LIBrides.com Web News Archive

Weight loss and fitness for brides-to-be (The Virginia Gazette) - Eager to slim down and shape up for your magical day? You can accomplish these goals successfully and safely by eating right and making sure to exercise, according to two experienced dieticians.

Brides of Bargain (Deccan Herald) - Bride trafficking continues to thrive in Haryana as women are bought like commodity costing less than cattle from faraway states like West Bengal. For these women life still remains a tryst with destiny...

Making your own wedding dress (The Virginia Gazette) - Brides today have more choices than ever before when they are picking a wedding dress. Many of the old rules have been tossed out. For example, dresses aren't always white, they're not always big and poufy and they don't have to include trains that go on for miles. A bride can feel free to choose a wedding dress that fits her body type and personality.

Having fun while producing a ‘bible’ for Scottish brides (The Herald) - For all those who are returning to work from holiday with dreams of being their own boss, the subject of this week's SME Focus, Lorna Leckie, provides proof that building successful firms is not the preserve of the business school brigade.

Got engaged over the holiday season? Now what? (The Virginia Gazette) - 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!'

Japanese Find Romance and Rituals Far From Home (New York Times) - Japanese wedding tourists are flocking to Paris and other romantic European locations in search of cross-cultural rituals chosen from convenient online catalogs.

Crazy 8s wedding: Plan now (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review) - To future brides who felt jilted because the wedding date 7/7/07 was already taken, take heart: there's still time to plan a wedding on 8/8/08.

Two wedding gowns a perfect fit for some brides (The Springfield News-Leader) - New York -- Melania Trump did it.

Groom's mom takes a stand at the altar (USA Today) - Remember the advice they used to give mothers-of-the-groom? Show up. Shut up. Wear beige. Well, she's still showing up, but she's not silent anymore. And she's definitely not wearing beige. A low-cut hot-pink number, maybe, but not beige. Weddings, like almost all other customs in 21st-century American society, have had their traditions blasted, recrafted and updated to meet changing times.

Brides want to have their perfect cake and eat it too (Daily Southtown) - Bride-to-be Holly Connors is not big on cake. That's why she brought her two matrons of honor along during a cake consultation at Creative Cakes in Tinley Park. "I love cake," said attendant Jamie Okon, of New Lenox. She and Connors were best friends at Andrew High School years ago.