Woman Makes Wearable Wedding Dress and Veil Using Lego Bricks — See Her Incredible Creation Erin ClackSeptember 30, 2025 at 1:32 PM 0 LEGO® House (2) Wedding dress made of Lego on display at Lego House in Denmark A woman made a wearable wedding dress and veil using Lego bricks Her creation is curren...

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A woman made a wearable wedding dress and veil using Lego bricks

Her creation is currently on display in the Masterpiece Gallery at Lego House in Billund, Denmark

According to Lego, she achieved "fabric-like movement" with the design

A woman turned her creativity with Legos into a one-of-a-kind wedding dress.

Satu Aaltonen, a Lego enthusiast from Finland, used the plastic toy bricks to artfully fashion a wearable dress featuring a blue and white color palette, sleeves and a small train, along with an ornate headpiece and veil to match. According to a Lego press release, Aaltonen managed to achieve "fabric-like movement" with the design.

She used thousands of Lego pieces to create the dress, which she has named the "Bride of the Frozen Crown," per Finnish outlet Yle.

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Satu Aaltonen's wedding dress on display at Lego House in Denmark

Explaining her inspiration, Aaltonen told the outlet, "I wanted to create something out of Lego that has not been seen before. For me, building is both art and play, but also a meditative counterbalance to my everyday computer work."

She said she made the dress without any glue. It's designed so that one side can be opened and closed.

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Satu Aaltonen's bridal headpiece and veil, made with Lego

"When moving in the dress, it makes a sound like walking on ice," Aaltonen noted. "The Lego pieces rattle against each other."

While she's proud of its aesthetic appeal, she joked that she "wouldn't dare" attempt to sit down in the dress. "But you only need to walk to the altar and dance a little at the wedding party," she told Yle.

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Aaltonen shows off her dress being worn by a model in a Vimeo video. In the video's description, she shared that the design features "1,200 white leaf pieces that form crystalline structures, frozen flowers and a translucent train that shimmers."

"What looks delicate and ethereal is, in fact, a meticulously engineered structure, built by hand over six months," the description added.

The wedding dress and veil are currently on display in the 2025-2026 Masterpiece Gallery at Lego House in Billund, Denmark, where the toy brand is headquartered. This year's gallery features 17 exhibitors from 12 countries, according to Lego.

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Satu Aaltonen's Lego wedding dress on display at Lego House in Denmark

Highlights include 3D, wall-mounted mosaics celebrating Mexican culture and folklore, a Victorian dollhouse with historically accurate interiors, as well as a Fender guitar and other musical instruments — all brought to life with Lego bricks.

"The Masterpiece Gallery is our way of celebrating the creativity, talent and passion of the global LEGO fan community, and inspiring the builders of today and tomorrow," Kathrine Kirk Muff, managing director of Lego House, said in a statement. "This year's exhibitors show just how limitless a LEGO brick can be."

"We hope guests leave energised to build in new ways, perhaps even with skills they've learned in the new LEGO Masters Academy," Muff added.

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As for Aaltonen, she is working on five other Lego dresses that will form a series along with her "Bride of the Frozen Crown" design.

"The greatest compliment is when people are surprised to discover that the dresses are made of Lego bricks. I want to inspire wonder in viewers and show that creativity has no limits," she told Yle.

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Back in 2023, Lego showcased a series of Lego-loving couples who incorporated their passion for the brand into their weddings.

"It's happily ever after, LEGO style! Get tangled up in these heartwarming love stories, as couples share LEGO inspiration that built the foundations of their love," the company wrote in the caption of an Instagram post that featured the couple's creative — and colorful — Lego wedding details, including ring boxes, flower bouquets, boutonnieres and custom figurines as favors.

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Pope Leo criticizes 'inhuman' treatment of immigrants in US By Joshua McElweeSeptember 30, 2025 at 3:37 PM 962 Pope Leo XIV holds a Jubilee audience on the occasion of the Jubilee of Catechists in St.Peter's Square at the Vatican, September 27, 2025.

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VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Pope Leo on Tuesday appeared to offer his strongest criticism yet of U.S. President Donald Trump's hardline immigration policies, questioning whether they were in line with the Catholic Church's pro-life teachings.

"Someone who says I am against abortion but I am in agreement with the inhuman treatment of immigrants in the United States, I don't know if that's pro-life," the pontiff told journalists outside his residence in Castel Gandolfo.

The Catholic Church's position that life is sacred from conception until natural death is one of the 1.4-billion-member denomination's strongest teachings.

