European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 13, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                We re in no position to return most bridal shops every dress is Cess that lakes to to tour s cancelled the customer forfeits a third or less of the Cost Mohe Ells in for the balance 1, the prices can be devastating. " said one Mother comforting ending Back a �2,000. Dress. Homers can wait up to a month 0inlmonl, Lovece of Lovece ltd., a new Igner and manufacturer part of Weld s is probably the most in America which is amazing cheer remain in Brooklyn Ltd you get this kind of space in r. K. His Wile continually scout travelling to Italy France and Ifie new collections. Compared bridal business is relatively s you get blinded by All the sighing but styles do change social mores. Fleets the expanding bridal pure while full length dresses once reigned. The average Bride thar late 20s or Early 30s. Lit Ough most i isl timers still or skin Lone not for symbolism vill of her own she said " mrs. A said. Many buy choir Eller income than women had 30 Van have a Choice of color in under while or Ivory Aro. Bridesmaids dresses Are More no and Black Leopard spots or in bridesmaids want to be sexy ill they re future brides " philosophical thoughts about poor girls go through such a lie said. I wish they could be Iver heard of 8 wedding a Bride i  l relax those for whom the can to bewildering Worley. A 26-year-old Bride from 3 modelling her gown at it was a Pink tinged off the e dress reminiscent of j Hara might have -.jam. To look on her wedding Day less she said wearily. Despite 15 a note of Triumph in her voice i. She did t need glitter to Shine the perfect wedding Only tears of Joy by Patricia Leigh 8rown new York times artha Stewart has a perfect life the exotic Araucania chickens she raises at her Westport Conn Varmette Are ported the Azalea Bushes she planted in in Garden Foi her husband Andy for father s Day Are perfect. Hec Sesa Klein Etc of the famed bridal Salon helps a customer try on a gown. Martha Stewart author of weddings decorates a cake perfectly of course. The herded pot poum lying just so in her guest bathroom is perfect. Now Stewart the author of entertaining and other books has Wrilen weddings a $50, live Pound ode Loperl Clion. At these windings oven the rain rain that Ine Book says gives the illusion of tog at Soa As it splashes Down outdoor Lent laps into buckets is perfect already in its third printing Stewart s luxuriously photographed romantically written Tome is a weeding voyeur s dream. Taking As her Promise the idea of weddings As a microcosm of the dreams and facts of american Lile the Book. So cart said in an interview is a social Dou mint of he in the 1980s. Judging from the Book the Days of the Bare Loof wedding on the Mountaintop Are Over. Instead there is she wedding on Golden Pond in new Hampshire. A year in the making in took place on fhe family Island and ended with the Happy couple floating off into the Sunset in a hot air balloon. Then there is the Canadian aristocrat Sophie Desmarris. Who. The Book says had fantasized about her wedding and her wedding dress since she was 12 years old about the age she first met Serge Senecal and heal bastion her latter Day Couturier " the reception he a at the museum of Fina arts in Montreal was designed by Jean Francois Daigre. Among the Daigre Vauches the Book noles velvet was Hung on he main Walls framed a intervals by greek columns with pineapple finials. All sculpted out of polyester mousse " there Are More modest storybook weddings too such As one in a farmhouse with picturesque Centrepieces of wildflowers in Copper teapots. Headers will not find wilting Flowers or Cranky relatives among the More than 20 weddings depicted. Except for one incident in which Stewart came across in Laws Muller tag about one another in the Kitchen she said she did not witness any disasters. Not one. These weddings a number catered by slow herself were fabulous she said. Some were very very  Al the wedding of John Block and Hilary gushing in Quogue ny., the statuesque Bride wore a custom designed Mary Mcfadden gown. Stewart designed a cake thai had pleats instead of swags to Echo the gown. Brides like gushing Stewart said Are icons for the 80s," Hilary has worked from the moment she go out of College at rotheby  she said. She really knew what Shewan lad. She waa very organized. She worked very closely with he Molher. It was a Beautiful  like Stewart s Othef books entertaining is in its 15th priming Wilh 340.000 copies sol weddings features the photogenic Steward herself. I am a commitment to a kind of life style Hal s what i am she said explaining her popularity. The Book took More than three years to produce and Sav Vily presents geographic diversity in addition to a Vanclay of wedding styles. Once As Stewart Vas driving on Martha s Vineyard in Massachusetts she spied a Pink Tell in the distance and slopped o look where s the Bride she asked. In the barn finishing the cake she was told. Sure enough the Bride he Molher and sister were assembling sle Warl s Basket weave cake from file raining. I could t believe it said Stewart i offered to finish the cafe if they let me photograph the reception " if there is an overriding message Lor brides in the Book it is to develop an individual style whatever it May be. Though the budgets of Many of the weddings depicted Are not typical i would never ask Stewart said when questioned about the Cost of the Desmarais Allair she believes Hal a fabulous wedding such As a potluck supper wedding held in a Field on Martha s Vineyard does not have to Cost a lot. The Book covers invitation design wedding menus dresses bridal bouquets and wedding cakes with even the cake Orna Menla photographed in dewy hallmark Caid perfection for the publisher Clarkson n. Potter in this latest uttering by a Best Selling author offers an Opportunity to reach the estimated 2million american women who will marry this year the Book is being promoted at gourmet shops and bridal registries in loading department stores. For Many americans weddings As Stowarz role Are an expenditure often greater than that Al Lolleta Lor education if Iho author has tier Way the esl Imale a s27 g a Linn spent pc girly on weddings and related events May now include an additional $50 a couple y. 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