Project RUNAWAY FROM THAT DRESS

This week usher's in designa-hating here at Wedding Dress Obsessed. Having spent the weekend perusing obscure and not so obscure wedding gown designers, Style Diva is increasingly worried about those of you dropping major $$$ on designer gowns when the are just as, if not more so FUGLY than perfectly affordable FUGLY at David's Bridal (although Style Diva will admit there are a few cuties at David's).

While Style Diva isn't particularly happy about hating on her own peeps, but I feel compelled to start with Olga Kvitko Couture. Ms. Kvitko, originally from St. Petersburg (yes, yes, Style Diva is an ex-communist too), apparently moved to the U.S. in 1990 and even worked as an assistant designer at Valentino and has oodles of other accomplishments. It almost hurts me to say this, but maybe Ms. Kvitko should have stuck to designing pants-a pair of which she claims were her first sale, at the age of 15.

While a few of the dresses were tolerable, but then the Fugly just outweighed the maybe-I'd-wear-this-if-I-got-married-in-the-communal-farm-barn looks. Sorry, comrade, while certainly original, maybe you should have left some of these in St. Petersburg. (all photos are from Ms. Kvitko's site).