Like Teri Ellison, for instance: a forty-something first time bride who chose to wed in Camden Yard, the home field of the Baltimore Orioles baseball team.

Ellison is just one of the brides to be featured in Lifetime's upcoming special, "Brides of All Ages."

The show follows three brides from three different age groups - 20s, 30s and 40s - on their way to the altar, and highlights the very different ways that women of any age can make their wedding a fantasy come true.

"Women are continuing to get married in their 20s, as they always will. But more and more women are focusing on their career or other aspects of their lives early on, so it's more and more common that women are getting married in their 30s and 40s," explains Lifetime Executive Liz Gateley, who oversaw the special.

"Women, as they mature, know a little more who they are and what is important to them," she points out, noting that older brides like Ellison will often incorporate other aspects of their lives into their weddings.

Ellison, Gateley explains, chose to make the wedding photography her focus, instead of spending a fortune on her dress.

"For her, making those memories was the priority." For actress Kathy Griffin, the 30-something bride profiled who is best known for her wacky role on "Suddenly Susan," charity was the theme. Griffin donated amounts equal to those she spent on her gown, cake and location fee to her two favorite charities (AmFar and Planet Hope).

Griffin also opted for tattoo wedding bands instead of traditional rings and a very unconventional wedding processional song.

Tidbits from other celebrity brides like Sarah Jessica Parker, Tea Leoni and Keely Shaye Smith are also sprinkled throughout the special. "It's the one equalizing thing that makes them a real person ... and none of us can get enough of that," says Gateley of the celebrity wedding appeal.

"It's really about how you like to celebrate," says Bride's magazine editor-in-chief Millie Martini Bratten, who provides style commentary for the special. Bratten notes that brides in their 30s and 40s are "less likely to follow convention" in terms of their dress, and even their rings.

"The look is confident and sophisticated, but still very romantic and feminine," she says of bridal attire for women past their 20s. Trends like elegant pant suits, color, and less traditional looking rings are fun and appropriate - and are all represented in the bridal market now. "Above all," she says, "wear something that makes you feel absolutely beautiful."

Michelle Ghiloti, the special's 20-something bride, created a fairytale-perfect wedding in California's Napa Valley. But the great thing about modern brides, Gateley notes, is that "now, a 40-year-old bride can have a Cinderella dress and a 250 person reception and it's okay, too." And that's just the message behind "Brides of All Ages."