While in Boston, my friend and I stopped off to visit Fenway Park, home of the Boston Red Sox! It was a rather dead morning so when we saw a bride in her wedding gown splattering herself and the dress all over with ketchup and mustard from the Hot Dog Stand, we couldn't help but be kaypoh Singaporeans and went over to find out what was up... one thing led to another and not only did we take a photo with her (we were as touristy as you could get to cover up our inquisitiveness), we also ended up talking to a reporter from the Boston Globe, resulting in my friend sort of being quoted. (sort of, because we don't remember her asking that, nor the supposed reply that was given but well we'll allow the journalist her little liberties since she probably didn't think we'd track the article down all the way from tiny Singapore...)
Here comes the slob
Brides cut loose - and gowns suffer the consequences - in post-wedding albums
Down the aisle, over to FenwayBrides get a second chance to wear their wedding gowns, in the most unexpected places.
Brides cut loose - and gowns suffer the consequences - in post-wedding albums
Down the aisle, over to FenwayBrides get a second chance to wear their wedding gowns, in the most unexpected places.
Is it folded carefully into a box, sealing satin, embroidery, silk, and lace from moths and mites? Is it loaned or given to another bride? Is it sold on eBay, just another piece of post-wedding detritus? Or is it kept for a daughter, who may or may not favor Mom's decades-old dress?
What if it could be worn again — on the street, in a fountain, near a Dumpster, on railroad tracks? What if it could get totally dirty?
What if it could be worn again — on the street, in a fountain, near a Dumpster, on railroad tracks? What if it could get totally dirty?
This is Canton-based photographer Dina Konovalov's vision for Boston-area brides, who — along with partner and videographer Dmitriy Dribinskiy — is creating new and grittier post-wedding albums. In these shots, brides "trash" their dresses, taking beautiful pictures in dirty places and doing messy things with no care for the kinds of stains and smudges that would create panic on the wedding day.
"I think people pick this photo shoot for different reasons," mused Konovalov, 30, who offers the two-hour shoots for $500 (adding $250 for additional locations), through her studio, A Dream Picture. She's not alone; wedding photographers around the country have jumped on the trend since Las Vegas photographer John Michael Cooper coined "Trash the Dress" several years ago. (Some in Massachusetts call it Drown the Gown or Mess with the Dress.) The shoots are still rare, said Sally Jones, executive editor of theknot.com, who's blogged on photos of brides at amusement parks and junkyards. "But there's definitely a buzz."
Konovalov said her shoots empower brides. "Everybody's doing it to tell their own little story. I let the women go and they end up doing something for themselves."
On a recent Wednesday outside Fenway Park, massive Sox fan and newlywed Jill Katsiroubas reveled in dirtying her white strapless Paloma Blanca.
Her husband, Ted Katsiroubas, brought the couple's bulldog, Vern, to pose with her. Cops on horseback wandered into her frame.
Konovalov's cameras caught Jill, a 27-year-old personal trainer, running and jumping down Yawkey Way, a Sox cap replacing her veil, a Youkilis jersey on her shoulders. ("Is she a runaway bride?" more than one observer asked.)
She also chowed on a ketchup- and mustard-smeared hot dog ("You guys scrimped on the reception dinner," the hot dog guy cracked), tossed back a beer at the Bleacher Bar, and plopped down on a grungy loading dock. Later, she played in the fountains at the Christian Science Plaza.
"I think it's hilarious," said Ted, who slipped a ring on Jill's finger last year. "I think we're part of the generation where things just aren't as sacred as they used to be."
Some tourists, however, were a little shocked. "Don't you want to keep your dress?" asked 23-year-old Jean Loo of Singapore. [Note: we weren't shocked. Just... kaypoh.]
"Yeah," Jill answered, "I'm going to keep it. Just dirty!"
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Just another one of those funny little adventures my friends and I always seem to find ourselves in...
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