Choosing the correct style of wedding gown will help create certain looks, choosing the incorrect style, and your look may be completely wrong for your body. Here are some pointers to help you: A short, heavy figure: To look taller and slimmer, avoid knit fabrics. Use the princess or A-line styl...

Preserving is important, as every bride should protect her investment by having her wedding gown professionally cleaned and stored. An expert dry cleaner or gown preservationist can make certain that your heirloom dress is protected from soil and age so it looks as new in 20 years as it did the day you wore it. Not every bride chooses to pack her wedding gown away in a box. It is per...

Wedding registries today are anything but basic. Beyond bed linens and blenders, couples are signing up for everything from fine china to trips to China! There are a gambit of online registries to landscape the web. Start off with making a list and jot down the items you really need-before you hit the store. It's easy to get dazzled by tempting store displays. Check our handy checkli...

How far in advance should we send out save-the-date cards? How about the invitations? If you're having a local wedding on a non-holiday weekend, it is not necessary to send out save-the-date cards. Instead, just send the invitations out about six weeks before your wedding date. For a wedding taking place on a long weekend-which is often centered around a holiday-save-the-date cards a...

Both my parents and my fiancé's parents are divorced, and everyone's remarried. What should I do about seating arrangements for the wedding and reception? I don't want anyone to feel less important than anyone else. During the ceremony, whichever parent raised you is seated in the front row or pew, on the aisle, along with his or her spouse. The second row serves as a buffer area, usual...

I'm going to ask my nieces and nephews to be in the wedding party. Are there any age limitations for ring bearers and flowers girls? The age range for flower girls and ring bearers (who are usually boys) is four to eight years old. Children younger than four are generally much too unpredictable to walk unescorted; those older than eight frequently feel the role is too babyish. Got a h...

First step Map out your budget-then stick to it. Destination weddings can be deceptively more expensive than booking an at-home location. Friends and family Are there elderly grandparents who would have a difficult time with long-distance travel? Friends who might not be able to swing a four-star hotel in Maui? Rather than inadvertently excluding loved ones from sharing your big da...

There is a very good reason why people are prone to nervousness when making a wedding toast -- we just don't have speaking engagements every day, and certainly not in front of our closest friends and family. Your fiance may be as terrified of making a wedding speech as he is to see the bill for the wedding flowers! That said, your fiance can come off as a charming groom, making the gues...

You should dance to a song that really exemplifies how you feel about each other, the moments you have shared and what you hope your future to hold.Here is a selection of 100 of the most romantic and danceable tunes. 1. "A Kiss to Build a Dream On" (Louis Armstrong) 2. "A Moment Like This" (Kelly Clarkson) 3. "...