The Olivia Culpo Wedding Dress Controversy, Unpacked

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. Also natural is that with all of this coverage came plenty of opinions—and most of those opinions centered around Culpo's .

In short, some people kind of hated it—but not for the reasons you may think.Culpo's first dress, which she wore for the wedding ceremony, was a long-sleeved white Dolce & Gabbana gown with a high, scooped neckline and a bell-shaped skirt.“I had a very clear idea of what I wanted for my ceremony dress,” Culpo told Vogue, adding, “I didn’t want it to exude sex in any way, shape or form.

I wanted it to feel effortless and as if it’s complementing me, not overpowering me. There’s so much beauty and simplicity.”She went on, “When I think about Christian and what he loves and the moments that he thinks that I’m most beautiful, it’s absolutely in something like this: timeless, covered, and elegant."While Culpo was going for “beauty and simplicity,” the internet used other adjectives to describe the dress.This content can also be viewed on the site it from.“I have been a bridal creator for four years now, and I've never said this before, but I do not like this wedding dress,” said wedding stylist Kennedy Bingham, a.k.a.

Gown Eyed Girl, on in a viral video. She went on, “This is a great example of how fashion is so much more than just what you see on the surface…it's all the stuff surrounding the dress that leaves kind of a bitter aftertaste.”According to Bingham, the “way that [Culpo] was talking about [her dress]” was “pushing this idea of what she thinks all brides should look like.” She explained that Culpo's comments about the dress seemed to be “marketing and pushing this conservative agenda.”Bingham also opined that there was “no personality” in the dress.