They weave the most desired silks for brides and formal dresses for Indian women.
There's even a page, created by The Knot, for brides whose weddings have been affected by Sandy.
Tradesy, a three month-old online clothing resale marketplace, is doing just that by opening a channel for brides and bridesmaids to say yes to selling their dresses.
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As women wait longer to get married and as they work longer hours, e-commerce has been a godsend for brides planning weddings while working a full-time job (particularly if the wedding is out of town).
It stems from the Syrian tradition for brides-to-be to be given a trousseau of exotic underwear - sometimes dozens of items - usually by girlfriends, aunties and cousins, to add spice to their wedding nights, honeymoons and beyond.
Local men in such countries, Mr Jones argues from Singapore, look for foreign brides for two reasons.
For some brides, something old, something borrowed, something blue and something pearly-white are all must-haves.
That is one reason the current monarch and his son chose commoners for their brides - there was literally nobody else outside the immediate family to marry.
Many day spas and beauty salons offer beauty treatments and up-dos for the brides, and there are even bakeries that sell same-day wedding cakes and fresh flowers.
Instead, she cited the special place in her heart reserved for her own mother's recipe for Pizzelle, snowflake-shaped cookies for Italian brides, and Eli Zabar's mother's butter sugar cookies.
For budget savvy brides, there is also an Engagement Collector Plate featuring the Royal Couple.
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Calligrapher Carrie Shuping, who specializes in wedding invitations, gets many requests from brides these days for a guest's name to be written in cursive or italics but the address in block print.
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The website for SomethingBorrowedNY was launched and rented bridal ACCESSORIES to brides all over the country (and the UK) for their wedding day.
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These days, in addition to hunting for the perfect Vera Wang gown and hiring a caterer, brides are trying to aid the homeless, fight poverty and world hunger or help find a cure for cancer.
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This will at least give British brides the chance to get the prerequisites for financial independence under their belts.
Some say that brides choose less-than-attractive dresses for her attendants to keep everyone's attention on her.
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New businesses catering to same-sex brides and grooms are springing up to provide for this growing demographic.
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She cooked for hundreds of kids at an upstate summer camp and hundreds of brides in the Hamptons.
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UK-based makeup artist Lola Ibekwe caters specifically to Nigerian weddings and has been hired by brides who fly her, all expenses paid, to Nigeria for their weddings.
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Lover.ly helps brides find ideas, people to hire, and things to buy for their wedding.
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May is the peak for Hindu wedding ceremonies in India, where gold is often bought to give to brides.
He scored hugely in music, both on the production and retail sides with Virgin Records (the Sex Pistols were signed to his label early on) and he famously donned a white wedding gown to promote Virgin Brides, something you would be unlikely to have seen Mitt Romney doing for Bain Capital.
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One of her brides, says Ms. Weiss, corralled her girlfriends into painting a Habitat for Humanity dwelling for a poor family.
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In the past half century, the median age for first marriage has risen by about six years for both sexes, with grooms taking their first plunge at 28.7 years and brides at 26.5 years.
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