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Show China and glassware, although expensive are popular gifts for newlyweds. Bridal registers and a practice of purchasing one item or place setting at a time has made the gift a a bit more practical. Modern brides have new gift priorities are opting for a good camera as a wedding gift. There are still brides in these unconventional times who choose silver and china patterns and go through the process of registering their choices in stores. But, even these tradition-minded brides have changed their requiste compared to their mothers. According Ac-cording to a spokesman from Tiffany's, brides "are asking for china bowls and serving pieces rather than silver bowls. They're choosing all-purpose all-purpose wine glasses rather than all the different dif-ferent glasses. A lot are asking for glass plates to use with their china." Anne Keating, director of bridal and gift services at Bloomingdale's sees, the changes as a sign of the times. "The prices of china, silver and crystal have gone so high that brides don't expect to get an entire place setting from one person." The 1980s are seeing a new breed of bride one whose priorities are markedly different from those of her mother's For the bride of the '80s, it is no longer essential to start out married life with a complete set of matching mat-ching crystal, silver and china. Often, the newly married couple have had some years out on their own and bring into their new home, two different sets of china. In the course of their time as singles, they have acquired many of the basics for setting up a home. Therefore, many couples are asking for unconventional gifts for their wedding presents. And their older relatives have a hard time understanding un-derstanding the differences dif-ferences which time has brought about in the needs of newlyweds. The feelings of many of these new brides were summed up by Melissa Manno: "Young people aren't living in a style today where it's essential to have complete silver, crystal and china. "People prefer to spend money pulling a home together to make a nice internal en- vironment rather than spending money on one . set of silver." Manno added, "We're 4 (she and her husband) j putting a lot of emphasis , on the kitchen and things ' for entertaining, such as a butler's buffet on j wheels, a two-pot coffee maker, a food ' processor." Another recent bride t confessed that she would ' be thrilled if her friends i pooled their resources j and got her and her , husband a good stereo. ' Her parents offered the i young couple a $ microwave oven and his |
