What to Expect from Your Bridal Salon Visit

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Author: Karen Zabel

Your wedding is the most important day of your life. As a busy bride-to-be, you deserve to be pampered every step of the way. Choosing your dress and your accessories is an important part of preparing for your wedding, and a visit to your bridal salon shouldn’t be a rushed, hurried affair. During your visit, you should expect to be guided through your selection process with care by individuals with expertise in bridal couture. That’s a reason why choosing your salon is so important to your experience as a bride-to-be, and to your wedding planning experience in general.

• Look for a salon that offers gowns that are handcrafted, or are embellished by hand. These salons deal with only the best gown makers across the globe, ensuring your gown is a one-of-a-kind masterpiece, with unique details that are sure to create a lasting memory for you, your groom, and your wedding guests. • Select a salon with a wide variety of gowns and embellishment options, especially a salon that offers gowns from a wide variety of top designers. Salons that use their own designers and create their own designs are especially good choices, since the seamstresses and others who work in these salons are usually intimately familiar with the entire line and can advise you on the styles that will best suit you and your wedding theme. If you have your heart set on a specific gown and it’s out of stock at one location, these high-end salons also have the ability to fly in the design you’re looking for from another location. • Make sure the seamstresses in charge of your alterations approach your gown with the same care as a master craftsperson. Your seamstress should know and understand wedding gowns from the inside out, with an expertise in dealing with the often delicate materials and trims. Your fitting should be customized to your needs to ensure you get the look you want from your gown. • Look for a salon with a relaxed yet professional atmosphere, where you will feel comfortable speaking with the seamstress and other staff to ensure your ideas are heard and attended to. Ideally, you want to choose a salon that offers highly personalized attention and never, ever makes you feel rushed or undervalued. • Make sure the waiting area is well appointed and comfortable, and that the fitting rooms are private and spacious, not cramped. You want to be able to experience the gowns you’re considering in their full glory and detail, without ducking or peering around corners. • Choose a salon with a reputation for excellent customer service. You want to be sure your salon and its staff is there to meet your needs and exceed your expectations every step of the way, from your first visit until after your ceremony is over. • Be sure the salon you choose is dedicated to providing you with a custom gown, fitted to your shape and needs, with the attention to detail and embellishment that will make your gown truly one-of-a-kind. Your salon seamstresses and consultants should be devoted to creating a look that is ideally suited to your vision. • Look for salons that offer complete alterations. Altering a gown to fit your body usually requires more than just taking up or letting out a hem or a side seam. Make sure your salon offers alterations for the entire gown, from top to bottom, to ensure a designer fit. • Your salon consultants should have developed an expertise in wedding planning and design, so that they can effectively guide you through the process of creating a wedding experience that is as individual as you are. Avoid bulk wedding dress facilities, where sales people may have no prior knowledge of weddings or gowns. • Seek out a salon that offers a wide range of accessories in a variety of styles and materials. Top-end salons offer services far beyond the gown selection and custom fitting. An experienced wedding consultant can also help guide you through choosing the accessories that will be the perfect complement to the gown you choose, and to your ceremony’s theme or tone. Look for a salon that offers shoes, veils, headpieces, and other accoutrement to ensure your look is cohesive and stylish from top to bottom. • Ideally, you want to find a salon that can see to more than your dress needs. Top-end salons also help ensure your bridesmaids are fitted perfectly, and offer stylish wedding attire for every member of your bridal party.

From the initial visit to the final fitting, your bridal salon experience should be catered specifically to your needs and tastes. Selecting a salon that is devoted to even the tiniest details will help ensure your wedding day is as beautiful and stress-free as you’ve imagined it to be.

Karen Zabel is a freelance writer who writes about weddings and using a bridal salon.