The New American Wedding: Ritual and Style in a Changing Culture - Hardcover

Meier Delaney, Diane

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9780670034628: The New American Wedding: Ritual and Style in a Changing Culture
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ISBN 10: 0670034622 ISBN 13: 9780670034628
Publisher: Viking Studio, 2005

Synopsis

A guide for independent American brides who want to incorporate culture, style, and sophistication into a wedding offers advice on such topics as creating a personalized ceremony, balancing family expectations with personal desires, and managing the challenges of interfaith, interracial, and cross-cultural partnerships. 20,000 first printing.

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About the Author

Diane Meier Delaney opened her own marketing agency, MEIER, in New York City twenty-five years ago. Her work for clients such as Elizabeth Arden, Neiman Marcus, Maximilian Furs, and Esquire magazine has won her agency virtually every award in the advertising and marketing industry. She recently married BBC broadcaster and writer Frank Delaney.

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Delaney explains a New American wedding this way: "[It] isn't a cookie-cutter icon-laden rehash of tradition. It expresses the union of two grown-ups in unique and honest ways and celebrates the depth of the couple's relationship as well as the breadth of their lives." The author, founder of a New York marketing agency, offers a very personal guide (brimming with anecdotes from her own nontraditional marriage, as well as those of recognized style experts) to the "new set of options" facing New American brides. The proposal chapter notwithstanding, most sections are indispensable. For example, the chapter on the bridegroom acknowledges that men will probably become involved in the challenge of logistics and advises accordingly. Among Delaney's other counsel: "commitment jewelry" need not be a diamond (indeed, it doesn't even have to be a ring); Delaney cites one couple—he's Japanese; she's Celtic—who designed a ring celebrating their mix of cultures, and another who chose a diamond bracelet. The rest of the book addresses prewedding parties, bridal registries, dresses, attendants, ceremonies, receptions and honeymoons with an equally open mind. This rather literary guide, not given to bulleted points or charts, is a refreshing handbook for contemporary brides.
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Publisher
Viking Studio
Publication date
2005
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0670034622
ISBN 13 
9780670034628
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
256
Rating
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