IT’S one of the most important days of your life.
And the majority of brides pull out all the stops to ensure they look their absolute best when they tie the knot.
One such bride was Valeriia, who wore a stunning, low-cut strapless white wedding dress to say “I do”.
She took to her social media pages to share pictures and videos from her special day, but quickly found there was one detail people couldn’t stop fixating on.
Namely the fact that her golden bridal tan didn’t cover her whole cleavage – with a white tan line on the bust clear to see.
“I don’t see anything but the tan lines, I’m sorry!” one wrote in the comments of an Instagram video Valeriia shared of her showing her bridesmaids the gown.
“Bridesmaids fails! Girls!!! Did any of y’all tell her about the lines?!” another questioned.
“Dear God, who fitted you?!?! Your chest doesn’t fit in that dress and those tan lines are terrible!” a third raged.
“You are too pretty to look like that on your wedding day,” someone else said.
“Everything was was perfect except for the boobies.”
“WTF the tan lines absolutely ruin this look!” another wrote.
“Tan lines take all the attention,” someone else said.
“What’s with two white headlights?” another questioned.
As someone else said it looks like “nursing pads coming out of the top of dress”.
Others came out in support of Valeriia, with one writing: “I never understand the hate for tan lines.
“It’s a bit low for sure, but stop about the tan lines….”
“The comments don’t pass the vibe check,” another raged.
“All the unmarried, and/or out of shape, and/or unhappy people in the comments are bugging out.
Dos and don’ts of wedding dress codes
By Josie Griffiths, Fabulous deputy editor and bride-to-be.
Josie Griffiths said: I’ll never forget the wedding I went to in October 2022 where a guest wore a white dress.
It was ill-fitting, knee length and looked nothing like an actual wedding dress, but that didn’t stop everyone judging her.
The rules on wedding guest outfits – which are annoyingly loads stricter for women than they are for men – are meant to be about “not upstaging the bride”, which in reality is quite hard to do on someone else’s wedding day.
But if you get it wrong as a guest, you do end up looking a bit silly, and in front of loads of people who don’t know you personally.
It’s just not the occasion for your new white dress, as much as online stores love dumping them in the ‘wedding guest’ section.
I’d avoid anything too tight/short, and ditch super formal gowns unless the dress code calls for them – you don’t want to be in a full length sequin gown at a smart casual event.
Personally I don’t like black dresses either, it isn’t a funeral.
Otherwise you should be pretty safe. Technically wearing red means you’re in love with the groom, but that’s the kind of rule most people would scoff at nowadays.
I do always check what colour the bridesmaids are in, just to be safe, after the Spanish wedding where I watched them walk down the aisle in the exact same dress I’d had in my Asos shopping basket just weeks earlier.
If in doubt, safest to just double check with the bride… but if you’re already doubting your dress that might be all the answer you need.
“You’re gorgeous. And glowing! Many blessings on your nuptials!”
“GOD! People on the comments are awful! She looks stunning!” a third insisted.
“You all need to get a good look, not in the mirror but in your hearts…”
In another post on Instagram, gym bunny Valeriia admitted she’d been wearing strapless sports bras for her outdoor workouts in the run up to her wedding – in a bid to avoid tan lines.
“Wearing tube tops all summer so I don’t have tan lines at my wedding,” she wrote over a clip of herself working out in the sunshine.
“Going viral because of the tan lines,” she concluded, once again sharing what she looked like in the wedding dress.