Bridal Show 2008 Recap

What a busy, fantastic weekend! Laura and I had the opportunity to meet so many amazing women at the Wedding Planner & Guide Bridal Show. I am confident that Premiere Couture brings something different to Madison's bridal landscape and we were happy to meet the brides who were looking for that difference. We received a lot of positive feedback on the designs in our booth and on the runway, but I think my favorite comment was made to Laura, it went something like this: "I'm a strange bride because I'm not really very excited about wedding dress shopping, but your store is the one store that I can get excited about shopping at." What an awesome compliment!

Another pleasure that we have during the show is getting a chance to rub elbows with other wedding professionals. It's a once or twice a year thing that we enjoy. We always look forward to chatting with our very favorite photographers from Front Room! You all need to stop by our store and see the absolutely beautiful photo art book they gave us featuring one of our brides and models, Erin, in a "trash the dress" (Front Room prefers to call it "Art of The Dress" and we concur) photo session that they shot at dawn in September in Lake Michigan. Some of the photos already occupy coveted space in our "gallery" but the book is a wonderful way to enjoy even more of their artistry.

We also loved chatting with our neighbors, Coliseum Bar. It's nice to have such friendly people next to you at show since we're standing in each other's company for thirteen hours! Other standouts were the gals at the Kalahari Resort, Beauty Blossoms, Bellezza Studio and Captured Moments as well as Paul Toepfer and his wife. We hope they all had a successful show!
Photos aren't allowed during the show so I snapped these during set up. The designers represented are as follows (from left to right): Caroline DeVillo, Badgley Mischka, Justina McCaffrey, Vera Wang, Amy Kuschel, Lynn Lugo, Janet Nelson Kumar, Badgley Mischka and LeaAnn Belter. Luke was along for the whole weekend with his Aunt Toni on baby patrol. Thank you Toni!!!!
A little different angle so you can better see the new Badgley Mishka bridesmaid dress that got so much attention this weekend. To view a larger image, just click on either photo.