Legendary Brides : From the Most Romantic Weddings Ever, Inspired Ideas for Today's Brides

Book Description
Let the "something borrowed" for your own special day be inspired by the most celebrated weddings everJacqueline Bouvier, Lady Diana Spencer, Grace Kelly, Wallis Simpson, Carolyn Bessette ... Each name evokes an individual style that still fascinates the world and continues to influence fashion. Now, the unforgettable weddings of these legendary women -- along with other famous brides of the past century -- are chronicled for the first time in a single, highly illustrated volume that is sure to provide inspiration and ideas for a new generation of brides.From Queen Victoria's lavish court wedding in 1840 to Carolyn Bessette's intimate and understated ceremony on Cumberland Island in 1996, each of the weddings featured in this charming and informative book set the stage for the bridal and entertaining styles of the day. And each of them contributed, in a unique way, to the wedding traditions that young brides still follow.But Legendary Brides is much more than just a lovely look back at the past. Author Letitia Baldrige -- with the same grace, humor, and command of etiquette that marked her tenure as social secretary for the Kennedy White House -- offers authoritative, practical, and often amusing, advice on every aspect of planning a wedding today. And with skill and insight, she "borrows" unique touches from a century of memorable weddings and reinterprets them eloquently for a new generation of brides.Lavishly illustrated contemporary features provide timeless ideas for gowns, flowers, cakes, music, invitations, table settings, and more. And a highly readable text with rarely seen photographs and illustrations recreates the atmosphere of each legendary wedding in fascinating detail, making this a delightful book to read and enjoy as well as an indispensable sourcebook for anyone planning a wedding.As Letitia Baldrige says in her Introduction, now that we have entered a new century, "young and old alike are hungry for beauty, tradition, and old-fashioned values." Legendary Brides offers today's brides something old, something new -- and something borrowed, too.


About the Author
Letitia Baldrige has attended many of the most celebrated weddings of our time and known such famous women as Jacqueline Kennedy, Consuelo Vanderbilt, and Princess Grace. As social secretary for the Kennedy White House, she organized the glittering occasions of that storied era. Today, she is America's leading expert on etiquette, a sought-after lecturer and speaker, and the author of fourteen books -- including Letitia Baldrige's Complete Guide to the New Manners for the Nineties, In the Kennedy Style, and Tiffany Table Settings. Ms. Baldrige is also a syndicated weekly columnist on manners and is a contributing editor of Town & Country.


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Lavishly illustrated with more than 250 photographs and illustrations, Legendary Brides gives a fascinating insider's perspective on what it was like to be a part of some of the most cherished and talked-about weddings ever. From Queen Victoria to Carolyn Bessette Kennedy, Legendary Brides captures the magic of eight prominent brides and their weddings, providing timeless ideas for gowns, flowers, menus, table settings, and other essentials with step-by-step advice to simplify this often arduous process. Much more than a "how-to" book, however, Legendary Brides is more of a "how-to-be-inspired" book that encourages brides-to-be and their families to put the heart and soul back into one of the most important events of their lives.

The eight classic brides featured in Legendary Brides are:The Duchess of Windsor, Grace KellyJacqueline KennedyCarolyn Bessette KennedyPrincess DianaPrincess ElizabethConsuelo VanderbiltQueen Victoria


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