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Everything you need to plan the wedding of your dreams.

When it's time to start planning your special day, there is no better source to turn to than Modern Bride. The #1 bridal magazine gives you expert advice every step of the way--from selecting the perfect sites for the ceremony and reception to handling the potential conflicts and special challenges that today's couples face.

Now Modern Bride Complete Wedding Planner offers you the most thorough, up-to-date information on every aspect of your engagement and wedding. Here you'll find:
* Checklists, charts, and worksheets to keep you organized and guarantee that you don't overlook anything
* Best choices for your invitations, ceremony, music, reception, flowers, and bridal gown
* A quiz that identifies priorities and points out potential complications before they arise
* Contemporary solutions for solving today's etiquette dilemmas with common sense and tact
* Tips for planning ethnic, theme, and honeymoon weddings, as well as marrying again and reaffirmation celebrations
* Sample budgets for actual weddings in different regions
Variations on a Theme.

It's Official: The Engagement.

The Wedding Budget.

Developing a Wedding Plan.

Reception Options.

Wedding Dressing.

Special Situations.

Preparing for Marriage.

Marrying Again.

People, Parties, and Things.

The Honour of Your Presence.

Ceremonies and Protocol.

Flowers: The Language of Love.

Music: The Sound of Love.

Capturing the Moments: Photography and Videography.

Romantic Roots: Ethnic and Theme Weddings.

Honeymoons and Destination Weddings.

Appendices.

Index.

Notes.

Sujets

Weddings

Reference

Cele Goldsmith Lalli

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Publié par	Turner Publishing Company
Date de parution	21 avril 2008
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9780470298473
Langue	English

