Comments on: Wedding Trends: Not Quite What You May Think http://www.celebrationgeneration.com/blog/2012/01/25/wedding-trends-not-quite-what-you-may-think/ Wed, 09 May 2012 18:45:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Brittany Conklin http://www.celebrationgeneration.com/blog/2012/01/25/wedding-trends-not-quite-what-you-may-think/comment-page-1/#comment-7937 Brittany Conklin Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:13:37 +0000 http://www.celebrationgeneration.com/blog/?p=2708#comment-7937 The sheer fact that the majority of things I learned what weddings were came from those magazines growing up is kind of terrifying. And yet the culture and the industry still got me to change my mind about wanting to get married in a bright, colorful dress. Don't get me wrong, I loved my wedding dress when compared to other white and ivory pieces, but it probably wasn't as "me" as something bright-- something with the spirit of a wedding Sari in a dress. Anyway, the marketing aspect of trending is sick. It takes the statistics right out of the term and makes it more of a mandate. Maybe *actual* trends of what people are doing for their dream wedding are commonplace and simple... but how will the industry sell magazines on that?! It's like they just talk to the weirdest of wedding planners and ask "ignoring all reason, input, budget constraints, and the fact that this day will be immortalized in all the guests' memories, what 'trend' would compete best with a Lady Gaga outfit?" The sheer fact that the majority of things I learned what weddings were came from those magazines growing up is kind of terrifying. And yet the culture and the industry still got me to change my mind about wanting to get married in a bright, colorful dress. Don’t get me wrong, I loved my wedding dress when compared to other white and ivory pieces, but it probably wasn’t as “me” as something bright– something with the spirit of a wedding Sari in a dress.

Anyway, the marketing aspect of trending is sick. It takes the statistics right out of the term and makes it more of a mandate. Maybe *actual* trends of what people are doing for their dream wedding are commonplace and simple… but how will the industry sell magazines on that?! It’s like they just talk to the weirdest of wedding planners and ask “ignoring all reason, input, budget constraints, and the fact that this day will be immortalized in all the guests’ memories, what ‘trend’ would compete best with a Lady Gaga outfit?”

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