June 18 2024 - The Wedding Dress Runway

 

I did not get the wedding dress of my dreams.  I wanted a Victorian style wedding dress with the high collar, large sleeves at the top narrowing to the wrists, and a narrow waist with a bodice of lace. My mother had other plans based on price and convenience.  There was no "Say Yes to the Dress" sort of event back then.  I got to thinking of this because this is the wedding season.  The wedding dress is the highlight. Our world of celebrities - whether born into Royalty or akchieved through endeavours - gives us a view of how far things can go.  THE WEDDING DRESS - all caps.  And why is that?  These are dresses of significant cost and astonishing designs.  Let's go down Fantasy Lane and see some of the greatest wedding dresses of all time.   There seems to be a mix of American celebrities and British Royalty in the line-up.  Most of the line-ups are based on spending a lot of money.  In the age of Billionaires on Beserk, these dresses are something to witness. It is a long line-up of dresses - I have scrolled down to 59 and am now weary of white, so I'm going to share the link HERE.   No one will commit to the greatest wedding dress of all time.   Do you want to find out about the most expensive?  Angelababy Wedding Dress – $31 Million - worn by Chinese actress, singer and model The Diamond Wedding Dress – $12 Million - I guess it is for sale? No wearer Yumi Katsura's White Gold Dress – $8.5 Million - Japanese fashion designer creation - no wearer  Serena Williams: $3.5 Million - tennis star Victoria Swarovski: $1 Million - Swarovski jewellery heiress Queen Elizabeth's dress would have been work $1.6 million today - it cost $42,000 in 1947. The above are all in the white wedding dress tradition, started by Queen Victoria.  For wedding sarees, there is Isha Ambani Piramal's worth $1.08 million.    Isn't money so easy to play with?  We can compare and contrast everything based on money.  We don't have to do any real analysis or make any decisions.   I think of Cosmos as the Wedding Flower - it looks like a ball gown to me.  There's always white Cosmos in my garden.

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Oct 26 2022 - Bizarre Wedding Dresses

 

One of those accumulations of crazy pictures on a theme got my attention - it was bizarre wedding dresses.  Supposedly a wedding is a ceremony where two people are "united in marriage".  And wedding traditions and customs vary greatly between cultures, ethnic groups, religions, countries and social classes. There are ideas on who does what, on how to plan a wedding, on the wedding ceremony, etiquette, and all sorts of things.  The rule of thumb from slice.ca is that the average wedding  costs around $200 a person/guest.  The proposed average cost is given at $40,000 to $50,000. The wedding planner costs on average $3,500. The venue average is $22,500.  The wedding cake is an average of $600. The average cost is $2,000.  Do you know what the average cost is of the DJ - that's that guy that plays music so loud that you can't talk to the person next to you at the dinner - $1,750.  Stunning! Choosing a wedding dress might be the central moment for the bride.  So we want insight into hundreds of wedding dresses found on Instagram that are described with such names as: Coccoon-inspired wedding gown Pamela Anderson's bikini wedding dress A real cake for a wedding gown Pregnant bride Nothing left to chance Balloon wedding dress Bride or stripper? Mama June's hot mess Queen of exaggeration Cream puffs There are more on Pinterest HERE.  Such themes are: Top 5 sluttiest wedding dresses, Worst of all time - nearly naked, Most outrageous... Ugliest... Shocking... Bizarre...Crazy It seems to be Imgur that has captured the moment.  Focsing on social gossip is their skill.  HERE are a few.  I rather enjoyed some of the Priceless Wedding Photos with surprise cats, dogs, and squirrels.  That's here. Flowers that look like wedding dresses appeal to me. This is a Cosmos.   Read more daily posts here: marilyncornwellblog.com Purchase works here: Fine Art America- marilyncornwellart.com Redbubble - marilyncornwellart.ca

Cosmos Wedding Dress

June is the month of weddings and flowers and I've taken on the challenge of creating dresses out of flowers.  This is a close-up of a white cosmos, and with the pleats and billowing lines, it seems to be right in line with the monthly theme!