Mix’n’Matrimony

Keep it old school with the best traditional options, or mix it up with our grab bag of innovative alternatives By Mary E. Morrison

One bad experience at a bridal megastore will send you running faster than Jennifer Wilbanks. Hightail it instead to to VWIDON, the bridal boutique of husband-wife team and School of the Art Institute grads Kenneth Park and Carla Hwang. Vwidon creates sleek and unique custom gowns inspired by the arts. Or, for new and “once-wed” designer gowns at the fraction of the cost, visit White Chicago…

— Excerpted from Time Out Chicago, 2/06