over 40 can't wear a wedding gown

Over 40 when you married, eh?

She said a 40 year old can't wear a wedding gown without a "Dian Arbus subtext". Meaning the fact that it is so late will be on everybody's mind, it will cause more fascination than admiration and weddings over that age tend to be second marriages for at least one of the two and kept on the down-low. She's not saying over 40s shouldn't couple up, but we're talking about Vogue and people choosing to pose for a magazine. I agree with her and it was an appropriate way to put it.

What about a first wedding when the bride is over 40?

I think brides should wear whatever they want. But Enid lives in a world of rigid rules, apparently.






Get me a bromide! And put some gin in it!

Wedding gowns are pretty ridiculous at any age. If you're the only person in a ball gown at any event, you are waaaaayy overdressed, and if you look like a big meringue after your first communion, you're doing it wrong.

Especially considering the price of a typical wedding gown, why do women still even want them? Would a perfect LBD be more appropriate to almost every woman's lifestyle?

Or are that many women still completely invested in the fairy tale princess image?

Ah, Vogue. The magazine that put the three-time married Kim Kardashian and her sour-puss faced husband on the cover. I would not trust that magazine to tell me what to do!