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 listen, and more. Let’s dive right in.
Let’s get the dress logistics out of the way: she has a tight budget (#RecessionWatch), she doesn’t want to look like a cupcake, and she wants something fitted with straps. Keasha is the consultant for this appointment.
Camille is here with her mother-in-law “Zippy” and two of her friends. There is an entire novel contained in the relationship between Camille and Zippy. Camille stresses that she invited her as a way to extend an olive branch, and that Zippy has been reluctant to accept Camille into their family since she is not Jewish.
We also find out that Camille owns a pole-dancing business. Camille is a legend. Now, all of this exposition had me geared up for a tense and combative relationship between these two. Not so!!! I guess it’s possible that they played this up for the cameras, but their relationship seemed genuinely warm! Zippy and Camille kept making each other laugh and Zippy cried when Camille found the dress. Even my cold, dead heart found this heartwarming to watch.
About halfway through the appointment, Randy shows up to “help.” Keasha finds this extremely annoying (she seems to find Randy’s whole deal annoying) and is visible rankled when he takes Zippy shopping to pick out a dress for Camille.
Camille hates the dress (it’s Dress #3, below) and says she looks like a jellyfish. Even Zippy starts laughing when she comes out in it, so no hurt feelings here.
Camille falls in love with Dress #2 and everyone leaves here happy.
On to our other Keasha bride of the day, Kristen.
Kristen works in fashion, and she’s been friends with Keasha for 8 years. A fashion girlie – you know what that means! She’s going to have very strong and unfounded opinions. How many times must we explain that fashion and bridal are not the same thing.
Kristen does not disappoint me, as she has brought a pile of magazine cutouts to show Keasha. In a very diplomatic confessional, Keasha tells us that she isn’t sure any of these dresses are going to work on Kristen, but she wants to give her whatever she wants to try on.
Kristen is Not Like Other Brides™, she tells us. She wants something vintage and 30s (read: bias cut) and “unique.” Okay girl.
Here are the dresses that Kristen tries. She doesn’t like any of them and realizes that she has zero idea what kind of bridal will look good on her body. Keasha is warned by Nicole that she has gone over her appointment time and needs to wrap it up, so Kristen leaves without a dress. I assume Kristen will be back and hopefully she will actually listen to her friend this time. Good lord!
Lisa Tirri is here and she’s been paired with consultant Debbie. She’s brought six people, including her mom, and she is having a Catholic wedding in Southern Italy. Her fiancé is in the military and like, based on her hair, we can tell girl.
Do you see what I mean about the hair!
Anyways, Lisa falls in love with an over-budget Pnina Tornai dress and convinces her mom that it’s worth the money. I’m not tracking this data, but it seems like a lot of brides that fall in love with over-budget dresses are also not paying for said dresses.
Finally we have a quick alterations bride from Bermuda. Nicole tells us that they get a fair amount of brides from Bermuda, since there are no bridal shops on the island. Rachel is very sweet, she has a super cute son, and her wedding is very laid back and relaxed.
Final Score:
- Entourage of 5+ people: +3 points
- Bride has a “bridal moment”: +5 for Camille, +5 for Lisa
- Bride wants to be a princess: +3 points
- Bride starts with a very specific vision, realizes she is wrong: +8 points
- Military fiancé: +2 points
- Manager Intervention: +5 points
- Bride goes $1,000+ over her budget: +7 points
Total: 38/100
Bye beautiful! Open your heart to vintage meaning something over than “bias cut” dress!
