in defense of the bridezilla
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The Wedding Industrial Complex
Carolyn Kennedy's dress crystallized the minimalism trend in fashion. Meghan Markle told Harper's Bazaar that she was heavily inspired by Carolyn's wedding gown for her own look. The shift from bespoke to made to order or even made to measure is in large part thanks to bridal focused boutiques in post-war America. In 1934, Mrs. Eva Becker of the Becker department store in Michigan started in the wedding gown business almost by accident.
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