[9 Oct 2009 | No Comment | ]
Vintage-style maternity wedding dress

There’s more than one bride who has had to accommodate a growing bump in deciding on the style and fit of her wedding gown.
We don’t often think about after-baby wedding dresses though but, clearly, judging from the maternity wedding dress from the 1800s, shown it is an age-old concern.
The dress featured at the recent Bridal Fashion through the Years show, held recently at Takapuna, on Auckland’s North Shore.
A beautiful dress in its own right, and a style worth adapting for modern times if you’re slender of neck, love Edwardian style, …

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[20 Jan 2010 | One Comment | ]
Simple navy honeymoon swimsuit with wrap-around sash

Wedding café has put together some of our favourite one-piece suits from Blue Dude. One-pieces are resurfacing as the style of choice, for women young and old. And why not? They’re classic, sleek, comfortable, and easier and more practical to wear than a bikini.
Photos: Salene Schloffel-Armstrong

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[7 Dec 2009 | No Comment | ]
Sophisticated French-striped one piece honeymoon swimsuit

Wedding café has put together some of our favourite one-piece suits from Blue Dude. One-pieces are resurfacing as the style of choice, for women young and old. And why not? They’re classic, sleek, comfortable, and easier and more practical to wear than a bikini.
See also: One-piece honeymoon swimwear suits all and Royal red one-piece honeymoon swimsuit a classic

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[23 Nov 2009 | No Comment | ]

No, we’re not talking about the post-reception tidy up, or even the honeymoon, we mean your marriage itself.
ZM Radio online has come up with a handy list of eight ‘Things You’re Never Told About Marriage’.

They include the forever question. As in: is this it? Forever?

Then there’s the “you’ll work hard at it”, your new marriage, that is. There’s also the issue of going to bed still angry after a big arguments. It does happen. Maybe those oldies who say they’ve never retired still steaming mad have just …

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[19 Nov 2009 | 3 Comments | ]
Royal red one-piece honeymoon swimsuit a classic

See also: One-piece honeymoon swimwear suits all

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[17 Nov 2009 | 2 Comments | ]
One-piece honeymoon swimwear suits all

By Briony Bennett
How do you imagine yourself on honeymoon? Smooth, sun-warmed limbs and a contented smile on your face as you stretch out on the sand next to your new husband. Enjoying the smell of sea salt and summer fruit, and the silky lycra encasing your body.
Lycra does have a distinctive smell. It brings to mind the carefree days of summer last year, the year before, and the one before that… when else does lycra come out, but for the holidays?
Swimsuit shopping is alleged to be the bane of modern …