The reading and the tv show were similar in that the wedding
dress is to be white, worn only once, and be unlike anything you typically see women
wear on a daily basis. Your wedding day is to be “perfect” and extravagant. The
reading describes how theses lavish weddings came to be, from the earliest time
of the Cinderella story in China, to the exuberant wedding of Princess Diana,
and many significant weddings in between. In the television show, Say Yes to
the Dress, one bride to be actually references Princess Diana several times and
she wants to look just like her.
I think that the television show is directly linked to the
reading and could almost have been the next part of The Lavish Wedding. Say Yes
to the Dress directly supports these outrageously lavish weddings. The hosts of
the show tell women to expect the perfect wedding and that they must have the
perfect dress (and in some cases TWO wedding dresses). Women are bombarded from
the time we are born by images and advertisements of these beautiful and expensive
weddings and believe that we “need” this same type of lavish wedding.
I also think the reading and the episode of "Say Yes to the Dress" we watched go together really well. The reading explains the norms and expectations brides have for their weddings, and the episode REALLY shows how all the brides main focuses are on elegance and everything being "perfect."
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