Brides should look virginal, not like they're in their slip.
My daughter will probably get married in her grandmother's wedding dress anyhow (when the right guy comes along). Real silk double weight satin, jewel neckline, basque bodice, puff sleeves about to the middle of the upper arm, very full skirt with a chapel train. Absolutely plain except for a 1/8" lace border on the neckline. The fabric is so good that it doesn't need a lot of elaboration, and there's a Brussels lace full veil that makes up for the plain gown.
I was married in it too, the pictures still look good 30 years later. (The guys' tuxedos are the worst the 70s could supply - shoulda gone with morning dress.)
You are right. The designer is “talking the talk,” but her dresses are as revealing as anything else out there. It’s what Miss Manners Judith Martin calls “dressing for the party and not the ceremony.”
YEah, having looked at some of the dresses, all I can say is that if that’s all pious and restrained, the other brides must be getting hitched in lingerie.
A friend’s daughter got hitched and the dress was really nice but like these in they way they handled the bust. So at the brides request the mom made a very nice voile jacket with a fairly severe cut and it tamed the whole thing while still being exquisite.
I’m not that crazy about most of the dresses either, but not for the reasons you have. It’s just that they’re sort of unoriginal. And some of the models look like they’re depressed and/or in the last stages of TB.
I don’t have a problem with bare shoulders. If a girl really is virginal, she’ll look innocent with her bare little shoulders showing.
My own daughter, pretty as she is, has developed large shoulders and arms from wrestling Cleveland Bay stallions and is certainly not going to get married in any off-the-shoulder outfit.
but I don’t really like most of the dresses. Too much skin showing, especially the upper body, for a wedding dress
All the styles today are ugly with the no sleeve look. I hate it especially on women with big boobs. It is not right to go to church with boobs sticking out. Also it is for skinny women. I have seen many overweight women in this type of gown and to tell you the truth it is gross.
“The bride was topless!”