A BRIDE has sparked controversy after transforming her stunning wedding dress for her evening reception.
In a video on TikTok, blonde bride Kristina was seen showing off her long, lacy white gown as she twirled around.
The clip then showed what the dress looked like once she’d “customised” it for her nighttime celebrations.
Gone was the flowing train, and in its place was a minidress with an uneven hem.
Cutting the bottom of the dress off also drew attention to the woman’s shoes – a pair of flat, jewelled sandals.
However, it’s unclear whether or not she’d been wearing the same shoes for the whole day.
As she modelled her new short number, Kristina grinned with delight – apparently thrilled with the new look.
“POV: skip the reception dress and cut your wedding dress,” she wrote over the top of her video, which she shared on both Instagram and TikTok.
But lots of people weren’t happy with her decision to cut up the dress, with one writing: “A lovely dress ruined, did you just chop it off with shears?”
“It looks like it was chewed off by dogs,” another said.
“Nah she used a butcher knife,” a third commented.
And when someone else suggested it had been cut with a “machete”, Kristina stepped in, responding: “They were kitchen shears to be exact.
“Next question!”
“Sooo am I the only one who wants to keep my dress that I paid A LOT of money for so I can get photos of my kids trying it on and maybe they want to wear it for their day?….that not a thing anymore?” another person asked.
With Kristina responding: “You can totally keep it! It’s everyone’s personal preference.
By Josie Griffiths, Fabulous deputy editor and bride-to-be.
I’ll never forget the wedding I went to in October 2022 where a guest wore a white dress.
It was ill-fitting, knee length and looked nothing like an actual wedding dress, but that didn’t stop everyone judging her.
The rules on wedding guest outfits – which are annoyingly loads stricter for women than they are for men – are meant to be about “not upstaging the bride”, which in reality is quite hard to do on someone else’s wedding day.
But if you get it wrong as a guest, you do end up looking a bit silly, and in front of loads of people who don’t know you personally.
It’s just not the occasion for your new white dress, as much as online stores love dumping them in the ‘wedding guest’ section.
I’d avoid anything too tight/short, and ditch super formal gowns unless the dress code calls for them – you don’t want to be in a full length sequin gown at a smart casual event.
Personally I don’t like black dresses either, it isn’t a funeral.
Otherwise you should be pretty safe. Technically wearing red means you’re in love with the groom, but that’s the kind of rule most people would scoff at nowadays.
I do always check what colour the bridesmaids are in, just to be safe, after the Spanish wedding where I watched them walk down the aisle in the exact same dress I’d had in my Asos shopping basket just weeks earlier.
If in doubt, safest to just double check with the bride… but if you’re already doubting your dress that might be all the answer you need.
“I just knew I wanted to do it so I did it.”
“All the guests looked sooooooo stressed,” someone else laughed.
“They thought I was crazy!” Kristina admitted.
“I will never understand this trend,” another insisted.
However, others defended Kristina, with one writing: “Gorgeous!!! and if you keep it… I’m sure it would be a cute to dye it so you can wear it other places.”
“I’m getting it hemmed professionally and will wear it for anniversaries,” she replied.
“Luckily it’s her opinion and not yours,” another retorted to trolls.
What’s perhaps more shocking is that Kristina’s dress cost her £1,062 from the David’s Bridal store.
