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FASHION NOTES: Items for Brides-to-be (St. Louis Post-Dispatch) - St. Louis' Best Bridal has launched a cover-model search for its Fall & Winter 2007 issue. Local brides-to-be or newly married women with great dresses and photogenic smiles are encouraged to submit a photo.

CLARK COUNTY: Free tote bag to first 150 brides (Lexington Herald-Leader) - The Winchester Bridal Fair will be 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday at the Winchester Opera House, 10 East Lexington Avenue. Gifts, including an embroidered tote bag, will be given to the first 150 brides. A style show begins at 3 p.m. Admission is free.

Bootcamp for brides helps them get buff for big day (Rapid City Journal) - RAPID CITY — For brides, looking their best on their wedding day is a top priority. That is where the Booty Bustin’ Bridal Bootcamp comes in.

Future Brides Prepare For Their Special Day At Local Wedding Show (News 25 Evansville) - EVANSVILLE, IN - Brides-to-be got the royal treatment Sunday at the "Ultimate Wedding Show" at the downtown Executive Inn. Tri-State vendors showed-off their products as visitors watched fashion shows and received special gifts. One lucky bride won the grand prize, a $1 thousand travel voucher.

Bridegrooms looking for brides (Kathimerini) - Kimon Tsakiris (above) and a scene from ‘Sugartown.’ On August 16, 2005, farmer Costas, electrician Efthymis, Khadafy the coffee guy, the mayor and another seven men from the village of Zacharo traveled to Russia in search of brides.

SHOPPING: Time-honored gifts for brides (St. Louis Post-Dispatch) - Considered a bridal veil worn by your grandmother , mother, aunt or a friend. We found this two-tier fingertip veil with a beaded edge ($180, Simply Elegant Bridal, 8037 Watson Road in Webster Groves.)

Self-centered society breeds selfish brides, grooms (Florida Today) - Sometimes parents joke around.

Brides-to-be, and a few grooms, find ideas for pending nuptials (The Huntington Herald-Dispatch) - Hundreds of prospective brides and grooms, bridesmaids and mothers of the brides filled the Big Sandy Superstore Arena Sunday for the 14th annual WKEE Bridal Expo.

Wedding Traditions from Around the Globe (KWQC-TV 6 Davenport) - The toasts. The bouquet toss. The dreaded Chicken Dance. These are rituals that, for better or worse, brides in the U.S. can expect on their wedding day. But have you ever wondered what weddings are like around the world?

China's men lack millions of brides (News Interactive) - CHINA will be short of 30 million brides within 15 years, according to an official report into the country's burgeoning population.