LIBrides.com Web News Archive

Richard Galant (Newsday.com) - Nancy Aucone and Susan Finale learned the bridal business by working for the legendary owners of Kleinfeld, the sprawling Brooklyn emporium that dressed tens of thousands of brides.

SPECIAL SECTIONS ONLINE (Perry County News) - The Perry County News regularly includes special sections in its print edition, and those special sections are posted here, as well. Just look on the left side of this page for the list, which includes sections on seniors, brides, home improvement, Little League players and other topics.

Epic Novel Set in India Sparks Bidding War (AP via Yahoo! News) - An untitled, 1,225-page epic set in India and billed as a combination of "The Godfather" and a Victorian Gothic novel will be released next year by HarperCollins after a bidding war involving six publishers.

War brides share common bond (Brandon Sun) - It all started with a blind date. Jeannette Holm never imagined the chain of events that would be set in motion when she agreed to go out with a young Canadian serviceman during the height of the Second World War.

Another day, another first (Gulf News) - Last year Nayla Al Khaja directed a film. Now she’s become the first national woman to direct a TV commercial. A Gulf News special report explores why elderly Arab men fly to India to get young brides and then divorce them within a week.

A Wedding Fit For The Donald (Forbes) - Color's in, and so is ethnic food. Five A-List planners run down 2006's hottest trends.

'Old car' keeps place at weddings (Cincinnati Enquirer) - KENWOOD - A beloved 1929 Model A Ford has fulfilled the "something old" requirement for brides in Al Fluegeman's family for a quarter-century.

Epic Novel Set in India Sparks Bidding War (ABC News) - Epic Novel Set in India Sparks Bidding War; HarperCollins Said to Be Winner for $1 Million

China developers evict aging pioneers (Seattle Times) - The eviction notice gave them one week to get out. Residents, many of them retirement age with nowhere else to go, stayed put and tried...

www.theage.com.au (The Age) - Brides is the sumptuous new production by legendary Greek director Pantelis Voulgaris, and his screenwriter (and wife) Ioanna Karystiani. Set in 1922 Brides follows the journey of 700 "mail-order brides" from war-torn countries throughout Europe as they cross the Atlantic towards their promised husbands and new lives in America.