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With all that wedding stress (seating chart conflicts, fully-booked dream venues, flaky florists...), doesn't a bride deserve one part of the planning process to be totally effortless? Well it doesn't get any easier (or breezier!) than these wedding dresses. (Because why can't the most important part of your big day — besides your groom, of course! — also be the easiest?)

These flowy frocks have managed to capture both the springtime breeze and our hearts. Full of bohemian bliss, refreshing modernity, and dripping with contemporary sex appeal, these effortlessly chic wedding dresses will be as at home in an open-air, warm weathered ceremony as they are on the bridal runways.

The sun is setting on stiff silhouettes and restricting ball gowns. It's time to say hello to breathable fabrics, peek-a-boo cut-outs, and freeing fits.

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Easy? Check. Sexy? Yup. Cool? Definitely.

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Straight off the fall 2016 runway comes this intricately embroidered caftan from Naeem Khan. Its gauzy sleeves coupled with bejeweled cuffs make it a perfect fit for boho babes and glam girls alike. (Embroidered organza caftan with jeweled cuff and hem, price upon request, Naeem Khan available at Saks Fifth Avenue; Earrings, Swarovski; Ring, Sethi Couture; Shoes, Aquazzura available at FarFetch)Odylyne the Ceremony

For the (fashion-forward) hippie at heart: A flowing frock tie-dyed in the palest of blue hues. (Silk crepe-de-chine dress with tie-dye detail, $2,650, Odylyne the Ceremony; Hat, Eugenia Kim; Earrings, Jennifer Dawes Design for Csarite; Fashion rings, Jennifer Dawes Design for Csarite and Vic Velyan's for Csarite; Engagement ring, Swarovski; Custom bracelets, Open Hearts by Jane Seymour available at Kay Jewelers)

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As fashion and technology become increasingly integrated, we can expect to see New York City designers at the forefront of innovations. With the advent of 3D printing towards more practical uses we have begun to see its application into the world of fashion. Although it has been years in the making, 3D printed pieces made their way into mainstream society at this year’s Fall 2016 New York Fashion Week. While there is no telling the limits and implications that 3D printing will have on the fashion realm, here are some of the most recent developments by haute New York City designers.

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The New York innovators threeASFOUR have revealed two textural masterpieces for their Fall ‘16 NYFW Biomimicry collection. Dubbed Harmonograph and Pangolin, the two dresses have changed the game for 3D designers. They are true testaments to the creativity that can result from merging the worlds of fashion, technology, and design. Threeasfour collaborated with New York designer Travis Fitch and Minnesota-based manufacturer Stratasys. Together, their collaboration created something unforgettable.

The Harmonograph dress was inspired directly by the Fibonacci sequence. The dress itself circles around the body in three spirals creating a wave-like form. The Pangolin dress mixes a variety of interlocking waves to create a single skin. Stratasys’ technology allowed for the designers to print the single dress using different colors and materials, creating an extremely versatile look.

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Spire Dress shot by Jason Rowe

Alexis Walsh joined the 3D printing game just this year at NYFW F/W ’16. The designer developed a fragile and intimate piece now known as the Spire Dress. This work of art is made of 400 individual white nylon pieces inspired by the points of cathedral spires, hence the name. The outcome is as much about the process as it is the aesthetic. The effort, time, and detail that goes into such a creation is as beautiful and powerful as the way it looks on the body. While the dress was hand-assembled, the pieces that make it up were 3D printed on MakerBot printers and sent to Shapeways to produce all of the finishing touches.

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After four years in Anaheim, WonderCon, an annual comic book, science-fiction and motion picture convention, will be held at the Los Angeles Convention Center from Friday through Sunday. But the change of venue won’t stop O.C. cosplayers from attending.

Cosplay, short for costume play, refers to dressing up to represent a character, usually from anime, video games, films or television series.

Local cosplayer and high school student Abby Goldsmith, who goes by Charlotte Sinclair in costume, is president of the cosplay club at Orange County School of the Arts. She became interested in it after attending Comic-Con with her family for several years.

“One year I thought, ‘Hey, since everyone else dresses up, maybe I should too,’” Goldsmith said.

Using mostly thrift store finds, she dressed up as Link from the “Legend of Zelda” video game franchise, and her love for cosplay was born.

Ashley Howe, a model and fellow O.C.-based cosplayer, said, “I have always been into costuming and dress-up. I loved spirit days at school since it gave me an excuse, other than Halloween, to try my hand at putting together fun outfits. At 16, I attended my first renaissance fair, and that opened up my eyes to a whole new world of costuming.”

