 27 Bizarre and Beautiful Innovations for Brides::Anyone who's ever had to plan a wedding has experienced the inevitable fear of holding your big event at the same time and venue as your best friend; that scenario is exactly what Anne Hathaway and Kate… [MORE] |
 Cable Car Cuisine - Dining in the Singapore Sky::Dining in the sky isn’t exactly unusual in Singapore. You can board one of the string of cable cars and travel from Mount Faber to Sentosa Island three times while being served a meal for about $200 per… [MORE] |
 Global Marital Self-Portraits - Kimiko Yoshida Dresses As Brides of Different Cultures::These beautiful images are the work of French-Japanese photographer Kimiko Yoshida who, over the past seven years, created a series of self-portraits in which she presents herself as a bride from a variety… [MORE] |
 Divorce Calculators - Interactive Marriage Survival Statistics::We have all heard the dismal statistics on marriage, or perhaps more appropriately, divorce. Now there is a website that can help you calculate the odds of your marriage's survival, much like the sites… [MORE] |
 His and Hers Facial Hair - Bride and Groom Wear Matching Mustaches::In the true spirit of offbeat weddings, this eccentric bride and groom chose to slap on matching fake mustaches for the occasion.
Not only did Erin and Jared decide to wear matching mustaches themselves… [MORE] |
 Animal Weddings - Paired Up Pets Get Hitched::In the human world, statistics show that tying the knot is becoming increasingly less appealing, and that the odds of a marriage lasting a lifetime are unfavorably stacked against us.
I wonder how holy… [MORE] |
 Green Brides - Earth-Friendly Wedding Gowns::Weddings are a big business. So big, in fact, that there are niches within the industry that are booming. Green weddings are one of them.
There are a lot of things that can be swapped out for environmentally-friendly… [MORE] |
 Professional Divorce Photography - Cherishing the Last Memories of Your Hated One::Divorce seems more prevalent than marriage in many nations around the world. With that in mind, Italian photographer Gianni Fasolini has a business plan to capitalize on this growing population: offer… [MORE] |
 Finger-Print Wedding Bands - Camille Hempel Rings::We’ve featured fingerprint rings before on Trend Hunter, but Camille Hempel’s line of custom-made fingerprint rings also includes a band modeled after a custom print of a finger.
Camille Hempel’s rings… [MORE] |
 Weddings on Portable Beds - 1000 lb Man Gets Married::The world’s heaviest man recently married his longtime girlfriend. Mexican, Manuel Uribe once weighed 1,230 pounds (560 kilograms) and made it into the 2006 Guinness Book of World Records. Since then,… [MORE] |
 Nerdy Marriage Proposals - Geek Hacks Video Game to Pop the Question::One of the most creative and yet nerdy marriage proposals has been carried out by a man who hacked the video game "Chrono Trigger" to get his message across to his girlfriend. The computer science student… [MORE] |
 Mass Weddings - 700 Couples Wed in Joint Ceremony::This month, in the Republic of Artsakh, 700 young couples celebrated a bizarre mass wedding which saw them joined in holy matrimony at the exact same time.
The huge combined ceremony was sponsored by… [MORE] |
 Voicemail For Lifestory Memoirs - LifeOnRecord::A company called LifeOnRecord offers an automated way to have friends and family from around the country call in and record stories, memories, and well-wishes for special occasions. Those messages can… [MORE] |
 Pixie-Themed Hotels - Fairy Love Bed and Breakfast::At Fairy Love Bed and Breakfast, you can indulge all your fairy fantasies of the woodland kind. Wear your pointy ears to dinner in the evening without being stared at, or don fairy wings in the nearby… [MORE] |
 Loose Wedding Tresses - Fall Brides Let Their Hair Down::For years, brides' tresses have almost exclusively been updos, but for the fall of '08, things are switching up a bit. Ladies in white are now being encouraged to to relax a bit and make their wedding… [MORE] |
 Ecomoons - Recyling Rubbish for Air Miles Honeymoon::A British couple spent three months scouring the streets, day and night, collecting recyclable garbage in order to pay for their honeymoon flights with Air Miles.
The couple collected 60,000 pieces of… [MORE] |
 Unwedding Celebrations - Divorce Cakes::Shanna Moakler seems to have invented the 'divorce cake,' or at least she made it more mainstream after her much publicized breakup with Travis Barker of Blink-182.
