EditorialKid Cudi wears a custom bridal gown designed by Eli Russell Linnetz, left, at the 2021 CFDA Fashion Awards in New York, Nov. 10, 2021. (Krista Schlueter/The New York Times)
EditorialKid Cudi wears a custom bridal gown designed by Eli Russell Linnetz, left, at the 2021 CFDA Fashion Awards in New York, Nov. 10, 2021. (Krista Schlueter/The New York Times)
EditorialKid Cudi wears a custom bridal gown designed by Eli Russell Linnetz, left, at the 2021 CFDA Fashion Awards in New York, Nov. 10, 2021. (Krista Schlueter/The New York Times)
EditorialKid Cudi wears a custom bridal gown designed by Eli Russell Linnetz, left, at the 2021 CFDA Fashion Awards in New York, Nov. 10, 2021. (Krista Schlueter/The New York Times)
EditorialEsé Azénabor-Grembowski, a Canadian designer born in Nigeria, outside her boutique on Madison Avenue in New York, April 11, 2023. (Sabrina Santiago/The New York Times)
EditorialHedda Kleinfeld Schachter with a customer at I. Kleinfeld & Son, her Brooklyn bridal shop, which she ran like a benevolent matriarch, on March 26, 1987. (Sara Krulwich/The New York Times)
EditorialHedda Kleinfeld Schachter with a customer at I. Kleinfeld & Son, her Brooklyn bridal shop, which she ran like a benevolent matriarch, on March 26, 1987. (Sara Krulwich/The New York Times)
EditorialHedda Kleinfeld Schachter with a customer at I. Kleinfeld & Son, her Brooklyn bridal shop, which she ran like a benevolent matriarch, on March 26, 1987. (Sara Krulwich/The New York Times)
EditorialHedda Kleinfeld Schachter with a customer at I. Kleinfeld & Son, her Brooklyn bridal shop, which she ran like a benevolent matriarch, on March 26, 1987. (Sara Krulwich/The New York Times)
EditorialDiana Ming, a bride-to-be, on the pedestal, consulting with the fashion designer Rosie Assoulin, far left, at Bergdorf Goodman in New York, May 13, 2022. (Gabby Jones/The New York Times)
EditorialA Palestinian bride is dressed in a traditional outfit on her wedding day during the Palestinian Heritage Week, Ramallah, West Bank, Palestinian Territory - 03 Aug 2022
EditorialThe Korean-American designer Andrew Kwon, standing for a portrait in Yonkers, N.Y. on Sept. 21, 2021, has always envisioned dressing women for the red carpet. The pandemic prompted him to change direction and focus on bridal fashion. (Dina Litovsky/The New York Times)
EditorialInes Di Santo and her daughter Veronica, managing partner for the bridal gown and evening wear brand, at the Ines Di Santo production shop in Toronto, July 31, 2021. (Brendan Ko/The New York Times)
EditorialBusinesses, including a bridal shop, damaged by Israeli bombs, after a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas came into effect, Friday, May 21, 2021, in Gaza City, Gaza Strip. (Samar Abu Elouf/The New York Times)