Sentence examples for contemporary wedding from inspiring English sources

In the commercialised environment of the contemporary wedding, more and more brides are aspiring to this symbolism.

Its justly famed and poetic evocation of love is perhaps the most popular biblical reading at contemporary wedding ceremonies.

If he read Edward Streeter's classic and still irreplaceable novel "Father of the Bride," he would know that at any contemporary wedding, the host is the most powerless and invisible person present.

The couple in Lorenzo Lotto's "Portrait of a Married Couple" (1523-24), casually draped across one of the artist's signature Persian carpets, might almost be a contemporary wedding photograph.

Contemporary wedding culture is mutated, a rat king of flower crowns, cupcake towers, outfit changes, and, crucially, loads of fucking money.

This style goes best with a modern, simple dress at a contemporary wedding.

Yet are narcissistic brides solely to blame for the way in which contemporary weddings are, as Fraser put it, "specifically designed to be all about 'me'"?

The wedding, for example, includes an almost jocular aside about the lavishness of the gifts and the bride's clothes that first calls to mind the excess of contemporary weddings and then prompts a reflection on Mary and the cult of virginity.

Contemporary weddings often call for dressy dresses and sport coats, a dress shirt, and a ties like an outfit you might wear to a fine restaurant.

Such is the crossover these days that the designer Alice Temperley, whose bridal line is sold at retailers like Net-a-Porter.com, recommends dresses from her ready-to-wear and contemporary collections for wedding parties.

He seemed like a contemporary version of the wedding guest in "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner"—compelled to talk, over and over, about what had happened to him.