There are about a billion and one things for brides to decide on, plan, and figure out. And if you're thinking of organizing an official after-party for guests post-reception, yup—that's another round decision-making to grapple with. The casual wind-down always works fine, but plenty of ladies these days are opting to put together something a little more organized (Kim had hers at her hotel's pool!). For married-to-bes at the end of their creativity tethers, we tapped wedding pro Kellee Khalil to suggest five unique options that guests will never forget.

Karaoke: "By the end of the night and with a little liquid courage, guests will be beyond ready to belt out 'Don't Stop Believing.' Because of that, I love the idea of keeping the party going at a local karaoke bar or even the hotel lounge," Khalil says. For the latter, see if your DJ's company has portable machines they rent out and ask the hotel if its entertainment system would be compatible. Khalil also suggested letting it get competitive, pitting the best man against the maid of honor or even the new Mr. and Mrs.

Camp Out: For rustic weddings, it'll be easy to segue to a campfire and stargazing. "Break out s'mores and keep mason jars on hand for fireside cocktails," Khalil suggests. "It can also be a fun and affordable option for people who decided to stay the night."

Have a #Throwback Night: "Millennials are all about nostalgia, so childhood friends and family will love a walk down memory lane." Do, watch, and listen to everything you loved in high school and college, whether that means dancing exclusively to Ace of Base or screening Mean Girls. Snack-wise, stock up on things you loved like Hot Pockets and Shark Bites.

Get Massages: For brides with large budgets, Khalil loves the idea of bringing in massage therapists to help everyone wind down. "It's a great alternative to an amped-up after-party, especially if guests have done a ton of dancing and are wiped out." If you like the idea but don't think you can accommodate everyone, consider just offering it to the bridal party as a way of saying thanks. Planning is instrumental to pull it off, so get an idea of how many guests would be interested and see if any area spas would have people available and if they'd offer a group discount.

Organize a Carnival: For an after-party that's just as impressive as the rest of the wedding, consider building your own fairground. "Spring for a popcorn machine, see if you can pay extra to have one or two servers from the wedding stay on as staff, and hire a caricature artist to do portraits of the party-goers that they can take home as a favor. If you're getting married in early July, you might even be able to catch a free fireworks display." For food, think of classic carnival fare: cotton candy, snow cones, and funnel cakes.

And for a morning-after after-party... OK, so it's not quite an after-party, but we loved Khalil's thoughtful alternative to the send-off brunch. "Instead of fraternizing and feasting the morning after the wedding, which can be really tough if you're hungover, treat guests to an early-bird yoga class," she said. "It's energizing and low impact, plus it'll help release toxins from all that boozing." She thoughtfully suggested skipping mimosas and Bloody Marys in favor of antioxidant-rich green, ginger, or peppermint teas: They all detoxify and help settle a queasy tummy.

For more super ideas from Khalil, see what she's been up to at Loverly.

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Mexican lingerie brand Ilusión thinks it's figured out a surefire way to inject some of a relationship's original spark back into it post-marriage: turn your wedding dress into sexy undies. The campaign is called Rewedding Nights, and the accompanying video shows women bringing their gowns to a team of seamstresses, only to watch as it's covered in marker, snipped, and pinned. [Cue: collective heart attack.]

The idea of repurposing fashion is cool, but the most sentimental piece in many women's wardrobes? And one that you might have spent a lot of money on? Maybe (maybe) if the end result was something super simple, but these bras and undies are sweet, but basic.

Destroying your wedding dress in order to improve your marriage seems questionable. Totally not strange? These sage pieces of relationship advice, crowd-sourced from Twitter.

Finding the perfect wedding dress is exciting, magical, and stressful. It's a big, once-in-a-lifetime sorta decision, made only more hair-pulling-out-worthy due to the fact that the majority of gowns come with big price tags. Enter Fame and Partners, an Australia-based company with a wide range of styles available in an equally wide range of colors.

