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Welcome to the Wedding Boom. How Couples are Handling the Busiest Season in 40 Years
Title (Dublin Core)
Welcome to the Wedding Boom. How Couples are Handling the Busiest Season in 40 Years
Description (Dublin Core)
This is a news story about the rising amount of weddings happening in 2022 after some couples have had to put them off. This story by NPR details changing wedding trends along with it. Wedding dress retailers such as David's Bridal say the demand for maternity wedding dresses is at a 10% increase. Wedding site, The Knot, has had a 25% increase. Financial stress in planning these weddings has also increased. Mandy Connor, a wedding planner, notes that one of her clients was hit with a 30% increase in overall cost between the contracted estimate and the final bill. This article does a good job at showing changes in wedding trends based on how retailers are reacting.
Date (Dublin Core)
March 24, 2022
Creator (Dublin Core)
NPR
Event Identifier (Dublin Core)
HST580
Partner (Dublin Core)
Arizona State University
Type (Dublin Core)
Text story
article
Link (Bibliographic Ontology)
Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)
English
Consumer Culture (shopping, dining...)
English
Home & Family Life
Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)
wedding
relationship
bride
groom
wedding dress
finance
Contributor's Tags (a true folksonomy) (Friend of a Friend)
wedding
inflation
supply chain
stress
maternity
wedding dress
relationship
economy
retail
Collection (Dublin Core)
COVID Bride
Linked Data (Dublin Core)
Date Submitted (Dublin Core)
03/31/2022
Date Modified (Dublin Core)
04/01/2022
08/02/2022
Date Created (Dublin Core)
03/24/2022
Item sets
This item was submitted on March 31, 2022 by [anonymous user] using the form “Share Your Story” on the site “A Journal of the Plague Year”: http://covid-19archive.org/s/archive
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