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I have no opinion on wedding dress trends. And since I’ll never get married in one, I really have no opinion wedding dresses at all, unless one of my close friends/family memebers asked for my opinion. 

Oh god yes. The only thing I enjoyed about the royal wedding was that now dress with sleeves are probably gonna make a huge comeback. Strapless dresses are flattering on nearly no one, they  lose a lot in terms of beading/details that could be done, since they’re smaller, etc.

I love the second to last one, but the rest are so ugly. =/

I don’t like strapless anything. They’re just so bothersome to me. 

i hate how every wedding dress is strapless!! Hopefully when I get married it will be when wedding dresses are long sleeve to hide my arm flabbies. k bai

I like strapless and with sleeves I’m not picky. 

I don’t care about wedding dress trends because when I get married I’m picking whatever I feel beautiful in. If it’s strapless fine. If it has spaghetti straps fine. If it has long sleeves fine. It’s going to be my day and if I feel beautiful that’s all that matters.

P.S. None of you are to judge wedding dresses. If a bride chooses a
strapless dress, it’s not your place to say she looks ugly or fat or
unflattering. If she thinks she looks beautiful that’s what should
really matter. It’s her day that she planned and it’s meant to be
special for HER not any of you.

Some brides look amazing in strapless, others do not. I plan on getting lace sleeves or something similar when I marry just because that’s what I prefer. 

I love all but the 4th one and the last one! The 4th one looks like a snowflake doily or however it is spelled and the last one just looks too busy. I think that my favorite is the 1st and the 3rd one but if I had to choose the 3rd. I love dressing up but I can’t imagine buying a dress for several thousand for just a one day affair. I bought my wedding dress from burlington coat factory for 9 dollars and I love it still to this day! I should post a pic one day.

I like the third one a lot.

My wedding dress is actually a halter dress. I had always pictured myself in a strapless or a cap-sleeve dress. But, I feel in love with my dress before I even put it on at the store.

@floralfiesta@xanga - You’re getting waaaaaaaaaaay too worked up about wedding dress preferences. No one is going to call a bride ugly in her wedding day.

I had a petticoat with my dress (which was strapless).  I thought it was a pleasant mix of the two.

Well you’re uninvited to my wedding!  Haha.  I’ve dreamed my whole life of a strapless dress.  It’s so going to happen!

@MoonFaeEyryan@xanga - “Strapless dresses are flattering on nearly no
one, they  lose a lot in terms of beading/details that could be done,
since they’re smaller, etc.”

That’s saying that most brides are unflattering in wedding dresses, which is judging someone about their wedding dress choice. Who cares? It’s their day.

strapless tends to emphasize the shoulders, so the shoulders may appear wider than they actually are. sleeves or lace details around the shoulders lessen the wide shoulders appearance and make the silhouette more feminine. the strapless dresses or strapless tops that I’ve seen people wearing were often not flattering, because it fit too tight and suffocated the chest or there wasn’t enough support, so her chest was either sagging or pushed too high. tailoring will fix this though. everybody has a different body shape, so someone can still look good with a strapless dress. my prom gown was a similar style to the pronovias gown, so I want to go for something different on my wedding day. not sure which one, because I’ll have to look through many to compare styles.

It’s a little ironic because when I opened this page up, there’s an ad for “Perfect Wedding Dresses,” with a picture of a strapless gown.  I say don’t follow the trend and pick the gown you love the most and feel beautiful in, no matter the style.  When you are your friends get married, the bride will always be greeted with oohhhs and ahhhs.  I’ve seen so many gowns, all degrees of formality, sleeve lengths (or lack thereof), even colors and many types of fabric.  There is a wedding dress perfect for every bride to be.  If you want to get married in prettiest dress you own, I say go for it.  It’s your day, dress how you want.  It’s about the commitment and union of you and your spouse, not all about the clothes.  Same goes for the wedding rings you choose.

Why was Kate required to have her arms covered? 

I’m really digging the fifth one.

oh my goodness. the first one (with straps, that is). please. pleeeeaase.

I am a little tired of the strapless dresses. I want my wedding dress to have a halter strap.

Oh yeah I think strapless wedding dresses are weird. It’s about your wedding not being a sex kitten! Kate’s was gorgeous!

