Wedding Season

Wedding Dress of the Week

Ann Shoket, Seventeen, editor-in-chief
"We organized our whole ceremony around the view from the Soho Mondrian Hotel's roofdeck! It was an unusually warm October night, so we rearranged plans to move the party outside. We caught this perfect sunset right after saying our vows. The dress is Pamella Roland, bought off the rack at Saks. We picked a wedding date last-minute to accomodate my husband's Australian family, so I didn't have time to agonize. I wanted more evening gown than wedding dress; a big to-do just isn't my style. I tried it on in silver lame (!) and had it made in ivory chiffon. I didn't see the finished product until the night before the wedding! It came out perfectly."

-via fashionweekdaily.com

Wedding Season

Wedding Dress of the Week

Cindi Leive, Glamour, editor-in-chief
"Our wedding definitely wasn't a capital-W wedding. It was a big cocktail party in a loft on West Street, and in the middle of it, someone clinked on a glass, everyone gathered 'round, and the rabbi did the service. I actually don't even remember putting on makeup! But it was perfect for us. We ended the night be taking over New York Noodletown in Chinatown at midnight with our friends. We go back there every year with our kids and manager tells them the story of our wedding."

-via fashionweekdaily.com

Wedding Season

Wedding Dress of the Week

Jamie Rosen, Town & Country, beauty director

"We told our band not to stop the music for the cake cutting, so it ended up being a semi-private moment in the midst of a big party."

-via fashionweekdail.com

Wedding Season

Wedding Dress of the Week

It's June and the season of weddings! Take a peek at the country's top fashion editors and their stylish weddings.

Joanna Hillman, Harper's Bazaar, style director
"Marco Zanini of Rochas and my editor-in-chief, Glenda Bailey, were my wedding fairy godmothers! They joined forces to ensure I got the dress of my dreams from Rochas's archive. It was out of a movie when the box arrived at my desk with a heartfelt note from Marco (less than a month before the big day!). I tried it on right away in our fashion closet. I knew it was 'the one' before I looked in the mirror."

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Jewelry News

Engagement Season is Upon Us!

Did you know:

1,870,000 is the number of brides who show up at the altar each year who have been given an engagement ring

40% of grooms purchase engagement rings from a local, independent jewelry store

Proposals are increasingly becoming more public affairs. In 2009, 68% of grooms proposed privately; in 2011 that number dropped in 57%.

15 months is the length of the average engagement

90% of engagement rings are round or square shaped diamonds (followed by emerald, oval and marquise, in that order)

76% of men still get down on one knee to propose

How will you pop the question for the big day?!

Bride's wedding dress and wedding style provided by Laura's Couture

Engagement Rings and Proposals

Make it a Proposal She Won't Forget

You've found the girl, you've saved up 2 months of your salary for her ring, now it's time to propose. First, see the experts at Measetique Jewels in Kansas City for the ultimate custom, diamond engagement ring. With April's birthstone being the diamond it's the perfect time diamond shopping!

Now how do you do it? With so much pressure placed on marriage proposals how do you imagine proposing marriage to the most important woman in your life? Well, first of all, being in the business of love it is important for us to remind you that it's still about the marriage and forever. After the theatrics of the proposal and the craziness of wedding planning and even after saying "I do" there is still the rest of your life ahead. Just make sure the proposal fits the two of you as a couple. She'll be even happier if she sees the thought you put into the proposal based on your couple's behavior.

Below are a few ideas for a magical proposal in Kansas City. Comment to us and let us know how you were proposed to or how you proposed.

1. Take in the sites and a bird's eye view and pop the question from the top of the War Memorial.

2. Holiday carriage rides are what every little girl dreams about, make her fairy tale come true and propose while you are riding around the Plaza in the Cinderella  carriage.

3. Kansas City is full of romantic restaurants, why not ask for her hand at a favorite, local restaurant.

4. Are you both into the music scene? Late spring and summer concerts are popping up all over the city, make it a show she'll never forget.

5. Baseball season is gearing up in Kansas City, head to Kauffman Stadium and take in a game, you might even end up on the Kiss Cam.

Engagement Rings

A Quarter Saved

We were inspired by this young man's decision to save for his future. At the young age of 14, Sean Clayton began saving for an engagement ring. Read his fun story below! I think it teaches us all the value of a quarter saved and the future it can bring.

"Sure, engagement rings can be expensive, but a very practical teenager recently took to Reddit to share his unusual (but kind of brilliant) plan for paying for his future engagement ring.
Reddit user Imriayalde posed the question, "What's the silliest thing you've done to save money on your wedding?" to the Reddit community Tuesday. In response, Sean Clayton (Reddit username SeanAir) explained that when he was 14, he decided to save every quarter he got and use that money to offset the cost of an engagement ring. He's now 19, not engaged or married, and still saving.
"Pretty much been taxing myself for 5 years. Hope it pays off," he wrote. "My friends have been calling me crazy for years."
Clayton, who lives in Snellville, Georgia, told HuffPost Weddings that he began thinking about his future at young age, and was inspired to save money after listening to a radio program in which a woman was encouraged to save dollar bills and put them towards an important future purchase. Since he was only 14 and not earning any money, he decided to save quarters instead.
"I figured that the only guaranteed, big-time spending I would likely conduct in the next 15 years would be at the beginning of a marriage," Clayton said. "I decided from that point that I would save those quarters over a long period of time in the hope that I would avoid a serious financial strain as I enter into marriage, an even greater financial commitment."
Clayton estimated that he has saved about 15 pounds worth of quarters so far. Another Redditor, Kalypso_, wrote that at 80 quarters to the pound, Clayton has probably saved about $300.
"That is actually kind of adorable. I mean, please don't feel like you have to buy an expensive ring (not all girls are into that, believe it or not), but it's very responsible to set money aside for big purchases you anticipate in the future. I hope your lucky girl realizes that when the time comes," Redditor keakealani commented."

via Huffington Post Weddings