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Brides can be cheap, but not tacky (CNN) - Planning the celebration of a lifetime during the biggest financial crisis since the Great Depression is a daunting task, so it's no secret that many brides are cutting back. The average amount a couple is spending on their wedding this year is down more than $5,000 from 2008, theweddingreport.com estimates.

Gilbert's Hale Theatre offers 'Seven Brides' (The Arizona Republic) - Hale Centre Theatre's version of ''Seven Brides for Seven Brothers'' will follow original Boradway script for the musical.

Brides to Unveil New Digital Extensions (Mediaweek) - New offerings roll out amidst Brides.com’s planned extensive coverage of Bridal Fashion Week in New York, which begins on Friday

Condé's cookie staff may crumble at brides (New York Post) - CALL it the downside of S.I. Newhouse Jr.'s cost cutting at Condé Nast. While Newhouse might have thought he was helping out his publishing empire in the long run when he bounced the ad-sales team of Brides magazine last week and replaced it with...

Wedding vendors and brides-to-be gather at historic Elder House (The Fallbrook Village News) - FALLBROOK The Village Bridal Boutique, Village News and the Elder House hosted a Village Bridal Faire for local businesses at the historic Elder House in downtown Fallbrook to show what they could do, start to finish, for local residents planning a wedding or event. Thirty local business including wedding venues, jewelers, bakeries, florists, restaurants, custom loungewear companies ...

Interview: The Knot's Liu: Bridal Site Tries To Capitalize On Conde Nast's Woes (paidContent.org via Yahoo! Finance) - You would think that Conde Nast's decision to shutter two of its three bridal magazines and consolidate that web content into its Brides.com site would be a boon for The Knot, Conde Nast's primary competition in the bridal space.

Hillsboro bridal consultant opens her own shop (MyCentralJersey.com) - Barbara Sabani enjoys helping brides-to-be look their best on the big day.

Wedding Gowns Just $249 at Friday's Running of the Brides(R) (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance) - A record number of brides-to-be are expected to show up at the annual Running of the Brides®sale on Friday, October 16, hoping to snag the wedding gown of their dreams at a bargain price.

Rev. Moon marries thousands in global mass wedding (USA Today) - Brides in white wedding gowns and Japanese kimonos joined grooms in black suits and red ties Wednesday for the Unification Church's biggest mass wedding in a decade a spectacle church officials say involved some 40,000 people around the world.

Martha Stewart Weddings Celebrates 15th Anniversary and Provides Winter Brides Bevy of Offerings to Plan Their Big Day (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance) - Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, Inc. today announced that Martha Stewart Weddings, the best-selling weddings magazine on newsstands, will launch the first ever national digital Luxury Wedding Expo, an online destination where women across the country can have access to the latest bridal information and learn more about wedding planning and trends.