Bride squad wine glasses

These are the pieces that make a kitchen counter look like an occasion, and they are also the reason a drinkware order arrives broken. Glass survives a car and rarely survives hold luggage, so the honest rule on this page is simple: driving means glass, flying means acrylic. The acrylic versions on this page do the same job in a photograph at a fraction of the weight, and they are the only ones most rented pools and most boats will allow anywhere near the water.

Stemless outsells stemmed here by a wide margin and it deserves to. A stem is the part that snaps in a dishwasher, tips on a soft surface and gets held wrong by everybody after ten o'clock. Stemless glasses stack, they sit on a towel by a pool without going over, and they take a printed name across the side better than a flute does. Flutes earn their place for one hour of one evening, which is the toast, and a set of them photographed on a tray is worth the trouble if that hour is being planned.

This page is one slice of the Bride Squad selection, cut by the job rather than by the shelf the pieces sit on.