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11 Wedding Fashion Trends You'll Likely See In 2018
Etsy and Lyst released their latest trend reports for future brides.
Is It Ever Okay to Wear Black to an Irish Wedding?
Exploring the "officially unofficial" wedding-guest dress codes of other cultures.
Where Fashion People Get Their Engagement Rings
Read up on 10 indie jewelers where fashion people go for their engagement rings.
The Anatomy of a 'Vogue' Wedding
If your bridal cape doesn't require its own tailor — or its own car — why even bother getting married at all?
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How One Custom Suit Brand Is Elevating Queer Fashion
In two years, Sharpe Suiting has become a destination for custom-tailored suits for Los Angeles's queer community. With $69,387 in funding from Kickstarter, the company is now preparing to launch a ready-to-wear line.
How to Prevent a Beauty Disaster From Ruining Your Wedding
Brides to be, I beg of you: please learn from my mistakes.
Cara Delevingne Tells You to Examine Your Balls, Ivanka Trump Raids Her Mom's Closet
And Beyoncé and Jay Z renew their vows.
Are Bridal Bootcamps Worth It?
Brides-to-be are budgeting more time and money for fitness than ever — and it's not just because they want to get skinny for the big day.
Hats Come and Go, But Bridal Headwear Is Here to Stay
In most parts of our lives, headwear (namely, the hat) has gone out of style. So why do we continue to wear it on wedding days?
Kate Bosworth Looked Perfect at Her Wedding in Oscar de la Renta, Chloé and Proenza Schouler
Kate Bosworth, one of the fashion industry's most well-loved (and well-dressed) celebrities, got married in August. And while she debuted her custom Oscar de la Renta gown on Vogue.com, her full wedding portfolio is featured in the new issue of Martha Stewart Weddings.
Go Behind the Scenes at Kate Bosworth's Oscar de la Renta Wedding Dress Fitting
This weekend while everyone was celebrating Labor Day with picnics and barbecues, Kate Bosworth was walking down the aisle in custom-made Oscar de la Renta to wed Michael Polish in Montana. Because Bosworth is pretty much as Vogue as a bride can get, Vogue filmed part of her wedding prep for its Weddings channel--including her dress fitting, and when she tried on the finished gown for the first time.
How Bridal Wear Is Changing to Cater to Same-Sex Couples Post-DOMA
At the end of June, the Supreme Court overturned the Defense of Marriage Act, marking an historic victory in the fight for marriage equality. As the LGBT community took to the streets for Pride to celebrate just a few days later--and as scores of gay couples proposed to their partners--the wedding industry was celebrating too, as market insiders predicted a million dollar boon to the industry. With the influx of same-sex weddings, comes issues unique to gay brides and grooms--what to wear, chief among them. Here's how businesses from The Knot, to Zac Posen are working to address them.
Bridesmaids Dresses You'll Really Wear Again, We Promise!
We've all been there: Your friend gets engaged and asks you to be a bridesmaid. So thrilling! Until you remember that you'll be marching down the aisle in a bridesmaids dress, and suddenly images of Fritz Bernaise are dancing in your head. Breathe easy--it doesn't have to be that way.
Zac Posen Designing Lower-Priced Wedding Line for David's Bridal
You can now wear Zac Posen on your wedding day without going broke. The designer (who is the keynote speaker at our sold-out conference next week!) is partnering with David's Bridal on a line called Truly Zac Posen, according to USA Today.
Etsy and Nordstrom Unveil a Cute Wedding Collaboration
Want to make sure your wedding day is filled with eclectic, quirky, semi-personalized touches that scream unique! Handmade! Etsy!... but don't actually want to take the time sorting through search terms or calculating shipping costs from Michigan or setting up a PayPal account (ugh seriously what's that all about, anyway?)? Yes? Well, my indolent friend, have we got a treat for you! Etsy has just (ready-set-PUN!) unveiled its first bridal collection in collaboration with Nordstrom. And it's, like, really cute.
Keira Knightley Marries in a Repeat Chanel Dress
The outfit Keira Knightley chose to get married in this past weekend was much more low-key than anyone expected, what with the rumors that Karl Lagerfeld had been concocting some elaborate couture confection for her big day.
Karl Lagerfeld Reportedly Designing Keira Knightley's Wedding Dress
Contrary to semi-hilarious rumors last month that Keira Knightley would be donning a dress by designer Pam Hogg for her upcoming nuptials to fiancé James Righton, the New York Post now reports that the actress will walk down the aisle in a custom Karl Lagerfeld gown.
The Best J.Crew Bridesmaid Dress for Your Body
It's wedding season, which means it's also bridesmaid season. In recent years, brides have tried to ease their friends' insecurities and stresses by letting them choose the style of the dress. A popular option is to head over to J.Crew and let your bridesmaids pick any dress silhouette, as long as it's a certain color and fabric. This seems like a fair way to do it. But a friend of mine, who is a bridesmaid in one of these "J.Crew weddings," is still stumped. "Do you have any idea which one will look the best?" she asked me. Of course, she means, on her. So I asked bridal fashion expert Jacqueline Courtney, founder of wedding dress resale site Nearly Newlywed, for some ideas. Click through to see which J.Crew bridesmaid dress will look best on your body.