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a woman who has just married or is about to be married
a new bride the mother of the bride
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Recent Examples of brides
Then there are the brides and grooms who want to march to the beat of their own drums and do something wildly different.
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Boutayna Chokrane, Vogue, 9 Dec. 2024
Multiple Vogue wedding brides this past year have instead embraced food—from cakes to fruits—as the focal centerpiece.
—Boutayna Chokrane, Vogue, 9 Dec. 2024
To tie it all together, both brides wore coordinated floral headpieces.
—Alexandra Schonfeld, People.com, 8 Dec. 2024
Weddings are deeply emotional occasions, but these three brides shed even more happy tears on their big days.
—Ronnie Li, USA TODAY, 7 Dec. 2024
No one knows this better than luxury bridal designer and bridal boutique owner Mark Ingram, who has held the hand of countless brides through their own journeys.
—Fairchild Studio, WWD, 7 Dec. 2024
Since establishing his eponymous brand more than two decades ago, Ingram has a reputation for creating a luxury experience built solely on word-of-mouth referrals — with many generational brides passing through his atelier.
—Fairchild Studio, WWD, 7 Dec. 2024
Whether adorable, touching, or surprising, these magical moments of matrimony are memories to last a lifetime for the brides and everyone who witnessed them.
—Ronnie Li, USA TODAY, 7 Dec. 2024
These are commonly worn for ceremonies in religious spaces that require more modest coverage, or by brides who want to create variation in their looks throughout the day.
—Shelby Wax, Vogue, 6 Dec. 2024
Boutayna Chokrane, Vogue, 9 Dec. 2024
Multiple Vogue wedding brides this past year have instead embraced food—from cakes to fruits—as the focal centerpiece.
—Boutayna Chokrane, Vogue, 9 Dec. 2024
To tie it all together, both brides wore coordinated floral headpieces.
—Alexandra Schonfeld, People.com, 8 Dec. 2024
Weddings are deeply emotional occasions, but these three brides shed even more happy tears on their big days.
—Ronnie Li, USA TODAY, 7 Dec. 2024
No one knows this better than luxury bridal designer and bridal boutique owner Mark Ingram, who has held the hand of countless brides through their own journeys.
—Fairchild Studio, WWD, 7 Dec. 2024
Since establishing his eponymous brand more than two decades ago, Ingram has a reputation for creating a luxury experience built solely on word-of-mouth referrals — with many generational brides passing through his atelier.
—Fairchild Studio, WWD, 7 Dec. 2024
Whether adorable, touching, or surprising, these magical moments of matrimony are memories to last a lifetime for the brides and everyone who witnessed them.
—Ronnie Li, USA TODAY, 7 Dec. 2024
These are commonly worn for ceremonies in religious spaces that require more modest coverage, or by brides who want to create variation in their looks throughout the day.
—Shelby Wax, Vogue, 6 Dec. 2024
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“Brides.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brides. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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