Wedding styles you don't get?

Lasairiona

Is there a style or certain elements that are popular nowadays (at least online even if you haven't seen them in person) that you don't personally understand the mass appeal of?

SarahPLiz

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SarahPLiz

really, though... candy buffets. I don't get it. I love candy.. like a lot. but I just don't get it.

LauraT25

Monograms.  They can look fine in a wedding but I don't get the craze.

TurtlesAllTheWayDown

Photo booths.

Candy buffets.

Flip flop baskets.

Black BM dresses.

ohwhynot

Candy bars.  Photo booths.  Tons of pick-ups in the gown's skirt.  Strapless gowns for women who are really not flattered by them. 

LauraT25

Candy buffets always make me think about how germy public mint/peanut bowls are.

cmhershey

Strapless gowns
Kodak guest books
Initials glued on the bottoms of bride's shoes.

ZRex

Definitely agree on the candy buffet.  Who goes to a wedding and wants to load up on M&Ms?

I also don't get the obsession with strapless dresses and dresses with pick-ups.

Oh, and dye-able shoes on bridesmaids.

kikibaby

Sneakers with formal dresses (or tuxes for that matter)

pumpkinpumpkin

pick up skirts, strapless dresses (especially for those who don't fit them well). PINK, anything pink. Weddings don't have to be pink.

ExpatPumpkin

1 - bow ties and tux vests that match the BMs' dresses

2 - any non-edible favor

3 - dresses that look like crumpled pieces of paper

4 - dresses with accent colors - I don't know which designer does them but they're everywhere

kikibaby

... note to self: do not post wedding pictures showing me in my strapless dress with pickups...

JessAndTrav

-Dresses with lots and lots and lots of pickups
-Candy buffets
-Bare feet
-Shuttles
-Colored "crinny" (hate that word)
-Personalized napkins
-Koozies as favors
-Favors in general. Yes, we did them, but it cost us $27.50 for favors for over 200 people. Otherwise I wouldn't have dome them.
-Paying over $5,000 for a photographer
-Cakes as favors
-Paying over $1000 for your dress
-OOT baskets that include water bottles and disposable cameras
-Over-tanning before the wedding
-Tiaras

I'm sure there's more.

tenofcups4me

Candy buffets
STDs
Flip flops or sneakers for the bride
Flip flop baskets
Strapless gowns for larger women
Favors (of any kind)

polichik

Pick-up skirts.
BMs matching from their dresses to their shoes, nail polish, hairstyles, underwear, etc.
Awkward DJs.
Bridal portraits done days before or days after the wedding. You really didn't get enough pictures the day of?
Damask, especially colored damask.
Tulle strung between pews during a ceremony
Tulle anywhere.
Flower girls in a mini copy of the bride's dress.
Personal attendants.
Tiaras.
Rhinestones.
GM vests that match the BM dresses like prom.
Disposable cameras on guest tables.
Personalized B&G + wedding date cameras, water bottles, candy bars, M&Ms, t-shirts, underwear, flip flops, matchbooks... Basically the entire Knot shop.

Wow, I'm grumpy today.

smokeybailey

It's not a style but I do not get engagement pictures.  It seems so 1955 to me.

banana468

I don't understand why people have an aversion to black BM dresses. 

STDs are something I just don't get. They're sent more often than necessary.

JessAndTrav

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[QUOTE] Wow, I'm grumpy today.
Posted by polichik[/QUOTE]

I've felt like this all day. Today I keep feeling the need to nit-pick or something.

NuggetBrain

Sneakers with tuxes.
"Brides" swag.  Like, the flip flops and hoodie and T-shirts and underpants that say "Bride".
Chiavari chairs.
Monogrammed everything.
The "black and pink" color scheme.

SarahSmile23

red rose bouquets.

hetshup

Mermaid dresses, yes please look at the width of my booty. 

I love the koozies as favors. Mostly because in the summer we have tOObing, which is where you float down a river and drink beer. You can never have too many koozies. 

SparrowSong

I think corset back dresses are ugly (well, from the back). I'm well aware I'm the only person in the world who feels this way. I'm just really not into lacing up a formal dress like a boot and can't believe everyone else thinks they are so great.

Flip flops as wedding wear. A $2000 gown, the most formal thing most will wear in their lifetime, and people want to pair it with... rubber shower shoes? I do. not. get. it.

ExpatPumpkin

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[QUOTE]Choreographed bridal party dances
Posted by PsyDet 2155[/QUOTE]<div>
</div><div>OMG, how did I forget this one?  Yes, so cliche and not unique...

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fangsiting

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Wedding styles you don't get? : Haha, ditto.
Posted by msmerymac[/QUOTE]

Another ditto.  I won't be AWing any wedding photos on the Knot after I get married for fear of being criticized for my dress with color accents. 

I also don't like jumping pictures.  That's my trendy I don't get it.  There are many other things I dislike about weddings, but they are more traditional. 

fangsiting

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[QUOTE]I think corset back dresses are ugly (well, from the back). I'm well aware I'm the only person in the world who feels this way. I'm just really not into lacing up a formal dress like a boot and can't believe everyone else thinks they are so great. Flip flops as wedding wear. Ever. A $2000 gown, the most formal thing most will wear in their lifetime, and people want to pair it with... rubber shower shoes? I do. not. get. it.
Posted by SparrowSong[/QUOTE]

You are not the only one.  I also dislike corset backs.  It looks trashy imo.  My sister had one and I had to bite my tongue when she asked me what I thought of it. 

agk0125

So glad the majority feels this way about pick ups..I see them EVERYWHERE so I thought I was the only one who didn't care for  them.

Also ditto to the corset back on dresses. I don't know why, but I just don't care for it. It makes me feel like I'm looking at an undergarment.

NuggetBrain

I HATE jumping pictures.  Being bigger chested, I'm always afraid I'm going to fly out of the dress, or land funny and break my ankle, or whatever.  It sucks.

cukimerrydoll

Pick up skirts.
Strapless dresses (they more irritate me because I'm not comfortable going strapless, and it made me decide not to get a dress at 3 different places... they had no white gowns with straps... I mean really?  They had ivory, but I'm not an ivory girl.  I want to see white!)
Bridal Swag - I'm not going to wear it again!
Colored accents - mostly if they are super bold.  White with bright red? Not so much here.
Feathers.

bbyckes

Black, white and red color schemes.  I just think of prom when I hear someone is planning on using those colors.

Dresses with pick-ups.

Dressing little girls like mini brides.

lyndausvi

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[QUOTE]I think corset back dresses are ugly (well, from the back). I'm well aware I'm the only person in the world who feels this way. I'm just really not into lacing up a formal dress like a boot and can't believe everyone else thinks they are so great. Flip flops as wedding wear. Ever. A $2000 gown, the most formal thing most will wear in their lifetime, and people want to pair it with... rubber shower shoes? I do. not. get. it.
Posted by SparrowSong[/QUOTE]


You described me to a tee.  I had a corset dress and I ended up with flip-flops.

 I didn't start out that way.  I had a nice pair of 3 inch heels. It rained so much I slipped on the dance floor in the heels (wedding was under a tent).  I do not wear heels normally, actually I'm in barefeet most of the day.  For my safety I switched to my flops. (I had the flops because I didn't want to ruin my shoes getting to the venue). 

I like my corset better than most dresses I see (mine was thin, I'm not a fan of the wide ribbon and wide opening).  But I get why people do not like them.