Rookie consultant Jessica joins the team. Mirjana needs to walk out of the store with a dress today. Akilah visits the store to try on “The Sarah Dress.” Bethany, a wedding planner bride, is looking for an unforgettable gown.
Consultants go the extra mile to make sales in tough economic times; Audrey reconstructs a dress to make a sale; Debbie finds a dress for a bride who is getting married in five weeks; Vera reconstructs a neckline to save a fitting.
Tiffany’s mother has trouble accepting her choice of a nontraditional hot pink dress; a woman and her mother have different tastes; a second-time bride has her fitting.
Finally, season three of Say Yes To The Dress is behind us. At this point in 2009, we’re two seasons into Keeping Up With The Kardashians, the iPhone 3 has been released, and the United States is deep
Carmel desperately needs a sale to hit her monthly goals; a consultant works with a bride who recently donated a kidney to her fiance; a bride has an unlimited budget; Patricia has problems at her fitting.
Indecisive brides; Jennifer claims she is “dress blind”; Christy’s mom wants a ball gown for her; Susan bought a ballroom style dress too hastily and wants something better suited to her edgy taste.
Varying family dynamics; Julie and her mother don’t hold back brutal opinions; Annie brings her adopted mom to the store; same sex couple Joy and Beth have high expectations for their visit to the shop.
Ex-model Leah is assigned to consultant Dianne, who is challenged by her opinionated maid of honor; Audrey deals with differences of opinion between a 50-year-old bride and her daughter; Jennifer tries on a dress with “elegant cleavage.”
Alla, who lost her mother to breast cancer, battles an opinionated aunt; Ellen falls for a dress that may be beyond her budget; Liz and her mother find their tastes differ; Timoria’s fitting gets emotional.
Debbie and Carmel team up to sell dresses to sister brides; consultant Dianne is confronted by two brides during one appointment; Rozlynn has her fitting.
Caitlin plans a military wedding after Eloping; Lee and her husband search for a dress for the renewal of their vows; after Stefany loses weight, her dress doesn’t fit; Jennifer looks to Vera to fix a collapsed bust.
With a title like “Getting In The Spirit” I was expecting GHOSTS. I was expecting a MEDIUM BRIDE. I was expecting SOMETHING. But there was some big news – Consultant Sarah is getting married!! Every single person at
I wasn’t aware that you could haggle on wedding dresses. Was this a thing that just, everyone knew? That it’s apparently like buying a car? We get a little store meeting about how shopping in the recession is
New consultant Carmel has been quietly causing trouble in the background all season, and cracks in her facade are starting to show. It’s giving Claudia all over again – and once you lose Joan’s confidence in you, there’s
I am here today with a mea culpa: I was wrong. I swore up and down that TLC and specifically Say Yes To The Dress would continue to live in a beautiful, jewel-encrusted bubble and refuse to acknowledge
Ladies, if I can impart some wisdom onto you, it’s this: if you are ever tempted to refer to a man as “the greatest person I’ve ever met in my entire life,” take a step back and really
This Keasha-centric episode of Say Yes To The Dress has everything: a mother-in-law with opinions, a bride that owns a pole-dancing business, a destination wedding, a Pnina dress way over budget, a friend of a consultant who doesn’t
Welcome back to the tulle-and-rhinestone hell ruled by the cruel overlord, Pnina Tornai, that is Kleinfeld’s Bridal. We begin with a “staff meeting” all about dealing with difficult groups. Thank you TLC for quickly establishing the theme of
This was a real dud of an episode, so I’m going to make this quick. We begin with a staff meeting, where Randy is showing the consultants a powerpoint presentation about the trends he saw on the runway
I am once again asking Say Yes To The Dress to bring back the Informative Dress Graphic. I’m just a woman, standing in front of a TLC reality show, asking it to please credit the dress designers on
I love that Say Yes To The Dress is building an entire episode around people having strong opinions, as though that isn’t something that is in every single episode of this show. This episode continues the subplot about
Change is in the air at Kleinfeld’s Bridal and we have made it to the third season of Say Yes To The Dress. This episode pulls zero punches; we almost immediately start with a full-store meeting that promises
Wow, remember 2008? Obama had just been elected president. Twilight was released. Beyoncé and Jaz-Z got married. We were still two years away from the invention of Instagram, Myspace was still a widely-used social network, and the iPhone
This season two finale is a real descent into incredibly boring madness. It’s a bit of a clunker of an episode with a couple of incredible moments – such as the consultants getting silly and playing dress-up in
Every episode of this show makes me grateful that I never went wedding dress shopping; instead, I ordered a vintage dress online and altered it. I actually like my mom and sister, and I don’t think there is
Let me just get this out of the way: despite the title of this episode, there is only one groom and zero grooms in gowns. Here in the tulle and beaded hellscape of Kleinfeld’s, what we do have
This is a deeply strange episode of Say Yes To The Dress. There are five brides, two cop fiancés, only two bridal moments, and zero informative dress graphics. I’m not sure what was going on at TLC back
Full disclosure: there is an early-aughts men’s facial hair reveal that gave me a full body shiver at the end of the episode. How did we as a society allow goatee sculpting to get this out of hand?
