Trash the what?!? What's behind the terms "trash the dress" and "day after"'?

Chatting here and there, I realised that in the end I wasn't really understood... because >not clear! " But what are these English words you're using?" 

On closer inspection, it's true that even in this field, we have our little technical words, our Anglicisms. It's surely to be more concise and not lose our readers in a long description...and in the end we lack precision. Fortunately, the blog is just the place to take the time to tell you all about it.

The origin of "trash the dress"

It is often written that the idea of destroying the dress was staged as early as 1998 in the series Sunset Beach when Meg Cummings rushes into the ocean in her wedding dress following the interruption of her wedding in the first episode, but after conducting the investigation, it turns out that she leaves her wedding in her wedding dress but arrives on the beach with another dress. With supporting evidence:

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On the other hand, as early as 1998, an episode of the TV series Friends shows an example of the desecration of the wedding dress: the three heroines spend an evening on the sofa in their wedding dresses to cheer themselves up.

To get back to the heart of the matter, it is recognised that the ‘Trash the dress’ photo shoot can be attributed to the American photographer John Michael Cooper in 2001.. For the record, tired of traditional wedding photos, he persuaded brides to pose after their wedding in offbeat and grimy environments. He then developed the idea and came up with the phrase ‘Trash the Dress’.

“Trash the dress” VS. “Day after”

‘Trash the Dress’, as the name suggests, is all about "Dazzling your dress". From there, anything goes: painting for artists, paintball for daredevils, water sports, etc. However, we would like to remind you to pay attention to safety: a wedding dress is easily flammable, and it is very heavy and cumbersome if it gets wet.

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For those who find this TOO trashy... because the dress budget can be substantial, there is a gentler version: the ‘day after’ session.

The idea is still to put on the dress again, but this time you won't have the heart to hurt it. We can stay with a desire to shift the use of the dress, like a trash the dress, by giving the dress a rock ‘n’ roll feel (big shoes and a biker jacket), by posing in unusual places...Or it can be a session to relive the magic of the dress, even after the wedding.

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Why do this session?

However you approach the session, it allows you to wear the wedding dress a second time. At the price of the dress, taking it out for just one day wouldn't be very cost-effective 😉

Then, destroying your dress can be an excuse: were you stressed about the wedding? Did you find it hard to put up with the differing and invasive opinions of your loved ones? Did you curse your dress on the day because it prevented you from walking/breathing/going to the toilet on your own? If you answered yes to at least one of these questions, ‘Trash the Dress’ could have a life-saving effect.

Trashing your dress can also be symbolic: the ‘blossoming maiden’ that you once were has now become a real woman, or you can stage a passion that unites you (for example, for a passion for cinema, by recreating mythical scenes from the cinema).

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But above all, all these sessions allow you to extend the magic of the wedding: you can have a session with your husband, or with your witnesses or bridesmaids or children. You will then spend time together, having fun, more rested and relaxed than on the wedding day. These moments will of course be immortalised by a photographer (or even a video team) because the whole session depends on the quality and artistic sense of the photographer: to be totally different, the photos are taken like fashion photos, they must become real paintings.

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Finally, if you don't destroy your dress, you can even have several ‘day after’ sessions, either with different loved ones or several years apart to keep the flame alive and remember that love remains intact.

These sessions are therefore a trend that has come from across the Atlantic, but on arriving here, it has adapted to our culture and we therefore have several variations available depending on the tastes of each individual. And you, would you be willing to play the game?