'I defied tradition by wearing a £3.6k pink wedding dress but people hated it'
According to tradition which dates back to Queen Victoria, brides normally wear a white wedding dress. However, the beauty with weddings is that you can do it exactly how you like, and you don't have to follow traditions.
One bride, who got married in November 2022, knew she wanted to make a huge statement with her wedding dress. To match her personality, Camille Lescai, who is a big fan of the colour pink, fell in love wit a dress by a small designer.
Writing a post for Insider, the Australian bride ordered a custom version of a pink wedding dress she saw on Instagram, and paid 6,500 Australian dollars (£3,600) for it.
Although she understood why some people wanted to follow tradition, it wasn't something she wanted to do. On the day she asked her guests and bridal party to wear white, while she stood out in a ruffled-pink dress.
Camille, who said she had "the best day and loved my dress", posted a video of the gown on TikTok for her then-300 followers. When she woke up the video had gone viral and has now been seen by more than 4.8million people.
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In the video, Camille revealed her dress to her bridesmaids and mum, who all looked shocked.
After posting the video online, Camille realised it had gone viral for all the wrong reasons, with a number of people saying the dress was "ugly," "dated" and "trashy".
She didn't expect the dress to go viral (Camille Lescai)The bride was "bewildered" by the comments because she did not expect the dress to go viral.
In the article, she explained: "I didn't want to let these comments bother me, because I love my dress, and did not want this ordeal to change my perception of it."
Camille, who "struggled with confidence" when she was younger, was also worried about the potential "unintended consequences that the hate might create", because a lot of women in the comment section said they had a dress like hers.
In a follow-up video posted on TikTok, Camille said: "Do you remember me? I'm sure you do because thousands of you said that my wedding dress looks like a toilet roll holder, so thank you for that."
The Merchandise Planner then decided to take back control by answering the trolls on TikTok. In another video, Camille said: "Reading out mean things on the internet that people wrote about my wedding dress."
The comments she read out included things like "Oh my God, it's awful", and "Sorry hun, you're just trying too hard," too which Camille responded saying: "I'm sorry for trying too hard... on my wedding day."
Camille said she decided to respond to the "anonymous trolls" so they couldn't "skulk in the shadows".
She added: "People might think that I should expect negative comments after posting anything online, but the flip argument of that is, if you make nasty comments online, you should expect to be held to account."
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