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So you are getting married and you want your man to look his best on your special day. Amongst all of the details you have to deal with from flowers to menus, how important is the groom’s suit? One word answers the question — very. You and your wedding guests will soon forget the wine that was served with the meal, but you will have to look at that wedding photograph for a long time. You need to be visually united as a pair, yet retain your individually. Furthermore, in order to achieve a coordinated look of the entire wedding party, the groom’s suit needs to compliment the bride’s dress. The bridesmaids’ dresses andgroomsmen’s suits take their cue from the two stars of the show.

First of all, you need to decide on a style. The following are some general rules of style that will help you coordinate the bride and groom.

If you are intent on a formal evening wedding, the bride will be wearing a floor-length gown in ivory, white, or a pastel with a long veil and a train. The groom is expected to be attired in a black tuxedo with black tails. For the best overall effect, a bespoke wedding suit is the preferred choice. Keeping the season in mind, select a plain black material from our available fabrics, or let one of our experts help you with the decision. A silk satin fabric is usually required for the lapels and matched by a matching ribbon stripe on the outside seam of the trousers.

When considering a formal daytime wedding, the unique prom dresses will follow the same format as the formal evening attire, except that the gown will be less elaborate. The groom will appear in short jacket or cutaway coat in either black or gray with gray striped trousers. Check our website for a variety of striped gray fabricin a range of hues.

A bride ditched her expensive wedding dress on her big day after falling in love with her grandmother's 50-year-old floral lace number.

Connie Bell, 21, nee Pickup, decided to keep her £1,000 'simple' gown in reserve when she walked down the aisle with electrician Sam Bell, instead opting for the vintage number Margaret White, 71, wore on her wedding day in 1966.

Connie, of Barnsley, South Yorkshire, fell in love with the floral lace number loved by her grandmother, who showed her the gown to cheer her up when her original wedding venue was cancelled.

The floral-sleeved silver bridesmaid dresses, which cost £50 at the time, needed no physical alterations - apart from a dry clean which cost £70 - after spending decades in a loft.

For nearly 30 years, brides-to-be have shopped at Maria’s Bridal Couture to find that Romantica bridesmaid dresses for their special day. This year, the renowned bridal boutique is expanding and enhancing its business footprint, with a new focus at its West Bloomfield location and a new store in Birmingham.

Started in Rochester, Maria’s moved to the Orchard Mall West Bloomfield in 2009. This year, the West Bloomfield Township store received a makeover, and is now known as the exclusive Michigan location for gowns by Israeli haute couture bridal designer Orabella. Known as Maria’s Bridal for Orabella, the store carries only bridal gowns and accessories.

“Orabella is for the bride who is eager to wear something different and unique, a timeless classic with unparalleled elegance and sophistication that you won’t find anywhere else,” says Nadica Ristivojevich, the owner who loves befriending her customers and walking alongside their bridal journeys.

This is Orabella’s first U.S. flagship store, Ristivojevich said. She’ll continue to carry other couture brands, but the main focus is on offering the largest selection of Orabella dresses anywhere in the United States.

Wedding season is upon us, but if you are confused by the dress code (yes, there still is one) for your particular event, we can decode it.

We’ve called in the experts to help you avoid any wedding day blunders and to offer a few ways to save money on your wedding attire.

WHITE TIE

This is what you’d wear if you were going to a Hollywood awards show. (Unless you’re Lady Gaga and you’re wearing a meat dress.) It’s the fanciest thing you could wear to a wedding, said Shelley Brown, associate fashion editor at The Knot, an online wedding planning resource that has helped more than 25 million couples plan their weddings.

This Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Russia, there was no doubt that the post-Soviet influence of labels like Vetements and Gosha Rubchinskiy was present. But aside from a lone designer or two, the early-’90s Russian look now synonymous with the motherland occurred more on the street than on the runway. Instead, many young designers crafted their own identities, and it’s far from the bazaar-plucked aesthetics of their contemporaries. Take the label Saint-Tokyo by St. Petersburg designer Yury Pitenin. Already catching the eye of Lady Gaga, who wore one of his leather body-con dresses a few months ago, Pitenin has a head-turning futuristic style, experiments with prints, and meshes different fabrics. His outerwear is cool, too: He makes a sweet flower print look bad-to-the-bone when he crafts it into the sleeves of a leather biker jacket.

