The more elaborate sort may involve renting a chocolate-box " church " and hiring or buying at least three bridal outfits .
一场精致的婚礼包括找一个豪华的“教堂”,租借或者是购买至少3套新婚礼服。
My mother , two sisters and I went to huntsville , the closest town with a selection of bridal shops , to buy the gown that would play the leading role on my special occasion .
It is all in there : the dress fittings at snooty bridal shops , the themed hen parties with chocolate fountains , and the social embarrassment of being a single female whom everyone assumes must be in want of a husband .
A few paces from the half-mile-long stretch of splendid bridal shops ( where not one of the waxen mannequins was smiling ) the forgotten men live , those who have let themselves drift into poverty in this city of bankers .