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Indian Brides Replace Traditional Gold Jewelry as Prices Rise (Bloomberg) - Oct. 22 (Bloomberg) -- Ashima Lahiri will say her wedding vows in December wearing fake earrings, necklaces and bangles that cost a tenth of the price of gold, breaking a millennia-old Indian tradition that brides wear the precious metal.

Cheers! 7 tips for a great wedding toast (MSNBC) - Delivering a heartfelt speech at your reception should be a piece of cake — but if just thinking about it is causing you to sweat, Brides.com offers seven tips to help you give a sweet and memorable toast on your special day.

Economy Has Okla. Brides Scaling Back (Local 10 Miami) - The shaky economy is hitting Oklahoma brides-to-be, some of whom said they're having to scale back wedding plans.

A Great Bridal Show! (St. Louis Post-Dispatch) - Thank you all of you who attended last Sunday's St. Louis' Best Bridal bridal show. I hope you didn't miss out! With a sold-out venue, hundreds of new online bridal registrations, and tons of future brides getting ideas and making arrangements for their upcoming weddings, the Sunday, Oct. 19, St. Louis' Best Bridal bridal show–the last one this year–was a BIG SUCCESS!!!!

Economy Has Okla. Brides Scaling Back (Fox 12 Oregon) - OKLAHOMA CITY -- The shaky economy is hitting Oklahoma brides-to-be, some of whom said they're having to scale back wedding plans, KOCO-TV reported. Losses in the stock market and tight credit may make it harder for families to pay for a dream wedding.

Mass Wedding (Sin Chew Jit Poh) - Muslim brides at a mass marriage ceremony in Hyderabad, India. Photo courtesy: AFP.

Bridal Style Alert - Classic is Back (Carteret County News-Times) - (ARA) - Good news for brides inspired by Audrey Hepburn and Grace Kelly, classic is back. Fabrics, silhouettes and accessories borrowed from the 1940s through 1960s offer brides the opportunity to start with the basics and enhance them with luxurious finishing touches.

Andra Pradesh Govt performs marriages for poor Muslims (New Kerala) - Hyderabad, Oct 22 : After successfully performing marriages for Hindu couples through the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD), the Andhra Pradesh Government today conducted marriages of poor Muslim brides and grooms as an innovative initiative.

BAdgley Mischka's Fairy Tale Brides (Fashion Wire Daily via Yahoo! News) - Badgley Mischka Bride represents the upper echelon of bridal couture, so it came as no surprise that their Spring 2009 collection, shown in New York on Sunday, Oct. 19, in the plush surrounds of the Jumeirah Essex House ballroom, pulled out all the wedding gown stops.

Brides’s Wallet & Passport Stolen During Ceremony (NBC 13 Birmingham) - While Tomasene Stevenson was getting married, police say a thief was stealing her purse and taking money from her bridesmaids’ bags.  The bride’s mother, Mabelenia Stevenson, said Monday that her daughter’s passport, which she needed to go on a honeymoon cruise in the Caribbean, was in her purse. Also inside were her medical insurance card, driver’s license and checkbook.