A $4,000, crystal-encrusted coffee percolator; crystal-fringed bathroom towels; and wedding invitations encrusted with Islamic-inspired crystal insignia: If Monday night's Crystallized Swarovski Elements wedding exhibition was anything to go by, "credit crunch" is a term unfamiliar to Dubai's brides to be. As part of a black-tie event held over two floors of the Raffles Dubai hotel, the Middle East's Gulfstream jet set were treated to a tour of the ultimate blinged-out bridal suite, followed by a Champagne reception among specially commissioned, crystal-laden gowns from the likes of Vera Wang, Elie Saab, and John Galliano. West London party girl Alanna Boylan, set to marry this fall in Italy's Villa Durazzo, where Rod Stewart and Penny Lancaster tied the knot, was royally impressed: "Dubai is the perfect setting for a bride to be to find inspiration for her wedding. Some might call it vulgar, but if you can't act like a princess on your special day, when can you? At this rate, my guests are going to need sunglasses."