Jokers for life
This unusual couple is Bobby Cook and Ciara O'Donnell. They are from Ireland, although they now seem to be known in many parts of the world. These are creative guys who do not want to live by generally accepted rules. Bobby admitted in an interview that he and Ciara had been together for a long time, but everyone was hesitant to take the main responsible step. But not at all because they doubted their feelings.
The lovers said that they were always confused and upset by the boring framework into which society often places people. Traditional wedding ceremonies are boring and prim for them, there is a lot of unnecessary things in them. And then Bobby and Ciara decided to take a desperate step - to go against the system, to make the main day of their lives unlike anything else.
Love story
Bobby met Ciara while on a business trip in Barcelona. He saw her in a bar and, deciding that she was Spanish and did not understand English, began to heatedly discuss her with his friend. But suddenly the girl turned around and said: “Stop admiring me behind my back. Tell me all this to my face." They spent that evening together and realized that one evening would not be enough for them.
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For the next two years, the young people spent a lot of money on flights to each other, from Barcelona to Wales and back. It was clear that they should be together, but Bobby still did not dare to propose to his beloved. He constantly carried the ring with him, waiting for the right moment.
One day, at the top of a snowy hill, their car skidded and they rolled down a steep slope. Ciara was at the wheel and she handled the dangerous descent expertly. When they were downstairs, Bobby immediately took out a ring and handed it to him with the words: “You are so fearless, so maybe you will marry me?” Ciara agreed. Within a few days, she quit her job and finally moved to Ireland.
Where did the idea for the wedding come from?
The idea itself came to the couple while inspecting the hall where the ceremony was to take place. Ciara declared that she would never go down such a passage. “Go yourself,” she joked. "Sure, not a problem. “I’ll pass,” Bobby replied. So a fleeting joke became the start for a grandiose action.
The girl always loved to wear trousers. She even went on dates in jeans, and Bobby almost never saw her wearing skirts. He once even teased his beloved: “Maybe you should wear a tuxedo instead of a dress to the wedding?” Ciara replied that it would be even more convenient for her. Soon the couple returned to this issue. The idea of changing outfits for the ceremony fascinated both of them. However, the lovers agreed to remain silent about their plans for the time being, so as not to shock the others.
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Why is the bride's wedding dress white?
When it comes to the bride, the first thing that comes to mind is a snow-white fluffy dress. Now, of course, it is not uncommon that the future wife prefers to wear a dress of a different color on her most important day of life. However, traditionally it is believed that the bride should wear white.
But in Rus' it was not always like this. Initially, brides got married in pink or blue attire. The white outfit was allowed to be worn by the “bride of Christ,” that is, the girl who decided to go to a monastery and devote herself to serving God.
In the Middle Ages, future wives, walking down the aisle, wore dresses of the brightest colors and colors. It didn't matter what color the dress was. The main thing is that the outfit is bright and expensive.
Attention! White symbolizes the innocence and purity of the future wife. After all, when a girl gets married, she must be pure before her future husband. The thoughts of the future wife must be pure. And it is white that symbolizes the purity of the girl who is going down the aisle.
There are other versions of why the white color of the bride’s dress has become so popular. So, according to one of them, Anna of Austria, when she got married, put on a very beautiful snow-white dress that many women could not contain their delight. And then they began to imitate Anna and also wear dresses of this shade at the wedding ceremony.
According to the second version, Queen Victoria wore an unusually beautiful white dress for her wedding in the mid-17th century. After that, this color of the bride’s dress was considered traditional.
Surprise for guests
The idea was kept secret from everyone - from parents and from guests. The bride, as usual, chose a dress, but no one realized that it was not intended for her, but for her groom. The same thing happened with Bobby's tuxedo, which he specifically bought two sizes too small to fit Ciara. Many people were invited to the wedding, and it became increasingly difficult to hide the truth. During the preparation of the ceremony, the young people constantly risked being exposed.
The groom's friends and bridesmaids were involved in the game. But if with the girls everything was simple - they easily picked out suits for themselves and looked great in them, then with the guys we had to suffer. At first they did not want to agree to such metamorphoses. Then the problem with the dresses arose. Not a single bridal salon wanted to sell them to them; they weren’t even allowed to try on the outfits. I had to order dresses online.
The biggest challenge awaited Bobby a few minutes before the ceremony began. He had to convince his father to walk him down the aisle instead of the bride. The parent at first fell into a stupor at the sight of Bobby, then tried to “digest” this news, then simply said: “Let’s just get it over with.”
