Wedding dresses

Green options transforming a wedding industry prone to waste

By LEANNE ITALIEMay 18, 2022 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — The wedding industry remains fraught with waste, but a growing contingent of brides and grooms is pushing for more sustainable changes, from the way they invite guests to the food they serve and the clothes they wear.

Legacy of the Plains exhibit features bridal wear throughout history

Irene NorthMay 29, 2018 GMT

GERING — Olivia Garl straightens a groom’s jacket after she adjusts it on a mannequin. It’s more than 100 years old, but it has been well-cared for and she makes sure it’s in its best presentation form for the new temporary exhibit at the Legacy of the Plains Museum.

Homegrown fashion industry bursts onto scene in Cuba

By ANDREA RODRIGUEZOctober 17, 2016 GMT

HAVANA (AP) — Like so much else in Cuba, shopping for clothes isn't easy.

Buying a simple pair of socks or a T-shirt means choosing between the wildly overpriced, shoddy offerings of state-run stores and the bales of low-priced clothing illegally imported by "mules" traveling from the United States, Ecuador or Panama...