Lavish Weddings

During this week of pop culture, we have looked into the new trend of big, flashy, romantic weddings, their origin, and how they have shaped the way we think of how the traditional wedding should be. We were given two examples to look at. The first being an article called "The Rise of Lavish Weddings", about the culture of weddings in the U.S and how they have changed since the late 1800's. The second was a video clip of "Say Yes to the Dress", this illustrating three different women shopping for dresses for their big day.

The first way both the article and video have been similar was through the connection of women transforming their bodies to become attractive to men. The invention of the scale and the measuring of a calorie are put into place to achieve the ideal body style. In the video, Crystal is shopping for two dresses, one a ball gown style, the second is more of a slim, mermaid style to "please her man". Deborah lost thirty five pounds just so she could fit into the dress of her dreams. Her ideal dress was one that would resemble the perfect wedding of princess Diana.

The second way both sources were connected were through the generation of Princess Diana Spencer "ideal princess wedding" and the rise again of weddings wanting to be more lavishing. After the rebellion acts of the 1970's, where the traditional way of getting married changed and cohabitation became a bigger deal than marriage, the iconic marriage of Diana Spencer in the 1980's reopened the eyes of women wanting to have the fairy tale wedding. All three of the women on "Say Yes to the Dress" were directly linked into having a princess themed dress or wedding. Kelly wanted a Princess Grace Kelly themed dress, Crystal wanted the ball gown style of dress and wanted to feel like a princess, and Deborah (who was freaking crazy), believed she had talked to Princess Diana herself and believed her wedding was just as amazing as hers, but without Buckingham Palace.

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  1. UnknownApril 21, 2017 at 5:22 PM

    I personally think it's a little alarming the amount of people who want to mimic someone else's wedding. If weddings are supposed to be classified the most important day of our lives then why are we trying to copy one from someone else, or even worst a Disney movie? I think this might be showing a lack of creative thinking in the wedding industry.-*

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