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It Was The Best Of Times, It Was The Worst Of Times: A Gallery Of Not So Gorgeous Bridal Fashions

Hi guys! And greetings from the world of Big Ponies! So way back when I was still a full-time Jezebel, I asked you to send me pics of the best-worst bridal party dresses you've ever worn. And I have to say: You're all a bunch of chickens. You totally weenied out on me! Too afraid to insult the so-called "friends" who forced you wear the monstrosities, only twenty-two of you dared to send me your bridesmaid crimes of fashion. And rest assured, I admire you for it. After the jump, the gallery of the brave, the strong, the survivors of the worst hells bells has to offer.
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3:00 PM on Fri May 30 2008
By Jennifer
17,507 views, 85 comments

Latest by GoodMorningAngels (makes me Charlie): Oh SAD!! Had I known you'd be so generous in obscuring faces, I would have sent a whole STACK! I am a weenie. I admit it. It's really too bad, because I have been in all KINDS of garish. Still, the more »

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Plus-Size Bridal On An Anorexic Budget: Now At A Mall Near You

Torrid, plus-sized mall-chain extraordinaire, is now moving into the wonderful world of bridal wear, all priced at the very friendly price point of $78-$220. But are the looks any good? Eh, yes and no. After the jump, I evaluate the mass-produced dresses for the supposed curvy girl on a budget. More »

3:20 PM on Fri May 9 2008
By Jennifer
13,398 views, 162 comments

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Stella McCartney Is Eager To Dress ScarJo In Virginal White

  • Stella McCartney calls dibs on bride-to-be Scarlett Johansson: "I'm definitely doing her wedding dress. She doesn't know it yet." Awkward. [People]
  • Says Marc Jacobs on the bride-to-be, "I'm really happy for her. She's a great girl. I just think Scarlett is great and I hope she is very, very happy. She's super funny. I love a smart, ballsy, New Yorker and that's what she is. I wish her the best." And by "the best" he clearly means, "Do why didn't that bitch ask me to design her wedding dress?" [Vogue UK]
  • Chris "Mr. Big" Noth has some strong feelings about Victoria's Secret, "I'm not into Victoria's Secret so much. I find it over the top. I like subtlety and I like elegance. I think their things are gaudy and they are really trying too hard. If I could make a fashion statement, I think that Victoria's Secret looks to me like somebody who is putting on too much make-up. It's too gaudy, man. I mean, come on take it easy, you don't have to have a fuckin' bouquet of flowers on your underwear. Sorry Victoria's Secret; I hope they're not one of our sponsors!" [Oh No They Didn't]
  • "You can get diamonds cheap," says Heidi Klum, which is why she's going to start sewing them into the pockets of her Jordache jeans line. Clearly, she has not seen Blood Diamond. [WWD, 9th item]
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11:30 AM on Wed May 7 2008
By Jennifer
3,544 views, 87 comments

Latest by whateverhappened: Thank you Mr. Big. I never "got" Victoria Secret, or Bebe for that matter. more »

hells bells

Wedding-Planning Polls: Democratic Or Dumb?

The Wall Street Journal is reporting that the latest trend in the wacky world of bridal is to replace the wedding planner with an online poll. Why should brides spend time and money making tough decisions when they can turn that responsibility over to the folks who'll be attending? They don't have to worry their pretty little heads about the cake, the first dance song, the booze or even their hairstyle. Of course, a bride is still a bride. It's her day, right? That's why Rachael Buskirk, 25, an engineer from Asheville, N.C. (who met her fiancé through MySpace), plans to ignore her cake poll. See, the guests didn't pick the style she preferred. More »

6:30 PM on Mon May 5 2008
By Jennifer
6,100 views, 145 comments

Latest by Jan74: @thetokenblack: Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings? You. Are. Awesome. Your wedding rules. more »

Is Vera Wang the next Martha Stewart? Wang has just announced the launch of her own bridal registry. "Our authoritative position in bridal and bridal registry has allowed us to leverage this [consumer] trust into a lifestyle brand. The next logical step is to capitalize on our relationship with the client over the course of their lives. Our objective is to continue to grow our lifestyle product offering and keep pace with the evolving needs of the consumer," she says. Translation: She's gonna slap her name on furniture, fabrics, rugs, lighting and house paint and watch the brides go bonkers. [BrandWeek]

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Reem Acra Bridal And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

