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Sumaiya Zaman Khan, West Coast Editor

Hi girls—I’m Sumaiya. A little about me: I have always had a fascination (many may even call it an obsession) with weddings, especially South Asian weddings that are filled with culture, tradition, jewelry, bling, and all that jazz. What you can expect from me is input as the recent bride (I got married in May 2007) who has dealt with the ins and out of a wedding and put together her own within three months—and let me tell you, it was chaotic! Putting together a wedding in three months, much less a South Asian wedding was insane. I hope to share with you my personal obstacles and findings from my own wedding, and also weddings that I am going to be helping plan in this coming year.





When stepping into the shopping complexes in Dubai, your eyes will first be greeted by GOLD–almost everywhere!  Gold shops in Dubai, in my opinion, are more prevalent than clothing, or even food!
My mom and I had began our 3 and a half week venture to begin my brother’s wedding shopping and it all started in [...]


In South Asian culture, it’s not unheard of to go back home to shop for your wedding, whether that be India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, etc. In fact, many brides do just that in order to save time, money, and have a larger selection of choices for wedding fashion. I did my own Reception shopping in [...]


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Amy: I am based out of my home in Orange County, however I travel all over Southern California from San Diego to Palm Springs to Los Angeles to The Valley.


When I started planning my May 2007 wedding, I was overwhelmed with the amount of time, energy, and efforts that went into planning a wedding.  My wedding was put together in 3 months, we started planning in February and got married in May and needless to say those three months were the most hectic, tiring, [...]