This episode begs the question: has Ronnie been Me Too’d yet? Every single time he shows up on this show, he manages to be the slimiest person that has ever been on my television – and I watch
This episode of Say Yes To The Dress starts with a morning meeting where Elise stresses to the consultants that knowing the budget is the most important part of the appointment. She reminds the consultants that is the
It’s a woman’s world in the bridal salon… except when it’s not. That astute observation is the first thing we hear in this episode, courtesy of the omnipresent narrator that haunts my dreams. The men? They’re here to
I have to confess: in an episode titled “Mother Knows Best,” I was realllly hoping for more drama than this episode actually gave us. There is almost nothing quite as Shakespearean than the contested relationship between a mother
Ladies and gentlemen: we have a bona fide historical artifact here in season two of Say Yes To The Dress. This episode is an extraordinarily rich text. This should go in the reality television hall of fame. Why?
Welcome to season two of Say Yes To The Dress! I know we got a little preview of this way back in my post on the pilot, but the graphics team must have gotten a raise. This episode
Season One of Say Yes To The Dress is quite literally a relic from another time. Airing back in 2007 and premiering just before Keeping Up With The Kardashians, it’s a glimpse into a pre-Instagram, pre-fillers, and pre-Pinterest
Season one of Say Yes To The Dress doesn’t go out with a bang, but with a whimper. In an episode full of men that forced themselves into Kleinfeld’s bridal, typically the domain of middle-aged New York women
I spent some time back in episode five trying to figure out if Say Yes To The Dress was giving Claudia a redemption arc or not, and I am pleased to say that I still have no goddamn
This is what karma is. I devoted half a blog post to shitting on Claudia and this episode decided to start giving her what seems like a redemption arc. At least a girl says yes to a dress
Once again, I am forced to talk about Claudia. I get it. Say Yes To The Dress has decided to focus on the tension between their worst consultant and her manager’s attempts to fix her. This show devoted
Now this is an episode of Say Yes To The Dress and thank God for that. After two episodes in a row where no one says yes, where the bulk of the episode is Claudia being bad at
This episode…. it’s a rich text. Something about it feels so specifically dated to 2007: the economy hadn’t crashed yet and there was an optimism in the air, the brides are ruled by deep side parts and chunky
This episode bravely answers the question, “is there an episode of Say Yes To The Dress” where literally nobody says yes to a dress? There is, and it’s this one. This episode is very heavily focused on the
One of the great joys of Say Yes To The Dress is, in my opinion, watching the extremely capable consultants work with brides that are almost always flailing. I love watching Elise solves problems, Debbie pull the right
Another day, another episode of TLC’s delightfully deranged Say Yes To The Dress. If you missed why I split this episode into two parts (and likely the rest of season 1, which follows the same format), I explained
Hello beautiful and welcome back to this deranged project! We’re diving right back into the tulle and jewel-encrusted mouth of hell with Season 1, Episode 2 of Say Yes To The Dress. I’ve divided this episode into 2
Jessica dresses 3 brides simultaneously; Maria brings three generations of her family to an appointment.
Picky Bernadette finds something in every dress Sarah pulls; a nurse suddenly can’t make a decision while in the shop.
