Weddings

If you’ve ever been a bridesmaid in a wedding, chances are pretty good that you’ve had a bad experience with the whole thing. Brides do crazy, stupid things, despite their best intentions. No one is safe from the horror stories of the time they wore the super-expensive bridesmaid dress that they wouldn’t ever be able to wear again – not to a formal event, not even to a costume party. Let’s face it, you might have been honored to be asked to be in the wedding, but that doesn’t mean you wanted to put up with all the crap. Or that your pocket book was bottomless. The same goes for the bridesmaids you chose. And you want to make sure that they don’t harbor any resentment over the way you treated them.

When people care about you enough to take time off from work and spend money on travel just to be a part of your special day, be sure to show them how grateful you are.

It’s often assumed that the title of Billy Idol’s 1982 pop hit “White Wedding” refers—in spite of the song’s angry overtones—to a timeless cultural convention. The fact of the matter is that white weddings are actually a fairly recent tradition, and date back to the mid-19th century.

Destination weddings gained popularity in the late 1980s, as warm-weather destinations in Hawaii, Mexico and the Caribbean became increasingly accessible to greater numbers of people. While the rich and famous had always enjoyed opulent weddings in exotic locations, the destination weddings trend made it possible for the less well-heeled to tie the knot more fashionably than they might at their local church or conference center.

Planning a wedding has always been a deeply personal experience for every couple. A wedding should speak of a relationship’s uniqueness and each betrothed’s personality. Many couples feel they have to follow tradition, simply because that is how it has always been done, even though they are likely unaware of the origins of most wedding traditions. Traditions have simply endured.

Your wedding day is one of the most significant days of your life. On your big day, you’ll want everything to be exactly how you always dreamed it would be, because it will provide you and your partner with beautiful memories as you embark on the journey of the rest of your lives together.

The Victorian Glasshouse, indoor Garden Pavilions and celebrated gardens make the Palm House one of New York’s premiere wedding ceremony and reception venues.

Selecting the perfect venue for your wedding reception is one of the most critical decisions you will make during your wedding-planning process. Having the right venue is the key to a successful wedding reception because so many of your planning decisions will hinge upon the venue that you choose.

Valued in excess of $20 million, the world’s most expensive wedding cake was exhibited at a bridal show in Beverly Hills in 2006. The diamond-laced masterpiece was not eaten, however.