LIBrides.com Web News Archive

A season for grand weddings (Philippine Daily Inquirer) - MANILA, Philippines - It has been a season for brides marching down the aisles of chapels, churches, shrines and even the cathedral.

Brides.com Wedded Bits Blog Gets Local (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance) - Brides.com , Conde Nast's premier online destination for brides-to-be, has added regional flavor to its popular Wedded Bits blog by featuring regular original postings from the editors of Brides.com's local print magazines.

Weddings on a dime (York Daily Record) - Local brides are skipping the ceremony programs, having Sunday weddings and making their own favors in an attempt to cut costs.

Indian brides lead migration surge (The Australian) - WHEN 21-year-old Kanika Puri was sponsored by her new husband to emigrate to Australia just three months after their Anzac Day wedding in 2004, she became part of the largest and fastest-growing group of spouses seeking a new life down under.

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.

The Honeymoon's Over, Now Lose the Weight Together (Carteret County News-Times) - (ARA) - For many, the stress and whirlwind of wedding planning can get crazy. And it often leads to brides and grooms crash dieting in order to fit into their dress and tux.

Local couples join trend by asking family and friends to perform wedding ceremonies (The Scranton Times-Tribune) - For many couples, planning a wedding is about exercising freedom of choice in the ways they display their personal styles and preferences. As traditions evolve and options expand, brides and grooms have found themselves not only choosing members of their bridal party, but handpicking the officiant who marries them from among their friends and families.

Drab Setting, but Joyous Work: Making 2 Into 1 (New York Times) - The relocation of Manhattan?s marriage bureau means the death of a storied but shabby place, long on protocol but short on charm and comfort.

Something new: S.J. Weddings section (Courier-Post) - Brides-to-be will find aisles of local style in South Jersey Weddings, a special section coming Thursday in the Courier-Post.

Grandma, 92, to be at this bride's side (Detroit News) - SAGINAW TOWNSHIP -- Many brides-to-be pick best friends to serve as their maids or matrons of honor.