Rookie consultant Jessica joins the team. Mirjana needs to walk out of the store with a dress today. Akilah visits the store to try on “The Sarah Dress.” Bethany, a wedding planner bride, is looking for an unforgettable gown.
Consultants go the extra mile to make sales in tough economic times; Audrey reconstructs a dress to make a sale; Debbie finds a dress for a bride who is getting married in five weeks; Vera reconstructs a neckline to save a fitting.
Tiffany’s mother has trouble accepting her choice of a nontraditional hot pink dress; a woman and her mother have different tastes; a second-time bride has her fitting.
Bre, a former beauty queen, wants to be a traditional bride; Jennifer visits the shop with an undermining entourage.
Finally, season three of Say Yes To The Dress is behind us. At this point in 2009, we’re two seasons into Keeping Up With The Kardashians, the iPhone 3 has been released, and the United States is deep
Carmel desperately needs a sale to hit her monthly goals; a consultant works with a bride who recently donated a kidney to her fiance; a bride has an unlimited budget; Patricia has problems at her fitting.
Indecisive brides; Jennifer claims she is “dress blind”; Christy’s mom wants a ball gown for her; Susan bought a ballroom style dress too hastily and wants something better suited to her edgy taste.
Varying family dynamics; Julie and her mother don’t hold back brutal opinions; Annie brings her adopted mom to the store; same sex couple Joy and Beth have high expectations for their visit to the shop.
Ex-model Leah is assigned to consultant Dianne, who is challenged by her opinionated maid of honor; Audrey deals with differences of opinion between a 50-year-old bride and her daughter; Jennifer tries on a dress with “elegant cleavage.”
Debbie and Carmel team up to sell dresses to sister brides; consultant Dianne is confronted by two brides during one appointment; Rozlynn has her fitting.
Caitlin plans a military wedding after Eloping; Lee and her husband search for a dress for the renewal of their vows; after Stefany loses weight, her dress doesn’t fit; Jennifer looks to Vera to fix a collapsed bust.
With a title like “Getting In The Spirit” I was expecting GHOSTS. I was expecting a MEDIUM BRIDE. I was expecting SOMETHING. But there was some big news – Consultant Sarah is getting married!! Every single person at
I wasn’t aware that you could haggle on wedding dresses. Was this a thing that just, everyone knew? That it’s apparently like buying a car? We get a little store meeting about how shopping in the recession is
New consultant Carmel has been quietly causing trouble in the background all season, and cracks in her facade are starting to show. It’s giving Claudia all over again – and once you lose Joan’s confidence in you, there’s
I am here today with a mea culpa: I was wrong. I swore up and down that TLC and specifically Say Yes To The Dress would continue to live in a beautiful, jewel-encrusted bubble and refuse to acknowledge
Ladies, if I can impart some wisdom onto you, it’s this: if you are ever tempted to refer to a man as “the greatest person I’ve ever met in my entire life,” take a step back and really
This Keasha-centric episode of Say Yes To The Dress has everything: a mother-in-law with opinions, a bride that owns a pole-dancing business, a destination wedding, a Pnina dress way over budget, a friend of a consultant who doesn’t
Welcome back to the tulle-and-rhinestone hell ruled by the cruel overlord, Pnina Tornai, that is Kleinfeld’s Bridal. We begin with a “staff meeting” all about dealing with difficult groups. Thank you TLC for quickly establishing the theme of
This was a real dud of an episode, so I’m going to make this quick. We begin with a staff meeting, where Randy is showing the consultants a powerpoint presentation about the trends he saw on the runway
I am once again asking Say Yes To The Dress to bring back the Informative Dress Graphic. I’m just a woman, standing in front of a TLC reality show, asking it to please credit the dress designers on
I love that Say Yes To The Dress is building an entire episode around people having strong opinions, as though that isn’t something that is in every single episode of this show. This episode continues the subplot about
Change is in the air at Kleinfeld’s Bridal and we have made it to the third season of Say Yes To The Dress. This episode pulls zero punches; we almost immediately start with a full-store meeting that promises
Wow, remember 2008? Obama had just been elected president. Twilight was released. Beyoncé and Jaz-Z got married. We were still two years away from the invention of Instagram, Myspace was still a widely-used social network, and the iPhone
This season two finale is a real descent into incredibly boring madness. It’s a bit of a clunker of an episode with a couple of incredible moments – such as the consultants getting silly and playing dress-up in
“I have this love of fine sewing… couture… all the fashion concepts.”
