Southern Gal here (and we KNOW our etiquette): A gift is never required as entry fee to a wedding or any event. If you receive an invitation, your presence is all the honor required. Registry information is NOT to be included on an invitation because that would suggest a gift is expected. Modern etiquette updates…

I’m from a very gift-y family. Big gifts are expected. But NOT from young people and not from cousins of any age unless they are practically siblings. And your gift is very big for a young couple/cousin.

I think that’s insane. If your gift were given specifically for or at the shower, then yes, you give a separate gift for the wedding (at least, that’s the etiquette where I live). But if your gift weren’t a shower gift, then you only need to give a gift for the wedding, and how much you spend on it is your business…

I think coconut milk ice cream is vastly superior to soy milk ice cream.

I once had a table headed by a woman with a very thick Deep South accent and a few missing teeth. Try as I might I could not understand what she wanted to order. To avoid offense, I smiled brightly, explained to the whole table that I was a little hard of hearing, and asked if she wouldn’t mind writing down what she…

I don’t know. I’m a Gen Xer, and we had Z. Cavariccis, Girbauds, Tommy Hilfiger, Polo, etc. We were much more brand-centric, and favored more expensive clothing that we weren’t bothered being seen in on more than one occasion. Millennials are different in that (and many other) regards.

That is certainly true for the younger end of the Millennials, but J. Crew’s problem isn’t that they’re missing the Forever 21 fast fashion crowd. They’re missing out on the 30 year old woman with a decent office job, who is now spending her money on a $100 Zara dress or a $150 Madewell skirt or $80 Everlane blouse…

Seriously! I hate shopping online (because I’m too lazy to send things back if they don’t fit, and also shipping to or in Canada is a nightmare compared to the States), and if I’m buying, say, a $200 blazer, I want to know how it looks BEFORE I pay for it. But now when you go into a store, it’s, like, fifteen pairs of…

NO, THIS IS NOT WHY. The REASON is that you introduced a ton of new cropped pants in DECEMBER, forcing everyone with an inseam of greater than 28” to find somewhere else to buy work-appropriate pants, nevermind that ALL of your blouses, sweaters, tops, etc have been structured like weird, cropped boxes or ponchos. The…

It’s crazy when doubling the price of literally everything you sell while halving the quality doesn’t result in higher sales.

Oh my god, I approve!!! I will stop bitching about being cold all winter if I could also not have occasion to need to bitch about being cold all summer too!

This is one of those articles where the author forgets not everyone lives in NYC.

I do not disagree! So I’m a cheap ass and haven’t had air conditioning for three years now. The first summer was kind of rough since I was so used to growing up in my parents house with lots of air conditioning, but since then I kinda like it better. Get a cool fan going and embrace the heat to a certain extent. PLUS…

Fun Fact, my friend works in Alterations at Kleinfeld Canada and said Pnina is not only treated like royalty when she visits, but she’s a snob and her dresses are horribly constructed and bad quality. The stitching is atrocious, the crystals are cheap and glued on. During alterations tons of them fall off and need to…

I think modest dresses can be really pretty

This is what I know of too - many of my friends got married within 6-8 weeks of getting engaged so they borrow from the gemach and return. That being said, jewish religious weddings after often much larger than normal (400 people plus) so noone is buying a 7000 dollar wedding dress unless they are uber wealthy. It’s…

For real though? Pnina Tornai dresses are ugly af.

I watch the show and just don’t understand why every wedding dress is now sleeveless/strapless. First of all it’s boring, and second, not everyone looks nice in that style (me included). My first wedding I wore my mom’s 1960 wedding dress- tea length, 3/4 sleeves, square neckline, silk brocade. It was simple, elegant…

Wait a minute ... which was a wig?

If you’re in doubt whether or not you did the right thing, don’t be. You did. As the post said, everyone involved needs to be clear and consenting; it wasn’t fair for the other two to spring it on you like that (though maybe I could have chosen better words...).