Ok I have to ask and I feel a little dumb...what is trashing the dress about?

The Wiki definition: Trash the dress, also known as fearless bridal or rock the frock, is a style of wedding photography that contrasts elegant clothing with an environment in which it is out of place. It is generally shot in the style of fashion and glamour photography.

thank you Tina. I have never heard of this and Wiki is correct they must be fearless I on the other hand am not! Thanks you

And some visuals:

It can range anywhere from jumping into a pool or fountain (which would ruin most bridal fabrics) to rolling in the grass, to throwing paint on it (like the OP) or ripping and tearing (like the fake dress worn in one photo shoot where they simulated a zombie attack)

I plan to go in my dress on a railroad track, a fence in the farm, a muddy farm with cows and horses wearing my cow girl boots and hat and getting all up in there.

The pics above describe it so well!

Sara! For the love of God, DO NOT ATTMEPT TO RECREATE THE FIRST PHOTO EXCEPT FOR WITH PHOTOSHOP!!!

hahaha

The most popular way to do it right now is in some kind of water. I think it's meant to look sexy, in that soaking wet model kinda of way.

Sara, was she really on fire? I kinda love that!

Tinabobina-LOL

I am thinking about doing this is a creek or river.....but I am only going to do shots that don't really ruin the dress

I am not going to get muddy because I just dont like being all dirty and gross... I MIGHT go in the water, but I am thinking more along the lines of something like these... I would never do these before the wedding for fear or getting my dress dirty, but afterwards, anything goes!

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@ Tatyana I don't know but I hope so! I just saw it nd said must share!

@Tina~Bo~Binanly something like that should be photo shoped but where would you put a picture like that? the thought of fire onyour wedding day..NO BUENO!

Thank you ladies for clearing that up for me... they should really change the name... some of these pictures you have posted isn't really `trashing` your dress... I really like the ones EdieKristen posted amazing shots.

Maybe I could see myself doing something classy like that on an anniversary so I can have the chance to dress up again but I'm not sure. Again thank you for letting me in the know of this `tradition`

We did ours using a Chinese Knockoff cheap replica of my real dress. Ours was a zombie apocalypse theme and our friends dressed up like zombies. they tried to "Kill" DH and I and in the process got fake blood on the dress and ripped it up.

Jennifer those are really fun!

I love the idea of doing these when we get back home to CO. But I think my dress would be a safety hazard on the chairlift b/c the train is too long. Also H does not see the point of doing a photo shoot and it's not quite important enough to me to convince him. So we'll see.

Jennifer that is really cool I love the last action shot of your picutres you posted it looks like a Zombie movie poster!

Kris@ I love the idea! it so fun but romantic also with the snow!