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"I can't choose between my two best friends. Can I have two maids of honor""My fianc and I are considering a destination wedding. Are we obligated to cover our attendants' travel expenses""Do we have to invite our guests' children to our wedding""I'm still close to my ex-husband's parents. Would it be okay to invite them to my wedding""How do my partner and I go about planning our commitment ceremony""My parents are divorced and each has remarried. Where do they sit in church" "Do I have to wear white"Do I Have to Wear White draws on the Posts' extensive database of wedding questions received through their Web site, as well as popular topics addressed in their columns. For busy engaged couples and their families, attendants, and guests, this book provides at-a-glance answers to everything from essential bridal basics to the knotty logistical questions that spring up around this joyous - yet often complex - event.
About the Author
Anna Post is the great-great-granddaughter of Emily Post and works with her family for The Emily Post Institute in Burlington, Vermont.
She is a co-author of:
- "Emily Post's Etiquette," 18th Edition (William Morrow, 2011)
- "Great Get-Togethers" (William Morrow, 2010)
And is the author of:
- "Mr. Manners: Lessons from Obama on Civility" (Andrews McMeel, 2010)
- "Do I Have To Wear White? Emily Post Answers America's Top Wedding Questions" (Collins, 2009)
- "Emily Post's Wedding Parties" (Collins, 2007)
A modern etiquette expert, Anna covers topics ranging from green weddings and business etiquette to politics and pop culture. A regular contributor to Reuters, Anna conducts business etiquette seminars across the country, working with clients such as Emerson Process, Walgreens, BAE Systems, The National Institutes of Health, Caltech, and Dartmouth College. She also speaks nationally at bridal shows and events and is a columnist for Inside Weddings magazine. In addition, Anna has worked with companies such as Intel, The Body Shop, Princess Cruises, 3M, Hyatt Place Hotels, and Skype to promote their brands to national media.
Anna also turns her creative eye to creating and launching new products that marry the trusted name of Emily Post with other brands. Most recently she has contributed to lines of wedding, social and business stationery for the Emily Post exclusively for M. Middleton line.
Anna is a popular source for media outlets such as USA Today, The New York Times, the Associated Press, The Wall Street Journal, The Los Angeles Times, BBC.com, and Real Simple, and has appeared on The Today Show, The Early Show, Good Morning America, and NPR.
Anna worked previously for the Motion Picture Association of America and in the Washington, D.C. office of Senator Patrick Leahy. A graduate of Phillips Academy and the University of Vermont, she currently lives in Burlington, Vermont.
