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  • Kelly Lynne Photography Part of the store's inventory Department stores had 85% of the wedding-gown business nationwide in the 1950s, but Becker's stayed afloat through word-of-mouth in small Michigan towns.

    One 'Magic Room' That Links Generations of Brides Jeffrey Zaslow 2012

  • Elizabeth Dye, a wedding-gown designer, enjoyed a sandwich with roasted Maitake mushrooms for about $8 during her first visit recently.

    Sweet Woodruff John Letzing 2012

  • White-Glove Treatment Here's how four wedding-gown preservation services compare:

    After 'I Do,' Can This Wedding Dress Be Saved? Deborah Lynn Blumberg 2011

  • "Cleaning is the most important part of a gown preservation," said Sally Lorensen Conant , executive director of the Association of Wedding Gown Specialists and owner of Orange Restoration Lab, a wedding-gown preservation company in Orange, Conn.

    After 'I Do,' Can This Wedding Dress Be Saved? Deborah Lynn Blumberg 2011

  • Bruce Oldfield, rumored wedding-gown contender, making the morning-show rounds and acting coy!

    'Kate-alikes': Would-be princesses find a new muse in Kate Middleton 2011

  • After all there is something about a wedding-gown prettier than in any other gown in the world.

    Chicken Soup for the Soul: True Love Jack Canfield 2009

  • After all there is something about a wedding-gown prettier than in any other gown in the world.

    Chicken Soup for the Soul: True Love Jack Canfield 2009

  • Yes, sure enough, that was it — little Polly had been in straits for money: the next news he heard was that she had bought and was stitching her wedding-gown.

    Australia Felix 2003

  • When the ball began, he was too vain of his rank and precedency to suffer any one else to lead the bride down the first dance; but she was not, I believe, much obliged to him for his politeness; it cost her the tail of her wedding-gown and a broken nail, and she continued lame during the remainder of the night.

    Complete Project Gutenberg Collection of Memoirs of Napoleon Various

  • Matilda chose for her wedding-gown a gorgeous robe of white satin, and all the preparations for the event were on a lavish scale.

    Mr. Pat's Little Girl A Story of the Arden Foresters Mary Finley Leonard

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