The Knot & Oxygen Unveil the Bustling World of Weddingwear in 'Bridal Fashion Preview'

Business Wire, August 27, 2003

Entertainment Editors/Business Editors

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 27, 2003

Network Special Gives Viewers VIP Access to Year's Hottest Wedding

Gown Runways, Plus Exclusive Look at Designers behind the Seams,

Friday, September 12 at 7:30 PM

Oxygen and The Knot (www.theknot.com; AOL Keyword: weddings), the leading wedding fashion resource, are going gown shopping! The network and the #1 wedding website take viewers behind the scenes at this year's semi-annual Bridal Fashion Weeks for an exclusive look at the season's hottest gowns and designers. Airing Friday, September 12, 2003, at 7:30 p.m. on Oxygen, "Bridal Fashion Preview" lets viewers in on what the best-dressed brides soon will be wearing down the aisle. Carley Roney, Editor in Chief and cofounder of The Knot, hosts the half-hour special profiling four of today's most sought-after bridal designers: Beverly Hills-based designer-to-the-stars Monique L'Huillier; hip princess of bridalwear Melissa Sweet; exuberant Aussie brother/sister team, Michelle and Henry Roth (star of Style Network's "Style Court"), and Kenneth Pool with the highly-anticipated debut his premier collection.

With front-row footage from the industry's most elite bridal runways, "Bridal Fashion Preview" reveals what's hot in weddingwear for 2004. Oxygen and The Knot expose the drama behind the dress when they take viewers backstage to meet with designers through the days leading up to their runway shows, documenting the nail-biting moments as each prepares to wow the fashion editors and impress salon buyers. Cameras catch what brides don't see in the salons: from Kenneth Pool's last-minute preparations for unveiling his first line (after years under Vera Wang and Reem Acra) to Michelle Roth's hand-painted gown exhibition to Melissa Sweet's morning-of challenges and triumphs: "Everything I do culminates in this," stresses designer Melissa Sweet. "Thirty minutes -- and then it's over."

"This is a unique and fresh preview for brides as they prepare for their special day," says Kathleen Minton Catapano, the show's co-executive producer. "Oxygen and The Knot have captured the glory surrounding life's most precious milestone from the runway to the aisle."

"Every woman knows that her wedding gown is the ultimate fashion statement. Now millions of women who tune into Oxygen can see the myriad of fabulous options that they have for their fifteen minutes of fame," said Roney. " 'Bridal Fashion Preview' not only lets brides see the hottest styles but also provides the inside scoop on who is behind the wedding gowns they wear so proudly."

To view exclusive footage of hundreds of gowns from 60 runway shows during Bridal Fashion Week 2003, log on to The Knot Video Runway at www.theknot.com/videorunway.> Oxygen and The Knot first got hitched last year for the miniseries "Real Weddings from The Knot." In January 2004, Oxygen will air brand-new episodes that provide more sneak peeks at the good, the bad, and the endlessly entertaining stories involved in planning a wedding.

Kit Laybourne and Kathleen Minton Catapano serve as the executive producers for both "Bridal Fashion Preview" and "Real Weddings from The Knot." Their work also includes "Women and the Badge," Oxygen's series on women in law enforcement, now entering its third season.

About Oxygen

Oxygen Media, a 24-hour cable television network, puts a fresh spin on television for women. With original series' by Oprah Winfrey, Isaac Mizrahi and Carrie Fisher, Oxygen airs more original programming than any other women's network. Founded in 1998, the network is independently owned and now available in 48 million cable households. Oxygen Media also owns and operates www.oxygen.com. Geraldine Laybourne is the CEO.

About The Knot

The Knot Inc. (OTCBB: KNOT; www.theknot.com; AOL keyword: weddings) is one of the world's leading wedding media and services companies, providing today's to-be-weds with comprehensive wedding planning information, interactive tools, and resources. Its award-winning website, TheKnot.com, is the leading online wedding destination and wedding content provider to America Online, MSN, and Yahoo!.

The Knot also offers a diverse collection of wedding-planning print publications. The Knot produces a national publication, THE KNOT Magazine, and, through its subsidiary Weddingpages, Inc., publishes WEDDINGPAGES(R), regional wedding magazines that reach dozens of U.S. cities. In addition, the company publishes a wedding-planning book trilogy with Random House's Broadway Books and a gift book series with Chronicle Books. The Knot is based in New York and has several other offices across the country.