Cosplay is not the same as merely dressing up for Halloween or an ’80s night party.

“Cosplayers have a love-hate relationship with Halloween,” Goldsmith said. “I consider cosplay to be an art form, focused on perfectly replicating even the smallest details on a particular character, and is usually pretty delicate and needs to be handled with love.”

Howe adds, “I would say for most people – key word, ‘most’ – Halloween isn’t as labor-intensive as cosplaying. It can take months or even a year to make certain cosplays come to life.”

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GETTING STARTED

Get online. YouTube users offer tutorials on how to create characters. You can find a ready-made costume or even commission a custom one on Etsy. Tutorials are also available on deviantart.com and Tumblr.

Do your research. Make a list of supplies and determine what you can make from scratch and what you need to buy. Make sure the costume is safe – no fire hazards, sharp objects or features that can make you trip. Also, consider the rules of the cosplay event you are attending.

Try it on as you go. Make sure your costume fits along the way as many times as possible and figure out how to move in it.

Debut your costume. Make the short trek to WonderCon or another convention, or just do a photo shoot with friends.

Find fellow cosplayers

Check out Instagram, Facebook or Meetup. Or attend a convention such as WonderCon, Long Beach Comic-Con, Stan Lee’s Comikaze Expo, or San Diego Comic-Con.

A CAUTION

Just because it’s animated doesn’t mean it is kid-appropriate. Monitor what manga and anime your kids watch; some have adult themes. Cosplaying, likewise, can sometimes get saucier than a parent might imagine.

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Kate Moss designs clothes for Topshop – 2007

High street collaborations – a way to get some catwalk stardust on the cheap – come as standard for Generation Y. They were pioneered by H&M (the first one was with Karl Lagerfeld in 2004), but Topshop eclipsed its rival by getting Moss – a Y style icon if ever there was one – on board in 2007. Reportedly Moss was paid £3m to work with the brand – a fee that paid off. She is credited with increasing sales at Topshop’s parent company by 2.1%, and her promotion of the collection (she appeared in the windows of the Oxford Circus store) nearly caused a riot.

FacebookTwitterPinterest Kate Moss launches her Topshop clothes range at Oxford Street flagship store. Photograph: Richard Young/Rex Features

Tavi sits in the front row – 2009

Fashion bloggers revolutionised style writing – showing images of “real” people wearing clothes in what was a marked contrast to super-styled models posing for glossy magazine pages. One of these bloggers was Tavi Gevinson, who started Style Rookie as a pre-teen girl in 2008. She dressed in high fashion and wrote her thoughts on her blog – and soon 30,000 people were looking at it each day. In 2009, Gevinson was given a front row seat at a Dior show, where she wore an oversized bow on her head, prompting the disgruntled fashion editor behind her to complain on Twitter. While Gevinson has gone on to pursue an acting career, blogging contemporaries such as Style Bubble’s Susie Lau are now established members of the fashion pack.

Lady Gaga wears the meat dress – 2010

There are some fashion moments that are burned on your retina, and Lady Gaga’s appearance in a dress made of meat is one of them. She wore it at the MTV Awards in 2010, and it was a talking point for weeks. Since then, the dress has prompted a Simpsons’ parody and been exhibited in the rock’n’roll hall of fame. Gaga was, of course, by this point an icon of extreme style, following in the tradition of Isabella Blow and predating street style star Anna Dello Russo. She appeals to the Ys on the extrovert side of the style spectrum, and judging by the size of her Little Monsters fanbase, there are quite a lot of them.

Kanye West wears a woman’s blouse from Céline at Coachella – 2011

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FacebookTwitterPinterest Kanye West at Coachella in 2011. Photograph: Chelsea Lauren/WireImage

When it comes to gender, labels are increasingly irrelevant in a millennial world and clothes are a crucial part of that. Before terms such as “gender fluid” became part of common parlance, Kanye West – a man not averse to the outer reaches of fashion – was already quietly experimenting. He wore a blouse from Céline, a womenswear house, for his performance at Coachella in 2011. A$AP Rocky andYoung Thug followed, with Young Thug saying 90% of his wardrobe was womenswear.

#TBT starts to trend – 2012

Generation Y are digitally minded of course, but with the majority of them able to remember a pre-digital time, they come with nostalgia built in. Hence the popularity of Throw Back Thursday, or #TBT – the Instagram hashtag that plugs into nostalgia, be it your own (you at school throwing a Posh Spice move, in the case of Kim Kardashian), or a retro image of a gold-plated style icon such as Kate Moss or Mick Jagger. Then there’s nostalgia-themed Instagram feeds such asjanebirkindaily and 70sdaily. The 70s, before Ys were born, is their decade of choice.

