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Hmmm... Seems if you're going to spend TWENTY MILLION DOLLARS on a wedding cake, you'd want it to be pretty ...

You're thinking of a 1920's wedding? You'll want 1920's music, of course -- and how about some 20's dancing, too? And what is the quintessential 1920s dance? The Charleston, of course!

Here we have some pretty talented university students showing us how this energetic dance is done:


If that all looks a little too athletic for you, let alone Great-Aunt Agnes, here is a clip showing the steps in a more sedate version, complete with step-by-step Charleston instructions.

But remember: Aunt Agnes could well recall seeing her older cousins do this dance a time or two in her youth. Let the toe-tapping strains of the Charleston waft around the dance floor, and she might just have a surprise or two for you!

Most people going through divorces like to keep things quiet. Breakups are very painful and private, and celebrities and socialites dread seeing their divorce drama in the tabloids. Usually.

High profile New York couple Philip Smith and Tricia Walsh-Smith are now entering a high profile divorce, thanks to a YouTube video made and posted by Tricia, the scorned, hurt, and angry wife. In the 6-minute video with nearly 200,000 views to date, Tricia tearily tells her side of the story. Before an embarrassing tirade about their personal life, Walsh-Smith explains how the prenup she signed will leave her with nothing if her husband succeeds in kicking her out. The catch is that he has to have grounds for divorce, which she claims do not exist -- and they may not have existed... before this video went public.

What do you think? Is she someone you could sympathize with, or is she just being vindictive and childish?

For your entertainment: forty-nine seconds of silliness! If your mother ever called you a "silly goose", we'll just hope she had nothing like this in mind. We're sure that, on your wedding day, you look nothing like the bridal models here... "That's something you don't see every day!" Indeed. Which is probably a good thing, all in all...

When it comes to such an important question as "Will you marry me?," most people don't even ask unless they already know the answer will be yes. That goes double for proposals on the jumbotron at a major sports event, or something that's widely televised -- at least, one would hope.

Here's a guy who was a bit hasty with his big public proposal. When he arranged to propose at half court at a nationally televised Houston Rockets basketball game, he didn't get the reaction he expected:

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Our friends at Asylum think this may be fake -- just a publicity stunt. But it looks pretty real, and pretty devastating. What do you think?

Chap and Maura's wedding video is one of the most romantic videos we've seen - period. It has all the charm of a French movie and more heart than any Hollywood romance. The music still haunts us days after first seeing the video.

It was shot by Josh Goleman (a friend of the couple) and is intimate and beautiful - take a look and tell us that your heart doesn't skip a beat when you see them kissing on the "Rocky" steps.

We wish Chap and Maura a lifetime of joy - thank you for sharing your beautiful wedding with us!

(Via The Bedlam of Beefy and Black Eiffel)

Cynical, or reality? Me, I feel sorry for the guy.

My daughter has chosen the song she wants sung at her wedding. Given that she's only 14 and hasn't really had a boyfriend yet, we have lots of time to decide for sure. But for now, having just seen Juno, this is her pick:






Not such a bad sentiment, for a wedding.

I read an interesting post by Terrica over at Fabuluxe Events this morning. She's highlighted 20 new concepts that have changed the face of weddings.

On my own, I'd not have come up with such an exhaustive list but everything she has written about is spot on. The biggest change in wedding planning (in my opinion) is the impact the Internet has had, and the most spectacular new photography trends, ones that I really really love, are photojournalism and cinematography.

There's something just brilliant about making a movie of your wedding day and if you're about to get married and haven't thought about doing this, then I can only encourage you to try and jiggle and tweak your budget to include an HD movie because, believe me, your day passes by in a dreamy haze and it's impossible to recapture every moment with memory alone. Yes, you'll have photographs and they are great, and videos are good too, but they just capture the highlights, whereas a film is going to give you a fantastic, in-depth look at everything that took place.

One thing that Terrica didn't mention though, and it's one of the most astounding trends in weddings, is just how much money couples are spending on their big day. It's not something I endorse or even understand, quite frankly, and I'd have sleepless nights if I spent over £30 000 ( about $60 000) on celebrating one day in my life. But there you go, OTT weddings are all the rage.

And my two favourite planning trends? That would have to be the DIY bride, and the 'green' bride, without a doubt.

It makes me grin from ear to ear. It makes me shake my head in disbelief. It makes me clutch my belly and guffaw. What am I going on about? "Dancing Brides."

Brides who think they've 'got the moves, baby'. Seriously, there are wedding videos out there of bridal couples and even entire wedding parties, putting on a mini-musical extravaganza. Sounds okay, right? I mean, why not dance your heart out? Well yes, if they could actually dance, but what I'm seeing are people looking hilarious as they strut their stuff on the dance floor.

Check it out. There's this video below, of a zany bride and groom doing something resembling the chicken dance, and then there's this one here of all the wedding attendants, and the bride and groom, doing some sort of Michael Jackson special.

When my husband proposed, it was like Christmas. Not because it was cold -- it was August in Florida -- but it was this HUGE, AMAZING THING that I'd been waiting for and really looking forward to for a long time, and it was everything I'd hoped for and more, and then ... it was over. That sounds negative, and I don't mean that it was a bad thing at all. It's just that, for some of us, the anticipation of a wonderful event is sometimes as great as the event itself, no matter how much it exceeds expectations.

However, once you're an old engaged or married lady, like me, you can still get your proposal kicks by watching these proposal videos on Brides.com. These are proposals on ice, at Rockafeller Center in NYC, and it truly is magical and romantic. I dare you not to cry!

Added bonus: you get to vote for your favorite couple, and then vote for the Sandals resort you think they win a trip to. And, even better, you can vote for which Sandals resort YOU want to win a trip to! Woo hoo!

Vera Wang has given us style, class and gorgeous gowns for years now, and you can certainly find that in this collection. Sadly, however, the whole "spring flowers" thing has gone to her head ... and the bride's butt.

The immense fabric roses on shoulders are all right, if that's your thing. I rather liked the purple fluff on the model's right shoulder (the one in the silver dress), though I feel rather badly for the poor girl pictured below, whose white wedding corsage seems to have turned into The Blob that Ate the Bride. The green lichen creeping up the small of the back is ... questionable, but to each her own, I guess.

But the bright purple butt-ruffle? I know we're always seeking that so-important "back interest", and this is certainly ... interesting. But come, now: On a baby's butt, a flurry of frills can be cute. (Cheesy, but cute. Babies can get away with murder.)

On an adult, it's merely murderous. No, no, no.

It's a commercial, of course, one you may have seen, but it's still funny. Let's all hope that none of your bridesmaids thinks she looks strangely familiar ...

Well, we've seen some truly bizarre wedding moments here on Aisledash. From weird wedding photos to weird wedding ceremonies and a haunted house wedding too.

And now there's this very peculiar Thai wedding. Seven couples tying the knot in what has to be one of the oddest ceremonies I've ever seen. There are scorpions clambering over one bride, there is a bride and groom climbing into a double coffin and there's a whole bunch of scary Halloween-style make-up.

According to this blog, the couples hoped their rituals would exorcise jinxes and help them to live in harmony. As one of the grooms said, "The wedding today represented the happy marriage like if we died we will die together."

Whatever floats your boat, is what I say.

Not only did this couple arrive at the church on horseback , the entire ceremony took place there. I wonder if they rode off into the sunset for their honeymoon, too? Here's the truth about weddings: they celebrate you and who you are. I will bet that for this couple, this was the perfect wedding.