Style names from left to right: Laced Floral, Anastasia, Isabelle, Helena, and Metal Muse

Every single one of the above dresses falls under the $300 mark (every single one!). The site's got a ton of styles for all kinds of brides, including two-pieces, crop tops, and short styles. Of the inventory, the vast majority of styles that are pictured in non-bridal colors can be done in more aisle-friendly options, like cream, champagne, ivory, off-white, and white—for instance, this pale blue gown is available in a crazy 44 different colors. Other brands offer bridesmaid dresses in a wide color palette, anticipating meeting the needs of all color schemes, but it's rare that you find one where white-based shades are also on tap.

The below dresses are also available in bride-ready colors (though it may require a slight uptick in price).

Fame and Partners Arcadia dress, $249, fameandpartners.com

Fame and Partners Modern Mesh dress, $259, fameandpartners.com

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A real-life love story just got some public attention in Garforth, England, where a husband pinned a sweet note to his wife's 1950s wedding gown before donating it to a charity shop. The handwritten note reads:

I wish any lady who takes this dress to have a life with her loved one, 56 years like I did. Happy years. I was a lucky man to marry a lady like mine.

Heart bursting yet? The folks at the hospice shop where it was donated asked the public for help identifying the man in order to thank him; they were able to locate him but he asked to remain anonymous. The dress and the surrounding publicity has meant only good things for the shop's charitable mission. The dress is listed on eBay and with seven days left to go, has attracted 70 bids and is currently going for $12,459.

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Tomorrow Sweden's Prince Carl Philip will wed longtime love Sofia Hellqvist, but before the big day, the glamorous couple had a formal pre-wedding dinner in Stockholm to attend tonight. The future royal picked a a short-sleeve, blue Zuhair Murad dress with a splash of crystals across the chest that was classic but attention-grabbing, reminding the world that she's got style on par with the chicest royals.

While it wasn't officially part of the wind-up to her wedding, we did get to see Sofia with her future family-in-law when they posed in traditional garb for the National Day of Sweden earlier this week.

Can't wait to see what the future Princess Sofia wears tomorrow? Tide yourself over with more than 30 of the most regal royal wedding dresses ever.

A modern-day Cinderella story: Sofia Hellqvist married Sweden's Prince Carl Philip earlier today, making her a real-life princess. The bride walked down the aisle to an Enya song on the arm of her father. Her wedding dress featured an illusion V-neckline with long lace sleeves, fairly similar to Kate Middleton’s wedding dress. Photos are scant at this point, but a few—mostly from people’s television screens—have popped up on Instagram:

Here’s a wedding dress rear view:

The Local has been sharing minute-by-minute Swedish royal wedding updates as the day unfolds. They’re reporting that Swedish star Salem al-Fakir performed Coldplay’s “Fix You” during the ceremony—interesting (or awkward) given Sofia’s much-publicized past as a reality-show star and one-time topless model, and the royal family’s efforts to transform her image.

When former reality-TV star Sofia Hellqvist swapped vows with Sweden’s Prince Carl Philip on Saturday, she certainly wasn’t the first commoner to marry into royalty—she wasn’t even the first in the family. Carl Philip’s older sister, Crown Princess Victoria, who’s next in line to the throne, married her former personal trainer, Daniel Wesling, in 2010, and his younger sister, Princess Madeleine, married U.S.-Brit businessman Christopher O'Neill in 2013.

The Swedish royal family: Sofia Hellqvist and Prince Carl Philip, Princess Madeleine and Christopher O'Neill, Crown Princess Victoria and Daniel Wesling.

More than half a century earlier, Welsh model Lilian Davies was already married when she met Sweden’s Prince Bertil in London in 1943. Due to objections from the prince’s father the two would wait 30 years to marry. Here she is between Princesses Madeline and Victoria in 2001.

More recently, of course, Kate Middleton—the daughter of a former British Airways flight dispatcher and air stewardess—married Prince William, second in line to the British throne.

