--- title: "5 Ways to Be Trashy in Your Wedding Dress ..." description: "Find an Abandoned House...; Grab a Smoke and a Gun...; Get Your Drink on...; Show Some Skin...; Burn Baby Burn...; More ..." url: "https://allwomenstalk.com/5-ways-to-be-trashy-in-your-wedding-dress/" category: "lifestyle" last_updated: "2026-06-02" --- # 5 Ways to Be Trashy in Your Wedding Dress ... This photo shoot seems to have caused some **controversy** on the wedding blogs, some **brides** hate it and could never think of [trashing their dress](http://mmaler.com/trashthedress/)this way. Other brides love the **[artistic](https://allwomenstalk.com/7-ways-to-be-artistic/) message** the couple and photographer [Michael Maler](http://mmaler.com/) are trying to make. Check out 5 ways to really get trashy in your wedding dress, **love it or hate it**. ## 5. Find an Abandoned House... ![Find an Abandoned House...](https://resize.allw.mn/1028x0/filters:format(webp)/filters:quality(70)/content/www/2009/11/01trashthedress_402x226.jpg) To [get](https://allwomenstalk.com/5-hot-ways-to-trash-the-dress/)**[trashy](https://allwomenstalk.com/5-hot-ways-to-trash-the-dress/)**[in your](https://allwomenstalk.com/5-hot-ways-to-trash-the-dress/)**[dress](https://allwomenstalk.com/5-hot-ways-to-trash-the-dress/)** you first need to find a **great location** like an [abandoned house](https://www.kevinbauman.com/projects/abandoned-houses/)or lot. In this photo the couple looks **angry** and ready to fight. **Is this a sign of things to come or is it art?** If I were ever to do a **trash the dress** shoot I would want to look **happy and excited with a sexy attitude**! How will you get **trashy** in **your dress**? *[5 Hot Ways to Trash the Wedding Dress...](https://allwomenstalk.com/5-hot-ways-to-trash-the-dress/) *[Top 8 Wedding Dresses for a Fall Wedding …](https://allwomenstalk.com/top-8-wedding-dresses-for-a-fall-wedding/) ## 4. Grab a Smoke and a Gun... ![Grab a Smoke and a Gun...](https://resize.allw.mn/1028x0/filters:format(webp)/filters:quality(70)/content/www/2009/11/03trashthedress_402x225.jpg) Is that a **gun** in his hand? Getting dirty in a [beat up truck](http://everlastingimages.blogspot.com/2008/04/sharyl-gets-dirty.html)in your wedding dress can be **sexy**, but a gun may be taking it to the extreme. Perhaps if he were a [cowboy](https://goo.gl/SnbmPS)or had a [military">https://www.loriotooleblog.com/2009/07/holleys-trash-the-dress-session/">military](https://goo.gl/aYZUWs) uniform on and was ready to **protect** his **new wife** the concept would be sexier. What do you suppose the message is in this photo? *[5 Sexy Engagement Shoots to Love...](https://allwomenstalk.com/5-sexy-engagement-shoots-to-love/) ## 3. Get Your Drink on... ![Get Your Drink on...](https://resize.allw.mn/1028x0/filters:format(webp)/filters:quality(70)/content/www/2009/11/02trashthedress_409x230.jpg) She looks upset and lost while her **new** **husband** is in a **drunken sleep**. If you check out the [video session](http://mmaler.com/trashthedress/video.html) it's at this point where she has the **gun in her hand** and puts it to his head! I understand the **twisted** outlook on **weddings** and how the **pressure** of the **industry** and **family members** can get to you, but would you look back at these photos and **smile**? *[24 Most Fashionable Biker Looks...](https://allwomenstalk.com/24-most-fashionable-biker-looks/) ## 2. Show Some Skin... ![Show Some Skin...](https://resize.allw.mn/1028x0/filters:format(webp)/filters:quality(70)/content/www/2009/11/04trashthedress_409x230.jpg) Do they look like a **real couple** or do they look like **models** promoting the **photographer's talent**? Here the bride looks **frightened** and **afraid** of her husband who is demanding her to take off her wedding dress. That may be part of the **story** behind the photo, but where is the **passion** and the **love**? *[12 Most Famous Love Stories of All Time...](https://allwomenstalk.com/12-most-famous-love-stories-of-all-time/) ## 1. Burn Baby Burn... _ After all the drinking, smoking, trashing, and gunslinging it's finally time to **burn** **her dress**! It's a bold statement that says to me that they want to move on from the **pressures of planning a wedding** to having a **rocking** **marriage**. In the end they are walking away from the mess of it all **holding hands,** they are walking** **away **together.** Could you **burn your wedding dress** or would you **donate** or **sell** it? ** ** This is **what the couple wanted** and they have definitely achieved it with a **great photographer** who made their **vision come to life**. It's **badass**, grungy, trashy, **hardcore**, crazy, and extreme. **It's who they are**. Could I do it, no not everyone could. **What is your take on this "trash the dress" session? ** ** ***[5 Tips for Great Wedding Photography...](https://allwomenstalk.com/5-tips-for-great-wedding-photography/) *[8 New Wedding Trends for 2010 …](https://allwomenstalk.com/8-new-wedding-trends-for-2010/) Photo Credit: Weddingistas.com_ ## Related Posts - [owl bride](https://allwomenstalk.com/8-ideas-for-an-owl-love-you-wedding/) - [romantic places to have a wedding](https://allwomenstalk.com/10-most-romantic-places-for-a-wedding-anniversary/) - [good wedding themes](https://allwomenstalk.com/5-hot-wedding-themes/) - [cultural wedding](https://allwomenstalk.com/7-cultural-wedding-traditions-for-any-bride-and-groom/) - [unusual ways to get married](https://allwomenstalk.com/10-strange-ways-to-get-married/) - [unique wedding favors](https://allwomenstalk.com/8-unique-wedding-favors/) - [themed wedding ideas](https://allwomenstalk.com/8-great-themed-wedding-ideas/) - [5 Hot Ways to Trash the Wedding Dress ...](https://allwomenstalk.com/5-hot-ways-to-trash-the-dress/) - [songs you dont play at a wedding](https://allwomenstalk.com/10-tacky-wedding-songs/) - [top wedding cake toppers](https://allwomenstalk.com/7-awesome-wedding-cake-toppers/) - [5 Ways to Display Succulents at Your Wedding ...](https://wedding.allwomenstalk.com/5-ways-to-display-succulents-at-your-wedding/) - [4 Ways to Mix up the Colors for Your Wedding ...](https://wedding.allwomenstalk.com/4-ways-to-mix-up-the-colors-for-your-wedding/) ## Site Information - [Main page](https://allwomenstalk.com) - [Contact us](https://allwomenstalk.com/contact.html) - [HTML article](https://allwomenstalk.com/5-ways-to-be-trashy-in-your-wedding-dress/)