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Artist Starts A Colorful Wedding Dress Business After Her “Fire” Wedding Dress Goes Viral

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Every artist has a different story about how they became a full-time artist. However, almost every artistic road has one thing in common—it is marked with struggles, insecurities, and moments of giving up. Taylor Ann Linko dreamed of becoming an artist since she was in elementary school, when she started to decorate fruit baskets and sell them to her mom’s friends. After many failed attempts, she finally made it a few months after her wedding with her fabulous fire wedding dress!

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Artist Starts A Colorful Wedding Dress Business After Her "Fire" Wedding Dress Goes Viral

Image credits: taylorannart | jamestangphotography

Artist Starts A Colorful Wedding Dress Business After Her "Fire" Wedding Dress Goes Viral

Image credits: taylorannart | jamestangphotography

Months before her wedding, Taylor Ann Linko decided that she wouldn’t be wearing a standard white wedding dress and she would instead paint it. She went to a few stores dress hunting and found a beautiful dress “Savoy’s Bellezza,” which she then customized. The process was really slow and took her almost a week before she committed to the color test of her actual dress and technique—painting it with an airbrush.

Artist Starts A Colorful Wedding Dress Business After Her "Fire" Wedding Dress Goes Viral

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Artist Starts A Colorful Wedding Dress Business After Her "Fire" Wedding Dress Goes Viral

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Finally, a week before her wedding, the dress was finally done and the outcome was beautiful. The dress perfectly reflected her colorful personality and everyone at the wedding loved it. Months after her wedding, other people started to appreciate her talent. One day, her Facebook and Instagram notifications started chiming like crazy. Her dress was shared on the front page of a UK gossip blog and people loved it. Even though they didn’t credit her, people noticed and found her. “The art of painting wedding dresses started when my dress went viral. I’ve always been a very colorful artist. So I got to experimenting and brainstorming how to incorporate my passion for art and color into my wedding,” revealed the artist to Bored Panda.

Artist Starts A Colorful Wedding Dress Business After Her "Fire" Wedding Dress Goes Viral

Image credits: taylorannart | jamestangphotography

Artist Starts A Colorful Wedding Dress Business After Her "Fire" Wedding Dress Goes Viral

Image credits: taylorannart | jamestangphotography

Artist Starts A Colorful Wedding Dress Business After Her "Fire" Wedding Dress Goes Viral

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Hundreds of people started asking her to paint their dresses and Linko agreed. After that, she rented a studio down the street and started a small business of painting wedding dresses. Most importantly, her dream of becoming a full-time artist finally came true! Even though the process was slow, it was definitely worth it.

Artist Starts A Colorful Wedding Dress Business After Her "Fire" Wedding Dress Goes Viral

Image credits: taylorannart | jamestangphotography

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Artist Starts A Colorful Wedding Dress Business After Her "Fire" Wedding Dress Goes Viral

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Artist Starts A Colorful Wedding Dress Business After Her "Fire" Wedding Dress Goes Viral

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Artist Starts A Colorful Wedding Dress Business After Her "Fire" Wedding Dress Goes Viral

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Artist Starts A Colorful Wedding Dress Business After Her "Fire" Wedding Dress Goes Viral

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Fascinated by music, movies and sitcoms, I'm passionate about social media and can't live without the internet, especially for all the cute dog and cat pictures out there. I wish the day had about 40 hours to be able to do everything I want.

Fascinated by music, movies and sitcoms, I'm passionate about social media and can't live without the internet, especially for all the cute dog and cat pictures out there. I wish the day had about 40 hours to be able to do everything I want.

Vėjūnė Rimašiūtė

Vėjūnė is a community manager who helps artists all over the world introduce their artwork to Bored Panda readers and in that way, become more popular. Since she was always fascinated by the art world, she studied Culture Management and Cultural Policy at Vilnius Academy of Arts where she expanded her knowledge about it. Now she's using all this knowledge to showcase its beauty and help others dive into the fascinating world of art.

Vėjūnė is a community manager who helps artists all over the world introduce their artwork to Bored Panda readers and in that way, become more popular. Since she was always fascinated by the art world, she studied Culture Management and Cultural Policy at Vilnius Academy of Arts where she expanded her knowledge about it. Now she's using all this knowledge to showcase its beauty and help others dive into the fascinating world of art.

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Leigh C. 4 years ago

They're so stunning. Definitely gotta do this for mine if I ever get married. And people will remember it more than a common white one.

42points

Amanita Virosa 4 years ago

When you get married instead of a traditional flower bouquet, you should do a Wedding Bouquet Brooch. They are lovely and one of the most memorable things from all of the weddings I've gone to. The one I saw, the bride made hers with all bronze shades of brooches.

