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FEATURES
Oh My Gown!
Fabric and embellishment in that most impactful color. Here are some of the most dazzling styles of the season.
By Claire Hanan
A Bouquet of Memories
Something borrowed, something blue and… a cluster of buds you’ll remember forever.
By Sara Rae Lancaster
Real Weddings
How three couples tied the knot – from a button-down affair to something open-air.
By Maggie Ginsberg
Sweet Beginnings
Suppose that three-tiered wedding cake is a little too anything for you. Instead you want unexpected. You may find your wedding dessert muse in these pages.
By Ann Christenson
ENGAGED
Save the Data
You can’t put a price on love. Just the ceremony that celebrates it.
By Rich Rovito
Destination: Here
A wedding involved travel between Milwaukee and New Orleans, but not in the typical direction.
By Maggie Ginsberg
Priority Veil
So you’re recently engaged and you want to plan a wedding. Congrats, good luck, and before you pop a Xanax, flow through our chart. It’s peppered with expert advice from a local wedding planner, Amanda Felsman of Tailored Engagements.
By Claire Hanan
A Lovely Plan
How a chance meeting turned into a budding wedding business.
By MaryJo Contino
Words of Wisdom
You’ve heard plenty of nuptial advice from your parents, your friends and that crazy uncle, too. But here’s some from the experts.
By Maggie Ginsberg
Out-of-the-Box Photogs
A picture may be worth a thousand words, but you rarely want one of those words to be “ordinary.” For couples in search of photographers (and videographers) who skew a bit from the norm, we have some suggestions.
By Sara Rae Lancaster
Burgeoning Markets
Vendors catering to same-sex weddings are picking up a growing piece of the industry’s financial pie.
By Zach Brooke
Pearl Jam
These are not your grandmother’s pearls, but they can lend the same elegance to your wedding-day look.
By Claire Hanan
Uniquely Suited
One man is making others look different… and good.
By Dan Murphy
Trendometer
Which wedding trends to try and which to ditch.
Something Borrowed
And rather vintage, too.
By Amber Jorgenson
Uncommon Law
Marital life rests on a surprisingly weird legal foundation.
By Matt Hrodey
Offbeat Officiant
WTMJ sports radio host Doug Russell moonlights as a marrier.
By Howie Magner
PERSPECTIVE
Let Them Eat Cannoli?
What happens when a Camp Wandawega wedding hits a bump in the road.
By Daniel Simmons
POINT OF VIEW
Q&A: Elizabeth Graves
Elizabeth Graves went from working at Sendik’s to editing Martha Stewart Weddings. She knows nuptials. And Midwestern values, too.
By Maggie Ginsberg