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WEDDINGS

APRIL 2016 •

PPB

• 43

Wedding

Trends

For 2016

Photography/videography drones

Social media hashtags

Retro

menswear

His-and-hers cocktails

Fresh-picked floral

arrangements;

freeform bouquets

Mixed-gender

wedding parties

(think man of

honor and

groomsmaids)

Metallics in the

color schemes

and stationery

Custom-created monograms

• The bridal business is a

$48

billion

industry.

• In 2015, the average cost of a

wedding fell somewhere between

$29,000

and

$31,000

—

honeymoon not included.

• Approximately

2.5 million

weddings are performed each

year in the U.S.

• Marshall Field’s became the first

store to launch a wedding reg-

istry, in 1924.

• Many couples request donations

instead of gifts; vetted charities

include the I Do Foundation,

and Brides Against

Breast Cancer.

HOLY MATRI-

MONEY