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Brides break the rules (Fort Wayne Journal Gazette) - NEW YORK – When my husband and I set out to plan our recent wedding, we knew we wanted it to be small, intimate and personal. And we were prepared to break some rules.

NRIs back on bride hunt, but girls too wanna have fun (Yahoo! India News) - Prospective grooms have a hard time as brides-to-be put up conditions It's that time of the year when prospective NRI grooms turn to homeland - in search of brides. After having bred in foreign lands and in some cases even born abroad, a considerable section of NRI men still head back home in search Indian brides. Reasons vary from fulfilling parents wishes to homely brides but the search, they

One free wedding gown, one less worry for military brides (Argus Leader) - When the fiancée of a Parker man killed in a tractor accident earlier this month came to cancel her wedding dress order, Dick and Suzanne DeMore got to talking.

Non-virgin brides face 'white dress fines' (Independent Online) - A Romanian priest says he wants women to pay a 'white dress fine' if they are not virgins when they marry.

Downtown Proposal Presented (Banker & Tradesman) - For the first time in its 97-year history, Filene’s Basement shoppers won’t have to go downstairs for bargains. The storied retailer – where brides clash twice a year for discounted gowns – will move upstairs when construction begins next year in the cellar of the historic building.

Downtown Proposal Presented (Banker & Tradesman) - By Thomas Grillo For the first time in its 97-year history, Filene’s Basement shoppers won’t have to go downstairs for bargains. The storied retailer – where brides clash twice a year for discounted gowns – will move upstairs when construction begins next year in the cellar of the historic building.

Sewing up 'The Dress' (Philly.com) - In Suite 31A of the Waldorf-Astoria, Gillian Sleight is deciding what brides will wear next spring. Could it be the Ines Di Santo "Mar" dress - strapless silk peau de soie with beaded appliques at the bust? "Gillian, I think this is a must," says Veronica Di Santo, the designer's daughter.

More donations pouring in for military brides (WROC Rochester) - More donations are flowing in for brides marrying servicemen. After our story aired on Monday about a wedding gown giveaway in Fairport, two businesses have come forward wanting to donate their services as well.

PLAYBILL ON OPENING NIGHT: Spring Awakening — Knickers in a Twist (Playbill) - Youth is served in the new rock-musical rendering of Spring Awakening, Frank Wedekind's controversial classic play about the stirring of sexual teen angst in a small German village of 1891. It opened Dec. 10 at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre, and the big question before the house was simple: Would youth return the serve (since the land-office business the show was doing in rush student tickets

Kiwis cash in on Indian brides (Stuff) - Dowries could become illegal in this country following reports of New Zealand men travelling to India for arranged marriages and extorting cash from their in-laws.