I was raised to dress up when attending a wedding. And no matter the venue or time of day, a black dress—just like white—was never an option as a guest. I’m happy to say times have changed: These days, you can pretty much always wear black to a wedding, unless being told explicitly not to…
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Do you know that old rule about not wearing white to a wedding? Well, a bride just threw it out the window by allowing her guests to wear their old wedding dresses on her big day. Audrey Moore, an actress and the aforementioned bride, felt it was “sad that most women only get to wear…
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We’ve heard all about the first date “back pat”, the romantic proposal, the Amazon gift registry, and the Hindu puja ceremony, but now the Priyanka Chopra/Nick Jonas wedding weekend is kicking into high gear as their celebrity family and friends are starting to arrive in India. Sadly, there are two very famous faces who won’t…
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If you’ve ever been a bride or attended a wedding, you know to expect some guidelines—no matter how loose or simple—that make sure things run at least kind of smoothly. The vast majority of these guidelines are very reasonable (don’t wear jeans, don’t wear white, no need for a gift, etc.), but occasionally they raise…
Read moreThough today a recognizable part of State of the Union procedure, the presidential practice of inviting regular civilians to attend the event as “special guests” is actually a fairly recent one, beginning only with the Reagan administration in 1982. Historically, these invitees of the president and first lady have been Americans who either epitomize national…
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