It seems it's only their heads that have been censored!

It seems it's only their heads that have been censored!

We’re nearing the end of our unique wedding ideas series, but there are still a few more bubbling to the surface in wedding wish lanterns‘ cauldron of weird and wonderful, beautiful and  bonkers, opulent and just plain outrageous wedding scenarios.

This- a nudist weddding- is one of the best examples of the latter. Those with a weak constitution would have been advised to have looked away a few minutes ago… Nudist or Naturist weddings are actually very much in tune with current environmental concerns and society’s new found distaste for all things material and disposable (brought on by the recession). In this post, I’m not going to propose how you might go about having a nudist wedding (simply adopt the traditional model bar the clothes- oh, and warn people in advance), but rather open up the floor to debate on the subject of naturism.

Are you a naturist at heart?  If you despise people who slap on the make-up full wack and shop ’til they drop, hell, if you’re happy with your body and don’t use clothes to flatter, enhance, or hide it, then you’re probably more of a naturist than you think. Naturists are all about the back-to-basics, stress-free, simple approach to living. They see clothes as an unnecessary obstacle. Bodies are, after all, beautiful.

The naturist cause has been championed in the news recently, as Harriet Harman is reported to be supporting claims that nauturists are suffering the sort of prejudice customarily reserved for ethnic minorities, homosexuals and the elderly. It would appear that admitting to naturist tendencies is also harmful for career prospects, with those aspiring to work in care and needing to be CRB checked, being particularly vulnerable to discrimination. So, we British more than most seem to have an inherant fear of the naked form. We simply cannot cope with it. As Andrew Welch of British Naturism says, Nudity is not an offence. So why do we find it offensive?

British-NaturismIf you see yourself as a naturist, then don’t hide away. Embrace it. Nurture it. But do for god’s sake put some clothes on in the colder months! If you’re planning a nudist wedding reception- best make it a summer one.

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