tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3524471174570445036.post5893367210839429270..comments2023-05-16T12:26:09.102+01:00Comments on The Historical House: Crazy "Trads" and Professional SelfiesMrs McLeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18095035617334068201noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3524471174570445036.post-84496982934632515692017-01-29T21:57:20.526+00:002017-01-29T21:57:20.526+00:00This: "it's another opportunity to get fl...This: "it's another opportunity to get flattering professional photos taken in the ocean..." Ha ha ha! Mrs McLeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18095035617334068201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3524471174570445036.post-80388762672024474362017-01-29T21:07:46.167+00:002017-01-29T21:07:46.167+00:00The trashing of the dress is, as usual, all about ...The trashing of the dress is, as usual, all about the ego, in my opinion. It's firstly about, "You know that whole wedding dress I dreamed of, and searched for, and agonized over? It really doesn't mean that much to me. You know that whole wedding thing that took over my life so much so that I became crazed over the color of the napkins for the reception? I'm really too cool for that. You know how I spent $ 3,500.00 on my dress I wore for only one day? I'm well off enough that I can ruin it." And off course, it's another opportunity to get flattering professional photos taken in the ocean just like celebrities do in glossy magazines.KimPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11713499438047823595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3524471174570445036.post-68912376398010903342017-01-29T08:17:10.961+00:002017-01-29T08:17:10.961+00:00The trashing of the dress thing is so horrible. Su...The trashing of the dress thing is so horrible. Such a waste! If a woman doesn't want to preserve it in a box for the next generation, she could dye it and wear it to fancy events or she could donate it to a clothing bank. I once knew a woman who said all the women in her Communist-era village rented the same wedding dress; not everyone can afford a fancy wedding dress but many poor women dream of wearing one!<br /><br />Celebrity culture is truly awful, tacky, mindless, morally vacuous.... I can't stand it. The only "famous" people I think that much about are journalists, novelists and churchmen. Well, and sometimes the Royal Family because I live in the UK. That, however, is limited to things like "Oh, look. There's Princess Anne" and "The Countess of Wessex dresses very well" and "Goodness, little Prince George is adorable!" But that sort of thinking is HUNDREDS of years old.Mrs McLeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18095035617334068201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3524471174570445036.post-33557873074753296752017-01-29T00:01:55.159+00:002017-01-29T00:01:55.159+00:00I got married nearly five years ago and hired a wo...I got married nearly five years ago and hired a woman to do my make up for the big day. All was well. Six months later she contacted me for a "special" she was running where she would make me up and have a photographer take "boudoir" photos of me so I could give them to my new husband. Ick.<br /><br />Apparently this is a thing in the US now, like the "trashing of the dress" post wedding shoot. My only explanation is that we just can't get enough of ourselves. Celebrity culture is now our culture.KimPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11713499438047823595noreply@blogger.com