Wedding Photography by Erica

Trash the dress refers to photographs that contrasts elegant clothing with an environment in which it is completely out of place and are becoming widely popular with modern brides.

Some sources claim that the trend was originally started in 2001 by Las Vegas wedding photographer John Michael Cooper. However, the idea of destroying a wedding dress has been used in Hollywood symbolically since at least October 1998.

A model often wears a ball gown, prom dress or wedding dress, 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.

 

If you are interested in a Trash the Dress session, please contact me to find out about pricing and to set up your shoot.  Please feel free to include your groom in your session.