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Is The Sexism Of The Wedding Industry Mirrored In My Relationship?

This pink shit is gonna make me lose my mind

Q: I am a year out from my wedding date, I recently began the wedding planning process, and I see what...

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How To Cancel Your Wedding

Your step-by-step guide to calling it off

When I wrote about how to cancel your wedding a few years ago, I thought, “Sure, this might be helpful...

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Do Black Bodies Matter At Bridal Fashion Week?

When will diversity hit the runway?

As a fashion journalist and bride-to-be, attending Bridal Week in New York City was basically a no-brainer. I’d have the...

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Should We Postpone Our Wedding Because My Parents Are Getting Divorced?

I'm starting to plan my wedding. My parents are starting to divorce.

Q: My partner of four years and I recently decided to get engaged and get married. We’re both very excited....

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It’s Time To Get All The Shitty Men In America Fired

I have nothing but time and rage on my hands

We were right in the middle of the Kavanaugh hearings when I lost my well-honed, socially trained ability as a...

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Get Started Wedding Planning

Wedding Checklist: Complete & Lower Stress

4 Ways to Make Wedding Planning Less Stressful

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Wedding Colors: 10 Fresh & Hip Combos

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How To Create A Perfect (For You) Wedding Budget

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This Is My Love Letter To Corey Torpie Photography In NYC #sponsored

She's pretty much a hero

Making the transition from longtime APW reader and cheerleader to official team member was pretty surreal: working remotely on the...

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What Are You Doing For The Holidays This Year?

And are you having politics on the side?

When my husband and I got married, the major holidays were pretty easy to parse out between our two families....

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35+ Winter Wedding Dresses Fit For An Ice Queen

We've caught the chill

I know, I know, usually, the wedding industry can’t get its head out of the springtime inspo. It’s all pastels...

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APW Happy Hour

Making more with less

Hey APW, As those of you who have been following along know, the past few months have really been something....

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It’s Gina’s Final Wedding Dress

What it's like having a custom wedding gown made as a plus size bride

When I was a little girl, I loved to wear dresses. Though I was a tree-climbing, dirt-clodding, dog-wrangling sort of...

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Should I Get Back Together With The Fiancé Who Dumped Me?

Or am I setting myself up for more heartache?

Q: About a year ago, after nearly seven years together, and six months engaged, my fiancé broke up with me....

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What Happened When I Asked 100 Women For Their Friendship

How one talk helped me make friends and land my reach job

We are so excited to be bringing you the second of our Compact Summer Camp recap posts. We’ve partnered up...

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I’m A Stay-at-Home Mom And A Feminist Badass

Traditional roles in a contemporary world

I wake up when my husband does, early in the morning, and I pack his lunch while he showers and...

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This Is What Tradition Means To Me As Queer Wedding Vendor

And how I embrace it while queering it up at the same time

When APW first started back in 2008, it was a small but fierce contingent of sane, logical folks attempting to...

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4 Tips to Help You Stop Procrastinating On Your Wedding Album

Bonus: Save 20% if you do it this month!

Before I got married, making a wedding album always held a nostalgic charm for me. I loved looking at my...

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Is It Normal to Have Post-Wedding Anxiety?

I'm supposed to be the chill bride

Q:So I just got married, and I was expecting that in the days and weeks afterward I’d be full of...

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APW Happy Hour

The end of an era

 Hey APW, This week, instead of hammering away at our computers hanging out virtually with y’all, we’ve been hard at...

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Our $22K Austin Autumn LGBTQ Wedding Was Gorgeous AF

Wedding jumpsuit FTW!

Plan a time to eat! We set aside a fifteen-minute window after family photos/during cocktail hour to sit and eat...

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Am I Overcomplicating The Hell Out Of My Bridal Shower?

How do bisexuals do mixed gender showers?

Q: Throughout my wedding planning process so far, I’ve wrestled with so many traditions and their convoluted histories, and come...

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The Moment My Marriage Felt Like A Huge Mistake

The fight that made me question everything

We were just a few months into our marriage, and I found myself curled up in bed with tears trickling down...

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This Is How You Do Stylish Table Decor Without DIY

The lazy girl's guide to making your wedding pretty, without breaking your back

When I planned my own wedding, oh so many years ago, the very first thing I put on my priority...

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Should I Move My Wedding Date For My Bridesmaid?

She's not engaged yet—but I am

Q: I need advice on how to approach a situation with my bridesmaid. I got engaged in March of this...

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This Photographer Was Once Described As A Wedding Doula #sponsored

If that's not the highest compliment, I don't know what is

Ionce heard the process of hiring a wedding photographer compared to a string of bad Tinder dates. And oh man,...

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Apply To Be An APW Writing Fellow In 2019

Join The APW Team!

It’s been a few years since we offered APW writing internships (what can we say, we’ve been busy). But our...

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APW Happy Hour

Everything is on fire, so come hang out with us tomorrow!

Hey APW, I feel like every week I’m like… well it’s been a week. But you know, it has. As...

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