What the altar-bound of today end up buying from their numberless vendors is a dog's breakfast of bridal excess - part society wedding of the twenties, part Long Island Italian wedding of the fifties. It's The Philadelphia Story and The Wedding Singer served up together in one curious and costly buffet.

To Hell with All That: Loving and Loathing Our Inner Housewife (ed. Back Bay Books, 2011) - ISBN: 9780316186537