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Is it possible to come to a cafe in a wedding dress?
A few months ago I broke up with my boyfriend and was left alone in a rented apartment in the city of Kurgan. I don’t have any relatives or friends to whom I can turn for help. It’s good that at least there is a well-paid job, and the salary is enough to rent an apartment. But still, loneliness weighed heavily on me, and I fell into depression. My employees even saw this and supported me morally, but unfortunately they couldn’t help me with anything else. I started looking for different ways to find another guy. I’ve been to nightclubs, but I never met any decent guys there who were my type. I decided to go to a cafe to meet someone. You can already meet a gentleman and spend an evening with him, and perhaps even spend the night. I was thinking about what to wear to the cafe. And I decided to wear a wedding dress. But I don't have a wedding dress. I can’t afford to buy a wedding dress in a wedding salon, I didn’t even bother to look at how much a new wedding dress costs, it’s clear that it’s more than twenty thousand. I decided to go to the studio. Two studios said that they could sew it in at least a month. This is not an option for me either. There is only one way left - to buy a second-hand wedding dress. I decided to look into the newspaper, which is thrown free into mailboxes, began looking for advertisements and found two advertisements for the sale of a wedding dress. I immediately called them and asked for the price and sizes. The sizes suited me, and the price was four times cheaper than new. I decided to buy both wedding dresses. I first went for one wedding dress and immediately bought it along with gloves and a veil. I brought it home, left this wedding dress in the hallway and immediately went to buy a second wedding dress. I went to the other end of the city, which I had never been to. I had to ask several people where that street and that house were where they sold the wedding dress. An hour later I found and came to the girl who was selling this dress. I looked at it and really liked the style. And I bought it. When I arrived home, I decided to try on first one and then another wedding dress. I decided to go to the cafe in the second dress, because it is fuller and looks richer. Of course, I won’t walk around Kurgan in a wedding dress - they’ll take me for a crazy person. I’ll go to the cafe as I always do when I go out - in a knee-length dress. I will put the wedding dress with veil and gloves in a bag. So I did. I left the house at about seven in the evening. At this time, in the cafe where I will go, men’s groups who are so desperate for guys are already starting to gather. I came to the cafe as usual and made a small order. I saw a group of guys, approached them and asked permission to join. They allowed me and even said that it was necessary, otherwise I should sit alone. I sat down at the table and said that I would now change and put on a gorgeous dress, but did not specify that it was a wedding dress. The guys said that it would be very interesting to see me in a beautiful dress. I went to the toilet to change clothes. There she closed herself, took off the dress she was wearing, pulled out a wedding dress from the bag and began to put it on in front of a small mirror that hung in the toilet. When I put on the dress, I threw a veil over my head and put on wedding gloves. In this form I went out to the guys. Thinking what their reaction will be. And she said, here I am your bride, do you want to play with me. I see they were very surprised to see me in a wedding dress. I said that I would be happy to entertain each of them. I am their common bride for the evening. Lifting the hem of my wedding dress, I sat on the sofa between two guys and allowed them to hug me. The guys literally clung to me and said that they were so eager to caress the bride-to-be girl and, without hesitation, began to hug and touch me. I didn’t feel shy either, but decided to completely open up to them. I think maybe this will lead to big changes in my difficult life.
Memory for life
When the groom appeared down the aisle in his dress, it was a real sensation. He was followed by friends in plain blue open dresses. The bride appeared at the altar in a tuxedo, surrounded by bridesmaids in pantsuits. The guests were at first shocked, then began to loudly applaud the brave and creative couple.
The ceremony followed all the rules, only the groom took the bride's surname, and not vice versa. This story was covered in many world media, after which the couple was hit with a barrage of accusations of mockery of the sacrament of wedding in church. They explained that they did not intend to mock the ceremony itself, but simply wanted to bring something new into their lives, to make the moment even more unforgettable.
After some time, the passions around the controversial wedding subsided. Now the young couple are still happy and expecting their first child. Siyara, eight months pregnant, dreams of making her baby’s birthday the most unusual in her life. One can only guess what ideas are brewing in the minds of future parents.
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In a dress and with a beard: how men are rethinking women's wardrobe
The appearance of men dressed in clearly feminine clothing at recent men's fashion weeks has caused obvious confusion among the public.
