What to Wear for your Trash the Dress

Tips on Perfect Underwater Photos

Most brides do not consider what their dress will look like underwater when they are choosing their wedding gown! For mermaid brides with their priorities firmly set on their underwater wedding pictures and trash the dress photos, here are our top tips for what to wear for your trash the dress!

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Size Matters

Underwater you say goodbye to gravity and your heavy dress becomes weightless! You hair will float, your veil will float and all the layers of your dress will rise up around you like the petals of a beautiful flower. Check out Sarai’s strapless dress with a full, layered skirt. The multiple layers are very light fabric with a wide border that are clearly defined underwater. The volume of the dress comes from the waist so she has lots of gorgeous movement, can swim easily and show off her legs!

Wear a LONG bridal Veil

Also – VEILS – looong bridal veils look amazing underwater. Even if you didn’t wear a full veil on your wedding day consider it for your wedding day – oh – and we’re still waiting for a bride who embraces the colored veil trend ;)

If you’re looking for an inexpensive, long bridal veil option check THIS out. You can see it in action HERE.

Layers are Amazing

Sheer layers with embroidery over the main fabric look incredible too as the float away from the base layer of the dress and the embroideries are suspended in the water. Even the underskirt of your wedding dress that gives it it’s volume looks incredible underwater. As the tulle floats up you become surrounded by a gorgeous fluffy cloud of delicate fabric – like a dream. The underskirt of Evelyn’s mermaid wedding dress created incredible volume underwater. Check out the design of Robin’s dress, by Enzoani.

Mermaid Wedding Dresses

If you are going mermaid style – be generous! Mermaid or trumpet silhouettes are tight above the knee flaring dramatically out towards the floor. In a trash the dress this can be tough to swim in so – if you love this style try to have the flared part of the skirt starting mid-thigh rather than at the knee. Also the more volume the better so the fuller the skirt the more spectacular the effect will be underwater. Jennifer had a ruffled mermaid wedding dress that looked incredible underwater.

Simple can be beautiful too

If you are not a girly girl and you don’t want to drown in frills simple can also be spectacular. Clean lines and drapery looks beautifully fluid underwater and can look very elegant and chic. If you don’t want to get your real wedding dress wet a simpler option is also a good trash the dress go-to. Even though we have had a bride who wore a dress for her trash and THEN for her wedding – apparently a rinse in the shower was all it needed! Yesenia’s simple draped dress came alive underwater and Sabrina bought a simple, sheer polka dot dress especially for her trash the dress session.

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Be Colorful

Weddings are white but that dosen’t mean you can’t throw a dash of color in there! Elsa had a red lace dress as a tribute to her Chinese heritage. Red ALWAYS looks amazing underwater as it’s a complimentary color to the blue of the water and the green of the jungle. If you’re thinking about wearing red for underwater photos we highly recommend it!

See the Session

Izabella and Arnaud had an underwater engagement session. Since it was before their wedding there was no wedding dress to trash (yet!) Izabella wore a short, powder blue vintage style dress that made her look like a Victorian doll. Looking at their photos always makes us think of Alice in Wonderland!

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We have to make a special mention of our beautiful Thai brides who always waer something special! Phoebe who rocked a gold sequin sheath dress and Prima who wore brightly colored flowing Thai outfits.

Be Creative

There really are no rules for your trash the dress so feel free to go crazy and surprise us! Ping had 3 “looks” for her trash the dress: an incredible ultra ruffled wedding dress, a vintage style peach sequined dress before finishing with a mermaid tail!

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Embrace your dark side

Adriana brought not one but 2 gorgeous Vera Wang wedding dresses: one white and one BLACK – way to mix it up!

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Be SEXY

Don’t forget the lingerie, we are famous for our “Adam and Eve” boudoir style sessions. if sexy undies are not your thing go full birthday suit like Emily and Scotty

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Bring Accessories

Lorraine showed support for their football team by taking their “terrible towels” with them everywhere they go and have pictures taken with them. This was a first for us incorporating a Pittsburg Steelers Professional Football garments paired with the underwater trash the dress photos :)

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“If I could give anyone planning a photo shot with Del Sol advice it would be to take time planning it, personalize it and don’t rush. I made my veil hand sewing all the jewels so they would sparkle just right. I bought so many different outfits and accessories that I brought with me that day to assure I had every thing possible to get the best pictures we wanted. Of course we only used half of what was brought, once you get there you will just feel what you really want to use. Bring shoes, lots of shoes, I wish I had brought more shoes! – Lorraine

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Let Grooms express themselves too!

We focus a lot on the bride, as the wedding dress is often a lot of fun. That doesn’t mean that you need to wear a dress to dress up! Superheroes are a popular theme. Whether it’s a superman t-shirt, a feathered mark and cape or something else that floats your boat – we’re here for it!