<p>OMG check THESE out!!! [Awesome/crazy:</a> Wedding gowns made of balloons on Shine](<a href=“http://shine.yahoo.com/event/summertimefun/awesome-crazy-wedding-gowns-made-of-balloons-2519854/#photoViewer=1]Awesome/crazy:”>http://shine.yahoo.com/event/summertimefun/awesome-crazy-wedding-gowns-made-of-balloons-2519854/#photoViewer=1) Wonder why they arent showing anyone sitting down? ;)</p>
<p>Maybe your niece will wear one of these jems, zoos? Whats the upshot there?</p>
<p>Absolutely hate the “Four Weddings” which turns weddings into a competitive sport, with brides sniping at and rating each others’ dresses, decorations, food, etc. This next season they will probably also award points for how much money each couple rakes in in wedding gifts, and how hot the groom is, as rated by the competing brides.</p>
<p>How about the bride this weekend on SYTD Atlanta - she had already tried on 150 wedding dresses - and STILL left her visit to the Atlanta store without a dress?!! (her bridesmaids/family are CRAZY to still follow her to each visit!)</p>
<p>And the bride that was on her first visit to a store to try on dresses and kept the staff there 3 HOURS after the store closed cause she couldn’t make up her mind and committ?!</p>
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Ha! That would be hilarious.</p>
<p>(I’ll hunt down and update the thread. Thanks for the reminder.)</p>
<p>If she wears a balloon dress…I know where you can get a real good deal on some darts…just sayin’.</p>
<p>Re: The pink ‘butterfly’ lady. Thank God for Vera. Can you imagine her walking down the aisle with what looked like her 12-year-old grandson with her ‘butterfly’ on display? Yuck. She looked dried out and absurd in that thing, like some kind of Halloween joke, but notice that her bridesmaids were in age-appropriate attire. I’m not saying middle-aged or older brides should cover up or be boring but there’s a limit. I compare this one with the Canadian cop who wanted something bridal despite being 48. She got what she wanted – lacy and elegant - and looked amazing.</p>
<p>Yes, I remember the Canadian cop - she just was radiant.</p>
<p>Anybody remember the ‘Old Hollywood glamour’ bride who was working as a ‘nun’ in a Broadway show and brought her three friends along? They convinced her to go for the more expensive dress and vowed to help her with the cost? Well, my D was watching some tv when a Kindle ad came on and low and behold…it’s that bride!</p>
<p>My niece invited me to go with her, her Mom (my sis) and her bridesmaids to Kleinfelds for her first visit. 
Two other aunts were also invited - we had quite the crew. LOL</p>
<p>I’d never watched the show and watched a few clips on YouTube so I had a little idea of what to expect.</p>
<p>We had a blast - my niece is stunningly beautiful and has a great figure so she looked fabulous in everything. Whenever she came out to the main salon, people looked at her and wanted to try on the dress she was wearing. She is so cute.</p>
<p>Anyway - Randy is charming. I got a kick out of him - his socks match his tie and hanky perfectly! (I couldn’t help wondering if his boxers did as well! LOL) He is really sweet and took pics with my niece. I recognized a few of the women who work there as well.</p>
<p>Niece went back last week and choose a completely different dress than the one she picked that day. I lamented that I couldn’t wait til June 2 2012 to see it and she told me I could come to her final fitting. I am a happy auntie. :-)</p>
<p>What a great field trip that would be! To accompany someone to Kleinfelds! Even better when you didn’t have to have the stress of it being a daughter or have it be your $$ being spent! </p>
<p>I’d love to see some of the Kleinfeld staff in action - so cool you met Randy!!!</p>
<p>Randy is actually going to be in my neck of the woods this weekend - he’s giving a lecture at a nearby museum that has a display of vintage wedding gowns. It looks like so much fun: [MUSEUM</a> OF ART Munson Williams Proctor Arts Institute](<a href=“http://www.mwpai.org/museum-of-art/]MUSEUM”>http://www.mwpai.org/museum-of-art/) But I have something else I’m supposed to do. :(</p>
<p>^^^so funny about Kleinfeld’s! That was the “it” place to get your wedding dress back in the late 80’s among many of my Northern NJ friends (not me! couldn’t afford it!) I remember some odd protocol if you lived in NJ and bought the dress at Kleinfeld’s (well, I suppose any bridal shop in NY.) To avoid sales tax, when your dress came in, they would ship it to your home address. But you couldn’t open the box. When you went back to Kleinfeld’s for your fitting, if the seal on the box was broken they had to charge you sales tax.</p>
<p>I would drop everything to hear Randy give a lecture on wedding dresses!</p>
<p>The aunts were so happy to be invited. It is a little bittersweet as we tragically lost her older sister a year ago May after losing my Mom & Dad within the 2 years prior as well as my BIL’s brother the month before my older niece passed. As you can imagine, the news of her engagement to a fabulous young man was very welcome.</p>
<p>She was sweet to have thought of us being as we’ve been so sad for so long and it really gave us much joy to share this with her. Two of her aunties flew up from FL for the occasion! LOL We had a great dinner afterwards and was a memorable experience.</p>
<p>^^^Pengo, your niece sounds like such a special young lady. How sweet of her to include y’all in this part of her life.</p>
<p>I’m catching up on episodes of the Atlanta show on “On Demand” on Cox Cable. It’s under the Cable Network listing. I’m actually starting to warm up to the Atlanta crew. Lori is really a true Southern woman, and she’s got the manners and the feistiness we’re known for. Once I stopped comparing Monte to Randy, I warmed up to him as well. I really loved the episode where he teamed up with the male friend of the Nascar bride. It was sweet to see him flirt with that Southern boy!</p>
<p>Montegut- I agree. It is almost like the Atlanta crew watched themselves last season and didn’t like what they were seeing.
another kudos to Pengo’s niece. She sounds wonderful.</p>
<p>Thankfully, the Beverly Hills show is off and the Atlanta crew is back. Looking forward to watching them while Kleinfeld’s is on hiatus.</p>
<p>I like Lori too but Monty seems like he’s doing a Randy impersonation. </p>
<p>Back in the day when I tried on gowns in a higher-end bridal salon (did not end up buying there, probably should have), there was no “Randy” male character around. Is this common now?</p>
<p>Randy was not part of the original show. He was hired by Kleinfeld’s later on. I think people saw how much he added to the proceedings, that when the Atlanta spinoff was being planned, a Randy-type “character” was scripted in. Thus, Monty. I read that Monty was not originally an employee of Lori’s bridal salon but was hired specifically to appear on the show. He’s no Randy, but he’s pretty funny! He’s certainly 100% better than that “fabolous” guy on Beverly Hills Brides! I think he’s a florist or something and just seems to wander into the store from time to time. He usually says something that kills the sale!</p>
<p>The Beverly Hills show was a hoot. I’ve never seen so much silicon and so many porn stars! The whole thing was so unbelievably cheesy that it looked like a parody of the original show! The Atlanta show is off to a good start, IMO.</p>
<p>I love Randy, but definitely recall when he was not part of the original Say Yes. I don’t mind Monty, but if I have to hear that phrase “Monty will jack you up” one more time, I am going to throw up. (Of course I will have to hear it a zillion times if I keep watching SYTTD Atlanta). Where in the heck did that phrase come from?</p>