"It was a nightmare, we all had blood on our hands," said a friend of the bride, whose foot was pierced with a sharp pin during her final wedding dress fitting Anchalee Phanmaha/Getty Stock Image A ...

There’s an old image we all grew up with: the bride in red, eyes brimming with tears, family huddled around her like she’s being sent off to war. It was poetic. Painful. And, in many ways, dishonest.