Leo, the first U.S. pope, was responding to a question from a U.S. journalist who asked about the country's politics.

The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Elected in May to replace the late Pope Francis, Leo has shown a much more reserved style than his predecessor, who frequently criticized the Trump administration.

Leo was asked about a decision by the archdiocese of Chicago to give an award to Illinois Senator Dick Durbin, a Democrat who supports abortion rights. The move has attracted vocal criticism from conservative Catholics, including several U.S. bishops.

"It is very important to look at the overall work that the Senator has done," said the pope.

"I understand the difficulty and the tensions but I think, as I myself have spoken in the past, it's important to look at many issues that are related to what is the teaching of the Church," he said.

"Someone who says I am against abortion but says I am in favour of the death penalty is not really pro-life," said the pope.

(Reporting by Joshua McElwee; Editing by Richard Chang)

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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Planned Parenthood on Tuesday shuttered its two clinics in Louisiana over what the organization said were mounting financial and political challenges that made operating in the state no longer possible after more than 40 years.

The closures make Louisiana the most populous of just four states with no Planned Parenthood locations.

The exit underlines the pressures on Planned Parenthood as it warns of wider closures nationwide in the face of Medicaid funding cuts in President Donald Trump's tax and spending bill. The organization is also halting advocacy work in Louisiana, where the state's Republican leaders have cheered on the closures.

The closures were "not the result of a lack of need" but rather the outcome of "relentless political assaults that have made it impossible for us to continue operating sustainably in Louisiana," said Melaney Linton, the president and CEO of Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast.

Supporters have said the closures will have a detrimental impact on Louisiana, where Planned Parenthood has never been licensed to perform abortions in the state but did provide other medical care services to nearly 11,000 patients last year at its Baton Rouge and New Orleans clinics.

Advocates and medical professionals fear that the organization's departure will further exacerbate reproductive health care in a state that Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data shows already has one of the highest maternal mortality rates in the country. In addition, a March report by the Louisiana Legislative Auditor's office noted the state's significant OB-GYN shortage and health care deserts.

Planned Parenthood warns of more closures

Trump's spending and tax plan instructs the federal government to end Medicaid payments for one year to certain abortion providers. While the organization is seeking to have its funding restored through the courts, Planned Parenthood officials have warned that around one-third of roughly 600 clinics could be forced to close.

Earlier this year, five clinics in California and eight in Iowa and Minnesota shut their doors. In the past week, the Wisconsin affiliate announced that it would stop providing abortion and the Arizona affiliate said it would halt Medicaid-funded services.

Louisiana joins Wyoming, North Dakota and Mississippi as states where the organization is absent.

"This is a win for babies, a win for mothers, and a win for LIFE!" Republican Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry posted on social media Tuesday.

High numbers of Medicaid patients

Planned Parenthood provides a wide range of services, including cancer screenings and sexually transmitted infection testing and treatment. Federal Medicaid money was already not paying for abortion, but affiliates relied on Medicaid to stay afloat.

In Louisiana, a state with one of the nation's highest poverty rates, 60% of patients at Planned Parenthood clinics used Medicaid. Last year, the clinics in Louisiana provided nearly 30,000 tests for sexually transmitted infections, 14,400 visits for birth control, 1,800 cancer screenings and 655 ultrasounds.

Nearly a decade ago, Jordyn Martin said she turned to Planned Parenthood when she couldn't afford medical services anywhere else. While at the clinic, a doctor offered Martin a free HIV test. A week later, she was diagnosed with the virus.

"Planned Parenthood saved my life," said Martin, who went on to volunteer for the organization.

Connecting patients with new providers

Outside of the New Orleans Planned Parenthood clinic Tuesday, several people gathered and brought thank-you notes to the organization that has spent four decades in Louisiana. Inside the building, up until close, staff worked to connect patients with alternative health care providers.

Starting Wednesday, calls to Planned Parenthood numbers in Louisiana will be transferred to the nearest location in Texas or Arkansas.

Michelle Erenberg, the head of a New Orleans-based abortion rights group named LIFT, said people have been contacting her for help to find new clinics. She said it was important to connect people with providers but worries about the strain it will put on clinics that are already short-staffed.

"Whether patients are going to be able to get appointments quickly, or access all of the services that Planned Parenthood provided, is unknown at this point," she said.

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NEW YORK -- Garrett Crochet struck out 11 in 7 2/3 outstanding innings and the Boston Red Sox went ahead after getting Max Fried out of the game and opened their American League wild-card series with a 3-1 victory over the New York Yankees on Tuesday.

