Marchesa:
http://www.tomandlorenzo.com/2012/04/marchesa-spring-2013-bridal-collection.html
Oscar de la Renta:
http://www.tomandlorenzo.com/2012/04/oscar-de-la-renta-bridal-spring-2013-collection.html
I like the sixth from the bottom Oscar de la Renta. The veil has such exquiste detailing.
None of the above. I’d like some parts of a dress, then it would have something stupid looking on it. I’d also have to see them being modelled on someone who has had a meal sometime this year. 
Definitely the Oscar de la Renta. I don’t like white wedding gowns.
I couldn’t look at the dresses because, damn! some of those models are so sickly skinny! See here, here, here, and here. Those girls are skeletons and ruin any beauty the dresses have.
I thought it was my imagination but they do look like stick figures. The dresses are still quite pretty, though.
Some more realistic brides at this amusing little blog:
I much preferred Kate Middleton’s wedding dress to Ms. Wittstock. Then again that was probably at least partially because Kate looked radiantly happy and Charlene looked like she wanted to flee.
If I could pick anything? Probably none of those. If I had to pick from these, perhaps the 4th and 13th ODlR ones, I like the robin egg blue colour.
Most of these would look better on women with curvier figures–this is one area where the coat hanger look doesn’t flatter the clothes. For instance:
This one is pretty, but just looks too big for the model.
I also likethis one.
Overall, though, I’m not wowed by the collections.
I pretended I was on a desert island and these were my only options.
This one from Marchesa.
The de la Renta dresses are exquisite in themselves, but almost all of them would look terrible on me. I really love those two with cardigans and would wear them on any other occasion, but they look informal for wedding dresses. (Although if I ever get married IRL, I would probably wear something that informal and not necessarily white.)
I’m just thrilled to see that not every single damned one is strapless.
I was shocked when I started trying dresses on - all the styles I thought would look awesome on me judging from the magazine ads were AWFUL. Seriously, awful. Partly because I guess the models are so thin (although the ones in the ads aren’t nearly as thin as runway models), partly because half the ads have women oddly contorted, partly inexplicable. I mean, generally speaking I can predict what will look good on me, but not in Wedding Dress Land.
I am not fond of any of them. I especially hate the short ones.
None of them grabbed me, several struck me as silly or hideous. Each to her own, I suppose…
Doesn’t it depend on what kind of figure you have? There’s no design that looks good on everyone.
And from the expressions on their faces, you’d think they were walking the Green Mile instead of down the aisle. I know they’re only modeling, but it seems to me that they could look a little happier–they’re supposed to be brides, after all!
None of them really knocked my socks off, and I am all about looking at wedding gowns cause I never got to wear one or even try one on. I’ve seen some interesting ones on Etsy, and the Disney Princess collection(s) fascinate me. I weary as the fashion world enters the umpteenth year of the hideous strapless uniform every bride, stick insect or BBW, seems obligated to strap herself into - can there be an end in sight?
The dresses were pretty, but the models, as many have already said, were way too thin.
A wedding dress show question, why is the fashion these days for strapless, sleeveless, dresses? I’d be way too uncomfortable in such a gown, sure it was going to do a “wardrobe malfunction” on me. I’d prefer the security of straps at least, and my arms look better with sleeves too.
Kate Middleton’s dress was perfection.
It’s not a modesty thing, a woman can wear anything she wants.
The strapless wedding gown can be blamed on Vera Wang. She showed up on the scene in the early 90s. Previous to her we had had a decade of Princess Dianna frou frou knock offs. The bigger the better culminating in the horrendous butt bow. Then came Vera with her simple, strapless sheath. It was a breath of fresh air and everyone immediately wanted that look.
Of course, it’s been 20 years and we are all dead bored with it now.
Sleeves please!
I made my dd’s prom dress this year because the prom dresses are based on bridal fashion. Which means carbon copy strapless dresses unless you want to look like a Vegas show girl. Since neither Vegas show girl or carbon copy bridesmaid appealed to her, we did a custom gown. I’m afraid we’ll be doing the same for a wedding dress when it’s time.
Lose the cape, and I might get married just to wear this.
Much agreement about the models. I was distracted from the dresses by all the terrifyingly bony chests.
I’m not a fan of strapless, either. It is probably the most unflattering style on the most women’s body types - almost every normal woman who wears one gets those unattractive “chicken cutlets” from her upper chest flesh bulging out over the tight top of the dress. Blech.
That’s one of the ones I almost liked. The cape in the back is a little weird, but I could maybe live with that.
I like this one -it’s sexy, feminine, flattering, and would look good on a variety of ladies.
I liked the last Marchesa dress and the second Odlr dress. They both seem sort of Grace Kellyish. I guess I am showing my age, but I love the clothing styles from that era.
Another reason why strapless might be popular is that a lot of weddings seem to take place in the spring and summer, and they’d be a lot cooler.
None of them – they’re all too cookie cutter, modern. Now something like THIS would be my dream gown. Or really, just anything vintage-y and old-fashioned.
I do like this one, though. Claire Pettibone has some lovely, old-fashioned kind of dresses.
