A totally sweet gown
By Never teh Bride
Viktoriya Shtefano wore one sweet gown when marrying pastry chef (and husband) Valentyn Shtefano. Accprding to Associated Press,
“Valentyn is a rising star in the field of baking as visual art, earning him a following in this city near the border with Slovakia. His creations have generated a buzz in a place where cake is often layers of heavy cream, wafers and nuts or poppy seeds - more something to eat than to look at.”
I don’t doubt it. His bride’s gown was made of 1,500 cream puffs and weighed a hefty 20 pounds. While it is certainly delicious to look at, it was probably less than edible once the couple’s wedding day rolled around, considering it took two months to make.
“At first, it was even a little embarrassing,” Viktoriya Shtefano said of the dress she wore to the couple’s reception in August at Uzhhorod’s 1,200-year-old castle. “Cameras, interviews, but after a couple of hours, I didn’t even want to take it off.”
October 14th, 2006 at 8:26 pm
Wow! That’s a step up from edible underwear!
October 15th, 2006 at 2:58 am
Hee!
October 15th, 2006 at 1:50 pm
Twenty pounds of edible (semi) gown…just seems a bit much to me. (shakes head) I guess it takes all kinds.
October 15th, 2006 at 8:54 pm
Ew! Sticky!
October 15th, 2006 at 11:15 pm
aw..beautiful photo…i love ur blog and it always makes me feel happy….my wedding planning is tough..thanks for sharing ur blog…
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October 16th, 2006 at 11:01 am
This confection appears as well on Dress A Day. While I agree that there was an awful lot of love on the part of the bride who wore it, it does seem to me as if this dress was more about the bridgegroom, and his profession, than it was about the bride. I don’t get the impression that she longed, more than anything else in the world, to spend her wedding day wearing two-month-old cream puffs. At best, I would say it seems like an idea that the bridegroom got carried away with … at worst, it seems more than a bit controlling. I note that he’s not all got up in cream puffs.
October 16th, 2006 at 1:56 pm
Good point, La BellaDonna. Can you imagine how sticky and gross she must have felt after hours standing around in that thing?
November 3rd, 2006 at 1:00 am
I just keep imagining a cartoon “*splat!*” sort of sound when, as the evening wears on, the bride forgets that she’s covered in pastry and plops wearily down in the nearest chair. Tee-hee!
Actually, she looks like a character from “Candyland” come to life. “Countess Creampuff” or something like that.