LIBrides.com Web News Archive

Buchan brides (Buchan Observer) - HERE are the latest brides who are hoping to be crowned the June winner in the Buchan Observer's Bride of the Year competition. Each monthly winner will receive an exquisite box of chocolates courtesy of our very generous sponsors Something Special at Thorntons. Voting will be held next week.

Fabulous prizes for Bride of the Year (Bay Post-Moruya) - BRIDES, don't hide behind your veil, try your luck in the annual Bay Post and Coachhouse Marina Resort's Bride of the Year competition. The 2005/06 competition still seeks entries and is open until Friday, July 21.

High fashion weddings are in vogue (Las Vegas Business Press) - June is busting out all over -- with beautiful brides in floor-length gowns and grooms in elegant tuxedos. This year's bridal buzz combines weddings in picturesque floral gardens, rolling-green lawns and the serenity of romantic, flower-filled courtyards.

Paris museum pays tribute to tribal arts (AP via Yahoo! News) - A new museum, located in the shadow of the Eiffel Tower, celebrates art forms sometimes overlooked by the Paris cultural establishment: carved African masks, feather headdresses from the Amazon, dangling silver earrings for Middle Eastern brides.

Being a bridesmaid never looked so good (Poughkeepsie Journal) - Over the years, brides-to-be have promised their bridesmaids dresses that they'll love, that they'll wear over and over again. But on what occasion is it really appropriate to trot out pink taffeta and a train?

When husbands are forced to rent out their wives to feed the family (Daily Mail) - Poor husbands in India have set up rent-a-wife schemes, leasing their partners for up to £100 a month to richer men as the shortage of brides has reached crisis proportions.

Bridezilla and Other Programming Show the Very Worst of the Very Best Day (PR Web via Yahoo! News) - Ridgefield, CT (PRWEB) June 20, 2006 -- Shows like Bridezilla are entertaining millions as demanding and often out of control brides yell, scream, rant and pout their way towards the most important day in their lives.

Give legal cover to NRI brides: NCW (The Economic Times) - NEW DELHI: Concerned over the growing number of disputes in NRI marriages, the National Commission for Women on Monday asked the government to take diplomatic measures to ensure legal protection to women marrying overseas. It also asked Indian embassies to play a pro-active role in the matter.

Paris museum showcases tribal arts (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) - Paris -- A new museum, in the shadow of the Eiffel Tower, celebrates art forms sometimes overlooked by the Paris cultural establishment: carved African masks, feather headdresses from the Amazon, dangling silver earrings for Middle Eastern brides.

Wedding photography offers cost-cutting options (Brigham Young NewsNet) - Professional photographers cost money, but when brides try to cut costs by getting their friends to take pictures, they can often turn out badly.