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Perfect Custom Wedding Dress (Part 2)

Read Part 1 first   Keep in mind that this dress is being made for your body. If you plan on losing weight, plan accordingly. Depending on the amount of fabric and detailing involved, altering the gown could get complicated if your weight will change drastically. It is recommended that you have a minimum of […]

Perfect Custom Wedding Dress (Part 1)

So you’ve decided to start the search for the perfect wedding gown. During first few appointments you felt exciting, after you realized how exhausting it is. With all of the different styles and silhouettes it seems as though you’ll never find the exact dress you want. Don’t fret. Rather than spending what seems like centuries […]

Bridal shoe statement

This article brought to you by Aleana’s Bridal store, Bergen County, NJ. Ever since Carrie Bradshaw slipped on her blue Manolo Blahnik pumps in the first Sex and the City movie, the wedding shoe craze erupted and hasn’t died down. Women have been spending almost as much on their wedding shoes as they’ve spent on […]

How to Sabotage your Marriage… …Before it Begins (Part 1)

By Jaclyn Ianetti Once upon a time…and that was all.  Most people usually don’t get married planning to divorce soon after, but much research suggests so much of what people do before they wed sadly leads them to the destructive place of divorce.   How to avoid a miserable marriage before it begins?  Gee, what […]

How to Sabotage your Marriage… …Before it Begins (Part 3)

Read Part 1 and Part 2 first   Brides-to-be can have an unavoidable habit of playing the victim…the damsel in distress in-waiting for her dream day to come true.   An “All-About-Me” attitude can erupt, as you feel like the world revolves you for the time being.  Playing the victim is a control mechanism, and you […]

How to plan your wedding day hair (Part 2)

This Article brought to you by Aleana’s Bridal store Bergen County NJ. Read Part 1 first Just like at your bridal gown appointments, you don’t want to bring a large group with you. Although opinions are great and rules at the hair salon are less strict, space is usually limited and you don’t need anyone’s […]

How to plan your wedding day hair (Part 1)

This article brought to you by Aleana’s Bridal store in Paramus, Northern New Jersey. You’ve finally found your bridal gown. What a relief! Now it is time to complete a few more steps so that you can have an idea of what you will look like on your special day. A hair and makeup trial […]

10 Iconic Brides and Bridal Gowns (Part 2)

Read Part 1 first Marilyn Monroe    They seemed, to some, like a match made in heaven: the big-screen siren and the baseball star.  While Monroe’s second marriage to Joe DiMaggio didn’t even last a year, the fur-collared brown wool suit she wore to their 1954 ceremony at San Francisco’s City Hall was utterly timeless. […]