So much better than a bouquet. (JKJK DON'T do this at your wedding unless you're a terrible person.) (But DO photoshop a cat into all of your wedding pictures.) Read… 10/09/13 9:00pm 10/09/13 9:00pm

Lots of people choose to eschew the traditional white dress and tux in favor of something a little more "them" when walking down the aisle, and as more and more same-sex couples start marrying, the market for alternative wedding wear can only grow. Read… 8/15/13 10:00am 8/15/13 10:00am

Chen Ying, a TV reporter at a news station in China, was on her way up the aisle to say "I do" (in Chinese, presumably) when a massive earthquake hit the city of Ya'an, where she was getting married. Instead of being all, "Whatever, today's all about me so you can take that earthquake and shove it up your ass," Ying ran… Read… 4/22/13 12:05pm 4/22/13 12:05pm

Now that more people are using the Internet than have ever used the Internet before, a new study has revealed that brides-to-be, who are also people with all the agency and horror that personhood entails, are more likely to use the Internet to quickly disseminate news of their successful nuptials. Are you stunned?… Read… 3/24/13 12:30pm 3/24/13 12:30pm

Everyone (or anyone who has ever picked up a women's magazine, watched reality TV, gone to the movies, lived on this earth, etc) knows that ladies start planning their weddings the moment they emerge from the womb. But it turns out that UK men actually used to want to spend more than their future brides on weddings… Read… 6/22/12 3:35pm 6/22/12 3:35pm

Love everything about this, but especially the maid of honor's glasses and the lipstick. Huge version at the link! Read… 6/15/12 3:00pm 6/15/12 3:00pm

There are few things women feel more ambivalent about than bridal and baby showers. I think it's in part because in their traditional form, showers are places where gender stereotypes and unattainable expectations live. They are where we go to pretend we are living the fantasy lives we believe we are supposed to be… Read… 4/26/12 7:00pm 4/26/12 7:00pm

Bucharest, Romania, July 31: Romanian brides pose for pictures at the Triumph Arch. The arch, a replica of the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, the French capital, is a rendezvous place for brides after midnight on the wedding night during the stealing of the bride ritual. The ritual, of ancient origin, is performed by… Discuss… 7/31/11 12:00pm 7/31/11 12:00pm

Elaine Davidson, who has about 6,925 piercings, was wed in Edinburgh, Scotland, on Wednesday. Ms. Davidson was born in Brazil and is a former nurse who does not drink or use drugs. When she was examined by a Guinness World Record official in May 2000, she had 462 piercings, 192 of which were in her face. Read… 6/10/11 11:35am 6/10/11 11:35am

The Andean mass wedding that happened in La Paz over the weekend — with Bolivian President Evo Morales presiding as best man — was held in a coliseum adorned with white flowers. Read… 5/09/11 1:30pm 5/09/11 1:30pm

In Midweek Madness, we learned that Nicole Richie was allegedly demanding $100,000 for her wedding pictures. We also learned that neither Ok! nor Star, In Touch, Life & Style or Us purchased them. Enter German tabloid In magazine! Read… 12/17/10 5:36pm 12/17/10 5:36pm

Brides in Great Britain are worried, very worried! What if their wedding falls on the same day as the wedding between Prince Awesome and Future Princess Shinyhair?! Read… 11/21/10 12:15pm 11/21/10 12:15pm

[Ryazan, August 7. In this photo taken on Saturday, Aug. 7, 2010, a newly married couple celebrate their wedding despite the deep layer of smog from wildfires covering the ancient Russian city of Ryazan.]

[Tel Aviv, July 25. Bride Yulia Tagil smiles on the backseat of a motorcycle as she arrives to her alternative wedding ceremony at a square in Tel Aviv, Israel]

"How well do you really know the people you ask to be in your wedding's inner circle?" asks Modern Bride ominously. Um, pretty well? No! It seems weddings have the same monstrous transforming effect on attendants as on brides! Read… 5/05/10 6:20pm 5/05/10 6:20pm