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"How would you feel if your husband-to-be decided to pick out your dress? Because&amp;amp;#8212;according to a new survey by Mintel&amp;amp;#8212;19 percent of grooms are either entirely or mostly responsible for choosing their wife-to-be&amp;#x27;s wedding dress. Says Fiona O&amp;amp;#8217;Donnell, lifestyle and leisure analyst at Mintel: &amp;amp;#8220;Women are still the primary wedding planners, but the bottom line is that the groom is a key consumer for industry players to consider when developing marketing strategies&amp;amp;#8212;particularly in regard to groom and wedding party attire, food or catering, music, ceremony site, and reception venue.&amp;quot; It&amp;#x27;s not entirely clear how grooms are responsible for their brides&amp;#x27; dresses&amp;amp;#8212;do they actually see all of the possibilities? Or is it more of a &amp;quot;wow, babe, I sure do like strapless dresses with A-line skirts&amp;quot;&amp;amp;#8212;but it definitely presents an interesting question... Would you be OK with your husband-to-be choosing your gown&amp;amp;#8212;or even picking out the style? Photo: Thinkstock"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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