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Modern Bride
Complete Wedding Planner
A LSO A VAILABLE F ROM W ILEY S M ODERN B RIDE L IBRARY
Modern Bride Guide to Etiquette
Answers to the Questions Today s Couples Really Ask
C ELE G OLDSMITH L ALLI
Modern Bride Just Married
Everything You Need to Know to Plan Your New Life Together
S TEPHANIE H.D AHL
Modern Bride Honeymoons and Weddings Away
The Complete Guide to Planning Your Most Romantic Trip Ever
G ERI BAIN
Modern Bride
Complete Wedding Planner
T HE #1 B RIDAL M AGAZINE H ELPS Y OU C REATE T HE W EDDING OF Y OUR D REAMS
C ELE G OLDSMITH L ALLI
Editor-in-Chief of Modern Bride
S TEPHANIE H. D AHL
Interior Design: Tenenbaum Design
Composition: Impressions Book and Journal Services, Inc.
Interior Illustration: Luann Roberts
MODERN BRIDE is a registered trademark of K-III Magazine Finance
Corporation, used under license by K-III Magazine Corporation
Copyright 1992, 1997 by John Wiley Sons, Inc.
All rights reserved. Published simultaneously in Canada.
Reproduction or translation of any part of this work beyond that permitted by Section 107 or 108 of the 1976 United States Copyright Act without the permission of the copyright owner is unlawful. Requests for permission or further information should be addressed to the Permissions Department, John Wiley Sons, Inc.
This publication is designed to provide accurate and authoritative information in regard to the subject matter covered. It is sold with the understanding that the publisher is not engaged in rendering professional services. If legal, accounting, medical, psychological, or any other expert assistance is required, the services of a competent professional person should be sought.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data:
Lalli, Cele Goldsmith
Modern bride complete wedding planner: the #1 bridal magazine helps you create the wedding of your dreams / Celle Goldsmith Lalli and Stephanie H. Dahl.-Rev. and updated.
p. cm.
Includes index.
ISBN 0-471-14111-9 (paper: alk. paper)
1. Wedding etiquette. 2. Weddings-Planning. I. Dahl, Stephanie H.
II. Modern bride. III. Title.
BJ2051.L35 1997
395 .22-dc20 97-6327
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Dedicated to Michael Lalli and Clifford Dahl, the wind beneath our wings
Preface
The way we live and love is very different today than it was ten years ago, let alone fifty years ago. Nowhere is that more apparent than in the most traditional rite of passage-the wedding celebration. The ritual itself has not changed, nor has all of the excitement and anticipation that surrounds it. But what has changed are the participants. Couples are much less likely to meet in their neighborhood, place of worship, or even their hometown. Today, young adults travel to pursue an education or career opportunities. In so doing, they are likely to meet and fall in love with someone who is intellectually, academically, and emotionally compatible, but with whom they have little else in common-someone who comes from a very different religious, cultural, or socioeconomic background and whose family may not even speak the same language.
An event as traditional as a wedding is universally associated with fairly rigid guidelines and expectations based on what has always been done in your family or among your friends. That was fine when the two people marrying each other had common roots. Now, the differences are more the rule than the exception, and these are the challenges couples face as they plan their wedding today. This book focuses on helping you identify your similarities and your differences; then it provides you with constructive ways to plan a deeply meaningful celebration that forms the foundation for a wonderfully happy life together.
In researching this book, we bring advice from couples who have successfully overcome the disparities in their backgrounds, and from clergy and wedding consultants who have helped couples to see how the factors unique to the couple s respective backgrounds can enhance their wedding and their lives. We also bring our combined experience of forty-five years in the wedding planning field: I, with Modern Bride for thirty-one years, and Stephanie as a feature writer in the magazine for fourteen years. Additionally, our personal lives reflect today s trends. Thirty-three years ago I became engaged to an Italian Catholic whose immigrant parents arrived in this country just five months before his birth. I was from a Jewish family settled here for four generations. Our intellects, our educations, our cultural interests, and our souls were totally compatible, but our family backgrounds could not have been more different. We bridged the gap with sensitivity, love, and reasonable compromise, and our life together is more fulfilling as the years go by.