I agree with you.  I really like the 2nd dress…very pretty.  

LOVE.

That’s why mine has spaghetti straps, hehe. I’d be too afraid of my dress slipping down past my boobs when I’m dancing the night away! And I want to be able to breathe too.  :P

I wouldn’t say I’m “tired of the strapless trend”, but I am excited that these other dresses are making a comeback, as it were. I found some of those dresses absolutely beautiful.

@floralfiesta@xanga - The reason most women do care about wedding dress trends is not to ensure the wedding dress you choose matches the trends of the day – it’s because whatever type of wedding dress is currently in style is simply going to be easier to find! That said, it’s awfully nice when the type of dress you might think will work best for you is not going to be a rarity when it comes time to look. And that’s hardly a shallow thing.

If the bride loves her dress, who are we to judge? If you dont like a strapless dress then dont wear one when you get married.

@Brilliant_Innocence@xanga - Ditto. Personally, I think the strapless wedding dresses are played out, but I still think they’re nice. However, there are some gorgeous dresses out there.

I think you should pick the style that’s the most flattering.

that’s a trend? 

i like strapless but i love the second picture

i WANT the fourth one. 

I liked all of the ones with straps except the first and last pictures. The 2nd picture was my very favorite! I don’t think I’ll wear a strapless wedding dress because I’ve NEVER worn strapless anythings….ever. I’m more drawn to styles with sleeves anyway. Nice post!

All are beautiful!

oh my gee! me tooo! i like the Victorino and Lucchino dress.

I don’t mind strapless.

I’ve honestly never favored the strapless gowns, but I’m an oddball. <3 

All I care about is how it looks and feels on me … I wasn’t blessed with a gorgeous neck and shoulders, plus my one collarbone sticks out more than the other … gah! who cares, as long as the bride feels beautiful!!

To the people who are saying “Who cares, it’s the bride’s day, all that matters is that she feels beautiful,” it’s a pretty painful thing when a bride looks at her pictures later and can’t stand what she sees. My sister-in-law won’t look at her wedding album because she can’t bear to see herself in it, and Sarah Jessica Parker has publicly said she regrets what she got married in. What a bride wears isn’t just about how she feels on her wedding; it’s something that will more than likely be immortalized through images and will possibly be passed down to another generation for whom the trends are completely different. I think something can be said of sticking to particular guidelines and shapes when picking one’s wedding dress.

And strapless looks good on no one.

yes i cant wear a strapless wedding gown. i would be self conscious the entire time worrying if my boobs were going to fall out lol

No.. maybe because every wedding I’ve been to have been different dresses… Actually, only one was strapless and it was an absolutely gorgeous dress. The rest all had variations of straps or halters.
Sometimes strapless can be gorgeous if you have the right body and right shoulders…

So, to answer your question, no… I am not sick of the strapless wedding dress trend. I’ve been shopping recently for wedding dresses with my sister and we aren’t finding it very hard to find dresses with straps. Maybe we’re just hitting all the right places… 

@SnowshoeTrails@xanga - I don’t think that brides who wear strapless dresses are doing it to be “sex kittens”… Brides pick their dresses depending on what they feel beautiful in. 

@Nawnaa@xanga - Gosh thanks so much for explaining that. Since you kind of missed the whole point of my comment you can refrain from responding to me going forward. I wasn’t talking to you anyway.

I perfer strapped wedding gowns myself.  If I was to get married I would probably have a simple wedding dress though.  Why spend all your money on one day and be in debt for a few years because of it.  Not a good way to start off a marriage.  I still enjoy a beautiful dress though weather or not its wedding material or not.  Costumes dressing up I think it’s just in my nature.

if I ever get married I would prefer straps. my boobs are much too big to not have any, and I think I look better with them.

i used to love the idea of strapless dresses with the pickup…long long ago. but every wedding i go to, there’s a strapless dress. and the reason why i don’t like this is because 99.7% of the people wearing strapless don’t have the right body for it…more like muscle tone. strapless dresses bring out that flab under the arm and on the back, even if you’re super skinny. you have to have amazingly toned arms and back for that dress.

on another note…dresses with the sleeves. I was DREAMING of a dress with lace sleeves and a low v cut in the front…and the kate middleton stepped out of the limo and all i could think was “SHE HAS MY DRESS!!” lol

I was never a fan of strapless wedding gowns. I really love the Oscar de la Renta and Pronovias! Gorgeous. 

