Wedding Dresses That Made Guests Truly Uncomfortable

Everyone dreams of the perfect wedding day but sometimes our dreams don’t always match up with reality. Something to one person may seem beautiful, but to another – just plain awful – and this is particularly true when it comes to wedding dresses because everyone has their own sense of style.

Whether they are going for traditional, unique or just plain goofy, you can’t expect everyone to understand your artistic vision. However, a wedding isn’t really the occasion to be experimental. Sometimes traditional ceremonies require traditional celebrations.

When it comes to weddings, there’s a lot of money at stake to just throw away on a silly dress that will be the talk of your wedding day, even if you have hundreds or thousands of bouquets, and the best catering money can buy. The dress is what people will remember, and if you mess that up, you’ve messed up your wedding day. And whatever you do to make a statement on your big day is going to come off cringy to everyone else, and probably you too, when you look back at your wedding photos.

Here you’ll find the worst of the worst wedding dresses. These wedding dresses are so atrocious, that they made guests truly uncomfortable. Let’s take a look!

King Arthur would be proud, but this isn't Camelot. Also, did no one tell them what happened in King Arthur? Gwen ended up cheating on Arthur with Lancelot. 

That's not really what you want to start your marriage off of. Maybe we're wrong. Maybe he's supposed to be another knight...Gwaine? Actually...didn't he unjustly kill someone? Whoops. 

Oh, my sweet summer child. This is for when you're 90% princess and 10% redneck. 

When your wedding is at 2, but the boogaloo is life. She's getting married today, but already looking for a trailer to buy.  She wanted to have an all-camo wedding, but her husband is a bad shot. 

Is Judy Garland a bride or a Vegas showgirl in this photo? It’s kinda hard to tell. Thankfully, she’s fully stocked on fringe--there’s enough there for five wedding dresses. We all know Judy did her own thing, but you would think on of Hollywood’s biggest stars would have dawned a real gown.

Judy was such a tiny person, maybe she wanted to wear something that showed a little leg and made her look taller. However, the outfit is reading more like a baggy coat. Mix that in with that scraggly bouquet of flowers that look like she got from the side of the road, and you’ve got yourself a roadside wedding.

Emma Thompson, a British actress and screenwriter, who married Kenneth Branagh in 1989. All we have to say is that the dress looks like it came from 1989, except the fabric was stolen from the seats of a bus. You could also find this tragic textile from the booth of a taco bell. Whoever designed this gown must have secretly objected to the wedding.

Also, what’s on her head? Does the feather make her Yankee Doodle? This dress makes us dream of Easter egg hunts and chocolate bunnies. The headpiece looks like it’s thinking about flying off her poor head at any moment. Unluckily, the shoes match the headpiece. We can’t tell if the groom is smiling because he’s happy or trying not to laugh because she looks ridiculous.

Mama June isn’t known for being an elegant, fashionable, woman. With her back-woods history, it’s a surprise that the cut of the dress was pretty nice. The worst part is the "color" choices. Why was it camo and orange? Hunting has a place in this world, but it isn’t at a wedding.

But let’s be honest here, what else would you expect from Honey Boo Boo’s country bumpkin mom? If you live anywhere in the south, you probably know at least 10 women who also chose to wear camo at their wedding. What a statement. What a look. What a terrible decision. Making your wedding dress a joke just says you don’t think you can pull one off.

Brigitte Bardot is gonna get married just as soon as she milks the cows and shears the sheep. It’s not that the gingham, Elly May Clampett look isn’t cute--it’s that it’s not cute on your wedding day when you’re a French beauty and superstar. Save the french countryside for the honeymoon!

Brigitte was a fashion icon! And she definitely wasn’t afraid of making a statement. You would think she would go all out on her big day with a flashy fashion piece, but apparently, she was feeling homely that day. She’s brought us so much fashion over the years, maybe she was just burned out. We’ll forgive her this time.

