in defense of the bridezilla
High Brow
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This is an episode that's accompanying a video which was published on Monday. Mina asks for audience participation in these types of episodes. Tell me a story, a weird funny story about a wedding you went to or a wedding that you know someone else went to. We're gonna be talking about royal weddings and the bridezilla phenomenon.
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This is an extended version of Mina's the "perfect" wedding dress is a myth video, including digressions in royal weddings and bridezilla discourse, as well as some crazy wedding stories from the listeners!
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Written by Mina Le, Ella Gray, and Sophie Carter
Edited by Sophie Carter
Music by Olivia Martinez
Cover by Lindsay Mintz
SOURCES
The Fake Poor Bride
How 20-Year-Old Queen Victoria Forever Changed Wedding Fashion | Vanity Fair
Creating her space - Philippa, princess of England, queen of Sweden, Denmark and Norway, and Vadstena Abbey | Mia Åkestam - Academia.edu
A Natural History of the Wedding Dress - JSTOR Daily
Etiquette of Trousseau - White Wedding Dress Origins - Godey's Lady's Book, August 1849
White Wedding Dress: The History Of The Most Popular Bridal Gown | British Vogue
The Wedding Dress: 300 Years of Bridal Fashions by Edwina Ehrman
The exchange of the princesses
Royal Weddings Are a Fairy Tale. They Used to Be High-Stakes Diplomacy.
The royal weddings that shaped European history - Vox
Modernising royal weddings: a historical perspective
Public reception - Royal Weddings
History's most lavish royal weddings
Grace Kelly’s bridal gown is cited as a masterpiece and best-remembered bridal gown of all time
4 Ways Royal Weddings Have Influenced the Modern Wedding Industry | Wed Society
The Ugly Incest Secret Behind History's Royal Families
Tongan crown prince marries second cousin
Wedding Costs: Who Pays for What Traditionally?
Japan’s Princess Mako marries and loses royal status.
Royal flush? How much are taxpayers paying for the Royal wedding? - Full Fact
Royal wedding 2018: Who's paying? - BBC News
Princess Beatrice’s Tiara Came With Deep and Symbolic Royal Connections | Vanity Fair
The Evolution of Bridal Style Through the Years
They Were the First - NYTimes.com
"Pity June Bride! War Trims Trousseau." UPIs 20th Century Top Stories, May 08 1943, ProQuest. Web. 21 June 2023.
Queen Elizabeth II bought her wedding dress with WWII ration coupons
Bridalwear Through the Decades: How Historical Events Have Impacted Bridal Fashion
What To Wear To A Wartime Wedding | Imperial War Museums
Grace Kelly’s Royal Wedding Dress
A Brief History of the Strapless Wedding Dress - Racked
How Did Priscilla Presley Find Her Dream Las Vegas Wedding Dress?
Priscilla Presley Didn't Like Wedding Dress She Wore to Marry Elvis
The Story Behind Bianca Jagger's Seminal YSL Wedding Suit
Vera Wang said Mariah Carey's voluminous 1993 wedding dress was influenced by Princess Diana
25 Years Later, Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy’s Wedding Dress Still Stuns | Vanity Fair
Everything We Know About Meghan Markle's Wedding Gown
Our Legacy - Becker's Bridal - Michigan Bridal Shop
Hedda Kleinfeld Schachter Dies at 99; Built an Empire of Tulle and Satin - The New York Times
How David's Bridal went from bridal-dress domination to the 'Walmart of weddings' and its second bankruptcy filing in 5 years
The best and worst wedding dresses worn in movies
A history of wedding dresses
This is the Average Wedding Dress Cost in 2023
Count Down to a Wedding: Bucking Tradition by Wearing a Short Dress
How ‘bridezilla’ became this summer’s biggest sexist slur
AITA for refusing to go to my best friend's wedding because of her bad attitude towards my girlfriend? : r/Bridezilla
The Average Wedding Cost in 2022, According to Data
The Agonizing Wedding Expectations Behind the Sexist 'Bridezilla' Stereotype
Opinion | A Feminist Defense of Bridezillas - The New York Times
When the Bridezilla label was thrown my way, I realised no one was safe from this sexist trope
Strapless wedding gowns: They’re unflattering. Why are they so popular? Section: DoubleX
It's OK to Spend $12.50 on a Wedding Dress Now
Keep up with High Brow on Instagram!