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The Stan Smith is rereleased – 2014

Any survey of the feet of passersby on public transport in 2016 will show at least a few pairs of Stan Smiths. If all sorts of shoes have been embraced by millennials (from chunky Underground sandals to ballet pumps), the Stan Smith now has a ubiquity that sees them worn whatever style the rest of your outfit might pledge allegiance to. Generation Y like a certain democracy when it comes to style (how do you think the skinny jean has stuck around so long?) and with an added bit of a pedigree from an actual sportsperson, the Stan Smiths ticked all the right boxes.

  

Donald Trump at an election-night news conference in Palm Beach, Fla. He won Florida in a rout. CreditEric Thayer for The New York TimesUnder the delegate allocation systems that will become increasingly common over the second half of the primary season, Mr. Trump would win lopsided delegate tallies if he prevailed by anything like the margins he carried in Illinois and Michigan. Mr. Trump could easily collect nearly all of the delegates in Illinois.The results in Illinois and Michigan are so telling because they wound up being bigger victories for Mr. Trump than many of the other races since Super Tuesday.He won an even larger share of the vote in places like North Carolina, Missouri, Louisiana and Mississippi, but found himself in some closer races. There, Mr. Cruz ran far stronger and Mr. Kasich ran far weaker.The problem for Mr. Cruz — and the good news for Mr. Trump — is that there are far fewer states like North Carolina and Missouri from this point on. The contest now turns to the blue states, where Mr. Kasich and Mr. Cruz will more equitably split the vote. Mr. Trump is often fairly strong there himself — as the results in Massachusetts suggest.AdvertisementContinue reading the main storyAdvertisementContinue reading the main storyThe combination of Mr. Trump’s blue-state strength, of the more evenly divided opposition in the North and of delegate rules that increasingly favor winners makes it easy to imagine how Mr. Trump could amass an outright majority of delegates.The path is fairly straightforward. By my rough estimate, Mr. Trump ended Tuesday night needing around 600 delegates to win the nomination. He could get 350 of them from states where he’s clearly

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favored: Indiana, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, West Virginia, Delaware, Rhode Island, New York and New Jersey. Mr. Trump will undoubtedly earn more delegates

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from a variety of states that award their delegates proportionally, like Washington or New Mexico.Whether Mr. Trump can win the rest comes down to states where Mr. Trump might be weaker, but where a divided field might let him emerge nonetheless as the winner. At the top of the list is California, a state where there are plenty of reasons to think that Mr. Trump might struggle, but where both Mr. Kasich and Mr. Cruz can count on considerable support.Who knows whether a divided field will allow Mr. Trump to win California and its 172 delegates, or the other states where he might be relatively vulnerable — Arizona, Maryland, Wisconsin, Montana, South Dakota and Nebraska? A strong showing in these states, especially in the winner-take-all contests, could let him clear the 1,237-delegate threshold.If the results play out as they did tonight, that could easily happen.

  

Higher education can be a costly business, with graduates leaving college with huge debts that can take decades to pay off. But a new study ranking the top 200 institutions in Europe reveals which colleges – or universities - offer students both the best tuition as well as the best deals.

The rankings data, compiled by Times Higher Education (THE) and published Thursday, showed that over a quarter of the best universities in Europe are based in the U.K.. Oxford University ranked as the best institution in Europe to study, based on factors such as the quality of teaching, research and international outlook.

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Students walk past the Radcliffe Camera building in Oxford city centre as Oxford University commences its academic year on October 8, 2009 in Oxford, England.

But with annual fees in the U.K. coming to around 11,612 euros ($12,750) if you are in the European Union or as much as 18,320 euros if you are from overseas, this is certainly not the most affordable place to get a degree.

Outside of the U.K., colleges in Switzerland, Sweden and Germany are the only institutions listed in the top 10, with ETH Zurich, the Swedish Karolinska Institute and LMU Munich ranked the fourth, the ninth and the tenth best in Europe, respectively.

Germany is the second most-represented nation in the list, with 36 institutions, almost a third of which (11) are in the top 50, according to the THE study.

For cost efficiency for a top 10 university, Germany wins hands down with annual fees for both EU and non-EU students costing absolutely nothing.

Norway also offers free tuition fees for all students, but its highest ranking institution is the University of Oslo, coming in sixty-third place.

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Sweden is free for EU students, but charges 9,700 EUROS? for overseas fees, while Switzerland charges between 1,500 and 6,000 euros for all students.

