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From the Most Romantic Weddings Ever, Inspired Ideas for Today's Brides
HarperCollins
November 2000
On Sale: November 1, 2000
176 pages ISBN: 0060195592 EAN: 9780060195595 Hardcover
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Let the "something borrowed" for your own special
day be inspired by the most celebrated weddings
everJacqueline Bouvier, Lady Diana
Spencer, Grace Kelly, Wallis Simpson, Carolyn Bessette ...
Each name evokes an individual style that still fascinates
the world and continues to influence fashion. Now, the
unforgettable weddings of these legendary women -- along
with other famous brides of the past century -- are
chronicled for the first time in a single, highly
illustrated volume that is sure to provide inspiration and
ideas for a new generation of brides. From Queen
Victoria's lavish court wedding in 1840 to Carolyn
Bessette's intimate and understated ceremony on Cumberland
Island in 1996, each of the weddings featured in this
charming and informative book set the stage for the bridal
and entertaining styles of the day. And each of them
contributed, in a unique way, to the wedding traditions that
young brides still follow. But Legendary Brides
is much more than just a lovely look back at the past.
Author Letitia Baldrige -- with the same grace, humor, and
command of etiquette that marked her tenure as social
secretary for the Kennedy White House -- offers
authoritative, practical, and often amusing, advice on every
aspect of planning a wedding today. And with skill and
insight, she "borrows" unique touches from a century of
memorable weddings and reinterprets them eloquently for a
new generation of brides. Lavishly illustrated
contemporary features provide timeless ideas for gowns,
flowers, cakes, music, invitations, table settings, and
more. And a highly readable text with rarely seen
photographs and illustrations recreates the atmosphere of
each legendary wedding in fascinating detail, making this a
delightful book to read and enjoy as well as an
indispensable sourcebook for anyone planning a
wedding. As Letitia Baldrige says in her Introduction,
now that we have entered a new century, "young and old alike
are hungry for beauty, tradition, and old-fashioned values."
Legendary Brides offers today's brides something old,
something new -- and something borrowed, too.
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