Here are six more commoners who rose in the ranks to royalty on their wedding day:

Grace Patricia Kelly & Prince Rainier III of Monaco

Letizia Ortiz Rocasolano & Prince Felipe of Spain

Rania al-Yassin & King Abdullah II of Jordan

Charlene Wittstock & Prince Albert II of Monaco

Mary Elizabeth Donaldson & Prince Frederik of Denmark

Michiko Shoda & Crown Prince Akihito of Japan

Also: Close-Ups of Princess Sofia Hellqvist's Wedding Updo—and Her Stunning Tiara

Planning a night out in a strange city is hard enough—never mind several nights out with a group. If you’re taking your bachelorette party (or your best friend’s bachelorette) on the road, here are some tips to help you navigate the country’s hottest bachelorette destinations, courtesy of people who work in some of the cities’ most popular hotels.

NASHVILLE

DRINK
Tootsie’s, Layla’s, The Stage, Honky Tonk Central

PLAY

• Listen to live music downtown beginning at 11 a.m.


• Tour the Country Music Hall of Fame


• Take a Pedal TavernTour of the city and drink beer on board


• Ride the The Redneck Comedy BusTour


• Check out the Nash Trash Tour, a rowdy, risque tour books months in advance


• Take a Joy Ride on modified golf carts that hold four to six people; drivers work on a tip-only basis.

AUSTIN

DRINK
Rainey Street, another favorite of the locals, is lined with bungalows that have been turned into bars and restaurants.

PAMPER
Get your pretty on at Milk + Honey or Jackson Ruiz Salon; you can arrange for group discounts at the latter.

PLAY

• Pick up a club at Peter Pan Mini Golf


• Take a spin around Pinballz Arcade


• Paddle board or kayak at Ladybird Lake


• Hike the Greenbelt


• Make a splash at the Barton Springs Pool

MIAMI

DRINK
Lagniappe, The Broken Shaker, Wood Tavern

PAMPER
Take a seat at Snip’s blow-dry bar before hitting the town.

PLAY

• Stroll down Lincoln Road or get your butts to the beach. The hotel also has a pool deck.

CHICAGO

EAT
Public House, GT Fish & Oyster, Hub 51 offers brunch, lunch, dinner, and delivery. If you must try Chicago deep-dish, pay Lou Malnati’s Pizzeria a visit.

DRINK
John Barleycorn for craft beer and signature cocktails, or Pops for Champagne for bubbly.

PLAY

• Watch a chef-lead cooking demo at Mercadito.

NEW ORLEANS

DRINK
Arnaud's French 75 was voted the No. 1 spot to sip by NOLA.com and included in GQ’s list of Top 25 bars in the U.S. Swirl Wine Bar & Market offers free wine tastings on Friday nights from 6 to 8 p.m.

PAMPER
Waldorf Astoria Spa or Impact On Hair Designs

PLAY

• Tour the city—by foot, bike, Segway, or carriage


• Avoid the tourists and soak in some authentic jazz and blues on Frenchmen Street


• Take a step back in time at the Blue Room, an iconic live music venue where Frank Sinatra and Ray Charles were regular performers

PALM SPRINGS

DRINK
Pair desserts with craft cocktails, beer, or wine at Plate Glass.

PAMPER
Get your mani-pedi and massage with a glass of Champagne at Studio M Salon and Spa.

PLAY

• Ride the aerial tramway to the top of the mountain, then enjoy a cocktail at The Lookout Lounge before hiking down.


• Shop the boutiques in downtown Palm Springs.


• Sip champagne in the sky during a Fantasy Balloon Flight.


• If you’re in town on a Thursday, make your way to the Village Fest street fair for food, shopping, and live music.

CHARLESTON

DRINK
Sip your way through the city on a Charles Towne Pub Stroll

PLAY

• Shop to your heart’s content on King Street


• Take a carriage tour throughout the market


• Get adventurous with a Charleston Outdoor Adventures kayak tour

At all of the properties, speak to the staff ahead of time to see if you can ship decor (straws, streamers, etc.) rather than schlepping it in your suitcase. Some even sell decorations that you can buy ahead of time and have waiting for you.

Since this is a safe space when it comes to all things bridal, it's totally OK to admit that sometimes, size does matter (even if just for one random day, when you let yourself daydream what it would feel like to wear Kim Kardashian's crazy-huge rock). When you start to think about what sort of wedding band you want to wear alongside your engagement ring, it quickly becomes apparent that there are a ton of options. Still, not everything is going to actually make your engagement diamond appear larger.

