Magazine, "Martha Stewart Living, A Special Issue for the Bride and Groom," Summer/Fall, 1997

By the 1990s, American consumers had grown comfortable with the idea of fulfilling emotional needs by rewarding themselves with material goods and aspiring to live well. Many middle-class Americans wed in increasingly elaborate wedding celebrations. Domestic diva Martha Stewart provided her readers with ideas for the "how to" of living well, including elegant suggestions for planning the "perfect," and often costly, wedding.