Smaller cakes, shorter dresses, bigger diamonds: The pandemic is shaking up the $73 billion wedding industry
February 12, 2021 Bridesmaids Janelle Williams, left, and Connie Luong, right, watch bride Evelyn Krig try on a wedding dress at Krig’s home in San Jose, Calif., this month. MUST CREDIT: photo for The Washington Post by Marlena Sloss. When the pandemic upended their wedding plans in June, Kristine Vejar and Adrienne Rodriguez moved everything online: dress shopping, cake-cutting, even the vows. “We decided, what is there to lose? Let’s get married and we can have a big party next year,” said Vejar, 43, who co-owns a yarn shop and natural dye studio in Oakland with Rodriguez. The shift...