LOVE/HATE: The Two-In-One Edition
Wearing one wedding dress? How passé! I kid, I kid… most brides I know have worn a single wedding dress, bustled as necessary, perhaps removing a bolero between the ceremony and reception. My dress was the only garb I wore on my wedding day – at least until I changed into a t-shirt and jeans after everyone had gone home.
But I do know there’s a lust for variety and showpieces among some brides, hence the very minor “trend” of buying and then wearing two wedding dresses. (Not at the same time, of course, though that could be interesting!) There are also wedding dresses with detachable trains, though I haven’t seen many lately. And according to some sources, this year and next year, more and more brides will be wearing convertible wedding dresses. Convertible wedding dresses like these from Martina Liana:
From pretty bridal gown to party dress...
The folds hide the attachments!
So, what do you think? Are convertible wedding dresses going to catch on in a big way, this year and next, or is this yet another outlier bridal style being touted as the next huge thing?
I’m inclined to say LOVE – sometimes only for the concept, not the execution – because dancing one’s bridal butt off in a full skirt isn’t all that easy, especially for the uncoordinated. HOWEVER, as much as I do love the idea, I simply cannot get behind the convertible wedding dress that turns not into a kicky party frock, but rather into disco shorts…
Words fail me...
I had a dress like this at my first wedding, in 1998! The look was closest to the first picture, before and after. I kept it a secret from the groom right up until I took the skirt off. Funny part: the overskirt (if you will) was split down the middle, and as I was walking down the aisle, my shin pushed the sides apart so everyone could see that it was split. everyone except the groom, who was walking in with me – so it was ONLY a surprise to him.
I took the overskirt off after the first dance business was over with.
I think it’s a fun idea in theory, but that chances are by the time you pay the markup for the novelty that you could possibly just have afforded another dress.
I’ve been around long enough to have seen this trendlette come and go more than once. In fact, I think this is the third flurry I’ve been aware of. It seems to pop up every ten to fifteen years, get a lot of press, sell a very few dresses and disappear again.
It’s not that it’s a bad idea, but the execution often leaves a lot to be desired. The ones shown above do seem subtler than most of the ones I’ve seen in the past, which does help. Back in the day I would see convertible wedding gowns in the magazines where they couldn’t keep the secret in a still photo with the full resources of a studio and professional photographer. With the ones above, the conversion might actually be a surprise.
In the case of the disco hotpants… yeah, that would be a surprise. It does, however, go to show that not all surprises are good ones.
I think those dresses are nice idea, especially for non conventional brides! The disco hotpants were… uglu, but must admit – surprising!
@Toni: FWIW, the dress I got was pretty inexpensive, as wedding dresses go. I don’t remember for sure, but I’d say it was $500 or less. I’m CERTAIN they get marked up. Seems everything bridal gets marked up in some way or another.