Say Yes to the Dress explained

Genre:Reality
Narrated:Roger Craig Smith
Country:United States
Language:English
Num Seasons:22
Num Episodes:335
List Episodes:List of Say Yes to the Dress episodes
Camera:Multiple
Runtime:22 minutes
Company:Half Yard Productions
Channel:TLC
Last Aired:present

Say Yes to the Dress is an American reality television series on TLC which follows events at Kleinfeld Bridal in Manhattan. The series shows the progress of individual sales associates, managers, and fitters at the store, along with profiling brides as they search for the perfect wedding dress. Common themes include overwhelming advice of friends and family, the ability of the "perfect dress" to help a bride overcome personal difficulty, struggle with weight and body image concerns, and the challenge of staying in budget, especially in the case of dresses by Kleinfeld's exclusive designer, Pnina Tornai (one of the few designers ever mentioned by name in the show). Dresses sold on the show range from $1,300 to $40,000.[1] [2] [3]

Cast

Mara Urshel

Mara Urshel is one of the co-owners of Kleinfeld. Earlier in her career in the retail industry, she served as senior vice president and general merchandise manager at Saks Fifth Avenue. She worked there for twenty years. After she left Saks, she was employed by Casual Corner and Geoffrey Beene Company in executive management positions. She then purchased the Kleinfeld Bridal store with Ronald Rothstein and Wayne Rogers on July 9, 1999.[4]

Ronald Rothstein

Ronald (Ronnie) Rothstein is one of the co-owners of Kleinfeld. He was successful academically; he graduated from Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania in 1964 and received his law degree from the University of Miami in 1968. He then became a member of the Florida Bar. In 1976, he started his own consumer products company named Oh Dawn, but after eight years, he sold Oh Dawn to an American Stock Exchange company. He did however stay on in an executive capacity for several more years. On July 9, 1999, he purchased the Kleinfeld Bridal store with Mara Urshel and Wayne Rogers.[5]

Randy Fenoli

See main article: Randy Fenoli. Randy Fenoli was the Fashion Director for Kleinfeld. He was born in Mt. Vernon, Illinois, and grew up with a love of fashion. He began sewing dresses when he was only nine years old. When he got older, he branched out into the areas of make-up artistry, hair styling, and entertainment. He then enrolled with the New York's Fashion Institute of Technology. Later, he was offered a job working for Paul Diamond of The Diamond Collection. He was then offered a job at Kleinfeld where he worked until 2012. He is now an independent consultant.

Dorothy Silver

Dorothy Silver is the Director of Sales and Merchandising for Kleinfeld. She began her career in New York as a floor manager at Bonwit Teller, but she has spent the majority of her twenty-five years in the retail industry at Kleinfeld. She works alongside Nicole Sacco and Joan Roberts.[6]

Nicole Sacco

Nicole Sacco is the Director of Fittings and Sales at Kleinfeld. She has worked there for thirteen years and has many responsibilities, primarily helping consultants with their clients, whether it's finding a dress, closing the sale, or just making sure the client is happy. She works alongside Dorothy Silver and Joan Roberts.[7] [8]

Nitsa Glezelis

Nitsa Glezelis is the Director of Alterations at Kleinfeld. She was born in Kos, Greece, and has been in the retail industry since she was twelve years old. She has worked at Kleinfeld for eighteen years. She works alongside Vera Skenderis.[9]

Joan Roberts

Joan Roberts is the Director of Sales/Bridal Manager at Kleinfeld. Before coming to Kleinfeld, she had worked in the retail industry for twenty five years. She works alongside Nicole Sacco and Dorothy Silver.[10]

Camille Coffey

Camille Coffey is one of the several bridal consultants at Kleinfeld. She was first introduced to Kleinfeld when she was shopping for a dress to wear to her son's wedding. She applied for a job and has been working there ever since.[11]

Vera Skenderis

Vera Skenderis is the Alterations Manager at Kleinfeld. She was born in Athens, Greece. She has been working in the retail industry for thirty-four years. She works alongside Nitsa Glezelis.[12]

Audrey Pisani

Audrey Pisani is one of the several bridal consultants at Kleinfeld. She was born in Brooklyn and has worked in the retail industry for twenty years. Fifteen of those years have been spent working in bridal wear.[13]