Rita Wilson’s dress is awful from top to bottom--thankfully, it’s cut like a miniskirt, so that’s not much distance to travel. This one doesn’t look so much like a wedding dress as it does a craft store explosion. The mid-thigh cut-off and confusing neckline really make the dress a head-scratcher. But hey, at least they look happy together!

Don’t even get us started with whatever is going on around the hips. You would think she would be concerned about these ruffles making her hips look insanely wide. But that tule wrapping distracts from the creature clutching her thighs. If you ditched the tule and the crazy ruffles, this would actually be a cute dress!

This bride was clearly going for a more refined, minimal look than the previous women. Her dress screams "classic bride" like none of the others. Just kidding! This gown shouldn't even qualify as a wedding dress. Where's the rest of it?

We hope years of back pain are worth the fifteen minutes of fame those wings would get you. We don't even know what she'll do with those during the reception... Sure, what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas, but do all of the worst things have to be there?

Oh, wow! What a gorgeous veil. I can't wait to see the rest — oh. There's nothing left! This dress was on the right track right up until the designer decided to do away with the entire top half of the dress. That part is pretty important!

We have no idea how this dress would work out for any bride tying the knot, especially during the winter. Definitely a summertime style for brides getting hitched in a club! Perhaps the designers accidentally ripped up the top half right before the show and sent her down the catwalk in this sorry excuse for a "dress." 

What bride doesn’t want to look like a giant, decorative tampon on her big day? Let's all embrace the beauty of feminity on what's already the most nerve-wracking day of our lives. Yeah, no thanks! This designer was definitely a man.

We know that this dress clearly has a lot of bells and whistles, and it probably took a lot of time to make — unfortunately, they could not have picked worse bells and whistles. The shape, the face cut-out, the bow! The only bearable part of this "gown" is the gloves, and that's just the finishing touch! 

Some brides hate sticking to trends, especially when it comes to their dresses because they don't want to look back on their wedding day filled with regret. However, there are some wedding trends that are so popular they just take over the industry, much to our disappointment.

It seems like every bride these days is walking down the aisle looking like some nightmarish alien mummy, yet we've never seen anything quite like this. The only thing that should "die" in this scenario is this idea, not the bride! At least let her face be the focus. 

Ah, yes... The notorious Pamela "Wedding Gown." Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee got married after only dating for four days (we can tell). And clearly, they put just as much thought into their beautiful "outfits" as they did their actual connection. It's all just one big YIKES! 

We think the star-crossed couple forgot that their wedding day wasn't the same thing as the honeymoon if you catch our meaning. Who wants all of their wedding guests — and in this case, the world — to see the bride and groom stripped down to basically their underwear. Not us!

Edible clothing isn't a new invention, but what we're thinking of is typically reserved for more... private affairs. The popular edible clothing is, at least. This might be an insane wedding dress for many people, but there’s no denying that it’s also useful. This was clearly a bride who wanted to kill two birds with one stone. 

Half of the art of fashion is about timing. This dress would be perfect for a Candyland costume at a convention, a Halloween party, or a kid's birthday party. Something about it doesn't really scream "wedding" — and it's definitely the candy wrappers paired with the giant lollipop. 

After this woman gets married, she definitely has a shift to pick up from the grand marshal for a Mardi Gras parade. And then if there's time, she's set to go pick up a shift at the Vegas strip club, too, along with a few other brides on this unfortunate list. 

Many women detest wearing white for practical reasons, but that's typically reserved for after Labor Day activities or pants... not your wedding dress! And what makes this one worse is that there are so many colorful dresses available on the market from gorgeous designers... This one looks like arts and crafts!

Nothing says true love like literally wrapping your tentacles around a man. Personally, I want as few octopuses around as possible on my wedding day. Like, does this even qualify as a wedding dress? What about it screams "wedding" to you people?

Under the Sea was just a theme... not a rule of thumb! How about for all of the weddings coming up this season we steer clear of attaching live (or dead) animals to our wedding gowns? Can we not agree on that at the very least? We're begging you!