To help, Emily Parker, a GIA-accredited private client consultant at Gemvara, broke down what factors will make bands extra-flattering to your engagement diamond.

Consider colored stones.
Classic diamonds are the most popular choice for wedding rings, but colored stones are gaining in popularity. "They'll definitely make a diamond pop, which can add to the overall look and help trick the eye into thinking the center stone appears bigger," Parker explained. If you don't want to break with tradition too dramatically, look for pale colors like light pinks, blues, and greens. They'll add something different without being too shocking.

Skip multiple bands.
"If you have a smaller diamond in your engagement ring, I wouldn't do multiple bands because they can take away from the diamond," she said. Wearing your engagement ring on your right hard post-wedding, keeping only your new band on the left, is another surefire way to make sure it's not overpowered by the new bling.

Keep everything else small.
In order to keep your engagement diamond looking like the largest stone, make sure it is the biggest one. Pick a thin wedding band with small accent stones, avoiding anything chunky or thick.

Look for a matched set.
Specially crafted bridal sets have fallen out of style a bit, but they're actually designed to show off your engagement ring, making them a wise choice. "Curved wedding bands designed to sit with a specific engagement ring will highlight the ring very nicely. They're typically made to sit right under the setting of your engagement ring, so it won't take away from the center stone."

Clean it.
"Regular cleanings will help keep diamonds sparkling, making it pop more. The more sparkly and white it is, the more it'll stick out on your hand, helping to make it appear bigger." Parker said to aim for having your pieces professionally cleaned a few times a year, though intricate settings can collect dirt easier, requiring more frequent sudsing.

If you're currently shopping for an engagement ring and hunting for the biggest look you can get for your buck, Parker says to look for a super simple setting with a thin band. Stone-wise, consider oval. "They're bigger in size at the same carat weight as a round stone, and they also appear bigger to the eye, especially when set on a thin band."

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When Nikki Reed and Ian Somerhaldertied the knot in April, there were plenty of professionals orchestrating their day. One of the biggest behind-the-scenes players: wedding planner Andrea Freeman, who has several celebrity clients on her roster. Here’s what she says celebs are doing as they plan their weddings—and how you can get married like an A-lister.

GET INSPIRED—AND THEN GET HELP There are lots of fun, fresh ideas for every aspect of your big day, from save-the-dates to aisle decorations to favor tables. Pick up wedding magazines and click through Pinterest—then bring your ideas to the pros to help decide if you can make them work. (Your florist will tell you if you have the budget for peonies in December or a 20-piece band.)

PICK A SURPRISING VENUE You should choose your venue before you make any other decisions (time of day, formality, color palette), so seek out something that’s meaningful to you as a couple. Hot on celebrities’ radar right now, Andrea says: private estates, floral gardens, rustic ranches, vineyards, and destination venues with breathtaking ocean views.

SPEND ON WHAT’S IMPORTANT TO YOU Even celebrities have a budget cap—so every bride and groom has to decide what elements they want to highlight. If flowers are your priority, spend more on tall arrangements for a guaranteed “WOW!” factor; if you care more about food than florals, opt for low, low-key centerpieces and warm candlelight.

DON’T LET TRENDS DICTATE YOUR STYLE A celeb who’s edgy in her everyday life will often pick a wedding dress that makes her feel exquisite—even if it’s not a trendy label or silhouette. Pick something that works for you and your body, never mind what’s happening on the red carpet.

GREET YOUR GUESTS WITH GIFTS If your friends and family have to travel to get to your wedding, say thanks by having an out-of-town guest bag waiting for them at the hotel. The basics, Andrea says, are something sweet, something salty, and a refreshing beverage; you could also include a personal note and a list of local restaurants and amenities. Celebs go above and beyond with something as fancy as a designer bath robe.

GET PERSONAL Celebrities might make a lasting impression with custom cocktails, monogrammed napkins, or different china at every place setting. Pick at least one personalized element that will make your wedding “just so YOU.”