The Republic of Ireland is one of the costliest places to study for students outside of the EU, with fees ranging from 10,000 euros for arts and humanities subjects to a whopping 52,000 euros ($57,026) for medicine.

  

Higher education can be a costly business, with graduates leaving college with huge debts that can take decades to pay off. But a new study ranking the top 200 institutions in Europe reveals which colleges – or universities - offer students both the best tuition as well as the best deals.

The rankings data, compiled by Times Higher Education (THE) and published Thursday, showed that over a quarter of the best universities in Europe are based in the U.K.. Oxford University ranked as the best institution in Europe to study, based on factors such as the quality of teaching, research and international outlook.


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Students walk past the Radcliffe Camera building in Oxford city centre as Oxford University commences its academic year on October 8, 2009 in Oxford, England.

But with annual fees in the U.K. coming to around 11,612 euros ($12,750) if you are in the European Union or as much as 18,320 euros if you are from overseas, this is certainly not the most affordable place to get a degree.

Outside of the U.K., colleges in Switzerland, Sweden and Germany are the only institutions listed in the top 10, with ETH Zurich, the Swedish Karolinska Institute and LMU Munich ranked the fourth, the ninth and the tenth best in Europe, respectively.

Germany is the second most-represented nation in the list, with 36 institutions, almost a third of which (11) are in the top 50, according to the THE study.

For cost efficiency for a top 10 university, Germany wins hands down with annual fees for both EU and non-EU students costing absolutely nothing.

Norway also offers free tuition fees for all students, but its highest ranking institution is the University of Oslo, coming in sixty-third place.

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Sweden is free for EU students, but charges 9,700 EUROS? for overseas fees, while Switzerland charges between 1,500 and 6,000 euros for all students.

The Republic of Ireland is one of the costliest places to study for students outside of the EU, with fees ranging from 10,000 euros for arts and humanities subjects to a whopping 52,000 euros ($57,026) for medicine.
  

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　　The woman in red: Nancy Reagan with President Ronald Reagan listening to a speech by Mikhail Gorbachev, left, at the White House in 1987. (Gary Herrshorn/Reuters)

　　Nancy Reagan was more than the color red.

　　It might have been a favored hue and one that became her signature, but she brought a love for a fashion, a recognition of style and a delight in beauty into the White House at a time when it had long been pushed aside.

　　[In first lady, Nancy Reagan found the role of a lifetime]

　　She indulged in fashion — not politically vetted, blandly uninspired, Jane Doe fashion but the truly dazzling variety. She wore Oscar and Bill and, most notably “Jimmy.” That would be James Galanos. An American couturier, he worked in California, outside of the Seventh Avenue grind, creating hand-crafted clothes that were technical wonders and wondrously expensive.

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　　Nancy Reagan in the one-shouldered Galanos gown she wore on the night of the first inauguration for President Ronald Reagan in 1981.

　　Ushering this sort of fashion into the White House was an act of great risk and little reward, and Reagan did not do it with much grace. She became the center of scandals by borrowing clothes and not reporting it and not returning them. And then she became a scandal again when she promised she’d change her ways and then didn’t.

　　[The fashion of politics: A complete history, from Reagan to Trump]

　　The clothes that she chose were not particularly trendy but they were fashionable. A woman of her age and position didn’t bother with trends; she cultivated style. There was the 1981 Galanos inaugural gown — a one-shoulder, white sheath that glittered with crystals. It was surprisingly bare for a first lady and it was decidedly glamorous. But then the inauguration was a white-tie affair and so it was also appropriate. She wore knickers, which did not go over well with the critics but were part of the fashion conversation at the time. They were a silhouette that dated to the heydays of Yves Saint Laurent, and a woman got no greater style validation than that of Saint Laurent. And, of course, Reagan wore red — which became her color.

  

When Gabriella Campagna got engaged to Mario Milana, she knew immediately where she wanted to have her wedding. “We wanted to get married at my grandparents’ country house in Cali, Colombia,” she shares. “It’s called La Mañanita, which means ‘The Little Morning.’ It was a very special and magical place for us to visit growing up, and I always imagined doing it there.” The logistics proved to be a little tricky, though. After all, the bride is an actress born and raised in New York, while the groom is an Italian furniture designer originally from Milan. “We knew it wouldn’t be easy to get everyone down there,” laments Gabriella. “But thankfully, in the end, those who made it loved discovering Cali.”