Thanks to her help, celebrating the… [MORE] |
 Hamburger Cakes - The Whopper Wedding Burger::Fast food junkies, Tom and Kerry Watts, celebrated their marriage with their dream wedding cake - a 42 pound, half a meter wide hamburger.
The gigantic burger weighed the equivalent of around 100 quarter… [MORE] |
 10 Unorthodox Wedding Cake Toppers::Who says a wedding cake has to be topped with the standard bride and groom standing right next to each other? In the age of alternative wedding vows, customized cakes and unorthodox wedding sites, there's… [MORE] |
 Morbid Marriage Venues - Couple Weds at Funeral Home::The "till death do us part" portion of traditional wedding vows takes on a whole new meaning in the case of this not so traditional couple who recently tied the knot at Starks and Menchinger Family Funeral… [MORE] |
 Music Video Brides - Pamela Anderson Weds for Piligrim::In a new music video for Pilgrim, Pamela Anderson will walk down the aisle once again.
The serial bride slipped into another white wedding dress to star in a film clip for Piligrim's song, "Rave of Motors".… [MORE] |
 Edible Video Game Art - Super Mario Wedding Cake::I imagine that this Super Mario Kart wedding cake was heartbreaking to cut despite the happiness of the occasion for which it was made.
The wedding cake itself is black chocolate cake filled with bittersweet… [MORE] |
 One Day Gowns - Maggie Sottero Glams Up Your Wedding Day::Fathers of the bride cry? They do when they shell out the samoleons for a wedding dress only to realize it will be dumped on the floor of the honeymoon suite in a few hours. But I digress, these are gorgeous… [MORE] |
 Bridal Couture Previews - Spring 2009 Wedding Dresses::Spring is the time of year in which many people choose to say, “I do.” Is it any wonder why? Spring brings an abundance of fresh life and new beginnings. Likewise, designers have created a beautiful… [MORE] |
 Wedding Dress Trashing - The Art of Dress Destroying Photos::“TRASHING?” Maybe we should call it RECYCLING. I mean, we spend tons of our valuable time and even more money finding the perfect wedding dress. Then we wear it one day and put it away forever… Is that… [MORE] |
 Brides Against Breast Cancer - Wedding Gown Charity Drives::What woman doesn’t dream of the PERFECT wedding gown at some point in her life? Sometimes, the perfect wedding gown can be hard to find, but NOT ANYMORE thanks to the Pink Envelope Project’s latest campaign.… [MORE] |
 Same-Sex Wedding Cards - Hallmark Capitalizes on Ellen DeGeneres' Marriage::After Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi tied the knot, the media was abuzz with gay marriage, and Hallmark wasn't ready to miss out.
Hallmark recognizes what most U.S. States don'’t:– same-sex marriage… [MORE] |
 Famous Landmarks as Treat Holders - Candy Containers by Studio d. Sharp::Forget the predictable loot bags and party favours; these creative candy containers by Studio d. Sharp, inspired by world famous landmarks, will really arouse some excitement from your guests. Denise Sharp,… [MORE] |
 Getting Married at 1000 ft - Weddings on a (Biplane) Wing::A British couple, Darren McWalters, 24, and Katie Hodgson, 23, tied the knot from atop the wings of two biplanes flying side by side at 1000 ft.
Both were in full wedding regalia, the bride in a long… [MORE] |
 Dating by DNA - GenePartner.com::Do you want better sex, increased fertility and the greatest chance of a long-lasting relationship? These are the most convincing arguments on a new site called GenePartner.com. The website offers to find… [MORE] |
 Celebrity Gay Marriage - Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi Plan Dream Wedding::Ellen DeGeneres (50) and Portia de Rossi (35) are planning a California-style luxurious dream wedding. They are both secretive about the details, but did say that the ceremony will be covered on Ellen’s… [MORE] |
 Alien Matrimony - Space Weddings::Now, you can combine two once-in-a-lifetime events - getting married and going up into space. Space Wedding, a business partnership of Rocketplane Kistler Japan and wedding planner First Advantage, has… [MORE] |
 California Gay Marriages - Matrimonial Numbers Spike::Officials all over the state of California have been frantically issuing marriage licenses to gay couples in the past 2 days, since the Supreme Court lifted the ban on same-sex marriages. The number of… [MORE] |
 Arranged Marriage Reality TV - HBO Now Casting Volunteers::We’ve pretty much seen everything there is to see when it comes to reality television. We’ve witnessed extreme examples of what people will do for money and what people will do for love. But what about… [MORE] |
 Hello Kitty Weddings - Become Princess Kitty at Daiichi Hanyu::Not to offend Hello Kitty fans, but I think that Hello Kitty weddings are unquestionably tacky.