I love all things strapless. I own like 20 strapless shirts, but that being said at this very moment in time I want a modern-retro wedding gown…or even a 50′s vogue dress inspired wedding gown, so if it ends up being strapless…it has a sweetheart neckline, but it may very well have strap/shoulder/sleeve things.

Marchesa is amazing. Georgina Chapman always designs such pretty dresses! Ahh!

The wrap around look that I loved would have looked weird with sleeves haha. I think its the design as a whole that makes the dress, expecially the different cuts. Sleeveless dresses may not be some bride’s taste. For my long hair and the hairpeice I wanted as well – I would have looked gaudy or too busy. To each her own, beauty is in the eye of the beholder – and sometimes decsions are in the influence of whats in your wallet hahah.

Yes!!!!  Great post.  I am tired of them.  I hate seeing a bride tug on it all night.  It doesn’t work!!

As far as dresses go, I prefer strapless on myself just because the way my shoulders are shaped, its hard to find a strap or sleeve that flatters them well. All the dresses you posted are beauutiful! And I loved Kate Middleton’s dress, it was so elegant.

I hate strapless gowns too. Its too much skin showing, especially in a church/temple setting. A wedding dress should be demure, and alluring, not sexy and showy. I’m looking for either cap sleeves or something similar to Princess Kates dress for myself. Her dress was so perfect

My dream wedding dress is with long sleeves, I love dresses with sleeves! And no, this is not a religious thing

Marchesa was gorgeous!
My roommate was talking about how wedding gown only look great if they were strapless but in my head I begged to disagree with her. True, with the right figure and shoulders, it’ll look great. But strapless is not for everyone!
Besides…strapped gowns have a certain elegance to them as well (:

I think that strapless looks great on a lot of people. Though personally, I would like a dress with cap sleeves. Mainly because I would like to be able to wear a regular bra with my dress. I absolutely KNOW a strapless bra would not support me though all of the walking/dancing/photographs. It’s all about what the bride feels confident in, I think.

I actually think the first dress is really beautiful.

I’m tired of it, too, just because it seems like EVERYONE does it.
But I guess I’m also tired of wedding dresses being white. I’d like to see more people get married in a fun color that shows their personality.

I have always wanted a strapless dress, but in my church you have to have your shoulders covered for the ceremony…. I was watching “Say Yes to the Dress” and some places have sleeves and undershirts that help you convert your dress one way for the wedding and take it off to go bare-shouldered for the reception. Pretty neat!

I like the Oscar de la Renta. I’m not “tired” of the trend, strapless dresses look nice on a lot of people, but I personally would prefer to no wear a strapless dress. I’m fond of the racer back straps or just plain spaghetti. Or if I got a lace dress, maybe cap sleeves. I know wedding dresses are actually made to accentuate curves, and I know I could find a strapless dress that would fit me, but since I’m top heavy I’d just prefer to not have the girls hanging out on my wedding day.

I think straps or no straps — brides should choose whatever looks best on them!

i’m not a fan of sleeves or straps so i love strapless !

I don’t want a strapless dress. So yeah, I’m tired of seeing them all over the place. 

I’m not a fan of strapless dresses in general, especially on me – so I will definitely not have a strapless one!

Yes! I’m so glad someone is with me on this! If I get married, I’m definitely going to have sleeves (although I’m thinking of having a winter wedding so that would make more sense anyway)! 

I would only consider wearing the fourth dress (that has straps).

I don’t care either way. Mine will be medieval-inspired, so it will have sleeves, though I never thought it would prior to this idea. I really dislike a few on the list (2, 4, and kind of 6), but the others are nice. I also thought it was interesting that 2 out of 6 you chose looked like strapless other than the mesh top part for beading.

i like strapped dress. i like the second and third to last.