They talked about the crisis of ideas and the exaggerated unisex style, and the especially impressionable even used obscene language. At the same time, not only models on the catwalk wear skirts and dresses, but also celebrities, including Jared Leto, Marc Jacobs and Nico Tortorella, and quite ordinary men in real life. So, is a man in a skirt or dress a new norm or not? And is it possible to wear a skirt and still remain brutal? SPLETNIK.RU decided to look into the issue. The turbulent history of the 20th century squeezed centuries of palace idleness out of the mass consciousness, and fashion was significantly influenced by the militaristic style. The embodiment of the image of a real man was the movie characters of Jean Gabin, Humphrey Bogart and Jean-Paul Belmondo. Severe, bold, a little eccentric, but always in a suit or jeans, with a coat or leather jacket thrown over the shoulder.
Men appeared in female guise only for comic effect - remember Josephine and Daphne from Some Like It Hot or Dustin Hoffman's hero in the film Tootsie.
Still from the film “Some Like It Hot”
Moreover, until the 19th century, the men's suit had a completely feminine silhouette. Skirts did not deprive the ancient Romans of their masculinity, and stockings did not restrain kings from military campaigns. Moreover, the Romans considered trousers an attribute of barbarism - the tribes in the north were much colder, but the gladiators did not understand the advantages of trousers.
By the way, it is precisely because of the heat that modern men are drawn to skirts. A couple of years ago, bus drivers and drivers in Sweden and France protested against the official dress code. The dress that enterprising Briton Joey Barge wore last year after he was banned from wearing shorts to work also became a banner in the fight against office slavery.
Joey Barge
We can say that it was precisely for such occasions that the American designer Thom Browne released his men's spring-summer collection 2018, which caused a lot of noise.
During the show in Paris, the catwalk featured mostly business-style dresses and skirts, which were combined with jackets, blazers and ties. At the same time, the silhouettes were not overly feminine - for most models the designer chose a straight, simple cut, and the colors were dominated by grey, white and dark blue.
In fact, designers' interest in adapting a woman's wardrobe to a man's figure - and skirts and dresses are appearing more and more often in men's collections - did not arise out of nowhere. Coco Chanel and Marlene Dietrich once launched this pendulum, allowing women to wear suits, trousers and tuxedos. Until recently, the unisex trend only worked in one direction - women could wear men's clothes. The reverse exchange was almost never seriously considered unless it was a costume party. Now this pendulum is flying in the opposite direction, and we are witnessing the birth of unisex, in which there is a place for men.
This merger can go in two directions: either men will dress in women’s clothes, but wear them brutally, without unnecessary decorations and adapting exclusively practical benefits from some women’s outfits, or, nevertheless, both femininity of cut and wealth will pass into the men’s wardrobe decorative trim and typically feminine accessories.
American actor Nico Tortorella, who openly declared his bisexuality in 2021 and then called himself pansexual, often appears at events in women's dresses. At the same time, the appearance of the star of the series “Young” is not at all noticeable. Choosing an off-the-shoulder, low-cut dress from Christian Siriano's cruise collection for the GLAAD Awards red carpet, Nico showed off a very brutal look, revealing his tattoos. The color and cut of the dress is also quite minimalist.
Will Smith's son, Jaden, also dresses in a gender-fluid style. The 20-year-old actor and rapper responded quite categorically on Twitter to all comments regarding his wardrobe.
If I want to wear a dress, I will wear it, and it will be the beginning of a new wave,
— Jaden wrote.
And for him, this is primarily freedom of expression and the issue of social tolerance.
My children and the next generations of children will consider things normal that were not normal before.
Jaden Smith
Jaden does not seek to create a provocative image - he dresses in a way that makes him comfortable. He combines dresses with skinny jeans, voluminous denim jackets and bomber jackets.
Sarah Snyder and Jaden Smith
However, Smith Jr. tried other, more solemn images. For example, Jaden tried on skirts a couple of years ago at a prom. He did not hesitate to appear in the company of three female models in the photo for the Louis Vuitton advertising campaign. For the photo shoot, Jayden wore a knee-length skirt, a woven top and a leather jacket.
Jaden Smith in Louis Vuitton campaign
Jada Pinkett Smith and Jaden Smith
Many celebrities, however, are not waiting for new generations and are trying to introduce this trend into the wardrobe of their children. Thus, Megan Fox was sharply criticized when she dressed her four-year-old son Noah in a dress and leggings with a floral print. However, she is not the only one who does this. Her colleague Charlize Theron went even further and tried on her adopted son Jackson not only skirts and dresses, but also a baseball cap with a blond braid, like the heroine of the cartoon “Frozen,” which caused heated discussions among netizens.
