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Has Vogue reached a new low? Readers erupt over ‘dreadful’ dresses featured in iconic fashion magazine after Australian bride’s wedding

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Australian bride Eliza Murray (right) turned heads for all the wrong reasons on Friday when her December wedding to fiancé Ed Powys (left) in Sydney was featured in Vogue Australia.

Australian bride Eliza Murray turned heads for all the wrong reasons on Friday when her December wedding to fiancé Ed Powys in Sydney appeared on Vogue Australia.

The co-founder of fashion agency Bene Studio was front and center on the magazine’s website as she flaunted the wedding dresses she wore on her big day.

Readers criticized the fashion powerhouse’s roundup for featuring Eliza posing for photos in an ill-fitting Saint Laurent dress and another very risqué Mônot dress.

Eliza donned the loose-fitting, lace-trimmed archive dress for her ceremony before risking a wardrobe malfunction in her second dress for the reception.

She bought the Saint Laurent dress without being measured, and one of her stylist friends obtained it from the New York fashion archives.

“I couldn’t locate it online, but luckily I have a beautiful friend who is a stylist and she was able to get it in New York,” she told Vogue.

Australian bride Eliza Murray (right) turned heads for all the wrong reasons on Friday when her December wedding to fiancé Ed Powys (left) in Sydney was featured in Vogue Australia.

‘I bought the dress from your archive without having measurements or being able to try it on. Luckily it worked!’

The dress hung from her figure with two wide lace panels that barely concealed her chest, which threatened to spill out every time Eliza moved.

In a reel of photos and videos shared on Instagram from their wedding, the bride could be seen consciously adjusting the top of her dress as she danced.

The evening dress turned out to be daring as the hem barely reached the top of her thighs.

Huge cutouts on either side of the dress threatened to split open at every turn and expose her shape as she danced the night away with her loved ones.

Mônot’s modern ivory dress was altered and custom-made by Carson Darling-Blair.

Instagram users flocked to the comments section of the Vogue Australia account, criticizing the dresses that surprisingly appeared in the magazine.

‘The first dress could have been amazing if it fit her, the second dress is stunning!’ one person wrote.

The co-founder of fashion agency Bene Studio was at the center of the magazine's website as she flaunted the wedding dresses she wore on her big day.

The co-founder of fashion agency Bene Studio was at the center of the magazine’s website as she flaunted the wedding dresses she wore on her big day.

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Readers criticized the fashion powerhouse's roundup for featuring Eliza posing for photos in an ill-fitting Saint Laurent dress and another very risqué Mônot dress.

Readers criticized the fashion powerhouse’s roundup for featuring Eliza posing for photos in an ill-fitting Saint Laurent dress and another very risqué Mônot dress.

‘God, he’s giving the babysitters nightgown vibes!’ said another, while someone commented: “She didn’t need to worry about either dress.”

Others commented: “OMG”, “Horrible dresses” and “Probably one of the worst looking dresses on a bride.”

Some users specifically targeted Vogue for featuring Eliza’s wedding, despite being known as one of the most influential fashion magazines in the world.

“No class for Vogue,” someone wrote.

‘The dress doesn’t fit me. Ha ha. “Vogue went into Vague fashion,” another added.

Daily Mail Australia has contacted Eliza for comment.

Eliza married her fiancé Ed Powys, a professional sailor and yachtsman, on Sydney’s northern beaches at their family home on December 30.

Despite the criticism she received for her dresses, Eliza looked every inch the Australian bride, fitting in with her natural, earthy theme.

Combing her brunette hair into an artful updo, the Bene Studio director wore a vintage veil that had been passed down through generations in her family.

Eschewing tradition, she opted not to pair her white wedding dresses with matching ivory heels, instead opting for “dark brown and navy options from Saint Laurent.”

She elevated her look with very natural makeup, letting her natural beauty shine with a light smoky eye and nude lipstick.

Meanwhile, her new husband Ed looked dapper in a simple all-black suit with a crisp white shirt to offset the look.

The happy couple were all smiles on their sunny wedding day, which featured an outdoor ceremony and cocktail party on a pier.

Their loved ones then took a trip with them across the water on the Murray family boat, heading to dinner and a dance floor.

Eliza told Vogue that guests danced “among the tables” and gave beautiful speeches at the reception that featured “games and an ice cream cart.”

“It was a loving and uplifting gathering of many of our nearest and dearest,” he said.

Eliza and Ed have been lifelong family friends and their parents share a decades-long friendship together.

As they grew older, the couple reconnected in 2010 in Portugal, where Eliza was working at the time Ed arrived in the country on vacation.

By the end of 2011, the couple had broken off a relationship when they began living in London, and Ed got down on one knee to propose in September.

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