There is something inherently creepy about the fact that this season's Reem Acra bridal collection was inspired by various children's characters like Alice in Wonderland, Raggedy Ann and Strawberry Shortcake. (Paging Dr. Freud!) And yet — thank goodness for Reem Acra, because, if not for her, we would all have been faced with one of the most boring (if not just plain bad) bridal seasons of recent memory. Acra's gowns explode with color, whimsy, and (what a relief!) point of view. At last, a designer who applies the concepts of high design to the world of bridal design, which is so frequently dismissed as the height of banality. Whether her almost-Lolita-esque designs are your cup of tea is another story altogether, but I can't help but applaud design that tells stories and isn't afraid of a little reckless, feckless imagination. The collection, of course, after the jump. More »

4:00 PM on Mon Apr 21 2008
By Jennifer
6,286 views, 44 comments

Latest by n/a: There's something very Katherine Isabelle about the left-hand model in that second-to-last photo. She looks like she might really, really enjoy cutting me. more »

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This Season's Vera Wang Bridal: A Whole Lotta Ugly

Is there any bigger name in bridal than Vera Wang? I say no. Hell, the woman has even pimped her brand out into china, crystal, linens and mattresses to continue her monopoly on all things nuptial. But not gonna lie: I'm worried about Vera Wang. Because the bridal collection she showed yesterday is really really bad. There's little coherence to it and the shapes seem purposeless at best; deformed and dated at worst. Okay, there was one look I loved, but other than that it was a whole lot of oy. See for yourself, after the jump. More »

3:40 PM on Fri Apr 18 2008
By Jennifer
10,296 views, 114 comments

Latest by Evadestruction: Row 7, dress 1: Is her butt in the front? more »

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Bridal Season Continues With A Flurry Of Lookalike White Gowns

More bridal shows! Yesterday, designers Angel Sanchez and lara Helene both essentially offered up the same old iterations of the same old styles we've seen forever, though props to Sanchez for popping a few short looks in the collection, which I happen to dig. (I just ain't a poofy dress kinda girl.) And since I know you all have strong feelings on the ubiquitous strapless gown, do the feeling stay the same with regards to strapless but short? The collections are after the jump: Go on and weigh in. More »

5:00 PM on Wed Apr 16 2008
By Jennifer
4,424 views, 81 comments

Latest by n/a: I'll take the floors on the Lara Helene runway? more »

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This Season's Bridal Wares Continue To Inspire Shock, Awe

Another day, another set of new bridal collections to judge. Lela Rose, Oscar de la Renta, and Carolina Herrera are all noted presences in the (non-bridal) fashion world, each offering their own take on classicism and femininity. As for their their bridal collections, each had varying levels of success. Lela Rose's dresses are good in concept, but the execution is a little meh. Oscar de la Renta (at left) offers something for every taste: Sheaths! Princess skirts! Pantsuits! Cocktail dresses! And while many are unquestionably beautiful, his Scarlett O'Terror look is a bad, bad idea. Carolina Herrera's collection was the most consistent, and definitely had moments of brilliance. But the Three Blind Mice-meets-Dr. Zhivago styling certainly isn't for everyone. (Or maybe even anyone.) The collections for your review, after the jump. More »

4:00 PM on Tue Apr 15 2008
By Jennifer
6,879 views, 98 comments

Latest by laurasaurus: The middle dress in the fourth photobunch for Herrara looks... just... first of all, stranglingly tight, secondly, decidedly bulge-hiding. more »

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Suddenly, Disney Bridal Doesn't Look So Bad

The latest season of bridal shows began on Friday, and already we are mildly concerned with what we see. While really big name Badgley Mischka is, um, one of the really biggest names in this market, I found the whole collection to be 1) ugly 2) dated and 3) kitschy. Seriously, the Disney bridal dresses looked better than this shit. Monique Lhuillier, who is what Vera Wang was 10 years ago (aka the choice of "cool" brides who don't have to worry about money), offered a much better showing, her looks markedly sophisticated and tasteful and "modern' on the whole. Maybe it was just the choice of models, but something about it, though, left me with a funny taste of "child bride" in my mouth. The collections for your review, after the jump. More »

4:00 PM on Mon Apr 14 2008
By Jennifer
10,063 views, 111 comments

Latest by n/a: @GoodMorningAngels: Finally a sane person around! Hater?? Hell no. I call that sound scepticism. We nedd more of that. We so need to grow out of playing with our princess dolls. Especially when those dolls are us. Or [shudder] our more »

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Kate Hudson's Traffic-Stopping Skirt

