LIBrides.com Web News Archive

Here come the brides - and their advice for a magical day (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel) - Not so long ago, they were blushing brides themselves. They panicked over RSVPs that were never returned, spent hours visiting halls and interviewing caterers and fretted about on-street parking at the church where they would wed.

Event To Have $49 Wedding Gowns (Cleveland - NewsNet5 via Yahoo! News) - There's an event this weekend that is perfect for brides-to-be.

Personalize Your Wedding from Start to Finish (Benton Evening News) - (ARA) - Your wedding should be a reflection of you and your spouse-to-be, and for many modern brides, the perfect wedding means one that is personalized and unique. There are many ways to customize your wedding, but it is especially meaningful if you craft some of these special touches yourself.

Got Engaged Over the Holiday Season? Now What? (Harrisburg Daily Register) - (ARA) - If you're among the more than 25 percent of brides-to-be who received an engagement ring over the holidays, it's time to begin the search for "the one." No, we're not talking about "the guy," we're talking about "the dress!"

Yambuk's sister war brides pay a visit back home (Warrnambool Standard) - MAUREEN Burnet was 18 years old when a train took her away from Yambuk to a life in America where she knew nobody. ``I remember my Dad chasing the train, running down the platform. I remember crying all the way to Sydney,'' the 78-year-old said.

Washington is blazing a trail to help mail-order brides (Seattle Post-Intelligencer) - Washington is pioneering protections for mail-order brides on behalf of smuggled sex slaves.

Company lets brides lease jewelry for big day (National Jeweler) - APRIL 18, 2006 - Liberty, Mo. -- Something old, something new, something...leased? A new Web-based company hopes brides will make this their new axiom when getting dressed on their wedding day.

Blogs offer new avenue for businesses (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review) - Brides-to-be love to read anything pertaining to weddings. That's why the owners of a Butler floral shop reach out to them through a blog that invites comments.

'Threepenny Opera' Brings Renewed Decadence to Studio 54 (New York Times) - This shrill, numbing revival takes Brecht's notion of the theater of alienation to new self-defeating extremes.

Feds: Bridal shop sold phony goods (Post-Tribune) - It’s not the news brides want to hear at the start of wedding season. An investigation into New York Bridal in Hammond revealed that the designer purses and shoes being sold were fakes, according to a criminal complaint in Hammond’s federal courthouse.