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Summary: Unexpected Disappointment
Review: I expected to learn something new or fun and exciting for a person with a mid-level budget hence the title Real Weddings. All I read and saw were weddings for those people who do not have to worry about a budget. The pictures were beautiful as well as the weddings, but for those of us with mild incomes it was more of a Fantasy Wedding book as oppose to a Real Wedding.
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Summary: Nice but lacks a lot of helpful info.
Review: I thought this book would be helpful in "celebrating personal style" - It doesn't. It celebrates some very nice but very expensive traditional or theme weddings. These weddings also seem to have limitless budgets (e.g. spare no expense last minute change of venue to the groom's family estate in the south of France). Simply put, This is a very nice picture album. Nice pictures, nice cover.
NICE. Not helpful! Very little info and advice. If you want planning, dress ideas, favor/craft how-to's, time and money saving ideas this is not that book.
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Summary: Nice but lacks a lot of helpful info.
Review: If you identify with a bride whose SECOND choice for the wedding location was the groom's family's vineyard/estate in Provence (India didn't work out); for not one, but TWO brides who had the where-with-all to order TWO gowns (the first one was too froufrou); for a bride who had to "make do" with a Vera Wang gown after her fabric was destroyed in a fire, then this is the wedding book for you. In contrast to other wedding books, the text is (morbidly) fascinating; and there are more diverse brides represented in this book compared to others. However, almost without exception, every bride wore a long white dress and most (no matter what their age) wore veils. So, if you are looking for a book on alternative-type (in other words, real-world) weddings, this book does not fill the bill. You need to know, if you have limited funds, that the SMALLEST guest list was 50 (one wedding); every other wedding had over 100 guests, some up to 200. These are "real weddings"? This is fantasy land, where parents pay for the mega-expensive wedding, where the wedding is all about "the dress", the dream location, yada-yada-yada. Great belly laughs for those who are trying to orchestrate a real-world wedding.
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Summary: "Real" weddings for the fantastically rich.
Review: If you identify with a bride whose SECOND choice for the wedding location was the groom's family's vineyard/estate in Provence (India didn't work out); for not one, but TWO brides who had the where-with-all to order TWO gowns (the first one was too froufrou); for a bride who had to "make do" with a Vera Wang gown after her fabric was destroyed in a fire, then this is the wedding book for you. In contrast to other wedding books, the text is (morbidly) fascinating; and there are more diverse brides represented in this book compared to others. However, almost without exception, every bride wore a long white dress and most (no matter what their age) wore veils. So, if you are looking for a book on alternative-type (in other words, real-world) weddings, this book does not fill the bill. You need to know, if you have limited funds, that the SMALLEST guest list was 50 (one wedding); every other wedding had over 100 guests, some up to 200. These are "real weddings"? This is fantasy land, where parents pay for the mega-expensive wedding, where the wedding is all about "the dress", the dream location, yada-yada-yada. Great belly laughs for those who are trying to orchestrate a real-world wedding.
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Summary: I'm not getting married and I can't stop reading this book.
Review: REAL WEDDINGS is the PERFECT wedding book, as it illustrates, in witty text and luscious photographs, every facet of creating a wedding that is stylish, meaningful, personal and unique. As a professional wedding consultant, I deal with dozens and dozens of confused young (and not so young) women every year. They don't want to follow the "traditional" route that their mothers, aunts, grandmothers, etc. took down the aisle, yet they are on a difficult search to find fresh ideas to make their weddings beautiful and meaningful to them. REAL WEDDINGS is the answer. Mss. Kilbridge and Samson have created a book that is near to perfect in displaying a wide range of ideas for brides of all ages, economic backgrounds and personal styles. The weddings that they chronical are chockablock full of wonderful ideas that are easily adaptable. I LOVE this book. I encourage all of my clients to buy it.
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