8points

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Jo Choto 4 years ago

I've always thought white wedding dresses were pretty boring (and kinda silly for most people, since they are meant to symbolize purity, and how many people are virgins at their weddings these days... anyway). I really love theses dresses. They are unique and beautiful. I still have my great-great grandmother's wedding dress. It's a shimmering blue taffeta with black lace. White wedding dresses are a relatively modern thing. Everyone should have a colourful dress!

29points

Louloubelle 4 years ago

I believe I recall reading (don't quote me on this, I'm probably wrong) that the style of wearing white wedding dresses started with Queen Victoria.

22points

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Liam Walsh 4 years ago

Found this explanation... (I was curious!) Many people believe that white as chosen as it symbolises virginity. Throughout the early 20th century, a white dress would only be worn on the first wedding, however, in more recent times a woman would wear white, cream or ivory regardless of any prior marriages. It’s been said that this was not the original intention however, as it was blue which symbolised faithfulness and purity, with strong links to the Virgin Mary. Another reason behind the white colour was as a further symbol of wealth and power, as it showed luxury and was typically very difficult to care for.

10points

A.M. Pierre 4 years ago

Random fact: while the dress being white morphed over time to become synonymous with "purity symbol", it's the veil that originally symbolized purity/virginity. The bride would walk down the aisle with her face covered, and the groom lifting it up and over her head to kiss her meant he now had the right to her, well, purity.

4points

SaraFromHell 4 years ago

My wedding dress was a form fitted white satin I found used. It had an ugly pink waist band. I went to the craft store and bought red satin ribbon..1", and the dress maker sewed it overlapping on the waist. It was beautiful. Total cost to look like a dress model..500.00. The alterations were finished the day of my wedding..(my fault)..and I PRAYED it would fit right! It for like a glove! My wedding was perfect as was my dress. After 10 years the dress is still in style.

1point

Keri Rosenkilde Christiansen 4 years ago

I wore the white dress but with replica ruby slippers !

1point

Foxxy (The Original) 4 years ago

So many stunning dresses.

13points

TessGamee 4 years ago (edited)

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Leigh C. 4 years ago

They're so stunning. Definitely gotta do this for mine if I ever get married. And people will remember it more than a common white one.

42points

Amanita Virosa 4 years ago

When you get married instead of a traditional flower bouquet, you should do a Wedding Bouquet Brooch. They are lovely and one of the most memorable things from all of the weddings I've gone to. The one I saw, the bride made hers with all bronze shades of brooches.

8points

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Jo Choto 4 years ago

I've always thought white wedding dresses were pretty boring (and kinda silly for most people, since they are meant to symbolize purity, and how many people are virgins at their weddings these days... anyway). I really love theses dresses. They are unique and beautiful. I still have my great-great grandmother's wedding dress. It's a shimmering blue taffeta with black lace. White wedding dresses are a relatively modern thing. Everyone should have a colourful dress!

29points

Louloubelle 4 years ago

I believe I recall reading (don't quote me on this, I'm probably wrong) that the style of wearing white wedding dresses started with Queen Victoria.

22points

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Liam Walsh 4 years ago

Found this explanation... (I was curious!) Many people believe that white as chosen as it symbolises virginity. Throughout the early 20th century, a white dress would only be worn on the first wedding, however, in more recent times a woman would wear white, cream or ivory regardless of any prior marriages. It’s been said that this was not the original intention however, as it was blue which symbolised faithfulness and purity, with strong links to the Virgin Mary. Another reason behind the white colour was as a further symbol of wealth and power, as it showed luxury and was typically very difficult to care for.

10points

A.M. Pierre 4 years ago

Random fact: while the dress being white morphed over time to become synonymous with "purity symbol", it's the veil that originally symbolized purity/virginity. The bride would walk down the aisle with her face covered, and the groom lifting it up and over her head to kiss her meant he now had the right to her, well, purity.

4points

SaraFromHell 4 years ago

My wedding dress was a form fitted white satin I found used. It had an ugly pink waist band. I went to the craft store and bought red satin ribbon..1", and the dress maker sewed it overlapping on the waist. It was beautiful. Total cost to look like a dress model..500.00. The alterations were finished the day of my wedding..(my fault)..and I PRAYED it would fit right! It for like a glove! My wedding was perfect as was my dress. After 10 years the dress is still in style.

1point

Keri Rosenkilde Christiansen 4 years ago

I wore the white dress but with replica ruby slippers !

1point

Foxxy (The Original) 4 years ago

So many stunning dresses.

13points

TessGamee 4 years ago (edited)

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