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Here comes a bride, surgically refined By Brigid Delaney January 31, 2004
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A vision in white . . . Kristy Bryan models the The Siren wedding dress, designed by Diane
Lewis, during a fitting for the bridal expo at the Sydney Entertainment Centre this weekend.
Photo: Kate Geraghty
The bride walked down the aisle to the tune of AC/DC's Thunderstruck, wearing a backless, plunging
gold sheath designed to complement her new breast implants and toned stomach.
Welcome to the contemporary wedding. Sydney brides are taking their inspiration from Hollywood, not
tradition, say organisers of a bridal exhibition at the Sydney Entertainment Centre this weekend.
This inspiration includes bridal gowns that are sleek and revealing in colours ranging from hot pink
to platinum, and creating a body that can look good in these gowns.
"Because girls are getting married older, they are more body aware," said Diane Lewis, a bridal
designer whose dresses feature in the exhibition.
"They are not trying to dress up like vestal virgins."
"They will get a personal trainer and some will have plastic surgery. They change the colour of
their hair and their body shape," she said.
"Gone are the days of just having a facial before the wedding."
Our fixation with celebrities is partly to blame.
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"Brides come in with pictures they saw of dresses at the Golden Globes or Academy Awards. Their
wedding day is the closest they are going to be to a celebrity because they are the star of the day.
There is enormous pressure to look perfect."
The exhibition organiser, Glenn Findlay, agrees.
"Weddings have changed dramatically in the last four or five years. There is a decline in all the
trimmings, but a huge emphasis on the wedding dress and personal grooming.
"You do hear it quite often that brides will have cosmetic surgery before a wedding.
"If somebody was going to have surgery it would be before their wedding - because that's the day the
focus is on them and there is pressure to look really perfect."
Sydney's climate and an increase in outdoor weddings were also driving the trend towards sleeker,
revealing dresses, Ms Lewis said.
Given that older brides are paying for their own wedding, there is no need to please mum and dad.
"Brides are buying the dress for themselves - not something they think their parents will like," Mr
Findlay said.
"They are also inviting fewer guests but putting on expensive wine and good quality food."
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Here comes a bride, surgically refined By Brigid Delaney January 31, 2004
Print this article
Email to a friend
A vision in white . . . Kristy Bryan models the The Siren wedding dress, designed by Diane
Lewis, during a fitting for the bridal expo at the Sydney Entertainment Centre this weekend.
Photo: Kate Geraghty
The bride walked down the aisle to the tune of AC/DC's Thunderstruck, wearing a backless, plunging
gold sheath designed to complement her new breast implants and toned stomach.
Welcome to the contemporary wedding. Sydney brides are taking their inspiration from Hollywood, not
tradition, say organisers of a bridal exhibition at the Sydney Entertainment Centre this weekend.
This inspiration includes bridal gowns that are sleek and revealing in colours ranging from hot pink
to platinum, and creating a body that can look good in these gowns.
"Because girls are getting married older, they are more body aware," said Diane Lewis, a bridal
designer whose dresses feature in the exhibition.
"They are not trying to dress up like vestal virgins."
"They will get a personal trainer and some will have plastic surgery. They change the colour of
their hair and their body shape," she said.
"Gone are the days of just having a facial before the wedding."
Our fixation with celebrities is partly to blame.
advertisement
advertisement
"Brides come in with pictures they saw of dresses at the Golden Globes or Academy Awards. Their
wedding day is the closest they are going to be to a celebrity because they are the star of the day.
There is enormous pressure to look perfect."
The exhibition organiser, Glenn Findlay, agrees.
"Weddings have changed dramatically in the last four or five years. There is a decline in all the
trimmings, but a huge emphasis on the wedding dress and personal grooming.
"You do hear it quite often that brides will have cosmetic surgery before a wedding.
"If somebody was going to have surgery it would be before their wedding - because that's the day the
focus is on them and there is pressure to look really perfect."
Sydney's climate and an increase in outdoor weddings were also driving the trend towards sleeker,
revealing dresses, Ms Lewis said.
Given that older brides are paying for their own wedding, there is no need to please mum and dad.
"Brides are buying the dress for themselves - not something they think their parents will like," Mr
Findlay said.
"They are also inviting fewer guests but putting on expensive wine and good quality food."
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www.breastimplantawareness.org