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Toronto brides rave about Latino's Shoes' huge selection, 'take home' shoes & award-winning customer service

For many, shoes are a girl's best friend. For others, the wedding day is the first time they've put real thought into shoes that are meant to make a statement. Latino's Shoes & Accessories is a popular shop in Cambridge Ontario that draws brides from Toronto, Cambridge, K-W, London and beyond. This shop is filled end to end with dressy, dye-able, customizable shoes of every size, style and shape. From strappy sandals to stilettos, Latino's has the shoe you're looking for - and the purses to match! Also carrying tiaras, bridal jewellery, men's and children's shoes, wraps, shawls, cape rentals for winter brides, hair pieces, luggage, swimsuits, watches, and more, The Ring spent hours in this wonderland of accessories... and we're not the only ones.

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Stone Photography uses a fashion editorial approach to show brides that any girl can look like a supermodel on her wedding day

You can most often find her shooting fashion, family, corporate, model or engagement shoots in her large, hardwood and brick Kitchener loft studio, her Newfoundland office, or on-location in Toronto and Southwestern Ontario. Let us explain...

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Maya shows how having fun and getting caught up in the moment translates into beautiful wedding photos

Did you know? In most of the Western World, the number seven stands for luck, health and prosperity. It has good religious connotations and appears repeatedly throughout The Bible.

Superstition is playing a bigger part than normal in this summer's weddings...

Obviously, no bride would walk under a ladder or break a mirror on purpose in the months leading up to her wedding, but we were surprised to hear that the luck pendulum swings both ways.

July 7th, 2007 - aka 7/7/07 - is proving to be one of the most popular days of the year (or century) to tie the knot. Even luckier, the day falls on a convenient wedding-friendly Saturday. And a lot of brides know it!

With three sevens on their invites, couples could potentially be blessed with triple the luck and a lifetime of happiness, right? Right. But there is one drawback...

Brides are starting to find that their luck has run out when it comes to booking vendors. "... Pretty much everyone is booked because everyone wants to get married on 7/7/7," says mandarin25, a local bride and veteran to The Ring's K-W & Area chat boards. Another bride, going by the nickname Infusion, admits that she is just beginning to run into troubles. But she is still confident, "I didn't have too much trouble with bookings so far, but it looks like decorators are harder because I have a popular date and there aren't too many in the area." Staff at The Ring called around ourselves and found the same. Nearly every vendor we spoke to was either booked solid for this wedding date, or had received more inquiries for the date than for any other in the entire year.

Our advice to those getting married on July 7th, 2007? If you have your heart set on specific vendors, try to book them as soon as you can. You can worry about all the little details later... Now that you have six months and three sevens on your side.

Above photo courtesy of Maya Photographic Studio