Also, as in the country Georgia, there seems to be a flourishing knitwear scene in Russia, as well. The proof is in Ksenia Seraya, who launched her label in 2013, this season whipping up clingy knit frocks and slouchy trousers in a light technique. On the denim front, St. Petersburg-based sisters Katerina and Vera Viper of the label Vipers managed to sex up a pair of simple jean flares by cutting diamond slits in the back of the knee.

On the subject of Russia’s more established designers, there is Viva Vox by Oleg Ovsiyov. He’s been designing since the late ’90s and lives part of the time in Switzerland, but most of his following is based in Russia. This week, front row socialites were clapping at the designer’s highlighter yellow Chewbacca coat and the nubby fur turtleneck split into black and yellow. Another veteran name to note is Alena Akhmadullina. She’s already broken through in Europe and further west with her signature, luxe embroidered fur coats and ethereal bridal dresses. And her accessories are stellar: Amal Clooney has been spotted toting along one of Akhmudillina’s bags.

Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Russia is also home to designers from other republics of the former Soviet Union, especially Georgia. Standouts included Aka Nanita, who knows her way around a charming embellishment, dotting duster coats with tassels. There’s also Tako Mekvabidze, whose leatherwork is strong, as witnessed by a burgundy shift dress embroidered with red roses. If you’re in the market for something more outré, Salle de Mode by Salome Amanatishvili is a great option. This season, she used lifelike molds of hands on leather handbags and backpacks for an eerie-beautiful effect, while palms were carved into wooden platforms.

Located in the Staffordshire countryside, amongst 280 acres of lakes and parkland, this unique venue offers a backdrop for a truly magical day.

EVERY bride deserves to feel like a princess on her wedding day and Drayton Manor Park and Hotel is encouraging brides to-be (and grooms!) to visit its annual Wedding Fayre on Sunday, April 10, 2016.

Taking place between noon-3pm, it’s free to attend and will be packed full of exhibitors, from cake decorators and photographers to venue decorators and florists. Enjoy a glass of sparkling wine on arrival, enjoy a sumptuous hog roast during the event and take a guided tour of the four-star venue including the three stunning function suites, each with their own unique charm and character.

The four-star Drayton Manor Hotel, which is part of the award-winning Drayton Manor Theme Park, is the perfect venue for wedding celebrations. Located in the Staffordshire countryside, amongst 280 acres of lakes and parkland, this unique venue offers the perfect backdrop for a truly magical day.

Now that all the major gongs have been dished out, it’s time for us to take home the season’s best red carpet style pointers.

IT’S a decidedly First World problem: should actresses stick with what they know and love on the red carpet and risk being labelled boring, or try something daring but face the threat of landing themselves in that seventh circle of fashion hell, the Worst Dressed List?

Increasingly, A-listers are revelling in the jeopardy and we’re seeing more unusual – but still beautiful – gowns. Which is the way it should be, because awards season is about celebrating talent, after all.

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The week leading up to your wedding day is undoubtedly the most exciting week pretty much ever. But, with all the excitement and expectations also comes a generous helping of stress.

Final payments, walkthroughs, headcounts, and even last minute cancellations these last little details are often the most important, and the most stressful. Fear not take a breath, relax, and consider giving these tips a whirl to wakeup on your wedding day relaxed, refreshed, and ready to become a Mrs.

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Plan your time

We’ve all been there: Watching the bride-to-be giddily unwrap each and every gift while we politely sip our mimosas. Or enduring the fifth “how well do you know the bride?” or “what’s inside your purse?” game this year alone. If you’re planning a bridal shower, skip the clichés and try these bridal shower ideas that the your guests will genuinely enjoy.

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1. Play “Match the Lyrics to the Love Song”

Create a game none of your guests have played before by making a list of popular love songs and pulling an obscure lyric from each song. Then create two columns — one for the lyrics and one for the song titles — and have guests place their bets.

Moda Magazine wrapped up its UW Fashion Week with their annual runway show Friday night, where student designers and Madison area retailers showcased their collections at Union South.

About 500 students and residents gathered in Union South’s Varsity Hall to watch UW Fashion Week’s finale show with eight featured collections, ranging from student and local designers to boutique retailers.

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The staff at Moda have hosted UW Fashion Week and its runway show for the last five years. Each year, they’ve grown in audiences, events and designers.