KMOV Great Day St. Louis

On Monday, March 7th I was on Great Day St. Louis with Carol Daniel.  I had the awesome opportunity to show St. Louis modest wedding dresses.  Three of my favorite girls showed some incredible wedding dresses.

http://www.kmov.com/great-day-st-louis/Chatfields-Wedding-Dresses-117416048.html

Of course there were 10 other things I wanted to mention about modesty, but forgot and ran out of time.

CBS St. Louis - Chatfields Best Bridal Store

We've won another award!  CBS/KMOV has announced that Chatfields is one of the top three bridal stores in St. Louis.  In a town of 20+ bridal stores, we are honored to be named one of the best! 


http://stlouis.cbslocal.com/top-lists/best-bridal-shops-in-st-louis/

Mormon Times Article

I'm so excited that a writer from the Mormon Times included Chatfields in their feature store on Modest Bridal Stores.  We serve a lot of LDS Brides and so happy that the article is helping us spread the word about the store.

Mormon Times Article January, 2011

Thank you Deseret News for including us!

Buying a Modest Wedding Dress Online/Internet Sales

I know it's hard to find a modest wedding dress, as I mail dresses weekly to brides across the United States, and even to other countries.

I am asked all the time for the opportunity to purchase a gown online from our store.  If a gown is purchased online, there is such a big unknown and potentially a very unhappy bride.

As a bridal store owner, I know every dress in our store.  Each dress has a specific feel, texture, weight, and length.  When brides call our store, I ask lots of questions.  By looking at a photo, a bride won't know how heavy the dress is.  If a bride is a size 2 and 5 feet tall, getting married outdoors in Florida in August, there are many dresses I would encourage, while there are many I would strongly discourage. For instance there are some very heavy bridal satins that I typically discourage for a bride that is very petite.  I don't think she'll be very comfortable on her wedding day in a 5 pound wedding dress!

I feel that a bride is trusting me with the most important fashion purchase she'll ever make.  Her children will one day look at the photos of their mom on her wedding day. Her selection of a gown should reflect the bride and happiness she'll feel on her wedding day.

If you're purchasing a gown online and you're nervous about the details, contact the designer and ask lots of questions.

Nicole (Richie) Madden in a Modest Wedding Dress

I recently saw pictures of Nicole Richie's wedding dress.  She wore three and it appears that two of the dresses had LONG SLEEVES! 

Kudo's to Mrs. Madden for choosing a more modest and amazing wedding dress.  Bravo for not selecting another (snooze) strapless wedding gown.

I personally love lace wedding dresses and vintage-inspired gowns are timeless.

Famous brides tend to set the trends - I hope that designers will take notice and at least offer something besides strapless bridal gowns.

Are Strapless Wedding Dresses Going Away?

A Royal Wedding

I am so excited about Prince William and Kate Middleton's wedding.  Of course as a bridal store owner, I'm most interested in the dress she will wear.  When Princess Diana was married, her dress was the number one copied bridal gown of all time.

I hope that Kate will choose a more modest design for her wedding. Her decision will most likely set the trend for the year 2011 - and encourage more girls to think conservatively in their wedding dress choices.

No matter what she chooses, she is a beautiful girl - and will be a beautiful bride.

Plus Size Wedding Dresses in St. Louis!

As I've posted, I really don't care for the words - Plus Size, I prefer Alternative Sizes, but that's just me.  Of the last 3 years of business the number one sized bride we have most often sold is a size 22.  We've sold more size 22 bridal dresses than any other size. 

Most of the alternative sized brides we see prefer not to show their arms and are searching for the additional coverage that a strapless dress cannot provide. 

That's why I'm so excited that bridal gowns in sizes 22, 24, 26, 28 and 30 size wedding dresses have arrived at the shop.  We already had a significant inventory and now we have more!

I am just thrilled to have even more options for brides to try on.  You have to try on a wedding dress. I'm so discouraged when I hear of other brides didn't have the opportunity to try on a sample, and must guess what the dress will look like. A wedding dress is such an important purchase, you have to try on the dress so you can see what you'll look like on your wedding day.

At Chatfields Bridal Boutique we carry sizes 0-30 sample gowns so everyone has a chance to try on a modest bridal gown.

New Line - Sophia and Camilla

As previously posted, I attended the Chicago Bridal Market to find new Modest Wedding gown designers.  I am so happy to announce that the Sophia and Camilla gowns have started to arrive at the shop.

More are on the way due in January 2011.

Here is the link to our site that shows some of these amazing designs:
www.chatfieldsboutique.com/gallery2.htm

What I specifically love about this designer is that we can make adjustments to the gowns, raise necklines, make sleeves longer etc.

Let me know what you think.