A Japan-based hotel chain, Daiichi Hanyu, is offering professionally-themed Hello Kitty weddings. In a not-so-innovative… [MORE] |
 Celebrity Wedding Photographers - Ashton Kutcher Nikon Ads::A while back Trend Hunter told you about Nikon’s new campaign starring comedy actor Ashton Kutcher. The campaign has been very successful in reaching out to geeks, the celebrity-obsessed and the cool… [MORE] |
 Unusual Wedding Bands - Contorted Rings::Designer David McCaul conceived these contortionist-worthy, unusual weddings rings for brides-to-be. The rollercoaster-shaped rings certainly make beautiful as pieces of art but I cannot imagine how they… [MORE] |
 Gothic Weddings - Kate Moss' Rock'n'Roll Gown::While some people might have negative thoughts about a gothic wedding, I can't help think that the rock'n'roll themed wedding Kate Moss is planning will be fabulous, especially the gown she'll end up wearing.… [MORE] |
 Wedding Caps - Fiona Bennett Hats::Fiona Bennett is famous for her crazy hat creations which have resulted in her earning a very prominent following. As unexperienced as I am with wearing hats, I have to say some of her designs are rather… [MORE] |
 Disposable Theme Cameras - Our Wedding Day Camera::Wedding Favours is a Canadian company that produces disposable film cameras with a theme. The wedding camera for example, is enveloped in white adorned paper with golden letters that read "Our Wedding… [MORE] |
 Space Weddings - Virgin Galactic Ceremonies::People say they want their weddings to be out of this world, but thanks to Virgin Galactic, that could become a literal reality.
Richard Branson says he's looking to make it possible for couples to get… [MORE] |
 Top 61 Unconventional Weddings - Modern Matrimony From Engagement to Divorce (SUPER GALLERY)::Wedding season is finally upon us. If you're looking for tips for a traditional wedding, you'd better leave now. If you're looking for cutting edge and quirky, read on!
The following bits of trend candy… [MORE] |
 Offbeat Wedding Cake Toppers - Argumentative Bride & Groom::Not a fan of brideszillas? (Get over it, girls) These non-traditional cake toppers really tickled my fancy. I love the idea of having an arguing couple on top of a cake. Lets face it, that will be a million… [MORE] |
 USB Engagement Ring - Swarovski Flash Drive::We've seen a much of ultra geeky, yet highly unique gadgets to aid in marriage proposals, but these USB Flash Drive Swarovski Crystal Engagement Rings make it pretty high on my list of geek chic proposal… [MORE] |
 Capitalizing on Rising Divorce Rates - Wedding Ring Coffin::People are getting divorced at rates higher than ever before. It seems people are shocked to find out a couple has actually made it over the 10 year mark. Capitalizing on the growing trend to divorce,… [MORE] |
 Diamond Defender - Killer Engagement Ring::I'm not joking, this design by Tobias Wong is really called 'Killer Engagement Ring'. It is a sturdy diamond ring whose point faces out, turning it into a potentially lethal weapon. The diamond sharp edge… [MORE] |
 Chic Outdoor Weddings - Chapel of La Estancia::This beautiful little chapel in Mexico will provide simplicity and tastefulness for those who desire an outdoor wedding but are still looking to have the feel of a chapel for their vows.
Bunker Arquitectura… [MORE] |
 Popping Fashion - BubbleBody Wedding Dress::Nobody can resist bubble wrap. It's practical and fun to play with. So why not design some clothes made from this fun material? BubbleBodyWear is for those who enjoy touches... or crave more touches. What… [MORE] |
 Radical Elopement - Double Proxy Weddings::Are proxy weddings the future of matrimonial services?
By proxy I mean either bride or groom, is unable to attend the ceremony, but the wedding takes place anyway. Someone usually takes the place of… [MORE] |
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