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Brides wear miniskirts down the aisle

Originally published: June 3, 2010 10:55 AM
Updated: June 7, 2010 12:24 PM
By ROBIN ZACHARY  Special to Newsday

Quick ReadThis season's bridal runways offered up a refreshing slew of short, kicky wedding dresses - looks that are fun, feminine and show lots of leg.

Photo credit: Handout | Traditional meets trendy in this Reem Acra bridal gown. This ivory tulle and satin dress features a "surprise" short underskit, about $5,675.

While ready-to-wear hemlines may zip up and down faster than a panicky Dow Jones industrial average, long gowns have always been the wedding equivalent of a T-bill: safe, steady and beyond reproach. Who's going to mess with that pedigree?

At the moment, it seems, just about every major bridal house.

Though no one's fomenting a satin-and-lace revolution, this season's bridal runways offered...