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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
This glittering cohort of twelve brides has each brought their sense of personal style to their wedding day looks.
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Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 24 Dec. 2024
Gottlieb and Katz both credit a shift towards more unique shapes in general—with more and more brides wanting distinctive, fashion-forward rings that the algorithm hasn’t served them a thousand times before.
—Elise Taylor, Vogue, 20 Dec. 2024
Enter Patricia Voto, the designer-cum-bridal-whisperer behind One/Of whose atelier on East 70th Street has quietly become the place for discerning brides.
—Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 18 Dec. 2024
Then there are the brides and grooms who want to march to the beat of their own drums and do something wildly different.
—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
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
Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 24 Dec. 2024
Gottlieb and Katz both credit a shift towards more unique shapes in general—with more and more brides wanting distinctive, fashion-forward rings that the algorithm hasn’t served them a thousand times before.
—Elise Taylor, Vogue, 20 Dec. 2024
Enter Patricia Voto, the designer-cum-bridal-whisperer behind One/Of whose atelier on East 70th Street has quietly become the place for discerning brides.
—Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 18 Dec. 2024
Then there are the brides and grooms who want to march to the beat of their own drums and do something wildly different.
—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
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
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“Brides.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brides. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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