"Provocative" Wedding Dresses

I definitely have seen dresses on wedding tv shows that I thought were too provocative for a wedding. To me, standing there in something overly revealing seems sooo awkward with all my family and H's family there staring at me. I'll never say something out loud if I saw someone wear a dress like that in person, but I'll definitely think the dress isn't appropriate for the setting. IMHO it takes to the focus off the wedding for a lot of guests.

@OP - I have a provonias gown and I would in no way consider it "Slutty" or anything It's a sweetheart neckline with a drop waist. I love it and think that while it is modern its still really classy

Yep .. dresses are just like food .. some of them just aren't good. This is a total "to each their own" situation.

My dress is somewhat revealing as you can see through the corset section to some degree. However, I am 40, eloping to an island, and I don't give AF. If I was younger, getting married in a church, and my grandmother was present, I would have chosen differently. I think every situation is different but ultimately you need to be thrilled in your dress - that's what matters.

I think everyone has different ideas of what a wedding dress "should" look like. It's YOUR day, and the bottom line is do you love it? Do you feel comfortable? Do you feel beautiful? Do you feel comfortable appearing in it in front of all your guests (grandparents, father, groom's mom, etc.....there are things I would wear with my friends that i wouldn't feel comfortable wearing around my grandma)? Are you comfortable knowing it will be memorialized in countless photos forever? That your possible future children will see? If the answer to all of these things is a resounding YES then get the dress you want and who cares what anyone thinks!

I've never been to a wedding where I thought the dress was "slutty", but I sure think that about some I see on SYTTD and on Pinterest. I'm in my 50's and am definitely conservative. If either of my daughters was learning towards a provocative dress, I would speak up, especially since they're marrying in the church. The dress @Annie posted is perfectly fine, but that dress @HisBeauty posted is inappropriate IMO. Nothing wrong with a sexy dress, but leaving some to the imagination keeps it classy.

This is absolutely awful. My mom would have lost her shit if I tried to wear something like that.

This is Mori Lee I'm leaning towards buying. For me it was out of my comfort zone because it's form fitting, but I felt so beautiful in it.

My family is pretty conservative, and I'm a relatively modest dresser. There were some dresses that I picked out that my mom thought were too revealing. However, she tended to change her tune once they were on me and she saw that they were as risque as she originally thought.

@HB it's perfect and with the red accents in your wedding---woot!

@HB - if you look closely you can see its actually that her bodice isn't fully supporting her and has folded over because she isn't wear the right kind of undergarments/hasnt been altered properly in that pic. Definitely a faux Pas but not intentionally trashy

The dress I tried on and said "yes" to is a bit sexy. It has the sheer panels in the midsection and a deep v-neck. I was actually surprised my mom (who is more conservative) found it to look amazing on me and she was the one in tears! I guess I got lucky with a win/win here.

I did get mine at Kleinfeld and although it's not a Pnina, the style is very close.... not all are "trashy" as some are saying but I guess everyone is entitled to their opinion

I have never seen a dress on anyone I know and thought it looked slutty, but I have found some of the dresses I've seen on SYTTD to be too revealing. Some of the Pnina dresses are like wowza! lol.

Munchkin, while I understand what you're saying, she consciously made the decision to wear it. You can also see that it's cut to just barely cover her nipples. How could she not know how revealing it is??

My mom told me she didn't like the dress I chose, bc it's "slutty" it won't be once it's altered but right now it's a little on the scandalous side. I love it either way.

Of course I've judged other people's dresses. Everyone judges. That's the way we are wired. The important thing is if YOU like what you're wearing.

@HB - I just think it has more to do with the fact she isn't wear a bra and no cups where in place to support her. Who knows how the gown would look had the alterations been done correct or if the bodice hadn't slide down and folded forward. I don't know what the dress looked like when it was put on at the beginning of the day, I wasn't there for that wedding or alterations and the bride in the photo has to live with the fact that that photo will be on the internet to judge her forever. So *shrug*

I would never wear a dress I wasn't fully supported in, especially as a chesty girl.

Personal taste is just that. My motto is always wear what you love. And if that means a form fitting dress with an illusion back and a deep v all the way to your navel then so be it.

I, nor anyone else, has a right to judge or tell you what to wear. (Unless it is a very religious ceremony, in which case it's more of a case for respecting the space.)

I've judged brides more for unattractiveness or weirdness of a dress rather than perceived sluttiness--i'm kinda pro-slutty and taking back our notions of that word means and reclaiming our right to dress however the hell we want, though, so i have a bit of a personal bias! that said, my dress had a pretty deep V which my mom was also a bit worried about, but in the end she told me she was just happy to see a woman in the family with actual cleavage, thanks to excellent stick on lingerie (i come from a long line of small-chested ladies).

For reference, these were the dresses at hand.