<p>Not when they’re as sweet as you, t_c.</p>
<p>VeryHappy, that’s exactly it! I knew there was a famous dress like that, but I couldn’t put my finger on it.</p>
<p>I love that show. I never got to pick out a wedding dress because my controlling mother picked out a white bridesmaid dress for me before I got to a store and even my dad couldn’t talk her into letting me get another dress. Big, big fight. I ended up getting married in a dress that looked OK but wasn’t anything I would have picked out. I always felt that I missed out on the fun of doing it. I am in my fifties now and still don’t get along with her.<br>
Wow, the prices of some of those dresses!!!</p>
<p>I do also think that Randy is excellent - he’s definitely got a knack for finding dresses and handling the families.</p>
<p>And a lot of the families do need handling. LOL.</p>
<p>Did anyone see the episode where the bride brought her male friend who put on one of the gowns? It was a hoot. I loved Randys comment about all he needed was a waxing.</p>
<p>I agree about not bringing everybody and your grandmomas dog to help pick out the wedding dress. I do like seeing more future MIL being asked to join the brides group of family and friends.</p>
<p>The consultants really show restraint and patience with the brides and their entourage.</p>
<p>And when did price point replace how much will you spend?</p>
<p>D and I are so NOT into clothes, but we love love love SYTTD! Love Keisha, LOVE Randy. D and I have already talked about taking a road trip to Kleinfeld’s when it comes time for her to get a wedding dress (and I promised to never, ever behave like some of those moms. Horrors!)</p>
<p>I love the show, too. My very good friend’s niece was one of the brides. The girl whose bridal shop closed and she had to get a dress quick.</p>
<p>^^^ I remember that one!</p>
<p>My daughter and I would love to have Keisha’s help with picking out a wedding dress. She has a good eye and is sweet and sensitive. I wonder if the consultants get burned out after a while. It seems like it could be a pretty stressful job. </p>
<p>About the “price point” comment-hahahahaha. I guess they figured out a way to say “how much will you spend” so that it seems classy. It’s so important that they “pull” (notice how I’m using their lingo :))dresses that fit the bride’s budget, or there could be some unhappy campers, as we have seen. Do you remember the one consultant who used to do that quite often? She was on probation and I bet she no longer works there. She was sooo annoying.</p>
<p>^^^ Are you thinking of Claudia? I think they finally fired her.</p>
<p>What about girls who buy a dress before they have a fianc</p>
<p>I love the show too. I have two sons so I live vicariously through the show. Neither S even has a gf. I guess there’s always an outside chance that I could be part of a future dil’s shopping entourage someday!</p>
<p>I even heard a college/SYTTD analogy last week. My neighbor and her senior D watch the show. The senior D was recently accepted to her first choice sch. I was surprised to hear her Mom say she was applying to another college this week.<br>
She said her D compared it to SYTTD saying…“you know it’s your first choice dress and you like it the best but you might need to try on just one more to be positive you really like your first choice the best”.</p>
<p>I love the show. And D came home for break and told me all about this show… HAHA. We watched a few together.</p>
<p>I think it has been a real learning experience to see EXACTLY HOW NOT TO ACT. As a mother I hope NEVER to diss a dress that my D loves. I hope never to think that my D will want the dress I want. I hope never to live vicariously through my D at the dress salon. (oops Packmom we double posted and I mean this in a good way, as do you!)</p>
<p>And about those $3000+ dresses, and esp those $8000+ dresses, I told my D I would MUCH RATHER give her money towards a down payment on a house than spend such dollars on a one day event. </p>
<p>I married in a dress I made mostly myself. I grew up with “hand made clothes.” I hated them. I yearned for jeans and T-shirts. Then, after I grew up (literally and figuratively), I realized the clothes my mother made on her Singer were finer than any department store duds. So I bought my Singer and started to sew. When I later needed a wedding gown on a shoestring budget, I got out the Singer, a great Simplicity pattern that was based on a dress featured in Bride magazine that month, and the best lace appliques (my) money could buy. </p>
<p>We watch SYTD together, as D tells me it will be along time before she is ready FOR THAT.</p>
<p>Everyone in my family makes fun of me because I’m such a fan! I have a 20-something D who isn’t in a relationship so I’m watching it strictly for the pleasure. As has been mentioned, it’s an excellent way to learn what NOT to do. I have been completely mortified by how some of the bride’s guests, mom, MIL, whatever are so insensitive to the bride’s feelings. Appalling. I LOVE this show.</p>
<p>I missed this week’s episode–thanks for the reminder that we can watch online…guess where I’m going now…</p>
<p>I’m with you, Packmom. As the mother of two sons, I’m also living vicariously watching the show.</p>
<p>i’m 17 & i first watched it with my cousin & aunt. now i watch it all the time 
it’s pretty entertaining. randy is my fav. :]</p>
<p>i learned 2 things from that show that will come in handy when i go wedding-dress shopping…
- never take more than a couple of people with me
- always give them a price a couple of thousand dollars below what my real budget is
because of…
“Also, hate it when the bridal consultants show the brides dresses WAY over their price range.”
ugh, it really annoys me, too :</p>
<p>I wonder how much the Kleinfeld consultants make off of each sale. It does sound like they are on commission. </p>
<p>While I think it would be fun to go through a regular appointment at the store, I’d like to experience the “blow-out” sale!!!</p>
<p>Bunsen, how do you find the latest episode of a show on Hulu? Not sure how to use that site; I only see excerpts displayed. Thanks for a tutorial.</p>
<p>I can’t believe I started watching this show but it’s somewhat addictive. I think sometimes the consultants pull the expensive dresses because all of the dresses in the stated price range are rejected. In effect they are saying, “In order to get the dress you insist you want, this is what you have to spend.” There are only so many miracles they can work.</p>
<p>I got a sample dress in a bridal shop many many years ago for $500; I think I went alone then sent my mom a picture from an ad. Everyone loved it and my mom was delighted. Neither of us had been bridal dreamers. And now I only hope DS will end up finding the right woman some day - don’t much care what she wears if they can have a happy and successful life together.</p>
<p>My favorite part of the show is seeing so many brides-to-be try on that Pnina Tornai stripper fairy dress (credit to another discussion board for that phrase)–a transparent corseted and bedecked monstrosity that presents the bride’s boobs to the wedding guests significantly ahead of the rest of the bride. (You too can look like a lady of the evening at your wedding!) SYTTD is great fun, and Randy (who was, btw Miss Gay America 1990 as “Brandy Alexander”–great name!) can dress me any day.</p>
<p>LOL. “Stripper fairy”–I know which board you speak of. My favorite. Though in Pnina’s defense, she does have some PG rated gowns, and the built-in corset is a friend to most women (as opposed to the corset with no dress in sight stripper fairy dress).</p>