LIBrides.com Web News Archive

Brides go ‘green’ (Sify News) - While most people see weddings as the epitome of love, others have come to see them as the height of consumption.

Brides face race against time to replace gowns (Peterborough Today) - DEVASTATED brides-to-be broke down in tears after discovering their dream dresses lay blackened in a bridal shop gutted by fire. (20/08/2007)

Brides trash their wedding gowns for the sake of artistic photos (The Record) - The bride and groom walked hand in hand along the sand as the wedding photographer followed along, capturing the memory. Suddenly the bride turned and walked straight into the surf, shrieking as the waves knocked her down and drenched her wedding dress.

UAE father of 78 eyes new brides for century target (Reuters via Yahoo! News) - A one-legged Emirati father of 78 is lining up his next two wives in a bid to reach his target of 100 children by 2015, Emirates Today reported on Monday.

High couture wins over brides (Stuff) - High-end couture is in vogue with brides, with vivid colours joining traditional white and ivory in the style stakes. Unique designs are trumping off-the-rack dresses, with more women favouring figure-hugging gowns over flouncy.

Emirates father of 78 eyes new brides (AAP via Yahoo!7 News) - A one-legged Emirati father of 78 is lining up his next two wives in a bid to reach his target of 100 children by 2015, Emirates Today reports.

Brides go from white to green in pro-environment nuptials - Feature (EARTHtimes.org) - Washington - While most people see weddings as the epitome of love, others have come to see them as the height of consumption. From a gown worn only once to invitations tossed in the trash heap to flowers grown in pesticide - a growing niche is devel...

UAE father of 78 eyes new brides (TVNZ) - A one-legged Emirati father of 78 is lining up his next two wives in a bid to reach his target of 100 children by 2015, Emirates Today reported.

Website shows urban India shedding divorce stigma (Canada.com) - Indian Muslim brides sit during a mass wedding ceremony in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad March 10, 2007. A decade ago, getting a divorce in India often made you feel like a social misfit, the odd-one-out at family gatherings, the one with something "wrong".

Father of 78 trying for target of 100 (RTÉ News) - A one-legged Emirati father of 78 is lining up his next two wives in a bid to reach his target of 100 children by 2015. Daad Mohammed Murad Abdul Rahman, 60, has already had 15 brides although he has to divorce them as he goes along to remain within the legal limit of four wives at a time.