hee hee:p

I don't know but it does make that whole "white wedding dress=virginal" thing suspect. :rolleyes:

Yeah, it's not my thing, either.

Agreed. It looked more like a prom dress my mother would have forbidden me to wear. Though it must be nice to have that much money laying around. :rolleyes:

That girl was ridiculous - for a second I thought I was watching My Super Sweet Sixteen.

ETA: Is this girl like WAL?

The dress she ended up buying was so gorgeous though.

I never picture the dresses on me, but sometimes I really appreciate the magic they do with the women that come in there.

Except for the trashy lingerie dress.

The saddest part is that the trashy lingerie dress has been, BY FAR, the most tried on dress on the show.

Yes, it's been a little while now since I've seen someone try on the specific dress you're talking about, but for a while there, it was being tried on once or twice an episode. It made me wonder if it was a case of product placement.

I love this show! I actually got my Monique Lhuillier dress there a few years ago. I had heard horror stories about kleinfelds and didn't want to go, but my mom talked me into it. Being where I am from Kleinfelds is legendary and unavoidable. She specifically asked for a "nice consultant" and she was. I don't remember her name, but I don't think she has been featured on the show. After I picked out my dress and came back another time to pick out accessories (the veil etc...) Ronnie spoke to me for an hour about everything! He even gave me approval on my bridesmaid dresses and said that the brand I was going through was as good a quality if not better than what he sells in the store (they were Ann Taylor). Overall Kleinfelds was an incredible experience, my dress made me feel like a star, and I can't wait until I have a daughter and can bring her there for her dress. I love to watch the show now and reminisce about my experience there.

Live-in and I have been watching the show together when they've got the marathons on. We're having "those" conversations now. When we get married, IF we have a wedding (I'm still on the fence about that one), at least I know where to start. We'll never afford Kleinfeld's but there have to be some decent stores (besides David's) in Chicago.

I can't tell you where I'm not starting: no mermaid dress for me, and no see-through trashy lingerie dress.

Question for KSUViolet: if I get engaged, but do not have a wedding, would I win at life?

I enjoy watching this show. It doesn't seem like they ever show dresses that are not strapless. Even if they do, the bride wants to cut off the sleeves or straps right away.

I also hate that bustier on a tutu dress. Thngs like that make me feel like an old fogey. I guess looking chaste on your wedding day is passe'.

Rats!

Are they starting a new season?

Did anyone see the season premiere tonight? It was...interesting.

yep, that was the one...as well as another. I can't believe that they had to "haggle" to lower the price for a dress that was 4 or 5 years old, and to still have found a lower price elsewhere.

Also, spending 11k on a dress the day you get engaged is a little insane to me.

And of course there was that dress that the pageant queen wanted, the short 2010 variation of lingerie style dress that everyone tried on last year. "But I want to be sexxxxxyyyyy." Pout pout. And Dad was liking that dress? Whoa, my husband would be like, "not paying for this one, sweetie. I'm sure you can find the same thing at Frederick's of Hollywood for 6500 dollars less."

I thought the pageant girl was a little, hmm, tacky. The dress she was in love with was, in my opinion, "sluttish". I was surprised how her mom and step dad were ready to pop out the credit card. Although I do question Camille, she understood that the bride was torn between what she wanted and what her friends were saying, we've seen that Pnina does that dress with a long skirt, why didn't Camille put her in the dress with the long skirt? That probably would have been the "happy medium" that she kept talking about in her voice overs.

As for the bride who came to "try on dresses" before she was engaged, yeah spending 11K on a dress is crazy, at least to me.

My mom and I would watch the show when I was home and she likes some of their dresses and has told me that she would totally take me there and let me try dresses on, but my cap would be like 2500-3000 (at the absolute most). Having searched their stock online, I have found quite a few dresses I like in the 1500-3000 price range.

I recently discovered this show because reruns come on when I am at the gym after work, and have recently become a little obsessed with it!
I thought the pageant girl was acting really skanky. I just don't get why she wanted to be "sexy". I think on your wedding day, you should look elegant and ladylike (or at least appropriate), not like a hooker. I just couldn't wrap my head around her wanting to look like that.
That dress that the girl that just got engaged was absolutely gorgeous, but I would never pay 11K for a dress.

Were the 11K dress girl and the pageant girl different people?

I have been informed (and will be able to confirm when I actually see it myself) that 11K dress girl is a member from my chapter.

I recorded that show last night and just watched it - my 18 y.o. son was in the room and he said of the short dress "I'd be pissed off if the girl I was going to marry showed up in that!"

I like to watch this show just like I watch the Kardashians...I don't take it seriously. I can't fathom spending $11,000 on a dress. I guess if you have an unlimited budget, whatever...but of the girls I know who have spent extraordinary amounts of money on their weddings, just about all of them didn't actually have enough money to be doing so. Whatever happened to being happy about being husband and wife? I don't get the need for thousands of dollars and huge productions.

Watching the episode now - it most definitely is my chapter sister. Good for her. :)

LOL and Gem is an ASA.

When that girl said something along the line of: this dress isn't Pam Anderson, I knew she was off her rocker. She wasn't looking for sexy! She was looking for common whore. Who wants to emulate Pam Anderson? Has anyone seen her lately?

If she wanted to be Pam she could've saved money and bought a white bikini.

Yes, they were two different girls.

Yes, the pageant girl's short dress was so tacky and gross...I mean, as long as she's happy with her decision, but I've seen homecoming dresses in the discount section of Macy*s that looked better than that...

And the girl with the 11K dress lost her damn mind. I hope she didn't really buy it. It was a beautiful dress, but it wasn't worth spending the amount of a compact car on it.

And also, I don't understand the point of going in a store like Kleinfelds if you're not absolutely ready to buy. To go in not engaged or just engaged or with a date not even set seems really silly to me.

This. I've found that most of the dresses I like are 1500 and under, but that also has to do with the fact that I'm not looking for a foofy ball gown.

Also this. My fiance is already giving me the side eye because my max for a dress is $1,000

IMO, those are the girls that typically want to have a wedding just so they can WAL and have a huge party, and not have a wedding to get married to the one they love.

Just finished watching.

Honestly. If the words "this could be a down payment on a house" come out of your mouth, you need to take a step back. That was girl was insane for spending $11,000 (not to mention going to shop before even being engaged).

If you're marrying the guy you want to be married to, you're "already winning at life", duh.

There are awesome dresses out there and not a penny over $3K at most. My daughter looked at everything from Monique L' what's her name for $11K to David's Bridal for $1,000 and ended up with a fabulous gown from a Spanish designer for $2K - in 2008. In fact she and her husband and wedding party are part of the advertisement for the photographer -

Of course, it helps that she is a cutie...:)

I want to know how and why she was not reimbursed for that... and why she didn't raise hell so that she would be.

She might've sued but maybe wasn't allowed to speak about it.

I really hope so. I was about to yell at my TV when she said she was paying for the same dress twice.