Tattooed bride - family issues!

RainbowDrops

A miss matching shrug might look almost as bad as loadsa tattoos.

I think the important thing is to be happy with the overall look.

The pics on Rock & Roll bride are funky as the brides tend to be in non-traditional dresses, whereas the OPs is quite a classic wedding style, so the looks may "clash" a little.

But as other say, it's up to you.

I have a tat although it's well hidden. I'll be having something else on show that my Mum & some others may dissaprove of though - very bright shoes! But I want to have that side of me sneaking a peak under the dress.

It's nice to feel all princessy on your big day, but it's good to keep a little bit of the real you in there too.

laurarobby

Just do what u want. its your day, your life, your photos. ive got a tattoo on my back and i hope everyone can see it on the day. i dont want any of it covered up. i dont care what anyone thinks my OH and I love it. if your happy and OH is happy screw em!!! x

mrs_B_5

I could go on and on and on about this subject and some of my favourite images from wedding blogs come from www.rocknrollbride.com and feature tattooed brides! Your tattoos are a part of you and you must love them so why do you feel the need to cover them? I understand the older generation may be a little dissaproving of your tattoos and feel you should cover them for you wedding but its your day, do what you want to do. Its important that you feel like you and you do what makes you and your other half happy!

Iget what people are saying about the brides on Rock n Roll Bride wearing slightly more unusual dresses but here's some links to my favourite brides from Rock n Roll Bride who have tattoos & are wearing a traditional wedding dress...

http://www.rocknrollbride.com/2011/03/debbie-jamies-tattoo-themed-rockabilly-wedding/

Not a totally traditional dress thanks to the petticoats but still... http://www.rocknrollbride.com/2011/01/mr-mrs-tattooboys-heavily-tattooed-!!!-kickin-rockabilly-wedding/#more-65018

http://www.rocknrollbride.com/2010/11/a-cinderella-themed-rockstar-wedding/

http://www.rocknrollbride.com/2011/03/lacy-brandons-edgy-wedding/

http://www.rocknrollbride.com/2011/03/a-hot-tattooed-bride-her-super-cool-groom/#more-72836

Totally traditional dress, the all-american-esque girl but then you see the tattoos! And its still stunning! http://www.rocknrollbride.com/2011/02/amy-mannys-morocc-n-roll-backyard-wedding/

Everyone of these brides is totally gorgeous in her own way and appears to have remained totally true to herself. Not having tattoos doesn't mean that you don't want a completely weird & wonderful day does it? And just because you have tattoos doesn't mean that you don't want to wear a 'traditional' wedding dress and have a totally traditional day.

Think about what will make you and your H2B happiest and do it.

jtr2803

Sorry, just had another thought..... if its more to do with photos could your photographer edit them out on a couple, I've heard of this being done quite a bit.

mountainofdebt

spoonymoose wrote: »

:rotfl:You don't have to see them, as you're not invited to her wedding :rotfl::p

Typed in a jokey way btw, just in case I cause offence!

no offence taken...and it wouldn't be just the OP I would cringe at, it would be any woman

I was looking at an article that had pictures of fearne cotton and she was modelling some of her new range.

What was noticeable was that for a woman who is famous for her tattoos, you really couldn't see any. So she had obviously taken the decision that those photos, for what ever reason, shouldn't show her tattoos.

Tigsteroonie

Personally I think it's not their wedding, it's yours. If you and husband-to-be would normally be happy for you to wear clothes that display your tattoos, then your wedding day should be no different. It's your day to enjoy.

(And that's from a tattoo-hater!)

Jennikay

I don't like tattoos, but I absolutely think you shouldn't cover them up if you don't want to! If one of my friends had tattoos that were visible, they would be part of her... and she'd probably look odd without them. I say go for it.

nykied

Tattoos are, as someone has pointed out, very like scars - they make you who you are. I have both scars and tattoos. One tattoo wouldn't be seen in a wedding dress but the other is on my shoulder and will be seen. My scars are also in some places that wouldn't be seen, but one runs right across my back, from surgery. If I'm out, some friends do tend to tug my top up, saying that my scar is showing. I don't mind, as it is part of who I am. So are my tattoos.

Anyway, what I'm saying is that you should be you on your wedding day. It's your day and you don't need to pander to anyone.

codemonkey

Don't cover them up unless you want to. It's your wedding, it's about you and your future husband who presumably doesn't have a problem with your tattoos and who cares what some old relative thinks anyway.

My tattoo is hidden but my MOH has tattoos all over her shoulders and chest and one all the way up her spine. I once went to a wedding where the bride and all the bridesmaids had tattoos on display and I didn't think it looked odd.

My point? We keep telling people in here not to change their timings because x and y don't like it, or their shoes because they don't fit in with the traditional vision of the bride. We're all meant to be untouched too. Hands up who's in that position?!! It's your wedding and your dress (lovely btw) and as long as you feel special it doesn't matter what anyone else thinks.

Me? I refuse to get fake tan or a sunbed just because its expected of me. So what if I'm pale and blend in with my dress?

katerinasol

spoonymoose wrote: »

Presumably you got the tattoos because you liked them and because you wanted to show them off.

Your wedding day is a day where you are the centre of attention and where you show off yourself, including tattoos!

They are a part of who you are!

If someone was scarred on their body, I bet your family wouldn't tell them to cover up, but they'd tell them to embrace who they are and what they have and be proud regardless. (What I'm trying to say is that it's what makes you YOU and by covering it up, it wouldn't be you.)

Your H2B knows you and your tattoos and that's what he's used to... It's kinda like me asking my OH to shave off his stubble just so he'll look "respectable" in the pictures... If I asked him to do that, it wouldn't be him.

It's your wedding... Not your family's. (If they're suggesting that you cover up various bits of you up then I would ask them not to wear any make up... And then use their horror to reinforce how you feel being told to cover something up that makes you, you.)

Sorry for a rambling post, but it's annoying when families interfere and try and make it their day!

Anyways, I hope I made some sense!

I know what you mean about the stubble! I want my OH to have some stubble as he looks better with a 'shadow', just because shaving it all off is "the proper thing to do" at a wedding doesn't mean he HAS to do it.

There are so many people who think you should do everything 'by the book' at a wedding just because everyone else does it, it really annoys me!