Featured Expert on The New York Times — Hannah Nowack

Want a Diamond?
You’ll Need to Decide on Lab-Grown or Natural.

Hannah Nowack, the senior weddings editor of The Knot, said that lab-grown diamonds were a solution for those “unwilling to sacrifice stone size due to budget constraints.”

Love Is in the Air. So Is Dander.

Celebrating a union of two animals, or even an animal and a human, is not a new concept. But as the pandemic forced many human couples to put ceremonies on hold, more people began to “think outside the box and write their own rules, and that’s especially true when it comes to pet weddings,” said Hannah Nowack, an editor at the wedding planning and registry website The Knot.

A Wedding That's Also a Rave? More Couples Say 'I Do.'

“I think couples are really feeling empowered to reimagine tradition,” said Hannah Nowack, the senior weddings editor at the Knot. “Weddings aren’t one size fits all.” Décor like disco balls, neon lights and LED dance floors — things that make dancing “a focal point” — are popular, she said.

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