How can it be acceptable for this boy to wear a dress?!
- wrote in the comments.
Charlize Theron with her son
Skirts of a simple cut of medium length are chosen not only by star mothers for their sons, but also by adult men. This style is also popular among the heroes of street style chronicles. Men combine them with sheepskin coats, chunky knitted leg warmers and rough or sports shoes. A similar style has been repeatedly demonstrated by street fashion icon Nick Wooster, and even some Hollywood stars.
Nick Wooster
For example, Gerard Butler, a Scot by birth, has repeatedly appeared at events in skirts that reference the national costume of his ancestors - the kilt, and Vin Diesel, who appeared in a leather skirt at the Europe Music Awards in 2003. In the late 90s, even David Beckham tried on the sarong, a traditional scarf worn like a skirt among the peoples of Southeast Asia.
However, these stellar examples rather demonstrate the calm attitude of men towards women's wardrobe items than their willingness to completely change their style. In most cases, our heroes can be found dressed in ordinary men's clothing.
Jared Leto
But Jared Leto turned elements of a woman's wardrobe into part of his image. Jared seems to have developed an interest in this style back when he invariably tied his shirts around his hips. Today, the actor and singer often chooses skirts and robes for concert looks, for attending social events, and for appearing on television.
However, Jared, who played a transvestite in the film “Dallas Buyers Club” and demonstrated how to wear pink tights and short fur coats, does not intend to give up the men’s wardrobe in real life. Summer always combines skirts and bright robes with trousers. He could have seen this image from another rock star, Mick Jagger. Back in 1969, he shocked the public: at a concert in Hyde Park, the lead singer of the Rolling Stones appeared before the public in a snow-white suit consisting of pants and a dress.
However, Jared clearly has another source of inspiration - the actor and singer maintains friendly relations with Gucci creative director Alessandro Michele. Let us remember that it was Michele who made Leto the face of the advertising campaign for the Gucci Guilty fragrance in 2015. The artist and his muse now dress in the same style. Jared often appears in bright, unusual suits from Gucci and, like Michele, combines colorful jackets or coats with plain skirts and trousers.
Mick Jagger
Alessandro Michele
Model Sean Ross also makes skirts part of his image. Ross's atypical appearance (he is an albino) and grunge, slightly careless style - a T-shirt worn over a shirt and a loose black skirt with patch pockets - only emphasize the model's individuality.
Sean Ross
The skirts organically fit into the characteristic style of Marc Jacobs. The designer posed in the dress for photo shoots, and then integrated them into his regular wardrobe. For casual looks, he chooses dark, medium-length skirts, which he combines with a calm top, such as plain shirts.
Mark Jacobs
For special occasions, Mark has more sophisticated options - the designer came to the Met Gala in 2012 in a lace transparent dress, from under which white boxer shorts were visible. However, when choosing the length, Mark was again conservative - no daring mini.
But former figure skater Johnny Weir does not adapt women's clothing to the canons of a men's wardrobe, but, on the contrary, borrows details from women's images to enliven and decorate his outfits. Furs, flowers, ultra-short shorts, feathers, lots of glitter and crystals - all this is an essential part of his extravagant costumes. Weir does not overuse typical women's clothing, although he once appeared on American television in a wedding dress. But Johnny also does not remain aloof from the fashion trend and still includes skirts, shirt dresses and kimonos in his wardrobe.
Designer Lial Khakaraya, who worked with Lady Gaga, also prefers bright women's accessories and an overtly feminine style. Like many men who wear skirts, he is very careful about the length of his outfit. The image turned out to be memorable, but not vulgar - a fitted jacket is combined with an ankle-length skirt. Only accessories add extravagance - against the backdrop of a giant feather and makeup, women's clothing raises the least number of questions.
This style, however, is still closer to the images of drag queens than to the rebirth of the women's wardrobe in men's aesthetics. It was popular among gays before, but since this topic concerned only a certain community, it did not provoke much discussion. Now we have to watch how skirts and dresses will find their way into the closets of heterosexual men. On the one hand, if we remember the history of the men's suit, the process simply looks like a return to origins. Well, fashion, as you know, is cyclical, and it is useless to resist it. On the other hand, unlike many other trends that return to us once every couple of decades, centuries separate us from men’s skirts, and it will probably take longer than usual to get used to this trend.
How do you feel about the fact that men are starting to borrow women's wardrobe items?