LET ’EM REST Celebrity clients, Andrea says, often request lounge furniture by the dance floor as part of their celebration because they want their guests to feel comfortable sitting out a dance or two but to still feel like part of the party. Couches, plush pillows, or even blankets for outdoor events help to create a warm and inviting ambience.

Matchy-matchy bridesmaids might be falling out of favor among brides—lots of brides are content to choose a color and let their friends each pick a dress, matchy-ness be damned. And still, your bridesmaids might prefer to just buy a specific dress that you’ve picked out, for several reasons: (1) They don’t have time (or the desire) to spend searching for the perfect shade of Burnished Unicorn’s Breath Lavender to coordinate with your carefully selected color palette. And (2) They want you to love the dress, which is a lot more likely to happen if you go ahead and pick it yourself.

If you’re OK with just sending your friends a “ATTN: BUY NOW!” bridesmaid dress link, check out the new Serenity collection from Donna Morgan, which features fabrics, silhouettes, and details (sparkly sequins!) that your bridesmaids would probably choose to buy if left to their own devices.

The phrase “wear-again potential” always feels like a sham—does anyone, ever?—but the tutu-looking dress would be SO cute for a wedding guest.

Check out the entire Serenity collection on donna-morgan.com, and click back often for an on-sale date. (It’s reportedly coming any day!)

Sure, rain on your wedding day is supposed to be lucky, but if you’re wearing an expensive white dress and hoping for some pretty outdoor pictures, you probably aren’t feeling so lucky if the forecast looks like this:

After a month of flooding amid record-breaking rainfall, Texans are bracing for more wet weather as the remnants of Tropical Storm Bill move across the state.

For a wedding-venue owner, all the rain can make for some sad, sopping-wet brides. But Karen Moise, the owner of Ma Maison, is making lemonade from rain-soaked lemons: If it’s stormy on a day Ma Maison is hosting a wedding, she’ll put out a mason jar to gather the rain. After the wedding, she’ll seal the jar and send it to the bride and groom—so they can have their wedding rainwater blessed and use it for their future baby’s baptism.

How’s that for a sweet silver lining?

Obviously not every baby is baptized, but it’s a fun souvenir for wet-weather brides and grooms, regardless of your religion. One caveat: If you’re gathering rain on your own, freeze the water, or it will eventually evaporate, Karen says.

And try not to fret about your wedding pictures: Rain makes for spectacular photos. Here’s proof:

Mindy Kaling joined Seth Meyers on the Late Night stage last night and had plenty to say on bridesmaid-ing and how the whole gig is basically a racket—especially compared with how easy the groomsmen have it.

“When you’re a bridesmaid at a wedding, although it sounds kind of glamorous when you’re younger, but you’re essentially like a maid. You're like a slave, an unpaid slave, to the wedding,” she quipped. “You're a maid and you know it because you're wearing a dress that's the same color as the other maids, like your uniform, and your job is just to like guide grandparents and talk to foreigners and seat people who look confused, find the rings and stuff.”

Groomsmen, on the other hand: “When you're a groomsman, you're technically supposed to be helpful, but all they do is like drink beer and play with the dogs and stuff.”

Watch the clip here.

Um, YES. And yes and yes.

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When you’re planning a wedding, planning a honeymoon right after it can feel insanely overwhelming. And assuming you get the your big trip planned, you then have to pack for it. Which is actually the easy part, if you follow the Vacay plan: Start with five mix-and-match pieces, add three things you already own (a white shirt, denim shorts, and white jeans), toss in two bathing suits, and voila! All that’s left to do is pack your sassy honeymoon lingerie and toiletries.

So these:

Become this:

More than enough options for a weeklong tropical getaway—and close to enough for a two-week honeymoon, if you’re careful about spills. It’s almost too easy.

Vacay offers three collections, Antigua (above), Barbuda, and Nantucket. You can buy the pieces individually, or, for the Antigua and Barbuda, buy the whole collection (all five pieces) for less than $450. So at least one part of the planning process can be totally brainless.