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The couple, who met through a friend in New York, dated for four years before getting engaged in Milan. “He designed the engagement ring in collaboration with Milanese jeweler Villa,” she shares. “The stone was his mother’s.” Even though they both wanted a small, intimate wedding, Gabriella’s large Colombian extended family meant a big wedding was in order. “We had 250 guests and more than half of them were from my mother’s side of my family,” she says with a laugh. “But I wouldn’t have had it any other way.” Planning from afar was a group family effort between the bride; her mother; and their wedding planner, Diane Eder, a close relative based in Cali. Gabriella’s sister and maid of honor, Giovanna, who in the past worked in the events department at Vogue, had plenty of expertise when it came to logistics, including the seating chart.

Gabriella tried on several dresses before settling on a guipure lace one from Vera Wang. “It felt right,” she explains. “It has seven layers of lace, so it gave me some extra curves, which I loved, and I was obsessed with the rustic handwoven lace—it’s almost like it was crocheted. It felt like it was made for La Mañanita.” Meanwhile, Mario, a self-confessed clotheshorse—he’s Italian, after all—spent a lot of time deciding on his wedding look. They traveled to Naples over Christmas to go to the historic tailor Sartoria Formosa, where he had a custom-made double-breasted cream linen suit made.

In late January, guests from all over the world traveled to the small city in Colombia for the big occasion, and the family hosted several events throughout the weekend. Thursday night, there was a welcome party with a live Cuban band, followed by salsa dancing. On Friday, guests were transported an hour into the mountains for an afternoon lunch that turned into another party lasting well into the night. And then Saturday afternoon the bride and groom tied the knot at her beloved Mañanita. “It was honestly the happiest day of my life,” she says. “I was overwhelmed by the love of friends and family that surrounded us.”

After cocktails and dinner by the lake, the guests were transported through the garden by a chirimia (a troupe of musicians from the Pacific region of Colombia) to the party tent, where salsa dancers kicked off everything with an incredible performance. Later on, the bride’s mother surprised the couple with a performance by 1970s salsa legend Henry Fiol, accompanied by Orquesta del Caney. “Then our dear friends Carlos Mejia [Low Pitch Orchestra] and Juan Ayerbe [Memek] deejayed all night, playing back-to-back sets until 9:00 a.m.”—standard closing time for Colombian weddings. “It was a dream!”

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What do you give the royal who has everything? A gorgeous dressing gown that's fit for a princess – with the embroidery to prove it!

Although the royal mom of two was formally titled the Duchess of Cambridge on her wedding day – and colloquially-called Princess Kate by fans and PEOPLE alike – it's the "princess" title that is displayed on the inside of her luxe wedding gift gown.

The gorgeously-embroidered name tag, "Princess Catherine," is revealed in the His and Hers bespoke silk-lined cashmere dressing gowns – navy blue forPrince William and white for Kate – that were made for the couple by Nottingham, England, designer Daniel Hanson on their royal wedding day in 2011.

Hanson, and his small band of 12 employees, who also have also made cheap wedding dresses worn by singer Elton John and movie stars Brad Pitt, Halle Berry and Meg Ryan, were asked to create the stunning garments by royal household suppliers Turnbull and Asser as a wedding gift.

"Because they were presents, the decision about what to use inside had to be made before the wedding. Their titles weren't disclosed until the wedding, so we had to speculate on what she would be called," designer and owner Daniel Hanson tells PEOPLE. (The chatter about what Kate should be called has caused some lively debate.)

"We were very proud as a company to be commissioned by Turnbull and Asser to make them," he continues.

The discreet designer wouldn't reveal too much more about the royal order, including the exact cost. But the top of the range (heavily embroidered versions) can cost as much as $11,100, but William and Kate's robes are not thought to cost as much since they have relatively little embroidery.

That said, any garment with "Prince William" and "Princess Catherine" stitched inside is likely to have a high value.

What is certain is that the silk-lined cashmere gowns are warm and cozy. "It is a totally seasonless product," Hanson tells PEOPLE. "If you wear cashmere against your skin, you will cook, but if you wear cashmere with a silk lining, it will keep you cool in summer and warm in winter."

"The joy of this is that silk against your skin won't heat you up beyond room temperature. Whereas, if you brought an egg to the boil, for example, and wrapped it in cashmere, such is the insulation properties, you could hard boil it."

Each dressing gown likely starts around $3,200, rising to around $4,160 for a bespoke creation. "A dressing gown worth [$3,000 to $4,000] is for a specific kind of shopper," Hanson says. "It is for someone who has got everything and wants a little bit more."

The highest priced products – at more than $11,000 – are those that are heavily embroidered, and are sent to India fir for about 250 hours of detailed decorative stitching.

"There is exquisite embroidery in India. There is still a culture there where people work with their hands," adds Hanson.

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