LIBrides.com Web News Archive

More brides angle for cheaper weddings (Erie Times-News) - RALEIGH, N.C. -- Brides are still saying "I do" in 2009, but they're saying "I don't" to lavish weddings.

Your fellow brides decided (St. Louis Post-Dispatch) - Below you'll find out what other area brides thought about their experiences with local wedding vendors, including photographers, florists, gown shops, reception sites, and musicians, etc. Check St. Louis' Best Bridal Web site for more details.

Russia Says Nyet to Lesbian Brides (The Advocate) - A pair of would-be lesbian brides was denied a marriage license by a Moscow official on Tuesday on the grounds that Russian law only recognizes marriages between heterosexual couples, reports the Associated Press.

Vote online now for the winner of Iron Brides (Portsmouth Herald) - Its time to vote for your favorite contestant on Iron Brides, billed as New Hampshires first reality TV show.

Loaner I do's: Today's brides rent the cake, the jewelry and the gown, too (New York Daily News) - Rent the hall, hire the limo and stump for a fistful of loaner tuxes - standard fixtures on a wedding checklist. These days, that's not all: Savvy brides are looking to hire, rather than buy, the bulk of their big day. Welcome to the era of the Rental Wed.

Bride Wars: Dress Shop Still Closed (NBC Philadelphia) - The last thing you want is to anger a group of brides-to-be, but one bridal shop owner seems to have done just that. She abruptly closed her shop leaving the women hopeless.

Brides and their blushing grooms (Stuff) - Brides there were a-plenty, but blushing was reserved for husbands only in New Plymouth. While the women needed no encouragement to don their wedding gear once more for the Bride of the Year competition, it was a brave few males who took to the stage in front of a full house at the Plymouth Hotel.

Lesbians Lose Bid to Get Married (The Moscow Times) - 13 May 2009 By Anna Malpas / The Moscow Times The brides wore white satin and pinstripes Tuesday morning as Irina Shepitko and Irina Fedotova-Fet tried to register the country's first-ever lesbian marriage.

Forever Bridal Productions Wins Top Marketing Award At The Bridal Show Producers International Conference. (dBusinessNews.com) - RALEIGH, NC-- For the third year in a row, Forever Bridal Productions has taken home the top honors for their advertising and marketing materials to vendors and brides.

The bra to help you get a man (Herald Sun) - VIDEO: Underwear giant Triumph comes to the rescue of wannabe brides with a uniquely designed and very bizarre bra.