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Stephanie Watson’s wedding gown has something old, something new, something borrowed and something blue covered. The recent bride’s multicolored dress was made of 10,000 bread tags…

Making a ring from pocket change may be an old-hat concept by now, but for a web designer with no metalworking experience to take on the task of outfitting his fiancée? Now that takes…

Dana Jasinkevica and Dita Enikova’s wedding dress is a page from a gothic fairy tale come to life. The two Latvian fashion students created Swan in Oil.Before and After from more…

Photos by Amanda Coen for Ecouterre No blue-dyed hands here at Leanne Marshall’s Spring/Summer 2013 collection show at New York Fashion Week on Saturday. Even though the Season 5…

FINE ROMANCE Among the gems are Mara Hoffman’s first-ever ready-to-wear bridal dresses, including a hand-beaded, Grecian goddess-inspired gown that Wojner says “should be…

Photos by Jonathan Pow For bride-to-be Lydia Tayler, hunting down the perfect wedding dress took no time at all. Putting it together, however, was a different matter. The owner of a…

Fair-trade and fair-mined gold jewelry has finally arrived on Britain’s high street. Ernest Jones and Beaverbrooks are the latest jewelers to offer rings bearing the Fairtrade and…

Photos by Lisa Beggs Nearly Newlywed is putting a green spin on landing the perfect wedding dress. The online boutique, which launched on Wednesday, supplies brides-to-be with a…

Photos by A.M.P.A.S. Looks like Meryl Streep, Colin and Livia Firth, Kenneth Branagh, and Missi Pyle weren’t the only celebs wearing green on the Oscar red carpet. Award-winning…

Photos by Sheila Roth for Fox 9 News Priscilla of Boston, best known for creating Grace Kelly’s yellow organdy bridesmaid dresses, is no more. But the 65-year-old bridal chain…

PLAYING DRESS UP “When all of this started, I had no idea where it would lead,” Cotter writes in the introduction of his book. Walking by the empty closet several times a…

A FINE ROMANCE Hepburn decided to launch a dedicated bridal collection after noticing a demand from her clientele. “Our customers started wearing our dresses and sending us some…

Rinaldi’s grandparents, John and Jean Shellito FAMILY TRADITION “I always knew I wanted to wear the dress; I even tried it on when I was a little girl,” Rinaldi tells the…

ETHICAL BRIDE If off-the-rack is too quotidian for your big day, Shrestha’s gowns and millinery will give you that bespoke feel you desire. Most of her fabrics are handspun and…

Photos by Michelle Brand Michelle Brand isn’t your typical wedding-gown designer, but then again, “Green With Envy” isn’t your typical wedding gown. Trailed by a…

Who says naughty can’t be nice? British lingerie-maker Ayten Gasson takes the dichotomy in stride this fall with a capsule collection of cruelty-free underpinnings. Stitched in…

Sometimes a bride-to-be just wants a little sparkle without the guilt. Worry no more, our gem-loving friends. Ivanka Trump (yes, daughter of the Donald) has launched a collection of…

House of Tammam has launched the first, and so far only, ethical ready-to-wear bridal collection in the United Kingdom. Founded by Lucy Tammam, who also serves as the label’s…