Brunswick or bust as traders revolt on statue

HE WAS immortalised for defending a narrow pass against a massive Persian army for days at the legendary battle of Thermopylae in 480BC €” now some traders are trying to hold back King Leonidas' arrival in a narrow lane in Brunswick.

WEDDINGS

KRYSTEL ARACO AND DOMENIC ZAPPIA

Stars And Their Cars

Steven Khalil, bridal gown designer

Gowns Steal The Show At Bridal Expo

JENNIFER MacRae joked to a friend while visiting last year's Mercury Bridal Expo and planning her wedding that she could be up on stage in the Bride of the Year competition in 2008.

Close Call For Gown

Melissa Sweeney knew she cut it fine when ordering her wedding gown just eight weeks before her marriage to Nathan Bradley in May.

Tiffany Bridal Shower Tiffany & Co, City

hit With the fantasy of re-creating their very own Holly Golightly moment, VIP clients swarmed the Castlereagh Street store to try on the new Tiffany Novo cushion-cut diamond ring. A wedding cake designed to look like the jeweller's blue-and-white boxes and a ruffled Alex Perry bridal gown were almost as impressive as the rocks themselves.

Business Moving To Darby St

CORSTON Bridal is on the move. The bridal gown business, which has been established at The Junction for about 10 years, will soon move to Darby Street.

Bridal Winner On Cloud Nine

Despite being on cloud nine after winning the ultimate wedding prize package at Sunday's The Illawarra Mercury Bridal Expo, Kellie Honey did not let the practicalities of her windfall escape her. After breaking the big news to her fiance of two years, Adam Large, Miss Honey set about fixing

Cupid Hits Jackpot

IT's the third biggest single expense most people incur yet, unlike a house, car or even an overseas trip, there has been no independent, professional advice about a wedding. After splashing out on the bridal gown, function room, honeymoon, invitations, reservations, alterations and celeb

After All The Practice, The Real Thing

SYMBOLICALLY, it was essential that the final (for now)movie-length-and-then-some episode of A Country Practice should end in a nuptial mess. So there is a wedding. And because some well-glossed magazine will have gained the exclusive drop on the bridal gown and who, indeed, is inside it,