower girl had wings. She was only 2.5 years old. I think she gets a pass. : )
I would wager NONE of those things you linked to qualify as wedding wear. Unless you’re getting married at a ren faire or fantasy con.
People have the strangest idea of wedding attire. And then there are all those people out there creating these fashion statements to sell on Etsy . . . I wonder what their wedding dresses looked like?
While I wish I had been more imaginative for my wedding gown – I did wear pale pink – I do think that all the the linked gowns are really tacky. I have already told my daughters that I don’t want to hear the P word when it comes to their weddings. I worked really hard as a mom to avoid all that princess crap.
So, I’m guessing WANDS are out, too, eh? (Insert “magic wand” joke of choice here.)
Picky, picky.
Great, now I have to go watch all the elf scenes on ALL THREE of the Lord of The Rings DVDs….lol
I’m thanking my lucky stars that my future DIL has better tastes in Wedding Attire.
I’ve never been to a wedding, or seen pictures of people I know at a wedding, that went off the traditional path of a white or ivory dress. The less glitter & bling, the more I like the dress.