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Disney Flower Girl Dresses: For Little Girls Who Still Believe In Fairy Princesses

The reign of terror of Disney Bridal continues! And while this is the second season the line has presented looks for brides and their maids, this is the first time they've offered up looks for flower girls, too. We say if you want your flower girl to look like a Disney princess, just go to your favorite local party store right after Halloween and pick up some costumes on clearance. But that's just us. Fairy princess looks for a demographic that still believes in fairy princesses, after the jump. More »

3:20 PM on Wed Mar 26 2008
By Jennifer
14,505 views, 153 comments

Latest by zibby: I got sick of all this GD Disney Princess stuff so I decided to remake my 7 y.o. daughter in my image. She currently enjoys ice hockey, Half-Life (particularly setting zombies on fire), The Ramones, and Looney Tunes shorts as more »

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Disney Bridesmaid Dresses: For The Fairy Princess In None Of Your Friends

Remember the Disney Bridal collection from yesterday? Guess what: It's not just for brides! Yup: the soon-to-be betrothed can include their bridesmaids in their princess-themed nuptials. Just like the wedding dresses, the bridesmaids collection is "inspired" by Belle, Ariel, Jasmine, Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella and Snow White and each includes three styles of bridesmaids gowns. Fortunately, we find them to be a little more like their princess namesakes than the wedding dresses were. The Disney Bridal Fall 2008 bridesmaid collection, after the jump. More »

2:30 PM on Tue Mar 25 2008
By Jennifer
17,328 views, 210 comments

Latest by xchoco_strawberryx: All I've got to say to this is...wow. Why? Just why? more »

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Disney Bridal: For The Fairy Princess In None Of Us

Have you heard? Disney, the very same company that has been selling young girls the myth that if we sit around on your asses long enough, a prince will come and whisk you us off our feet, is now selling young women wedding dresses inspired by the various Disney princesses: Ariel from The Little Mermaid, Belle from Beauty and the Beast, Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Snow White, and Jasmine from Aladdin. The new Disney Bridal collection, now in its second season, rehashes the worst bridal design stereotypes and repackages them into looks that resemble those in the Disney movies we saw as kids... if we squint our eyes real hard, that is. After the jump, behold the latest collection by Disney Bridal designer Kirstie Kelly for grown women who want to dress like animated drawings. More »

3:30 PM on Mon Mar 24 2008
By Jennifer
23,840 views, 223 comments

Latest by n/a: these aren't bad at all! more »

Our neighbors to the north are bucking tradition when it comes to getting hitched. Canadian brides have realized that, in most cases, (to quote Miranda Hobbes from Sex and the City) "the jig is up" when it comes to the color of choice of "virgins" everywhere. Instead, brides are "opting for darker shades of ivory such as mocha, accents of color that may or may not match their bridesmaids' dresses and even bridal gowns in darker shades such as red, blue and eggplant." Muses Bettie Bradley of Today's Bride magazine: "In Victorian times, it was quite usual for a person simply to be married in their best dress and for the men to go back to work after the wedding." In other words: Even the prudish Victorians weren't retarded enough to think that the color of your wedding dress has any bearing on the kind of marriage you're going to have. [Reuters]

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Badgley Mischka just showed its bridal line. And frankly, it was a little meh! At least BM ready-to-wear, though monotonous, has, well, color. But the old-school white frocks on display on the latest BM runway weren't anything millions of soon-to-be-marrieds haven't seen in cheap bridal mags over the past decade. Though we must say, some the looks did have a certain, drag-queen-esque aesthetic. Even more reason to legalize gay marriage! Gallery below. (All images via AP.)

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hells bells

We Shouldn't Have To Buy You Shit Just 'Cause You're Getting Married

Reasons we have contemplated moving to England:
1) Socialized health care.
2) No George W. Bush.
3) Rhyming slang.
4) Accents.
5) Afternoon tea.
6) No bridal showers. More »

3:20 PM on Wed Jul 25 2007
By Jennifer
6,423 views, 40 comments

Tell us if we're reading this wrong, but is the latest trend in high fashion slumming it? Cathy Horyn reports that Lanvin's Alber Elbaz is shaking everything up by "bring[ing] clear design integrity to shapes that appear simple, in fabrics like polyester...so that the clothes are hard to copy." Uh, what's so hard to copy about a polyster dress? That's called Target, sans designer label! Is expensive crap the new designer cheap? We scratch our heads, and wonder what that even means. [NYT]

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