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Chinese designers riffed on wedding traditions -- their own and those of Westerners -- at fashion shows staged during China Fashion Week in Beijing. They managed to find new ways to say "I do" in red, the traditional color for Chinese brides, as well as in white. At left, a model shows a wedding gown from Chinese fashion house NE Tiger on Nov. 15, 2006.
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In a brilliant stream of red, models walk the runway in wedding dresses from Chinese fashion house NE Tiger during China Fashion Week in Beijing on Nov. 15, 2006.
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A model wears a red wedding dress from Chinese fashion house NE Tiger during China Fashion Week in Beijing on Nov. 15, 2006.
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A model shows a slinky red dress with a feather headdress, part of the wedding dress collection by the Chinese fashion house NE Tiger, shown during China Fashion Week in Beijing on Nov. 15, 2006.
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Models parade in red embroidered wedding dresses from Chinese fashion house NE Tiger during China Fashion Week in Beijing on Nov. 15, 2006.
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The entries in a wedding dress design contest included this brilliant mix of pink ruffles and red silk, shown at China Fashion Week in Beijing on Nov. 15, 2006.
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This dramatic wide-skirted dress was shown at a wedding dress design contest at China Fashion Week in Beijing on Nov. 15, 2006.
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Women might love this, but the groom might run screaming. A model shows a modern take on the wedding outfit, an entry in a wedding dress design contest at China Fashion Week in Beijing on Nov. 15, 2006.
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Models show white gowns with green details in a wedding dress design contest at China Fashion Week in Beijing on Nov. 15, 2006.
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A model carries a lantern as a prop on the runway in a wedding dress design contest at China Fashion Week in Beijing on Nov. 15, 2006.
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Two models pass on the runway in dramatic wedding dress designs entered in a contest at China Fashion Week in Beijing on Nov. 15, 2006.
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Models wear big flowers to top off red wedding dresses entered in a wedding dress design contest at China Fashion Week in Beijing on Nov. 15, 2006.
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A model tops off a wedding dress with a romantic wide hat at a contest held to kick off China Fashion Week on in Beijing on Nov. 15, 2006.
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A model shows a Chinese interpretation of a traditional Western wedding dress at a contest held to kick off China Fashion Week in Beijing on Nov. 15, 2006.
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A model wears a dress painted with roses for a wedding dress design competition that kicked off China Fashion Week in Beijing on Nov. 15, 2006.
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A model shows a silver wedding gown and veil at a contest that kicked off China Fashion Week in Beijing on Nov. 15, 2006.
