LIBrides.com Web News Archive

Brides.com Launches Unique 'Vow to Wow' Tool to Help Engaged Women Reach Fitness/Weight Loss Goals Online (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance) - Brides.com, the destination website from Conde Nast Publications that combines the expertise and authority of three of the world's leading bridal magazines -- "Brides," "Modern Bride," and "Elegant Bride" -- has added a new interactive tool to its stable.

Bride Power-- Designer Roth says brides need attitude (Saratogian) - Bridal designer and style guru Henry Roth has a little advice for brides-to-be: 'Love your man, love your gown more!' Did he really say that? 'Love him, love your gown more -- that's exactly right,' he said. 'Brides have to have a cheeky, flippant, fun attitude. It's 'bride power'!'

Thrifty brides-to-be line up for free dresses (San Bernardino Sun) - UPLAND - Cindy Martin wants the world to know that she loves her fiance very much - as shown by the large, heart-shaped "My one & only Ben" tattoo on her left shoulder - but she's not going to pay a lot for a wedding dress.

Win the Wedding of Your Dreams (Hope Star) - (ARA) - Here's a scary number for brides-to-be: the average wedding costs $27,490, according to The Wedding Report. And that's just for the basics: invitations, flowers, food, the all-important dress and the ceremony.

Zimbabweans opt for virtual weddings (BBC News) - Zimbabwe's traditional weddings are now increasingly being held in the absence of brides and grooms who live overseas.

MarriottRegistry.com Offers Couples Endless Honeymoon Gift Options (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance) - According to a recent study by the Conde Nast Bridal Group, today's brides and grooms are getting married later in life, which can pose an interesting dilemma for gift givers.

Tech Check : Here comes the E-bride (State Press) - As more and more of the millennial generation ties the knot, weddings are moving to the Web. With Web sites like ewedding.com and theknot.com, future brides and grooms let their friends and families know how the couple met, who proposed and how happy they are to be together.

Web Extra: Dave Goren Chats With Don Callahan (WXII-TV Winston-Salem) - In this extended interview, Dave Goren chats with Don Callahan of Scout.com about this week's Power12.

DEAR ELLIE: (Chicago Sun-Times) - I'm 37, smart, polite, decent-looking and extremely lonely. I'm so shy and insecure around women that I've stopped trying to meet any.

Teen Fashion Designer Dreams About Her Own Wedding Day (Hope Star) - (ARA) - It's no surprise that weddings are a serious business. They are, after all, a $25.3 billion industry.