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NEWS ABOUT: wedding dresses

wedding dresses stories: 7 news summaries

(Newser) - A Japanese fashion designer has enlisted a humanoid robot to model wedding dresses on the runway, the Sun reports. The robot, “Miim,” took to the catwalk like a pro, strutting and casting glances at the audience like her human counterparts. “We hope she can work in... More »

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Japan • robot • wedding dresses • fashion designer • runway model • catwalk

Gown-Clad Bride Saves Strangers From Flames

Newlywed spots house on fire on way home from wedding reception

Jun 1, 09 9:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - It was an “eventful day” yesterday, a Connecticut woman said afterward: She got married and still had time to save a family from a burning house. On her way home from her wedding reception, Georgette Clemons spotted smoke. Still wearing her wedding gown, she dashed from the car... More »

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Connecticut • wedding • rescue • brides • wedding dresses • fire • Georgette Clemons

Bride Sues After Shoddy Dress Gives Church Rear View

She wants $40K after accidental mooning

Jul 7, 08 11:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - A bride is suing the designer of her wedding dress for $40,000 after it ripped at the altar, revealing her rear end to the stunned congregation, the Daily Telegraph reports. The red-faced bride burst into tears and the priest averted his gaze when the $4,000 dress fell apart... More »

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wedding • lawsuit • wedding dresses

OPINION

 Wedding Biz
 a Pricey Sham 

'Unique' weddings boost prices as marriages disappear

Jun 15, 08 5:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - The wedding industry is a bloated, $10 billion sham that presses each bride to "express her essential self," Janice Turner writes in the London Times. Butterflies in boxes? Check. A “lifesized butterscotch-flavored effigy” of the bride? Check. But as odd offerings increase and wedding bills average $40,... More »

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marriage • money • wedding • brides • wedding dresses • grooms • conspicuous consumption

Jerry Hall's Wedding Dress Up for 'Cathartic' Auction

She hopes buyer 'has better luck with it than I did'

Jun 9, 08 8:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - In the market for some rock 'n' roll history, in lace? Jerry Hall is auctioning off the dress she wore when she married Mick Jagger 18 years ago, along with 60 other designer outfits. "It feels very cathartic," she said. More »

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auction • celebrity • wedding • charity • wedding dresses • Mick Jagger • Jerry Hall

 Jenna Picks de la Renta Design 

First daughter makes traditional choice for May 10 Texas nuptials

Apr 15, 08 1:37 PM CDT
(Newser) - Jenna Bush will walk down the aisle in a “casual” Oscar de la Renta gown that suits her "organic and low key" May 10 wedding. Think organza, embroidery, matte beading, and a small train, but don’t expect pictures. Her intended, Henry Hager, doesn’t want to see... More »

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Texas • Jenna Bush • wedding • Oscar de la Renta • Henry Hager • brides • wedding dresses • fashion designer • George W. Bush

Here Comes
the Bride, No Matter the Cost

Women going to unhealthy extremes in bid to look perfect

Mar 1, 08 8:11 PM CST
(Newser) - Wedding dress? $1,500. Ceremony? $30,000. Rapid weight loss, whitened teeth, artificial tan, laser surgery and a shot of Botox? Apparently, priceless—but they may come at a health cost as brides-to-be try to look picture-perfect with "red carpet-worthy good looks" on their wedding day. Such extremes can... More »

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bulimia • women's health • women • marriage • weight loss • wedding • eating disorder • brides • wedding dresses • dieting

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