Every episode of this show makes me grateful that I never went wedding dress shopping; instead, I ordered a vintage dress online and altered it. I actually like my mom and sister, and I don’t think there is
Let me just get this out of the way: despite the title of this episode, there is only one groom and zero grooms in gowns. Here in the tulle and beaded hellscape of Kleinfeld’s, what we do have
This is a deeply strange episode of Say Yes To The Dress. There are five brides, two cop fiancés, only two bridal moments, and zero informative dress graphics. I’m not sure what was going on at TLC back
Full disclosure: there is an early-aughts men’s facial hair reveal that gave me a full body shiver at the end of the episode. How did we as a society allow goatee sculpting to get this out of hand?
This episode begs the question: has Ronnie been Me Too’d yet? Every single time he shows up on this show, he manages to be the slimiest person that has ever been on my television – and I watch
This episode of Say Yes To The Dress starts with a morning meeting where Elise stresses to the consultants that knowing the budget is the most important part of the appointment. She reminds the consultants that is the
It’s a woman’s world in the bridal salon… except when it’s not. That astute observation is the first thing we hear in this episode, courtesy of the omnipresent narrator that haunts my dreams. The men? They’re here to
I have to confess: in an episode titled “Mother Knows Best,” I was realllly hoping for more drama than this episode actually gave us. There is almost nothing quite as Shakespearean than the contested relationship between a mother
Ladies and gentlemen: we have a bona fide historical artifact here in season two of Say Yes To The Dress. This episode is an extraordinarily rich text. This should go in the reality television hall of fame. Why?
Welcome to season two of Say Yes To The Dress! I know we got a little preview of this way back in my post on the pilot, but the graphics team must have gotten a raise. This episode
Season One of Say Yes To The Dress is quite literally a relic from another time. Airing back in 2007 and premiering just before Keeping Up With The Kardashians, it’s a glimpse into a pre-Instagram, pre-fillers, and pre-Pinterest
Season one of Say Yes To The Dress doesn’t go out with a bang, but with a whimper. In an episode full of men that forced themselves into Kleinfeld’s bridal, typically the domain of middle-aged New York women
I spent some time back in episode five trying to figure out if Say Yes To The Dress was giving Claudia a redemption arc or not, and I am pleased to say that I still have no goddamn
This is what karma is. I devoted half a blog post to shitting on Claudia and this episode decided to start giving her what seems like a redemption arc. At least a girl says yes to a dress
Once again, I am forced to talk about Claudia. I get it. Say Yes To The Dress has decided to focus on the tension between their worst consultant and her manager’s attempts to fix her. This show devoted
Now this is an episode of Say Yes To The Dress and thank God for that. After two episodes in a row where no one says yes, where the bulk of the episode is Claudia being bad at
This episode…. it’s a rich text. Something about it feels so specifically dated to 2007: the economy hadn’t crashed yet and there was an optimism in the air, the brides are ruled by deep side parts and chunky
This episode bravely answers the question, “is there an episode of Say Yes To The Dress” where literally nobody says yes to a dress? There is, and it’s this one. This episode is very heavily focused on the
One of the great joys of Say Yes To The Dress is, in my opinion, watching the extremely capable consultants work with brides that are almost always flailing. I love watching Elise solves problems, Debbie pull the right
Another day, another episode of TLC’s delightfully deranged Say Yes To The Dress. If you missed why I split this episode into two parts (and likely the rest of season 1, which follows the same format), I explained
Hello beautiful and welcome back to this deranged project! We’re diving right back into the tulle and jewel-encrusted mouth of hell with Season 1, Episode 2 of Say Yes To The Dress. I’ve divided this episode into 2
In the premiere of Say Yes To The Dress, two brides try and have a bridal moment, and Kleinfeld’s has a sample sale.