Britain’s Youngest Brides
By Never teh BrideOne thing I’ve noticed about a lot of young brides is that they have crappy taste. Or maybe I’m just too old to understand their hip, funky, and modern fashion sense. TV1’s Britain’s Youngest Brides introduces the world to five young brides… Are they making mistakes? Following their hearts? Growing up? You decide.
Here’s part two:
In this segment, we meet Ash, who got engaged when she was 10 and married when she was 16 and he was 26.
You can find the rest of the program by following the links, but before you head over to YouTube, check out my favorite mini segment.
Remember what I said about bad taste? The bodice of the bride’s 266-pound gown is see through, and the sparkly boob covers appear to be a heart and a sun. Twenty layers of underskirts and 50,000 Swarovski crystals sure make an impression! Unfortunately, the impression I get is one of a heavily pregnant albino elephant wearing spray tanner waddling down the aisle. Ugh.
August 21st, 2007 at 7:29 pm
Getting that child and her mountain of skirt into that car is one of the top five funniest things I’ve ever seen. It goes right up there with Mony Python’s Upper Class Twit of the Year Awards sketch.
And somehow all I could hear through the howls was Kristin Scott Thomas saying wearily “Scarlett, she looked like a meringue.”
I covet the one couple’s coffin coffee table, though.
August 21st, 2007 at 8:51 pm
that is so disturbing. i love how that old guy is proud of the fact that he likes the young girl because she doesn’t know any better.
August 21st, 2007 at 11:02 pm
MTV has a show just like it called “Engaged and Underage.” It’s not as tacky and sinfully fun (I think I’m becoming an Anglophile) as the British version but still worth a good look. By the way, on E&U there’s alot of cupcake dresses.
August 22nd, 2007 at 12:39 am
I believe the term for this is “chav.” I know some people say it’s a classist term but it’s roughly the equivalent of ghetto/redneck in the US, which IMO is less about class and more a damning judgment of such ostentatious displays of materialism among the poor.
Fake tan, tasteless jewelry, frosty eyeshadow, and children of underaged mums running around - check!
August 22nd, 2007 at 11:08 am
I know the Traveler’s dress is hideous, but good golly! Look at the other wedding guests! No wonder!
August 22nd, 2007 at 11:41 am
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August 22nd, 2007 at 11:51 am
LOVED this! I thought it was hilarious but also very poignant. That clueless 18yo married to the crypt-keeper — it would be interesting to have a five-year follow-up to this show to see who’s still married, if there are any kids, etc. That Pakistani girl is going to go places!
August 22nd, 2007 at 1:10 pm
That was AWESOME! An assault on the senses. She actually waddled down the aisle…so graceful. Are Traveler and her groom going to live in her dress? Is that why it is so big? Why are there little girls dressed like bad Vegas showgirls? Seriously why did those two girls have on neon lycra tube tops and leggings?
August 22nd, 2007 at 4:47 pm
The traveler girl said she was Roman Catholic? I’m absolutely shocked that a Roman Catholic priest would allow people dressed so inappropriately into a church. I know more than one priest who would refuse to proceed with the wedding if the bride arrived dressed like that. Good golly, that was awful.
The pregnant bride had a pretty tasteful get-up, though, and the Pakistani girl’s dress was, of course, gorgeous.
The older man is creepy. I had crushes on older men when I was a teenager, but they were all wise enough not to go after a kid. I don’t mind age differences up to a point–my parents are 11 years apart, and I know a very happy couple who are 15 years apart, but more than 20 years is pushing it, especially if the younger partner is only 18.
August 26th, 2007 at 12:58 pm
From the sound of the first girl’s description of her life after marriage, this was the last interesting thing she was ever going to do, so its not that much of a surprise that she went over the top.
However, I had a hard time reconciling the family’s tradition views and the guest’s skanky apparel!
The couple with the huge age difference actually seemed happy and relatively normal to me.
August 30th, 2007 at 9:01 pm
Dang, that Traveler girl and Lauren are as tacky as hell.
Okay, two thoughts:
1.) From what these girls said, it seems as if they were in love with the idea of marriage itself without really understanding the responbilities that it entails.
2.) In the U.S., these girls would be considered white trash. I’m sorry, I know it’s very crass and rude of me to say that, but there it is.
March 4th, 2008 at 5:00 pm
Enygma…
I don’t think anyone’s arguing with you on point 2!