60+ Wedding Rings Set in Platinum
Photo: Courtesy of Tiffany & Co. If you're planning on wearing your engagement ring and wedding ring on the same hand, you'll want to match the two metals. For brides who favor platinum, we...
View ArticleA Summer Wedding at California's Culinary Institute of America
Photo: Janae Shields Photography High school friends Cristina and Mark made each other a promise and put it in writing: If they weren't married "later in life," the document reads, they would marry...
View ArticleVote Now for the Brides Live Wedding First Dance Song by Gloriana!
We're sorry, your browser does not support iframes. The wedding isn't over once Briana and Jason say "I do." After the ceremony, our Brides Live Wedding couple will need the perfect song for their...
View ArticleOne of My Bridesmaids Lost Her Job: What Should I Do?
Photo: Brooke Mayo Photographers Managing your bridesmaids—and working with their financial limitations—can be a stressful part of planning your wedding. That's why we've enlisted one of the top...
View ArticleEditors' Picks: Birnbaum & Bullock Spring 2013 Collection
Photo: Kyle Ericksen Above, a few of our favorite looks from the Birnbaum & Bullock Spring 2013 collection. From the short, puff-sleeved dress accented with a fascinator for the runway—a nod to...
View ArticleA Wedding Bouquet Made with Paper Flowers
Photo: Michael and Anna Costa Photography "Textural," is what botanical stylist Lauryl Lane was going for when she created this rustic-romantic bouquet for a bride getting married outdoors at The Ojai...
View ArticleA Print-Ready PDF Save-the-Date
Photo: Courtesy of Up Up Creative If you're on a tight wedding stationery budget, it's a good idea to consider one of the myriad stationers offering designs as a print-ready PDF. More and more online...
View ArticleA Handcrafted Wedding at a Cool Brooklyn Restaurant
Photo: Chellise Michael Photography On a crisp October afternoon—as couple Mary Kate and Sean explored a set of abandoned railroad tracks and snapped photos of fall foliage—Sean snatched Mary Kate's...
View ArticleCan We Save the Leftover Layers of our Wedding Cake?
Photo: Elizabeth Messina Whether your wedding cake is chocolate ganache, vanilla buttercream, coconut, or some other delicious flavor (are you salivating yet?), you simply cannot let all that baked...
View ArticleEditors' Picks: Farage Spring 2013 Collection
Photo: Thomas Iannaccone Above, a few of our favorite dresses from the Farage Spring 2013 collection, which was full of dramatic, corseted ballgowns with Marie Antoinette-inspired ruched pick-ups. The...
View Article7 Ways to Save on Your Wedding Cocktail Tab
Photo: Stephanie Williams Photography To many brides, a dream wedding includes all the flourishes, including an all-you-can-pour open bar. But let's face it: with some venues charging $30 per person...
View ArticleJoin: Live Facebook Chat with Brides Fashion Director Rachel Leonard
Photo: Courtesy of Brides We are thrilled to have Rachel Leonard, our very own Fashion Director here at Brides, on board to host this week's Brides Chat on Facebook. Being in the wedding dress biz as...
View ArticleA Minimalist Floral Save-the-Date from Paperless Post
Photo: Courtesy of Paperless Post If you're looking for a spring save-the-date that's equal parts elegant and whimsical, check out this design from Paperless Post. Available in a printed card as well...
View ArticleA Peony and Craspedia Wedding Bouquet
Photo: Amelia Johnson Photography Peonies are elegant; craspedias are quirky—but that doesn't mean they can't look great together. For this bouquet, Holly Heider Chapple mixed pink peonies and...
View ArticleButtercream or Fondant? 10 Tasty Wedding Cake Tips from Buddy Valastro
Photo: Getty Images If you need to know the difference between fondant and buttercream, how to cleanse your palate during a cake tasting, or just how to save the cake's top tier, Buddy Valastro is...
View ArticleIt's National Proposal Day! Here Are 6 Surprising Statistics About Getting...
Photo: Corbin Gurkin We love gathering wedding inspiration via social media, and with our live-streamed Brides Live Wedding happening in less than a month, you can't deny that "I dos" are becoming...
View ArticleVote Now for the Brides Live Wedding Cake by Buddy "Cake Boss" Valastro!
We're sorry, your browser does not support iframes. The icing on any wedding reception is, well, the wedding cake. TLC's Cake Boss Buddy Valastro created four delicious designs fit for our bride and...
View ArticleCan We Have a Small Beach Destination Wedding and a Big Party When We Return?
Photo: Thayer Allyson Gowdy Do you and your fiancé have different ideas of what your dream wedding looks like? Picturing a destination wedding on the beach while he'd rather host a huge bash back...
View ArticleEditors' Picks: Sarah Jassir Fall 2013 Collection
Photo: Steve Eichner Above, a few of our favorite dresses from the Sarah Jassir Fall 2013 collection, which harked back to the designer's core of building strong, architectural silhouettes with...
View ArticleMad Men Co-Stars Alexis Bledel and Vincent Kartheiser Are Engaged!
Photo: Getty Images Life doesn't always imitate art, but in this case, it heavily borrows from it. Vincent Kartheiser, who plays ad exec Peter Campbell on Mad Men, met Gilmore Girls star Alexis Bledel...
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