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18 Apr | Amanda Fitzsimmons | No Comments

Is It Un-Feminist to Want to Lose Weight for My Wedding?

Q: I have more than a year to go before marrying my amazing fiancé, but I recently went bridal shopping and bought my dream dress—a silk crepe fit and flare that shows off my curvy, hourglass shape. The problem? I’ve struggled with negative body image in the past, and while I’ve gotten comfortable with the …

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18 Apr | Amanda Fitzsimmons | No Comments

These Wedding Party Gifts Are Exactly What We’d Pick Out

We all get obsessed with weird, specific things when we’re wedding planning. I read the contents of the APW mailbag, y’all. I know what’s inside your brains. And while everyone obsesses about different things, personally I was all up in my head about wedding party gifts. I wanted to give my best people perfect presents; …

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17 Apr | Amanda Fitzsimmons | No Comments

The Fashion Celebration of the Year Is Happening Soon – and You Can’t Miss It

You know we love a good fashion week, and when that fashion week takes place in the amazing city of Barcelona and includes designers like Reem Acra and Marco & Maria, we book our flights and start counting the days. Which means that on April 23 – 27th, we’ll be soaking in all of the …

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17 Apr | Amanda Fitzsimmons | No Comments

The MOH Wants Me To Buy Five Specific Outfits for the Bachelorette

Q:DEAR AMY, I’m in an awkward situation. I have a good relationship with my future sister-in-law. I’m going to her bachelorette party, and this will be the first time I’ll meet most of her friends. For background, there will be about fifteen of us at the bachelorette weekend—mostly her sorority sisters. The groom’s sister and …

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17 Apr | Amanda Fitzsimmons | No Comments

Five Ways To Slay A Women’s Tuxedo

var ClickMeter_pixel_url = ‘//pixel.watch/lucm’; googletag.pubads().definePassback(‘/39950040/BC_1x1_i/APracticalWedding_1x1_i/APracticalWedding1x1(TheBlackTux)_IO1244_P3’, [1, 1]).display(); A few years ago, we got an email from an APW reader asking where all the hot tuxedos for women were. She was going to be in her brother’s wedding, and a long black dress just didn’t feel like her vibe, so a tuxedo seemed like the perfect …

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16 Apr | Amanda Fitzsimmons | No Comments

What’s The Hardest Part Of Wedding Planning?

Last year four of my closest friends got married, and I joked that I spent the year as a Professional Wedding Therapist (Why is that not an actual thing? Who wants to trademark that with me?). You’d think given the half century or so since weddings became full-scale productions (rather than casual affairs thrown at …

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16 Apr | Amanda Fitzsimmons | No Comments

The 61 Coolest Wedding Gift Ideas For 2018

Let’s talk wedding gift ideas. Sure, nine times out of ten, you’re probably popping a check in an envelope with the cutest seriouslysofun card you could find at Papyrus. Or, ordering that thing from that one place (yawn) off the wedding registry and putting all your creative effort into the prettiest gift wrap you can …

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13 Apr | Amanda Fitzsimmons | No Comments

APW Happy Hour

Hey APW, By this point, you already know about the big project we’ve been working on behind the scenes for weeks: The Compact Summer Camp. We’ve pulled this project together in just about a month, in large part because our team is just so excited about it. We’re delighted to get out from behind our …

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13 Apr | Amanda Fitzsimmons | No Comments

Announcing: The Compact Summer Camp

Ten years ago I started APW as a personal wedding blog, and well, we all know the rest. It’s been a crazy and amazing ride. But a decade ago: before Instagram, Pinterest, emojis, and the constant flood of Facebook’s newsfeed, my goal was simple. I wanted to foster a community of smart, amazing, delightfully weird …

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13 Apr | Amanda Fitzsimmons | No Comments

The Perfect Signature Cocktail According to Your Netflix Binge

There are some wedding planning tasks that are equal parts fun and difficult. Settling on the perfect signature cocktail to concoct for your wedding is often one of them. While I like to believe I’m an amateur mixologist, the options for a well-crafted wedding signature cocktail are endless and can feel daunting. Whether you binge …

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