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    Ilena
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    http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/01/30/1075340841216.html?from=top5

    Here comes a bride, surgically refined
    By Brigid Delaney
    January 31, 2004

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    A vision in white . . . Kristy Bryan models the The Siren wedding
    dress, designed by Diane Lewis, during a fitting for the bridal expo
    at the Sydney Entertainment Centre this weekend. Photo: Kate Geraghty

    The bride walked down the aisle to the tune of AC/DC's Thunderstruck,
    wearing a backless, plunging gold sheath designed to complement her
    new breast implants and toned stomach.

    Welcome to the contemporary wedding. Sydney brides are taking their
    inspiration from Hollywood, not tradition, say organisers of a bridal
    exhibition at the Sydney Entertainment Centre this weekend.

    This inspiration includes bridal gowns that are sleek and revealing in
    colours ranging from hot pink to platinum, and creating a body that
    can look good in these gowns.

    "Because girls are getting married older, they are more body aware,"
    said Diane Lewis, a bridal designer whose dresses feature in the
    exhibition.

    "They are not trying to dress up like vestal virgins."

    Instead, many brides want to be sexy.

    "They will get a personal trainer and some will have plastic surgery.
    They change the colour of their hair and their body shape," she said.

    "Gone are the days of just having a facial before the wedding."

    Our fixation with celebrities is partly to blame.

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    "Brides come in with pictures they saw of dresses at the Golden Globes
    or Academy Awards. Their wedding day is the closest they are going to
    be to a celebrity because they are the star of the day. There is
    enormous pressure to look perfect."

    The exhibition organiser, Glenn Findlay, agrees.

    "Weddings have changed dramatically in the last four or five years.
    There is a decline in all the trimmings, but a huge emphasis on the
    wedding dress and personal grooming.

    "You do hear it quite often that brides will have cosmetic surgery
    before a wedding.

    "If somebody was going to have surgery it would be before their
    wedding - because that's the day the focus is on them and there is
    pressure to look really perfect."

    Sydney's climate and an increase in outdoor weddings were also driving
    the trend towards sleeker, revealing dresses, Ms Lewis said.

    Given that older brides are paying for their own wedding, there is no
    need to please mum and dad.

    "Brides are buying the dress for themselves - not something they think
    their parents will like," Mr Findlay said.

    "They are also inviting fewer guests but putting on expensive wine and
    good quality food."

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  2. David Wright
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    In article <[email hidden]>,

    Ilena said:

    http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/01/30/1075340841216.html?from=top5

    Here comes a bride, surgically refined
    By Brigid Delaney
    January 31, 2004

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    A vision in white . . . Kristy Bryan models the The Siren wedding
    dress, designed by Diane Lewis, during a fitting for the bridal expo
    at the Sydney Entertainment Centre this weekend. Photo: Kate Geraghty

    The bride walked down the aisle to the tune of AC/DC's Thunderstruck,
    wearing a backless, plunging gold sheath designed to complement her
    new breast implants and toned stomach.

    Gee whiz, Ilena, just because you'd look like hell in such a dress, do
    you have to rain on everyone else's parade?

    -- David Wright :: alphabeta at prodigy.net
    These are my opinions only, but they're almost always correct.
    "If I have not seen as far as others, it is because giants
    were standing on my shoulders." (Hal Abelson, MIT)

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  3. Ilena
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    [email hidden] (David Wright)

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    Gee whiz, Ilena, just because you'd look like hell in such a dress, do
    you have to rain on everyone else's parade?

    LOL ... yes, according to Team Barrett ... I am the ugliest, oldest,
    fattest, stupidest, most bought off poster on Usenet ...

    Exactly why I created these webpages:

    www.humanticsfoundation.com/disinfoagentsfaq.htm

    My concern was young women getting breast implants ... at minimum
    signing up for a lifetime of surgery ... very possibly with no health
    insurance available to them ... and unknown potential dangers to their
    offspring.

