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...Priscilla Kidder, owner of the tony Priscilla of Boston bridal shops, is having the biggest year "dollarwise" of all her 45 in business. Phil Weiss, a wedding coordinator from Skokie, Ill., suggests, "Go to downtown Chicago on any given Saturday, and you'll see wedding parties of $15,000 to $40,000 all over the place." Philip Youtie, vice president of the Bridal Marketers Association of America and owner of a large bridal chain with headquarters in Fort Lauderdale, adds it up simply. "There are fewer brides but bigger weddings," he says. "People are bringing that money out of cubbyholes...
...Atlanta, who went into upscale bridal consultancy after designing a gown for former Georgia Governor George Busbee's daughter Beth, notes that satin and silk-satin blends are the most popular fabrics at the moment. "Organza is out, out, out," she says. "But tulle touches are coming back." Priscilla Kidder believes, "The girls went into ivory tones when the dresses their mothers had put away turned ivory from age. But wedding gowns themselves haven't changed. The most popular is still the very full, classic gown of stiff silk-satin...
With such novels as Wise Virgin (1983) and Scandal, or Priscilla's Kindness (1984), English Author A.N. Wilson has won increasing renown as a satirist in the classic mode, a chronicler of lofty ideals and comic, mortal diminutions. His name has been mentioned in the same breath with that of Evelyn Waugh; comparisons to Barbara Pym have not been lacking. Readers aware of Wilson's reputation will naturally turn to Gentlemen in England expecting some laughs and intelligent fun. They will not be disappointed, but they may be surprised by the range of humors that arise in the course...
...Everybody showed tremendous improvement this year," Crimson Coach Priscilla Choate said. "The performance in the nationals show how hard they worked all year...
...including Mothers Against Drunk Driving, to supply slogans. The organizations, in turn, encourage their supporters to buy the checks and use them for paying bills. A new check commissioned by the National Organization for Women debuted this week. Its message: EQUALITY FOR WOMEN. Message!Check is the creation of Priscilla Fenton, 38, a former Seattle Symphony fund raiser, and Amy Larkin, 31, who once produced financial reports on Wall Street. They have received orders for 3,000 batches, containing 200 checks each, for which they charge $14, or about twice what standard checks cost. For each batch of checks sold...