Stephanie, a Roman Catholic Texas Democrat, fell in love with a Methodist New Yorker who votes Republican. They came from different directions, but somehow they arrived at the same place. Their long-term, long-distance courtship and their twenty-seven year marriage is yet another testimony to accentuating the positive and eliminating the disparities. Now, neither can imagine being married to anyone else.
While we were a bit ahead of the times, young adults these days are used to diversity among their peers and often seek out these characteristics in choosing a lifetime partner. Parents, however, are often not so adaptable and feel threatened at the prospect of the merger of their daughter or son with someone whose traditions are so different from their own. Therefore, the primary concern for many engaged couples is, How do we make our families understand that we truly are well matched and that, rather than undermining our family ties, our marriage can strengthen them?
The answers to this and all the other questions involved in wedding planning are in this book. It is a reference/workbook intended to provide you with everything you need to know to plan the wedding, and the marriage, of your dreams.
Cele Goldsmith Lalli
Editor-in-Chief
MODERN BRIDE
Acknoweledgements
We would like to thank the following individuals who, through personal interviews, shared information, or practical assistance, have made this book possible:
Mrs. Rosa Lee Harker, Mr. Aaron Dahl, Miss Elyse Salman, Ms. Mary Ann Cavlin, Ms. Geri Bain, Mrs. Patricia Magloire Wolfe, Mr. Mrs. Jules Erwin, Mrs. Anne Witkavitch Sagnelli, Ms. Nannette Poillon, Mr. John McCoy, Mr. Mrs. William Gambino, Ms. Cynthia Lazarin, Ms. Gail Silva, Ms. Marcy L. Blum, Mr. Robbi Ernst III, Mr. Charles White, Mr. Mrs. Jack Schacter, Ms. Verna Huson, Ms. Frances Fox, Miss Anita Gaylor, Mrs. Malinda Gaylor, Mrs. Jacquelynne O Rourke, Mrs. Lydia Massa, Mr. Bob Moalli, Ms. Michele Piccione, Ms. Donna May Cammarotta, Ms. Eva Hofmann, Ms. Sylvia Weinstock, Mrs. Yvette Walker Hollis, Ms. Laurie Vaughn, Dr. Paul Dasher, Ms. June Becklin, Mrs. Lynn Ann Harvey Blank, Mrs. Betty Martinson, Mr. Donald Paglia, Ms. Ellen Goldstein, Mr. Marv Tuttle, Mr. Ken Scott, Mrs. Fran Moavero, Dr. Elizabeth Erwin, Mr. Nick Triffin, Rev. Benedict Tighe, Dr. Mrs. Jaspal Mayell, Mrs. Bette Katzeff, Mr. Don LeFevre, Rev. Robert Weiss, Rev. Stanley Aronson, Mr. Robert Fickett, Rev. Bartlett Wright Gage, Rev. Matthew Berko, Rev. Dennis Albrecht, Ms. May Chao, Rev. Ronald S. James, Mrs. Meredeth AlMansoori, Dr. Mrs. Bharat Bhalla, Ms. Rocky Pollitz, Mr. Gordon Truett, Ms. Pamela B. Nelson, Miss Mika Inatome, Ms. Katrina Thomas, Mr. Wayne J. Smith, Mr. Richard Kubinec, Miss Stella Johnson, Miss Jill Lacerenza, Mr. Mrs. Johnny Orzechowski, Mrs. Gerard Klein, Ms. Yvette Salomon, Mr. Alfred Yazzi, Mr. Ben Silversmith, Mrs. Aurea Elgarico, Mrs. Norma Burnich, Mr. Pulefano Galeai, Mrs. Cahn Tran, Ms. JoAnn Gregoli, Ms. Susan Lane, Mr. Denis Reggie, Mr. David Ziser, Ms. Mary Todoric, Mr. Mark H. Roberts, Mr. Richard Rader, Ms. Pat Gleason, Mrs. James Venglar, Dr. Deborah Vinnick Tesler, Ms. Marla Kay, Mr. Chas Stuke, Ms. Heidi Janson, Mrs. Eileen Monaghan, Ms. Anne Marie McElroy, Ms. Doris Nixon, Ms. Diana Halstead, Mrs. Shelby Tuck-Horton, Ms. Annena Sorenson, Ms. Kathleen Wenz, Ms. Lyn Rosenfield, Ms. Gaye Grenamyer, Mrs. Patricia Goacher-Brill, Mr. Eddie Tapp, Ms. Marysue Wechsler, Ms. Michelle Hodges, and Mr. Roy Chapman.
Contents
1 Variations on a Theme
How to Use This Book
Your Wedding Profile
2 It s Official! The Engagement
Putting Each Other First
Having It Your Way
Informing the Families
Spreading the News
Engagement Parties
The Engagement Ring
Wedding Expectations
Getting Real
3 The Wedding Budget
Setting Parameters
Apportioning the Cost
Who Pays for What?
Traditional Distribution of Expenses
Contemporary Distribution of Expenses
Guest Estimates
The Art of Compromise
Finalizing Your Budget
Related Wedding Expenses
Your Budget Checklist
4 Developing a Wedding Plan
Living Your Fantasy
The Religious Ceremony
The Civil Ceremony
Being an Informed Consumer
Considering a Wedding Consultant
Setting the Date
Wedding Transportation
What Will It Cost?
About Valet Parking
Your Wedding Planning Checklist
5 Reception Options
On-Site Locations
Off-Site Locations
Tented Affairs
Fantasy Locations
Ways to Save on Your Reception
About Contracts
Catering Contracts
Guidelines for Standard Contract Terms and Conditions
Rethinking the Reception
Reception Protocol
Wedding Cakes: Having Yours (and Eating It, Too)
Reception Seating
The Schedule of Events
6 Wedding Dressing
The Inside Story
How to Shop
A Dozen Do s for Dress Shopping
Where to Shop
Choosing Your Style
The Feel and the Fit
The Facts About Custom Fitting and Alterations
Figure Flattery
Fashion Focus
Necklines
Bodices
Sleeves
Fashion Fabrics and Trims
Veils and Headpieces
Bridal Accessories
Shoes
Your Wedding Attire Checklist
Undergarments
Other Accessories
Pleasing the Maids
Selecting Wedding Colors
How to Choose Bridesmaids Atti