WA bachelor party, also known as a stag weekend, stag do or stag party, or a buck's night is a party held for a man who is shortly to enter marriage.
WA hen night or bachelorette party is a party held for a woman who is about to get married. While Beth Montemurro concludes that the bachelorette party is modelled after the centuries-old stag night in the US, which is itself historically a dinner given by the bridegroom to his friends shortly before his wedding, Sheila Young argues that its British counterpart evolved from a number of earlier pre-wedding traditions for women whose origins are obscure but which have been around for at least a century in factories and offices across the UK. Despite its reputation as "a sodden farewell to maiden days" or "an evening of debauchery", these events can simply be parties given in honor of the bride-to-be, in the style that is common to that social circle.
WA bridal shower is a gift-giving party held for a bride-to-be in anticipation of her wedding.
WAn acrostic ring is a Victorian romantic ring century ring in which the initials of the precious stones mounted on the band spell out a word such as dearest or regards.
WSarah Haywood is a wedding entrepreneur and businesswoman, based in the United Kingdom. Since the early 2000s she has planned some of the highest budget marriages held in Europe, from the likes of royalty, pop stars and Fortune 500 list members. In 2015 she put on a large ceremony for Jay Chou, the Taiwanese pop star, held in Yorkshire. In 2019, she did the St Moritz wedding party of Akash Ambani, son of Mukesh Ambani and Shloka Mehta said to have been a "winter-wonderland themed extravaganza in Switzerland".
WA naked butler is a popular type of entertainment used at hen parties and for corporate entertainment. It was introduced into the UK in the early 2000s and is now popular across the USA, New Zealand, Australia and Canada.
WA wedding invitation is a letter asking the recipient to attend a wedding. It is typically written in the formal, third-person language and mailed five to eight weeks before the wedding date.
WA wedding planner is a professional who assists with the design, planning and management of a client's wedding. Weddings are significant events in people's lives and as such, couples are often willing to spend considerable amount of money to ensure that their weddings are well-organized. Wedding planners are often used by couples who work long hours and have little spare time available for sourcing and managing wedding venues and wedding suppliers.