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Welcome to the Wedding Boom. How Couples are Handling the Busiest Season in 40 Years

Title (Dublin Core)

Welcome to the Wedding Boom. How Couples are Handling the Busiest Season in 40 Years

Description (Dublin Core)

This is a news story about the rising amount of weddings happening in 2022 after some couples have had to put them off. This story by NPR details changing wedding trends along with it. Wedding dress retailers such as David's Bridal say the demand for maternity wedding dresses is at a 10% increase. Wedding site, The Knot, has had a 25% increase. Financial stress in planning these weddings has also increased. Mandy Connor, a wedding planner, notes that one of her clients was hit with a 30% increase in overall cost between the contracted estimate and the final bill. This article does a good job at showing changes in wedding trends based on how retailers are reacting.

Date (Dublin Core)

March 24, 2022

Creator (Dublin Core)

NPR

Event Identifier (Dublin Core)

HST580

Partner (Dublin Core)

Arizona State University

Type (Dublin Core)

Text story
article

Link (Bibliographic Ontology)

https://www.npr.org/2022/03/24/1088053579/wedding-boom-couples-handling-busiest-season-40-years
https://web.archive.org/web/20220401203956/https://www.npr.org/2022/03/24/1088053579/wedding-boom-couples-handling-busiest-season-40-years

Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)

English Consumer Culture (shopping, dining...)
English Home & Family Life

Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)

wedding
relationship
bride
groom
wedding dress
finance

Contributor's Tags (a true folksonomy) (Friend of a Friend)

wedding
inflation
supply chain
stress
maternity
wedding dress
relationship
economy
retail

Collection (Dublin Core)

COVID Bride

Linked Data (Dublin Core)

HST 580 Professional Experience/Archives course

Date Submitted (Dublin Core)

03/31/2022

Date Modified (Dublin Core)

04/01/2022
08/02/2022

Date Created (Dublin Core)

03/24/2022

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