11.   Dad is a Napa Valley wine grower and Mom designs bridal gowns in London.

12.   Discarded bridal gowns lay about her feet like enormous dollops of whipped cream.

13.   Enough to be shown scaling a snowy Alaskan peak in sleeveless bridal gowns.

14.   Even the famously funny British designer Vivienne Westwood sent a sumptuous bridal gown down the runway, albeit on a blindfolded, tied-up bride.

15.   Giorgio Armani is now making bridal gowns.

16.   He struggled along with what jobs he could find -- from working in an Italian pastry shop to making bridal gowns.

17.   In fact, my mom had begun looking at bridal gown patterns even before David popped the question.

18.   In fashion, color has always signified meaning, from white bridal gowns to little black dresses, from pink for girls to blue for boys.

19.   Indeed, some of its famous sales on bridal gowns and designer suits helped turn shopping into a contact sport.

20.   It became Westminster Abbey when she marched the length of it in a white satin bridal gown trailing a cathedral-length veil behind her.