First time trying on dresses?

It can surely be your last.. I think a common misconception of wedding gown hunting is needing to go to every place in your surrounding area. I have many brides who see my store first and they all say the same thing, "Well I wasn't prepared to find something so quickly and I think I need to look around a bit." And they all come back to the dress they fell in love with and spent hours comparing other dresses to 'the one.' My best advice is to look around in magazines and bring in pictures of styles you like, then when trying on you can get a feel of what style you love, and from there, you are surely to find your dress! Happy Hunting!


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WTOO Trunk Show

The designer has been around for years but we are just introducing the beautiful WTOO line to the store this season. As all the gowns arrived today there were brides in the store and all eyes were wide from the uniqueness! I couldn't be more excited!! Be sure to check out the site, www.watters.com for all the styles and book your appointment for this weekend! :)
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Wedding Wire Rated!!

Renee Austin Wedding is now WeddingWire Rated for 2011

Grand Rapids, MI - 7/06/11 - WeddingWire, the nation's leading wedding technology company, is pleased to announce that Renee Austin Wedding is WeddingWire Rated 2011 for Wedding Gowns. WeddingWire Rated is an annual award program that distinguishes wedding vendors across the country for their excellence. Based on hundreds of thousands of recent wedding reviews, WeddingWire Rated is the most recognized and trusted brand among engaged couples looking to find the best local businesses for their wedding.

Renee Austin Wedding has 9 reviews on WeddingWire. Reviews by our newlywed clients include detailed ratings and insightful descriptions about their experiences working with our business and staff. Our reviews provide transparency for potential clients, assisting them in making the most informed decisions for their big day.

"We are delighted to unveil the 5th annual WeddingWire Rated program," said Timothy Chi, CEO, WeddingWire, Inc. "Renee Austin Wedding has made a commitment to capturing their clients experiences on the nation's leading wedding review site."

As the largest site for wedding reviews, WeddingWire empowers engaged couples with the most comprehensive and trusted review system available. The WeddingWire Rated program provides Renee Austin Wedding with a simple platform to capture customer feedback from their wedding planning experience. Newly engaged couples can easily access all of the reviews for Renee Austin Wedding on WeddingWire.com. We would like to thank our newlyweds for our WeddingWire Rated 2011 recognition.

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4th of July

Have any of you considered having your wedding on the 4th? I want know what you think the pros and cons to having a wedding on a holiday weekend.. Fill them in on our Facebook wall!

I personally love weddings on holiday weekends. My cousin is getting married over labor day weekend of this year so I've had plans for that weekend for months! Pro: I don't have to stress about plans and what everyone else wants to do.

Over the last month, I've been finding this a real debate for some family's... Another date to think about, New Years and that seems to have the most debate. We want your thoughts so we can talk about it more with our brides. Happy #4thofjuly

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Do your bridesmaids a favor

Fact: Bridesmaids styles have come such a long way. Now there are one shoulder styles with flowy accents and embroidered flower detail. The days of everyone matching in tea length, plain a-line dresses are over. It doesn't matter if your having a formal black tie ceremony or a garden affair. Switch up the styles and colors. So many of the brides I'm seeing are stepping out and picking one dress all in different shades of purples, pinks, etc. Others are choosing different styles for every one of their bridesmaids. The upside to this is everyone of your friends is going to be comfortable. With the adorable styles from lines like Bari jay, (www.barijay.com) you can't go wrong with pleasing your girls. Trust me, step out of your comfort zone and go trendy for the upcoming seasons. We can't wait to help your entire bridal party look fabulous this summer! See you soon!








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Celebrating the New Year: Trends

Every New Year marks the beginning of updated style. The New Year also presents some of us a with a new engagement. Why else would you be visiting the websites, reading this blog, viewing classy, inspiring gowns? Perhaps you are getting ideas for your extravagant event happening in a couple months or even, what a bride told me the other day, happening December 12th, 2012. Whatever the love case may be, why don't we hone in on what is important for the moment--the trends of the New Year.

Here's an interesting story that paints the picture of how the famous designers might come up with their new ideas of Wedding Fashions. Let's call this piece, "Classy Convenience."

' Take yourself back to the 1950's. Genevieve Couture just said yes to the most beautiful stark white gown she could ever imagine. This particular gown is strapless, slim fitting to just above the knee then gracefully explodes into an elegant fish-tail. This gown is everything Genevieve dreamed of. After making the final arrangements, Genevieve with the help of Grandma Terani, two sisters, and best friend, make their way to Imagine's headquarters, her place of work. You see, Genevieve lives in a very small apartment--the complex with everything else except space; therefore, she does not have enough room to fit her new treasure. So, she brings the gown to her large office at Imagine. 14 stories in a stuffy elevator later, the group of girls make their way to Genevieve's office and lay out the gown for one last look before grandma and the two sisters have to leave on a flight. Genevieve and her family gaze at the beautiful bead-work done in little feather-like spirals, like crystal waves being washed up on a silk beach. The phone rings, startling the clan and Genevieve races up to answer it. The forgotten purse attached to her shoulder absent-mindedly popped off onto the desk, knocking over the small collection of black ink containers splashing most of the ink onto the already panicked gown. Genevieve stops dead in her tracks and turns a blank sheet of white after seeing the damaged gown. Her two sisters and best friend let out a small shriek and nervously look over to Genevieve and Grandma Terani.

Grandma looks at the tragic incident, and laughs hysterically,

"Damn it Genevieve, why didn't you just go with one of my designs in the first place?"

Genevieve calmly sobs out, "I just wanted to make my own choices for once."

Grandma Terani gets out her handkerchief, bluntly removes the ink containers, snatches the dress and silently observes. At this time, the fours girls are sitting down on the vintage couch huddled together watching the floor.

Finally after three minutes of observing, Grandma Terani exclaims, "I have an idea, Genevieve. I'm going to design you a gown exactly like this one, but with a style that resembles your clumsiness." Her last words ended with a blunt chuckle, then she says to herself, "I've never thought of adding black to a gown before. A beautiful idea though..."'

Among the many online articles, current bridal journals, and even, one of the most well-known celebrity magazines I found on the grungy table at the shop where my car was getting a new flex pipe, the three most popular anticipated wedding trends for brides in 2011 are the color black, butterflies, and an change out dress.

Terani Couture released a gown in their Spring 2011 line. It is the P295 gown much like the one Genevieve purchased, but tragically ruined with her magical clumsiness.

Apart from the black trend, brides are opting to have a change out gown. Brides everywhere... who wouldn't want to have two gowns to wear on your special day? One from the moment you walk down the aisle, and the other right before you hit the dance floor! Below is an example of another Terani Couture gown made to party.

Also check out Springs hottest new idea. Butterflies!

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