Weddings
Brides panic as wedding firm Confetti collapses
Filed under: Weddings, Families
Confetti, Britain's biggest wedding supplies company has collapsed, giving brides-to-be throughout the country cause to worry that their wedding dresses and presents will never arrive.The business provides wedding planning, venue hire and goods such as gifts and invitations. It has made most of its workforce redundant and has closed its five high street shops.
Buy a classy £15 engagement ring from Tesco
Filed under: Fashion, Freebies and Bargains, Weddings
It's hard to put a price on a commitment of love. But Tesco thinks it's £15, since that's the price of their engagement and wedding rings. It's traditional, of course, for the chap in love to blow a month's salary on the first ring. But times are hard, so £15 should do it, and the rest can go on the gee-gees.
Have a Chelsea-Clinton-style wedding on the cheap
Filed under: Economiser, Celebrity Pockets, Weddings
When Chelsea Clinton is walked down the isle by her dad on Saturday, she'll do so at a mystery venue, in front of celebrity guests like Steven Spielberg, Barbra Streisand and Tony Blair ( lucky girl) . She will also do it for an estimated cost of £2 million. And while the cost of her wedding to financier Marc Mezvinsky is unlikely to worry her dad, it needn't be so pricey. So how do you have a wedding with the trimmings, for less?
The wedding rip-offs exposed
Filed under: Weddings
There is one word that can double the cost of everything you buy - 'wedding'. Utter the magic word and the cost of everything from the venue to the decorations suddenly becomes up to twice as expensive. It's something that brides have been convinced about for years, and an investigation by Which? has revealed it's completely true.And while Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden isn't likely to be too fussed, after splashing the cash on her nuptials this week, the rest of us can be left seriously struggling. So just how bad are the wedding rip offs, and what can you do to stop them?
For richer, for poorer - wedding leaves us poorer
It seems that the days when the bride's parents would pay for the wedding are gone. New research reveals that couples in Britain are now more likely than their parents to be footing the bill for their big day. And it takes them on average ten months to save up for the big day.
David Walliams blows £80,000 on a wedding: get the look for less
Filed under: Weddings
David Walliams and his supermodel wife Lara Stone were married at Claridges yesterday, after reportedly spending £80,000 on the event. It was a celeb-studded ceremony, with guests including everyone from Ronnie Corbett to Elton John, Denise Van Outen, Richard and Judy - and of course Matt Lucas. There was no expense spared on everything from hiring furniture to the flowers (pictured). But £80,000 is an insane amount of money to blow on a party. So just how did they spend it? And can you get the look for less?
Wedding guests shell out £10.45 billion a year
Filed under: Weddings, Families
The average wedding guest spends a total of £380 in the run up to and during the day, according to new figures from Santander Cards.As a nation, that means we pay an incredible £10.45 billion a year on stag and hen dos, wedding outfits, travel to and from the venue, accommodation and presents.
The new bling - small and understated
Filed under: Weddings, Budgeting & Planning
It's every girls dream - being bought a gorgeous bit of bling by the one you love. And films do nothing to help the poor guys out there who feel under pressure to buy the perfect rock - some girls really are obsessed. Some of my friends have even started telling me what setting they'd like their diamond in, which cut and how many carats they want, in case their boyfriends ask me for advice when the time comes to pop the question. If that's got you quaking in your boot lads, don't worry - there's good news to follow. Small diamonds are in vogue.
Simon Cowell to wed four times, will this be the world's most expensive wedding?
Filed under: Celebrity Pockets, Weddings
Simon Cowell has spent a few years building up to his wedding, so he can be forgiven for going a little over the top. However, according to his mum, he may go to impressive lengths even for him - getting married four times to fiancee Mezhgan Hussainy.His mum claimed they will have four weddings - one in Barbados, one in Hollywood, one in LA and one in Brighton.
It's slightly perplexing - why would anyone need so many weddings?
There's a chance the plans outlined by Simon's 84 year old mum may be a deliberate or accidental smoke screen. But if he is planning four weddings, will this push him into the realms of the world's most expensive wedding?
He has some tough competition to beat.
Don't let your engagement ring come as a nasty surprise
Filed under: Investing, Weddings
Diamonds are a girl's best friend.... or are they? Your engagement could cost you dear this year as double digit growth in rough diamond prices threatens to send jewellery prices sky high.Since March 2009, rough diamond prices have risen by 55-60%. This is down to a lack of bank lending and many suppliers cutting production by up to 50% in response to the credit crunch.
Polished diamond prices are obviously dependent on the cost of rough ones and it won't be long before the price of polished diamonds shoots up, warns online retail jeweller Diamond Manufacturers. So it's really important to shop around if you're buying an engagement ring this year and you may want to do it sooner rather than later.
