Most women buy their gown, then look for the right undergarments to pull it all together.
 
Not me.
 
I went shopping today for strapless bras. No point in falling in love with a great dress, buying it and then finding out that you require duct tape to hold everything together. Don’t laugh, one of my friends really [...]

Filene’s is gearing up for its annual Running of the Brides; you know, the event where if you’re ready to fight for your rights, you can get a designer wedding gown for as little as $250. 
The closest one will be in Boston at the Hynes Convention Center on Friday, Feb. 22. If you’ve got the [...]

I went to a wedding this weekend in Lake Placid, N.Y. Of course, now that I’m planning a wedding, I notice a lot more details, and this wedding was a winner.
 
Not only were the bride and groom deliriously happy to get married, but they kept it simple.
 
It was a second marriage for both the [...]

I’m thinking about walking down the aisle in jeans and my favorite navy blue sweater that I got at Kmart when I was in high school with the burn mark near the bum, a souvenier from getting too friendly with a lightbulb when I was in college.
But I’m afraid of my mother.
Actually, I’m afraid she [...]

As I peruse through bridal magazines — okay maybe I mean flip through at amazing speed, but anyway, the periodical is open and I’m half-awake — there are lots of articles on prenuptial agreements.
I know everyone says that legally these make a lot of sense, but I can’t help see it as hammering out the [...]

It’s a bad idea to straighten your curly hair for your wedding, especially during the winter? It’s more likely to frizz.
Hairstyles are going natural, rather than B-52s, and they’re likely to hold up better that way?
Check out this article as you think about your wedding do.

Without attempting to place myself in the position of wedding ethics guru,
I feel compelled to point out extreme examples of Bridezilla-itis.
 
One of my bridesmaids is the maid of honor in someone else’s summer wedding, which is hurtling toward her and her bank account at warp speed.
 
The bride has decided that she wants a Jack [...]

Ugh.
I took my first crack at looking at dresses today. I went to a seamstress who will design your gown for you, but has seperate pieces for you to try on — As You Like It Bridal.
It wasn’t really what I expected. The thing about wedding dresses: They all kind of look the same. So [...]

I’m about to embark on shopping for my wedding dress — tomorrow. Not tomorrow as in "tomorrow never comes;" tomorrow as in I have an 11 a.m. appointment on Tuesday. Gulp. A friend’s mother gave me a piece of advice: "Wear off-white. No sense in being a hypocrite."
I have gotten a few comments like this, [...]

If you’re planning a big event for your wedding, you might want to look into wedding insurance.
Insurance will cover you for the something-goes-wrong type of wedding disaster, such as the place you’re having yoru reception goes out of business; the life disaster, like death or dismemberment, and, if you’re willing to pay extra, liability insurance, [...]