Spare Change

After I bought my dress, the dress, I promised myself I wouldn't look at another gown again in fear that I would compare and second guess. I changed my mind, but the good news is that I still love my dress the best. I find myself drawn to gowns that are the most similar or invoke in the same kind of romantic and vintage feeling. Then there are the ones that are very opposite my dress—short and sassy—the kind that I would want if I was many years younger and the average marrying age (it's now 26!). The dresses I see today aren't the kinds that I remember my friends wearing as they started getting hitched many moons ago. So many chic designers are a part of the wedding industry now, and even dress designer Monique Lhuillier is branching out further and creating a line of dinnerware with Royale Doulton. There's so much talk of change with today's Presidental candidates, and it holds true with marriage too. There are sacred vows being said everywhere from Tennessee to Tinseltown. I think brides today...with the help of their grooms of course...can help bring those daunting divorce rates down. Change is good.