Not My Dress: Amsale (with bonus rant)

In another case of bridal models making dresses look icky, but real women filling them out beautifully, I offer Amsale.

Scary robot model:

























Gorgeous real bride (via Snippet & Ink), with an absolutely lovely wedding and the same Amsale gown that is perfect on her:

















As we can see now, this dress is really beautiful. (But Not My Dress!)

You know, there are countless examples of really unappealing modeling in the bridal world. One line I love uses the most sickly, prepubescent model I've ever seen in its advertisements. Why? Is that a look I'd want for my wedding day? Absolutely not. In fact, I've already achieved that look - when I came home from school sick with the flu as a 14-year-old.

Let's play The Wedding Gown Advertisement Drinking Game:

Directions: Take a look through any bridal magazine and peek at the gown ads. Take one shot every time you see:

• A bride frowning
• A bride contorting her upper back in an awkward "high fashion" pose
• A bride looking like she's about to throw up
• A bride who no one thinks will actually make it down the aisle
  
• A bride with washed-out skin and the always-fetching nude, chapped lip
• A bride with insane, just-ran-through-the-forest-in-a-windstorm hair
  
• A bride surrounded by hilariously slutty-looking bridesmaids, who look like they hate each other
  
• A bride lounging provocatively in a car near an attractive man who is most definitely not the groom
• A bride who has clearly just fled the scene with an usher or waiter
• A bride living out her fairytale fantasy with the hugest, most heinous dress you can imagine (Sidenote: These ad campaigns, usually lower-end than the rest I've listed, tend to use models that look far older than their couture counterparts. Also, tons of eye makeup. Hmmm....)

What am I missing? Does it really matter? Because I think we all know that on this Wednesday morning, we would be wasted if we were actually playing.