    Thanks tho Davey ... for illustrating how little you know about me ...
    yet how dedicated you are to bashing me ... the more Barrett & Grell
    lose to me ... the more desperate you flacks are in your impotent
    campaign against me.

    www.humanticsfoundation.com/disinfoagentsfaq.htm#wrongerthanwright

    www.humanticsfoundation.com/quacklibelsuit.htm

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  4. Michele
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    [email hidden] (David Wright) wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>...

    Quoted message said:

    In article <[email hidden]>,

    Ilena said:

    http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/01/30/1075340841216.html?from=top5

    Here comes a bride, surgically refined
    By Brigid Delaney
    January 31, 2004

    Print this article
    Email to a friend

    A vision in white . . . Kristy Bryan models the The Siren wedding
    dress, designed by Diane Lewis, during a fitting for the bridal expo
    at the Sydney Entertainment Centre this weekend. Photo: Kate Geraghty

    The bride walked down the aisle to the tune of AC/DC's Thunderstruck,
    wearing a backless, plunging gold sheath designed to complement her
    new breast implants and toned stomach.

    Gee whiz, Ilena, just because you'd look like hell in such a dress, do
    you have to rain on everyone else's parade?

    Hmmmm..... a "plunging gold sheath" that showcases the bride's breasts
    (natural or implants) & abdomen -- modeled to an AC/DC song...... it
    just doesn't shout "long term commitment", does it?

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  5. David Wright
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    In article <[email hidden]>,

    Ilena said:

    [email hidden] (David Wright)

    Quoted message said:

    Gee whiz, Ilena, just because you'd look like hell in such a dress, do
    you have to rain on everyone else's parade?

    LOL ... yes, according to Team Barrett ... I am the ugliest, oldest,
    fattest, stupidest, most bought off poster on Usenet ...

    Based on the pictures I've seen of you, you're not fat, you're not
    that old. I know of no evidence that you're "bought off", whatever
    that's supposed to mean in this context. And you're certainly not
    the stupidest poster on Usenet, though you are certainly one of the
    most self-righteous.

    But you'd still look like hell in that dress.

    Quoted message said:

    Thanks tho Davey ... for illustrating how little you know about me ...

    Quite a bit about you, actually. You put yourself and your crusades
    and your bizarre feuds on display all the time. Let's remember that
    you're the one with a web page about me, not the other way around.

    -- David Wright :: alphabeta at prodigy.net
    These are my opinions only, but they're almost always correct.
    "If I have not seen as far as others, it is because giants
    were standing on my shoulders." (Hal Abelson, MIT)

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  6. David Wright
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    In article <[email hidden]>,

    Michele said:

    [email hidden] (David Wright) wrote in message
    news:<[email hidden]>...

    Quoted message said:

    In article <[email hidden]>,

    Ilena said:

    http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/01/30/1075340841216.html?from=top5

    Here comes a bride, surgically refined
    By Brigid Delaney
    January 31, 2004

    Print this article
    Email to a friend

    A vision in white . . . Kristy Bryan models the The Siren wedding
    dress, designed by Diane Lewis, during a fitting for the bridal expo
    at the Sydney Entertainment Centre this weekend. Photo: Kate Geraghty

    The bride walked down the aisle to the tune of AC/DC's Thunderstruck,
    wearing a backless, plunging gold sheath designed to complement her
    new breast implants and toned stomach.

    Gee whiz, Ilena, just because you'd look like hell in such a dress, do
    you have to rain on everyone else's parade?

    Hmmmm..... a "plunging gold sheath" that showcases the bride's breasts
    (natural or implants) & abdomen -- modeled to an AC/DC song...... it
    just doesn't shout "long term commitment", does it?

    Oh, I think you're being terribly judgemental.

    It doesn't shout "good taste," though.

    -- David Wright :: alphabeta at prodigy.net
    These are my opinions only, but they're almost always correct.
    "If I have not seen as far as others, it is because giants
    were standing on my shoulders." (Hal Abelson, MIT)

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