Brides are renting wedding gowns, long-range weather predictions are helping avoid foul weather weddings, people are marrying in outer space, and Pennsylvania is saying no to cave wedding receptions.

With the recession still causing layoffs every day, brides are looking for any way to save, even if it means renting a wedding dress. A store near Denver is offering the perfect dress for any bride—for a couple of hours. Dresses start at $129 and run up to $1,000, which doesn't seem that inexpensive to us. MyFox Atlanta reports the boutique located in Westminster, Colorado, also offers … Read More

It's that time of year again. Every year, Filene's Basement in New York City holds its 'Running of the Brides' sale. Hundreds of eager women line up with friends and family for a chance to storm the bargain department store for their dream dress. With sizes ranging from 2 to 26, there's a good chance a bride-to-be can walk away with a $10,000 Vera Wang for the bargain price of $300. 

Sounds like a dream opportunity, right? Wrong. The annual event brings out the worst in women, and the media coverage just indulges the idea that engaged women … Read More

Another quick and dirty one for you: those of you who dreamed of somehow getting together with Claire Danes missed your shot. The actress has accepted a wedding proposal and is engaged to her boyfriend, actor Hugh Dancy, who stars in Confessions of a Shopaholic due out next week. The couple met while filming the movie Evening in Newport, RI and have been dating for a little over a year. No further details are available at this time. 

Will it be a Romeo and Juliet kind of theme? One never knows but … Read More

Stars, they’re just like us! According to Perez Hilton, it looks like singer Fergie has fallen into the pre-wedding freak out zone like most brides as she battles to take off extra weight before her wedding. As we stated before, Fergie and fiancé Josh Duhamel have finally set a wedding date of Saturday, January 10th and the pop star bride is fighting to take off some pounds she gained for a movie role in the upcoming musical, Nine. The star says she is working out every day, hiking, doing a bunch of sit-ups and … Read More

Today's Washington Post has a slideshow of the best dresses for second weddings. Eleven percent of engaged women and 17% of men said their upcoming nuptials would not be their first, according to a Conde Nast poll.

Second time around, brides tend to choose gowns that are very different from what they wore at their first wedding. And red carpet events and celebrity weeklies that showcase fanciful frocks are fueling both brides' and designers' desires for creative wedding dresses.

Other second wedding dress trends include flared skirts instead of long trains, asymmetrical cuts over Read More

A funny coincidence: I was going through my very small, very packed closet a few days ago, and I unearthed my wedding gown. It's not one of those ginormous gowns. It's understated and, for me, perfect. I tried it on.

Two years and one baby later, and I'm proud to say it still fits. It was promptly returned to the eternal wardrobe limbo: Too precious to give up, too formal to ever wear again. I feel bad for it sitting there all by its lonesome.

Just as bumbled through my closet, I unintentionally found a new use for the dress with surfing … Read More

You know how like every girl wants to be a princess while she's growing up? She’s got the Cinderella Halloween costume and the ubiquitous pony request for each birthday until she’s in middle school. Well, for some gals that princess itch never really gets scratched. So they build up their wedding as this be-all, end-all coronation-type event. They may even sport a tiara but they know in their heart-of-hearts that you can’t be a princess without the gown.

That’s why Elizabeth Emanuel is offering you this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Emanuel designed Princess Diana's wedding gown and you can have a clone … Read More

You would think that when having a child out-of-wedlock was more of a taboo, someone would have started this shop, guess not. A woman in West London ran into a problem while shopping for a dress while she was knocked up; while other people saw a problem, Tracey Wilkinson saw an opportunity. Presumably after her wedding (and possibly baby) Wilkinson started The Expectant Bride.

Her dresses are designed to compliment (or complement, if you like) a growing tummy and allow for last minute alterations. We’re guessing ties and elastic are prominently involved. These dresses all fall in the standard … Read More

Brides these days have grown tired with the fairy-tale wedding—from a fashion standpoint, at least. They’d rather feel, “sexy,” “hot,” and even “dangerous,” according to a recent New York Times article.

Says the article:
“‘Brides today absolutely want to look sexy and glamorous,’ said Mara Urshel, an owner and the president of Kleinfeld, the venerable Manhattan bridal salon. In recent months, the store has seen a spike in demand for plunging necklines and negligee looks, one that has only intensified since the spring bridal collections began arriving in stores.

Fewer church services, more black-tie and evening weddings, and … Read More