Keasha Rigsby

Keasha Rigsby is one of the several bridal consultants at Kleinfeld. She has been working in the retail industry for fifteen years. Six of those years have been spent working in bridal wear. She was first introduced to Kleinfeld when she was shopping for wedding dresses with her cousin. She met one of the co-owners, Ronnie Rothstein, applied for a job, and has been working there ever since. Keasha has not appeared on Say Yes to the Dress since the January 2011 season. She will be appearing on a new show entitled Keasha's Perfect Dress on the Canadian Slice network.[14] This show will follow Keasha as she opens a new bridal salon.[15]

Debbie Asprea

Debbie Asprea is one of the several bridal consultants at Kleinfeld. She has been working in the retail industry for eighteen years. She has been with Kleinfeld for fifteen of those eighteen years. She attributes her love of fashion to her father, who was a dress contractor.[16]

Episodes

See main article: List of Say Yes to the Dress episodes.

Spinoffs

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Nadelson. Reggie. Virginal or strapless? How New York says Yes to the dress. BBC Magazine. July 26, 2013. February 18, 2012.
  2. Coffin J. 2010. Teenagers Portrayed in Television. Journal of Psychology 41
  3. Web site: 'Say Yes to the Dress' Season 13 to Premiere Friday, March 6 on TLC. https://web.archive.org/web/20161011043440/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/network-press-releases/say-yes-to-the-dress-season-13-to-premiere-friday-march-6-on-tlc/. dead. October 11, 2016. February 5, 2015. November 28, 2016.
  4. Web site: Mara, Co-Owner of Kleinfeld: Say Yes to the Dress: TLC . Tlc.howstuffworks.com . January 17, 2011 . July 5, 2012.
  5. Web site: Ronnie, Co-Owner of Kleinfeld: Say Yes to the Dress: TLC . Tlc.howstuffworks.com . July 5, 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120704220115/http://tlc.howstuffworks.com/tv/say-yes-to-the-dress/say-yes-to-the-dress-about-ronnie.htm . July 4, 2012 . mdy-all .
  6. Web site: Behind the Seams: About our Bloggers . Kleinfeldbridal.com . July 5, 2012.
  7. Web site: Say Yes to the Dress | Nicole . Kleinfeldbridal.com . July 5, 2012.
  8. Web site: Q&A with Nicole — Say Yes To The Dress Blog : TLC . Blogs.discovery.com . May 20, 2010 . July 5, 2012 . March 16, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120316001132/http://blogs.discovery.com/say-yes-to-the-dress/2010/05/qa-with-nicole.html . dead .
  9. Web site: Say Yes to the Dress | Nitsa . Kleinfeldbridal.com . July 5, 2012.
  10. Web site: Say Yes to the Dress | Joan . Kleinfeldbridal.com . July 5, 2012.
  11. Web site: Say Yes to the Dress | Camile . Kleinfeldbridal.com . July 5, 2012.
  12. Web site: Say Yes to the Dress | Designer Bios . Kleinfeldbridal.com . July 5, 2012.
  13. Web site: Say Yes to the Dress | Audrey . Kleinfeldbridal.com . July 5, 2012.
  14. Web site: Slice commissions "Keasha's Perfect Dress". November 28, 2016.
  15. Web site: Say Yes to the Dress | Keasha . Kleinfeldbridal.com . July 5, 2012.
  16. Web site: Say Yes to the Dress | Debbie . Kleinfeldbridal.com . July 5, 2012.
  17. Web site: BRIDESMAIDS GET THE SPOTLIGHT ON TLC'S NEWEST INSTALLMENT OF "SAY YES TO THE DRESS". May 13, 2011. TLC Press Release. July 15, 2011.
  18. Web site: TLC Gets Married to Another Installment of "Say Yes to the Dress". March 7, 2011. The Futon Critic. March 7, 2011.
  19. http://tlc.howstuffworks.com/tv/randy-to-the-rescue/about-randy-to-the-rescue.htm TLC: "About Randy To The Rescue"
  20. Web site: Auditions: Say Yes To The Dress: Australia. 30 May 2016. 30 May 2016. David. Knox. TV Tonight.
  21. Web site: "Say Yes to the Dress: Asia" official webpage . December 10, 2017 . December 10, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171210180622/https://www.tlcasia.com/sayyestothedressasia/ . dead .
  22. Web site: Randy Fenoli Says the New Say Yes to the Dress: America Is the Show on Steroids. Cohn. Paulette. 2020-01-03. Parade. en. 2020-01-29.

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