Weddings are a balance of honoring history and creating something that feels distinctly yours. For some couples, traditions feel grounding; for others, they feel like obligations or boxes to check.

A wedding can feel modern, personal, even spontaneous, but the details most couples treat as automatic were formed centuries ago, often for reasons that would be questioned today. The deeper you look, ...

Wedding tradition in the South is nothing to be messed with. It starts the moment we say “yes,” and it ends well after we say “I do.” Everything in between is a flurry of celebration (including dozens ...

A sweeping white gown. A teary-eyed father walking his daughter down the aisle. A vow to "love, honor and obey." When most people picture summer wedding season, familiar memories of classic traditions ...

Couples today are honoring their roots in fresh, thoughtful ways, and this trio of newlyweds is among the latest to catch our eyes. (And you can see many more examples in our real wedding section.) ...

Weddings have always been rich with tradition, but take a peek back to the early 1900s, and you´ll find customs that feel downright bizarre by today´s standards. Here are 18 wedding traditions from ...

If you’re in the midst of wedding planning, you might want to get your notebooks handy because some once-popular trends and traditions are going out of style, according to a wedding planner with over ...

While you may be familiar with the American traditions of marriage—the bride wearing white, a couple exchanging rings, and vows that end in “I do”—there are endless unique wedding traditions around ...