Photo: 'Great Bridal Extravaganza' welcomes wedding season

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“A lot of girls are now ordering two dresses for the wedding or buying one that can turn into a party dress,” said Carrie Lashinsky, co-owner of The Wedding Center.

For some of these Long Island brides, it’s not just about the catering hall and gown; it’s also about the new high-tech options available for their special day. From digital photography to photo booths, the new generation of brides is looking for the latest trends in wedding parties.

Janice Brittain, owner of Janice Brittain Photography, has considered these new trends while developing her digital photography packages. Print photos are slowly disappearing, and it’s important to keep up with the technology for these special occasions, she said.

“We have realized that it’s the digital age, so we provide every single digital image from the day,” Brittain said. “Now you don’t have to worry about wedding albums collecting dust in grandma’s house.”

Source: Long Island Report

Fat bride slims to half her size

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But Susanne Marshall looks at her big day picture and wonders where half her BODY went.

Mum-of-two Susanne, 33 — who at her peak was a SIZE 30 — can now fit inside her wedding dress with a PAL .

She finally beat the battle of the bulge — shedding a whopping nine stone after years of yo-yo dieting.

Susanne, from Bathgate, West Lothian — now a slim 12 stone — said: “When I look at myself in that wedding dress I can’t believe two of us can fit into it.

“We had a right giggle over it but I also feel so proud of what I’ve achieved.”

Susanne began piling on weight in her teens and by the time she got to university she was already a size 20.

She said: “I did the Rosemary Conley diet before graduation and managed to slim down to a size 16.

“But it was very restricting and not suited to student life, so the weight went back on.”

As she began building up her business as a podiatrist, she ate on the run.

Source: The Sun