A wedding dress has divided the internet after a fashion designer shared striking photos of her wedding day in Valencia.
María Undo had her dream wedding when she married Daniel de Villanueva near San Antonio de Benagéber in Spain.
The ceremony took place in the Basílica de San Vicente Ferrer, a beautiful church built in 1906.
Her look encapsulated the timeless elegance and romance of the beautifully designed ceremony, but not everyone was a fan.
Undo’s custom design, some users believe, was swallowed by her huge veil and bouquet which distracted from the actual dress.
One user, Caroline Crawford Patterson, loved the look but critiqued how much such a large ‘ideal’ veil would cost, considering the typically ‘cheap’ looking veil fabric.
‘Do you know how expensive fabric for a veil is? It’s almost ungodly, because it’s just a way to rake in cash,’ she said.
‘Nobody makes a veil that is this long,’ Patterson said. ‘This veil, easily like five grand.’
She pointed out how much fabric would have been needed to be gathered on her arms as she held the bouquet, as well as the pleating in front of her face showing a fabric excess.
‘We’re being scammed and fooled when we see things like this,’ she said, claiming that such ‘inspiration’ is misleading for future brides and veil cost is a ‘scam.’
Patterson equally had opinions on the ‘bouquet rule,’ which she said follows the rule that the bouquet is no wider than a bride’s waist.
‘I believe she also followed [the bouquet] rule, bouquet width is not wider than waist width,’ Patterson said. ‘Even though the bouquet does swallow the dress, you could say, vertically.’
Undo said in a piece on The Wed that her bouquet was made up of variegated ivy and 120 cascading branches of Tokyo orchids.
While Patterson seemed taken with her overall look, despite the suspected cost, commenters on Patterson’s video had their own opinions.
María Undo had her dream wedding when she married Daniel de Villanueva near San Antonio de Benagéber in Spain, but the picturesque wedding dress divided the internet as some didn’t agree with the style
‘The volume was inspired by my favorite movie, Sofia Coppola’s Marie Antoinette, and I chose a champagne-colored silk duchesse fabric.’ It was in the breakdown that she revealed she hadn’t spent a lot of money on the veil and had bought a large piece of fabric, fashioning it into one herself
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‘I believe she also followed [the bouquet] rule, bouquet width is not wider than waist width,’ Caroline Patterson said. ‘Even though the bouquet does swallow the dress, you could say, vertically’
‘I love it but I’d trip on it,’ one critiqued.
Another wrote: ‘Loveee but not for my boney forehead.’
‘I feel like she’s drowning.’
‘tbh I [don’t] like this look at all,’ another said.
‘Are those artichokes in her bouquet,’ one queried.
‘It’s the right way to wear but I’d feel so claustrophobic.’
‘It’s beautiful but dont see her i see flowers i see fabric but i dont see HER… sorry not for me,’ a user commented.
‘That bouquet looks awful not because of the size it’s just awful,’ another wrote.
‘I love it but she also looks a big V. Veil majora, bouquet minora, opening and bean,’ one said.
Undo described every detail they chose for their big day on the piece she wrote for The Wed.
The dress was a custom creation from Avec Amour, designed by herself and her former pattern-making teacher, Mari Carmen Francés López.
‘I wanted something simple that I would still love 30 years from now, while also reflecting my style 100%,’ she said.
The dress was a custom creation from Avec Amour, designed by herself and her former pattern-making teacher, Mari Carmen Francés López
‘I wanted something simple that I would still love 30 years from now, while also reflecting my style 100%,’ Undo said. ‘The volume was inspired by my favorite movie, Sofia Coppola’s Marie Antoinette, and I chose a champagne-colored silk duchesse fabric’
She paired the dress with shoes created in the style of ballet pointe shoes, to ‘nod’ to her years as a ballerina
‘The volume was inspired by my favorite movie, Sofia Coppola’s Marie Antoinette, and I chose a champagne-colored silk duchesse fabric.’
She paired the dress with shoes created in the style of ballet pointe shoes, to ‘nod’ to her years as a ballerina.
In a video on her Instagram divulged the details of the dress, including the cost breakdown of the dress and how she decided on her look.
It was in the breakdown that she revealed she hadn’t spent a lot of money on the veil and had bought a large piece of fabric, fashioning it into one herself.
Despite some not-so-keen comments, many others loved the dress.
‘It’s haunting…. I LOVE IT,’ said one.
‘She reminds me of the sculpture the veiled nun by Rodin, so so beautiful,’ another said.
‘Like a beautiful haunting vision! That’s how I wanna look! Like draped in fabric,’ one said.
‘This bride! The whole look and vibe is perfection for me,’ one wrote.
However anyone felt about the dress, many agreed on one thing: the veil market is a pricey one, and the designer’s crafty decision saved her a lot of money.
