Trash the dress
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Trash the dress is a term used for a type of photography that contrasts elegant clothing with an environment in which it is completely out of place. It is generally shot in the style of glossy beauty and glamour photography.
The term is alleged to have been coined and the idea started in America, by photographer Mark Eric, after he shot his first Trash The Dress session in New York.
A model often wears a ball gown, prom dress or wedding dress[1], and may effectively ruin the dress in the process by getting it wet, dirty or in extreme circumstances tearing or destroying the garment.
It may also be done as an additional shoot after the wedding, almost as a declaration that the wedding is done and the dress will not be used again. It is seen as an alternative to storing the dress away, never to be seen again.
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- UK Trash The Dress Site
- US Trash The Dress Site
- European Trash The Dress Site
- Australian Trash The Dress Site
- Is This Any Way to Treat Vera Wang?; The New York Times, 10 June 2007.
- Trash the wedding dress, preserve the memories; New York Daily News, 20 April 2008.
- "Weddings A La Mode," Sarah Coleman, in Photo District News magazine, in April 2008 print issue (online at PDN, subscription required) Retrieved April 21, 2008