In between rounds of karaoke-ing “Fancy” and “Black Widow,” The Late Late Show’s James Corden got Iggy Azalea to talk wedding last night. (Iggy and NBA player Nick “Swaggy P” Young announced their engagement earlier this month.) James also got Iggy into some wedding dresses—and then hopped into one himself.

The Australian-born rapper also told James that he can officiate the wedding if he gets ordained, and that she’ll have “four bridesmaids, literally everyone I'm friends with,” including Demi Lovato.

Watch the clip here.

Any guy can get one down on one knee with a ring, but when you’re proposing to a girl you’ve loved since you were both 10 years old, you’re probably going to plan something a little more grand. Which is why Sam wasn’t going to settle for been-there/seen-that when he asked his girlfriend, Jessica, whom he met in the fifth grade, to be his wife.

When Sam’s cousin Matty, who’s been writing and producing his own music for years, asked Sam and Jess to be the featured couple in his new music video, Jess was excited but not surprised. She and Sam were always up for supporting Matty, watching him play at local bars and appearing as extras in previous videos.

This video involved plenty of familiar extras—Sam’s sister, Jess’s twin, her parents, and other childhood friends. While the heavily orchestrated day—with costume and location changes—might have made some girls suspicious, Jess told How He Asked, “this was nothing out of the ordinary since all of our friends and family have always helped Matty out in the past.”

They filmed at LOVE Park in Philadelphia, at their parents’ homes, and, for the final scene, at a restaurant owned by a family friend.

“The scene was similar to the others we had filmed earlier in the day,” Jess recalled, “until Matty started playing the song. The entire day I had been told that the single was called ‘Under the Stars,’ but when Matty started playing, I realized it was a completely different song. I still didn’t really know what was happening until he sang the last line of the song: ‘I’ve been hoping that you’ll marry me someday.’”

Watch the proposal unfold here:

Read more about Sam and Jessica’s proposal story here.

In other proposal news: Mad Men’s Jessica Pare Explains Why She Was So Thrilled by a Fake Proposal

For brides want to look bridal, but with a little edge: Chiara Ferragni—a.k.a. fashion blogger The Blonde Salad—was front row at the Pronovias show during Barcelona Bridal Week, and it appears she’s partnered with the brand to modernize wedding dresses. Here she is doing bridal with a twist:

Both looks feel reminiscent of always-cutting-edge brand Houghton, which notably showed one of their gowns with a fur-lined moto jacket. And one of the brand’s T-shirt topped shirts was a favorite wedding ensemble from the fall 2015 runways. (Kind of evoking the times Sharon Stone paired office-friendly tops (a white button-down and a black turtleneck) with MAJOR skirts on the red carpet.)

Watch a Flawless Bridal Look for an Unconventional Wedding.

If you’ve ever shopped for bridesmaid dresses you know that there are thousands and thousands of styles available. So it’s surprising that brides across the country (along with their friends, we hope) are reaching for the same dresses over and over again.

We polled Bella Bridesmaids showrooms in five major markets to see which styles were local favorites; several designers were popular nationwide, and one dress in particular popped up among the Top 5* in every market. And these aren’t shops that carry two or three designers—the number varies by location, but the Birmingham, Ala., store offers dresses by 31 designers while NYC sells 21.
*Some cities had a Top 5, while others only had clear-cut best-sellers in the Top 3 spots.

Something else surprising: While brides and bridesmaids have been clamoring for cocktail-length dresses, it seems they’re still buying the floor-length gowns. (There’s only a single above-the-knee dress in the mix below.) They’re also making more-expensive picks: Several locations carry lower-price lines, such as Wtoo, but most of the dresses below are in the mid-$200 to low-$300 range.

Here’s the breakdown:

DENVER
1. Ceremony by Joanna August Newbury Long. 2. Jenny Yoo Annabelle Convertible Bridesmaid Dress. 3. Adrianna Papell Art Deco Beaded Blouson Gown.

NEW YORK CITY
1. Jim Hjelm Style 5358. 2. Jenny Yoo Annabelle Convertible Bridesmaid Dress. 3. Amsale Style G851C. 4. Adrianna Papell Art Deco Beaded Blouson Gown.

