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...gown-a white silk princess-line dress with flowing medieval sleeves. The 15 seamstresses, who made the gown for an off-the-rack fashion house that Anne has long favored over the royal dressmakers, had each sewn into the hem a lock of her hair. Tucked into the bridal bouquet of white roses, lilies of the valley and stephanotis was "something old" -a sprig of myrtle grown on the Isle of Wight from a sprig of Queen Victoria's wedding bouquet-and a bit of white heather for good luck...
...while adhering as well to the unities of time, place and action. To be sure, nothing much happens. In Act I, some workmen put up a spacious lawn tent for the wedding of their boss's daughter. In Act II, they decorate it for the bridal-reception party. In Act III, they clear away the debris of empty champagne bottles and strike the tent...
...reason may have been her romance with Michael McAlaskey, 24, the Republican schoolmaster she met last summer while both were campaigning against Britain's entry into the Common Market. After her marriage to Michael in Tullyodonnell, County Tyrone, Bernadette halted in the church graveyard and placed her fiery bridal bouquet of red carnations on the grave of an IRA officer who had been shot by the British army. Then the pair drove off on their honeymoon, leaving with a relative Roisin, Bernadette's 21-month-old daughter, whose father she has never named...
...information long familiar to other expense-account societies: anywhere from one-fifth to four-fifths of all entertainment expenditures are bogus. One hard-drinking salesman spent $3,000 a month at 38 different bars; investigators found that he usually drank alone. An executive put his daughter's wedding-bridal kimono, banquet, honeymoon and all-on his expense account. In fact, it is common practice in Japan to phone a friend at another company and ask permission to use his name for some fictitious entertainment. "I have done it whenever I needed a stiff drink for myself and my staff...
Today the cavelike walls of Let There Be Neon are decorated with some 80 classic objects of the fading art. There is something to fit the taste of every neon connoisseur, from a 1938 WE RENT TUXEDOS AND BRIDAL GOWNS sign ($125) to a magnificent $225 fixture reading IRVING'S KOSHER. For those with a political bent, there is a huge sign exhorting the voters to ELECT LAZZARA SENATOR for $100. ("We don't know if he won or not," says Romanoff.) The gallery also includes some contemporary fixtures designed especially for home decorating: large neon circles...