The only thing I don’t understand is how that 4th dress counts as having straps. the lace is so thin it probably gives no support and is there purely for decoration, and doesn’t cover anything either since it’s so see-through. Nice dress, but that doesn’t look like a strap to me. What’s with this thing about wedding dress trends though? Why should any trend apply to a wedding dress? I mean, it’s a dress you’ll wear once, for one of the most important occasions of your life. Why would you choose it based on what people say is “in?” Wouldn’t you want to look back on it 50 years from now and still think it is a beautiful dress, and not something you picked just because it was trendy?

agreed! i don’t want a strapless wedding gown for my wedding. it’s too overdone, plus sleeves/shoulders covered looks classier.

That’s why those who like strapless can wear them, and you can wear whatever you please on your wedding day. Simple really. There will be trends that are not to your liking…sooo yeah :]

my dress was strapless, then I added straps. It looks even more beautiful for my wedding in 18 days!!

I love them all.

Not tired of it, but these days, it’s definitely the obvious choice for most women… I’d like to have something with a bit of sleeve, maybe, or at least spaghetti straps.

I didn’t realize having or not having straps was a “trend.” I think people should just get what they’ve dreamed of, what they want, what feels comfortable and suits their body. 

Well when I was younger, I thought Zelda’s dress was awesome. Now that I’m later in my years, I have always liked plunging necklines, 20′s inspiration and draperies. If I’m going to have a cheap and indie wedding, simple white retro dresses will do for me just fine. But yeah, I realized strapless dresses don’t suit me…..I’ve seen it with my prom pictures.

I must be the only person alive who think’s Kate Middleton’s dress was ho-hum, if not me-mawish.  When people talk about how gorgeous it was, I don’t get it.

I had a strapless wedding gown at my wedding 8 years ago, and I still look back at the pictures and feel it was perfect- it fit my body type well. When trying things on with sleeves, they all made me look like a kid dressed in her mom’s clothes.  I never had an issue of having to pull it up and situate constantly- it’s called getting the dress altered to fit, and do it close to the wedding as possible so your weight can’t fluctuate.

I think the wedding dress should be up to the bride- if she feels she looks fantastic in strapless/halter/lace/whatever, then let her enjoy it- it’s her day and she should wear something she feels comfortable and confident in. As a bride, when you try on dresses all day and then you put on THE ONE, the last thing others should do is try and pry you away from it (unless it’s like, gypsy show girl trailer tramp, then there’s some duty as a friend to try and point her in another direction- lol )

Not so much tired of it as I know I will never be able to be part of it. My chest has never been able to keep up strapless anything, even when it’s tight. I like the first and forth one, but I would love to wear something similar to Kate Middleton’s, minus the long train. 

I’m getting married in 11 days (eek!!), my dress is strapless, and I love it. I didn’t pick it because it was or wasn’t a trend. I picked it because I loved it and felt beautiful in it. If you don’t like strapless wedding dresses, that’s great (to each his own)…just don’t wear one in your wedding. No need to write a post on the ‘net that judges girls who DO like strapless wedding dresses…

OMFG YES!!!! I have been saying that for years now. It’s the most anoying trend, especially because it just doesn’t look good on hardly anyone!

(yea I have a strong opinion on this one, shoot me.)

Just came back from my first wedding dress fitting. My dress is not strapless… and I love it.

I didn’t even try on a single strapless dress. I just don’t have the “goods” to hold one up.

@MissionToAgape@xanga - Oh lol I don’t think I was judging anybody, in fact I said, “This is not to say that strapless wedding dresses can’t be beautiful, I
just think they have become rather played out.”

I love love love the fifth one!
Looks fabulous!

I usually love strapless dresses, but these pictures you posted got me thinking! LOVED them all (: Esp the first and third one (:

I LOVE the first strapped one

I agree!  I did NOT want a strapless dress and had such a hard time dress shopping.  I wish friends, family, and bridal consultants would be honest and tell brides “hey, unless you’re super skinny, you are guaranteed to get a MUFFIN TOP at some point with a strapless dress unless you stand like a porcelain doll the entire night.”  It’s true!

I realize I’m late to the conversation, but I just want to add my two cents. 

My issue with strapless is not that I hate them, it’s just that they are sooooo common.  They look cookie-cutter to me, now.  They don’t look original or different (much) from each other, and I guess, if I were getting married, I’d want to look more like “me” and not everybody else.

Just saying…. 

Thanks for the blog.  I thought I was the only one out there who felt this way.