Boston grabbed the advantage in the best-of-three series on Masataka Yoshida's pinch-hit, two-run single in the seventh inning and Alex Bregman added an RBI double in the ninth. Carlos Rodon starts for the Yankees against Brayan Bello on Wednesday.

Crochet (1-0) allowed four hits in his first career postseason start after making four relief appearances for the Chicago White Sox in the 2020 and 2021 playoffs. He walked none and retired 17 straight at one point.

After getting the first two outs of the second inning, Crochet gave up a homer to Anthony Volpe that gave the Yankees a 1-0 lead.

Crochet did not allow another baserunner until permitting a single to center field by Volpe on his 109th pitch. The left-hander ended his night at a career-high 117 pitches by reaching 100 mph on a called third strike to Austin Wells, who thought he walked.

Red Sox closer Aroldis Chapman retired Jose Caballero on a fly ball to end the eighth after balking Volpe to second on a disengagement violation.

Chapman allowed three straight singles to load the bases in the ninth but escaped. He struck out Giancarlo Stanton, got Jazz Chisholm Jr. to fly out to right field and fanned Trent Grisham on a 101 mph fastball to notch his 11th career postseason save.

Crochet did not get the lead until Fried exited after firing 6 1/3 scoreless innings and 102 pitches.

Luke Weaver (0-1) entered and struggled to command his changeup, walking Ceddanne Rafaela to cap an 11-pitch encounter. Nick Sogard hit another changeup for a hustle double to right field, putting runners at second and third.

Yoshida batted for Rob Refsnyder and the Red Sox went ahead when he hit a fastball to center field for a base hit, scoring both runners.

In the top of the ninth, Bregman doubled to left field off David Bednar after Trevor Story singled and stole second.

Fried allowed four hits in his New York postseason debut. The left-hander struck out six and walked three, including a free pass to Carlos Narvaez in the sixth on a nine-pitch plate appearance that drove up his pitch count.

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The Emmynominated actress, comedian, and talk show host recalled wise words from her former cohost, Barbara Walters, that set her down a path toward politics. S

The Emmy-nominated actress, comedian, and talk show host recalled wise words from her former cohost, Barbara Walters, that set her down a path toward politics.

Sherri Shepherd explains why she didn't start voting until she joined The View

The Emmy-nominated actress, comedian, and talk show host recalled wise words from her former cohost, Barbara Walters, that set her down a path toward politics.

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Sherri Shepherd says she didn't vote until joining *The View* — and that one of her fellow cohosts was instrumental in helping her realize the importance of performing that civic duty.

"I was a Jehovah's Witness, so I didn't start voting until I got on *The View*," Shepherd shared on Tuesday's episode of *The Jamie Kern Lima Show*. The Emmy-nominated talk show host, comedian, and actress explained that she was "not into politics," but "Barbara Walters said something to me that made me do it."

When the late broadcast journalist and longtime cohost of the popular daytime talk show realized that her new cohost "didn't know anything about politics," Shepherd said Walters came to her and simply suggested, "'Dear, read a book.'"**

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"All I knew was what the church taught me. That's what it was. I didn't think for myself. I just knew what the church had taught me or what I had learned when I was a Witness," Shepherd elaborated.

The 58-year-old Chicago native previously revealed in her first year as a *View *cohost that 2008 would be "my first time I'll be voting because I was in a religion where we didn't vote." Members of the Christian denomination are encouraged to "remain politically neutral for religious reasons," according to official Church doctrine, based on interpretations of several Biblical passages, and the idea that "by remaining neutral, we are able to speak freely to people of all political persuasions about the good news of God's Kingdom."****

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But Shepherd recalled that when Walters told her to get herself educated, "What I realized is sometimes we have to get out of where we live, we have to go travel the world, we have to meet people that are different from us. Because when you don't, that's how you get prejudice and that's how you get judgmental. When you don't meet people that are not like you, when you meet people that are different from you."

Shepherd credited the shift in her political perspective to Walters as well as current cohosts Joy Behar and Whoopi Goldberg, recalling the former telling her, "'Sherri, the moment you open your mouth, half the world is going to hate you. So go by what you feel and what you think.'"

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*The View *provided the daily daytime home for Walters from 1997 to 2014. Shepherd joined the ABC program in 2007, eventually leaving the same year as Walters, who died in 2022 at the age of 93.**

You can watch Shepherd's full interview on *The Jamie Kern Lima Show *above.

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