Introducing Avenia Locally: Utah Valley Women’s Expo
~by Cheryl
As mentioned in our earlier post, Avenía Bridal participated in the Utah Valley Women’s Expo. The event itself was, according to Nancy, “very well attended and so much fun! I visit so often with just brides and their mothers, it was exciting to communicate with so many other people in an event that wasn’t exclusively for brides.” In fact, Avenía Bridal ended up handing out dozens of cards (as per request) to many different people who knew of a bride; mothers, sisters, grandmothers, friends, –even three grooms-to-be!
The Expo was an excellent opportunity for Avenía Bridal to show the community that Utah does have access to amazing designer gowns, and (better yet!) the gowns can be customized into whatever the bride needs them to be. This was easily done by participating in four different fashion shows where Avenía Bridal’s models were able to introduce gowns for the Fall 2009 season. However, even from the time Avenía was setting up the booth, people were delighted with the uniqueness and quality of the wedding gown designs; they were impressed to see something from the couture fashion world that could be redesigned to meet their own preferences.
The following are some pictures of our models:
Left:
Gabby wearing Dove by Rivini; Natalie Barrus; Stephanie wearing Whitney by Badgley Mischka; Piri wearing a Tara Keely
Above: Piri wearing Cashel by Rivini; Ashley wearing Mallory by Badgley Mischka; and Gabby wearing Argel by Rivini
Nancy Barrus
Brides Revisited (i.e. Fun Stories!):
Crystal Busath, a former bridal customer, approached Nancy at the Avenía Bridal booth and presented her with her own wedding album. Crystal said, “I’ve never seen another dress like mine, before or since my wedding” and since she was so happy with her unique gown, she wanted to let other people see pictures of it at the booth.
Here is the gown:
One of the Emcee’s at the Expo happened to be in the home of another previous bridal customer, and, seeing photos of the bride in her custom-made bridal gown asked, “Who made your wedding dress?” She was told it was Nancy Barrus. When Nancy introduced herself at the Expo, the Emcee said, “Oh, I know you! That dress you made for Courtney S. was absolutely incredible!”
Here is the gown:
Monday, 21. September 2009 8:45