Modeling superstar Olivia Culpo faced fierce backlash after marrying NFL star Christian McCaffrey, a lifelong Catholic, in a modest, tasteful wedding dress that didn’t exude sexiness.
Now she’s responding to her critics.
In an interview trend Before the wedding, Culpo said, [her dress] Exude sex in any way, shape or form.”
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While many felt the choice was a refreshing and pleasant departure from the overly sexy outfits that many models are asked to wear, not everyone thought so.
Specifically, Culpo was slammed by fashion influencer Kennedy Bingham, who goes by the nickname “Gown Eyed Girl.”
“I’ve been a bridal designer for four years and I’ve never said it before: I do not love this wedding dress,” Bingham told her followers in a video she posted to social media.
McCaffrey slammed the comments, replying to the video with, “What an evil thing to post online. I hope you find joy and peace in this world like my beautiful wife does.”
While Bingham claimed that the simplicity of the dress wasn’t the issue, but rather that she felt it lacked “personality,” Culpo herself responded to Bingham by calling her a “weird person.”
Bingham is not the only one to criticize, now Culpo has also spoken out.
“I was really surprised,” Culpo said. Said people She wrote to the magazine, “I personally prefer to give others the benefit of the doubt, and unfortunately, I feel like words I said were taken out of context to fit a purpose that I don’t have. I wanted to be myself in every sense of the word, and I think it’s from that point that I decided to try and be simpler.”
Stylistically, I had a vision. Stylistically, I felt like I was making decisions that would stand the test of time. That’s it. I was so happy with that. I was on the water and there was a really nice breeze.”
Culpo and McCaffrey were married at Watch Hill Chapel in Westerly, Rhode Island.
Not only was Culpo heavily involved in the creation of her own dress, but she also played a leading role in designing the dresses for the reception and after-party.
“That’s what made me even more excited about this vision,” she explained. trend“It’s a contract. It’s the beginning of the rest of your lives together, a bond between the two of you forever. I wanted something as serious as that promise.”
She added: “I wanted it to feel unpretentious, to compliment me rather than overpower me. It’s so beautiful and simple.”
Despite the backlash, Culpo has no regrets about her wedding day fashion choices.
“I loved every part of our wedding because I love my husband and the people that we celebrated with that day,” she said. “I wanted to feel like the choices I made were choices I could be proud of 50 years from now. That’s all there is to it.”