SAN FRANCISCO
1. Amsale Style G938C. 2. Adrianna Papell Art Deco Beaded Blouson Gown. 3. Jenny Yoo Annabelle Convertible Bridesmaid Dress. 4. Ceremony by Joanna August Newbury Long.

BIRMINGHAM
1. Amsale Style G851C. 2. Adrianna Papell Art Deco Beaded Blouson Gown. 3. Jenny Yoo Annabelle Convertible Bridesmaid Dress. 4. Lula Kate Zoe with Cocktail Skirt. 5. Ceremony by Joanna August Lacey Long.

AUSTIN
1. Ceremony by Joanna August Newbury Long. 2. Adrianna Papell Art Deco Beaded Blouson Gown. 3. Donna Morgan Stephanie. 4. Amsale Style G783C. 5. Nouvelle Amsale N319.

Worth noting: These are the silhouettes that are the most popular but not necessarily the colors brides are snapping up. (Although dusty pastels and grays are still huge.)

Watch How to Do Wedding Makeup.

If there was a noticeable lack of leggy models in your neck of the woods over the weekend, it’s because they were all in the Dominican Republic to watch Victoria’s Secret’s Arlenis Sosa swap vows with basketball player Donnie McGrath.

The breathtaking bride was joined by fellow Victoria’s Secret catwalkers Toni Garrn, Lais Ribeiro, Sessilee Lopez, and Eniko Mihalik, as well as Hana Mayeda, who’s also modeled for the brand. Take a look:

A photo posted by Sessilee Lopez (@therealsessilee) on Jun 21, 2015 at 9:20am PDT

A photo posted by Sessilee Lopez (@therealsessilee) on Jun 21, 2015 at 9:14am PDT

Las modelos, celebrating the newly married @realarlenissosa. @latintale #admwedding

A photo posted by Glam Belleza Latina (@glamlatinamag) on Jun 20, 2015 at 4:40pm PDT

A photo posted by Eniko Mihalik (@mreniko) on Jun 21, 2015 at 8:32am PDT

A photo posted by Anais Mali (@realanaismali) on Jun 21, 2015 at 3:08am PDT

A photo posted by JOCHY FERSOBE (@jochyfersobe) on Jun 22, 2015 at 6:55pm PDT

A photo posted by Hana Mayeda (@hanamayeda) on Jun 22, 2015 at 5:36am PDT

An awesome example of model-bride behavior: The soon-to-be-Mrs. even picked up her pal from the airport:

A photo posted by TONI GARRN (@tonigarrn) on Jun 16, 2015 at 7:01am PDT

Ruby Rose—the new girl on the cell block who has Orange Is the New Black fans buzzing—is not a single lady. The actress has been engaged to Phoebe Dahl, a British fashion designer, since March of 2014.

A photo posted by Phoebe Dahl (@faircloth_supply) on Jul 21, 2014 at 8:51am PDT

The founder of Faircloth & Supply—also the granddaughter of writer Roald Dahl and cousin of Brit model Sophie Dahl—last year shared this engagement ring picture with the caption: “Luckiest girl alive! You surprise me every day my love. I’m so proud to wear this ring. @rubyrose86”

A photo posted by Phoebe Dahl (@faircloth_supply) on Aug 12, 2014 at 6:49pm PDT

Ruby said in a radio interview that she was the first one in the relationship to propose marriage, but Phoebe was the one who got down on one knee:

“The next day I wake up at 5 A.M. and she’s broken into my house! I freak out because I think someone is going to rob me and she gets down on one knee and says, ‘Will you marry me?’” the actress told Australian radio station KIIS. “I’m like, ‘Is this a prank? Get the F out of here!’ She said: ‘I’m absolutely serious—I love you and want to spend the rest of my life with you.’”

Phoebe’s fashion career was born when she was grounded as a teen fended off boredom by learning to sew. “I ended up making these brightly colored circle skirts with elastic bands,” she told Racked. “I was just pumping them out like crazy and selling them to all the girls at school for $50 apiece. I was making serious money!”

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