Subscribe to the Patreon!
and keep up with Mina on Youtube, Instagram, and Tiktok!
Written by Mina Le, Ella Gray, and Sophie Carter
Edited by Sophie Carter
Music by Olivia Martinez
Cover by Lindsay Mintz
SOURCES
The Fake Poor Bride
How 20-Year-Old Queen Victoria Forever Changed Wedding Fashion | Vanity Fair
Creating her space - Philippa, princess of England, queen of Sweden, Denmark and Norway, and Vadstena Abbey | Mia Åkestam - Academia.edu
A Natural History of the Wedding Dress - JSTOR Daily
Etiquette of Trousseau - White Wedding Dress Origins - Godey's Lady's Book, August 1849
White Wedding Dress: The History Of The Most Popular Bridal Gown | British Vogue
The Wedding Dress: 300 Years of Bridal Fashions by Edwina Ehrman
The exchange of the princesses
Royal Weddings Are a Fairy Tale. They Used to Be High-Stakes Diplomacy.
The royal weddings that shaped European history - Vox
Modernising royal weddings: a historical perspective
Public reception - Royal Weddings
History's most lavish royal weddings
Grace Kelly’s bridal gown is cited as a masterpiece and best-remembered bridal gown of all time
4 Ways Royal Weddings Have Influenced the Modern Wedding Industry | Wed Society
The Ugly Incest Secret Behind History's Royal Families
Tongan crown prince marries second cousin
Wedding Costs: Who Pays for What Traditionally?
Japan’s Princess Mako marries and loses royal status.
Royal flush? How much are taxpayers paying for the Royal wedding? - Full Fact
Royal wedding 2018: Who's paying? - BBC News
Princess Beatrice’s Tiara Came With Deep and Symbolic Royal Connections | Vanity Fair
The Evolution of Bridal Style Through the Years
They Were the First - NYTimes.com
"Pity June Bride! War Trims Trousseau." UPIs 20th Century Top Stories, May 08 1943, ProQuest. Web. 21 June 2023.
Queen Elizabeth II bought her wedding dress with WWII ration coupons
Bridalwear Through the Decades: How Historical Events Have Impacted Bridal Fashion
What To Wear To A Wartime Wedding | Imperial War Museums
Grace Kelly’s Royal Wedding Dress
A Brief History of the Strapless Wedding Dress - Racked
How Did Priscilla Presley Find Her Dream Las Vegas Wedding Dress?
Priscilla Presley Didn't Like Wedding Dress She Wore to Marry Elvis
The Story Behind Bianca Jagger's Seminal YSL Wedding Suit
Vera Wang said Mariah Carey's voluminous 1993 wedding dress was influenced by Princess Diana
25 Years Later, Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy’s Wedding Dress Still Stuns | Vanity Fair
Everything We Know About Meghan Markle's Wedding Gown
Our Legacy - Becker's Bridal - Michigan Bridal Shop
Hedda Kleinfeld Schachter Dies at 99; Built an Empire of Tulle and Satin - The New York Times
How David's Bridal went from bridal-dress domination to the 'Walmart of weddings' and its second bankruptcy filing in 5 years
The best and worst wedding dresses worn in movies
A history of wedding dresses
This is the Average Wedding Dress Cost in 2023
Count Down to a Wedding: Bucking Tradition by Wearing a Short Dress
How ‘bridezilla’ became this summer’s biggest sexist slur
AITA for refusing to go to my best friend's wedding because of her bad attitude towards my girlfriend? : r/Bridezilla
The Average Wedding Cost in 2022, According to Data
The Agonizing Wedding Expectations Behind the Sexist 'Bridezilla' Stereotype
Opinion | A Feminist Defense of Bridezillas - The New York Times
When the Bridezilla label was thrown my way, I realised no one was safe from this sexist trope
Strapless wedding gowns: They’re unflattering. Why are they so popular? Section: DoubleX
It's OK to Spend $12.50 on a Wedding Dress Now
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