My mom bought her dress here like 35 years ago.
So I think for her, it would be so cool for her to buy
her daughter's dress here.
But I've shopped twice before and I hate everything.
Good luck to me.
Imagine you walking in with a dress bigger than you.
I grew up dancing.
And I own a dance studio on Long Island.
So dealing with so many dramatic costumes and rhinestones
and feathers, I've kind of been jaded
that I just feel like nothing exceeds
my expectations anymore.
I'm kind of stressed.
I'm looking for Jessica.
Hi.
- Hi, how are you? - It's me.
- You are so beautiful. - Thank you.
I can't take it.
This is going to be fun to dress you.
And you guys are--
I'm Marybeth, her mom.
- Nice to meet you. - I'm Jamie.
I'm her sister. - I'm Amber.
Nice to meet you.
So is this is your first time shopping?
No, this is not my first time shopping.
OK.
So what happened the first time you went shopping?
Did you guys learn anything?
Has there been a lot of dresses or--
I learned that I'm very picky.
OK.
I will tell you, I don't believe in a picky bride.
You like what you like.
You don't like what you don't like.
But hopefully I find something you like, right?
- OK. - Yeah.
- Yeah. - Definitely.
Why do you think you're picky, like what happened?
Because there's so many things that I want in a dress
and I just don't think I can find that in one dress.
OK.
So I am looking for something tight with a very long train,
either like a plunge front or an open back, maybe both.
Nothing strapless.
Skinny straps.
Maybe a little lace, a little glam.
And I'm getting married over the summer, so thin fabric.
That's super important to me.
So it feels like a long list but like I have ideas.
Like instantly, I'm like, OK.
What's the price point that we want to stay around?
Between $3,000 and $4,000.
OK.
What do you guys see her in?
Bigger than Cinderella, like pull her up
on a horse and carriage and stop the show,
take everyone's breath away.
Diamonds, sparkly, all that.
How tall are you?
I'm 4' 11".
Do you want a ball gown?
No.
I didn't think so.
I felt it like coming off of your body.
If I put that ball gown on, I'm going to look
like a child going to prom.
OK.
So maybe we'll try on one.
OK.
Or five.
Or five?
No, we have to try on the ones that you want to try on.
We will, yes.
But I want to see something that she wouldn't normally--
- There was one. - Did you see one?
There was one that I was like, all right,
I'm willing to try it on and--
OK. Do you want to show me?
Do you remember which one it was?
- Was it the one in the window? - I think it was over here.
The one in the window is magnificent.
The one-- what was in the window that you liked?
The one-- oh, it's beautiful.
Oh, here, let me help you.
It's heavier than me.
I know.
It's taller than you.
For sure.
OK, this is beautiful.
She's like, if I'm going to do a ball gown--
Yeah, this is a huge if.
OK.
Don't get it twisted.
I feel like a lot of people are expecting like a huge ball
gown, a sick dress.
And it's honestly, at this point,
I'm like, the wedding shouldn't be about my dress
or how much I care about my dress
or how other people look at me in my dress.
I just want to enjoy the night with my husband.
I've got flowers and sparkle and it's super fitted
and it's got the sexy plunge.
Hopefully it hits all of her check marks.
OK.
OK, Jessica?
All right, I have some good options for you.
Is there anything that you're like excited about
or is it like, I don't know?
Everything to me is like blah.
This one's nice. - Blah?
OK.
It's probably easier to displease
Jessica than to please her.
Mom, imagine your 4 foot 11 daughter in this.
I can, actually.
Oh, my goodness.
It's stunning.
She's stubborn.
But we're hoping maybe we could push her into something
that we imagined her.
As her little sister, I always imagined her being
like the ballerina, Cinderella, all that.
So that's what I'm going to push for.
Me too.
We love that look.
The bigger the sparkle, the better for me.
Yeah, but she--
this is exactly what she doesn't want, in the big beads.
Beautiful.
Just beautiful.
I know, but it's her wedding.
Oh, boy.
It's not our wedding.
Yeah, that ball gown that they ended up wanting me to try on,
I took it to the dressing room.
But I said, this is not happening.
I'm not putting this dress on.
I just feel like I'm going to go to my 13th birthday party
with a tiara.
No tiaras.
I think I'm going to have a huge challenge keeping
them on the same page as me.
So let's start with this one.
This one's brand new.
This one's by Yumi Katsure.
OK.
So the only thing is, it has a little bit of a thicker strap.
Is this strap too thick for you, do you think?
No, but I'll try it.
OK, good.
The only thing I don't like about this dress is
the belt but--
OK, belt can be removed.
Right.
That's like easy fix.
OK.
I think this appointment is going to be a little bit
challenging, only because Jessica's
going into this appointment with the mindset of being picky.
If you are defeated in the beginning,
then it makes it much harder for you
to like a dress throughout the entire appointment.
It's like silvery.
I'm a very gold person.
This reminds me of like a winter dress.
OK, got it.
OK, let's keep going.
So thin strap, 3D flowers, low front, low back, fit and flare.
OK.
And then it's got this long train.
JESSICA: This long train.
It's all lined in sparkle.
What do you think?
Yeah, I'll try it.
Really, it checks all those boxes from her list.
So let's see how Jessica feels in this one.
Look how long you look.
Yeah.
How do you feel?
You're allowed to like it.
Look.
Things are happening.
She's like, what's going on?
We actually like kind of like this one.
I kind of like it.
Kind of.
I like the buttons.
The buttons are pretty.
So let's show them.
I am loving what I see, but I still
feel like there is something missing that there is this wow
factor that I could have.
Oh, my gosh.
Maybe they can tell me something that I'm
missing that I just don't see.
Wow.
Wow, Jessica.
That's gorgeous.
Look at the train.
Magnificent.
Love it.
Oh, my gosh.
Love it.
And it's that mermaid fit that I love.
It is.
Yeah, you love.
But do you love the mermaid fit too, right?
I do, kind of.
I like the--
Long train?
Yeah.
Is it heavy?
It's a little heavy.
That's one of the things that I'm kind of iffy on is
the weight of the dress.
I like this dress.
I don't love it.
I love it.
If you couldn't already tell, it's our wedding.
I'm in my first dress and I'm already exhausted.
They're going to love me in something no matter what.
And I don't think they see the bigger picture
here of something that I need to love
more than they need to love.
37 years ago, I went to Kleinfeld's
and I put my dress on and I knew immediately that was my gown.
I put that third dress on and boom, that was it.
That was it. Only three?
That was it. Yep.
I love that you're a Kleinfeld bride.
When you put your gown on and you know it's yours, it just,
it's it.
For her, it would be so cool for her to buy
her daughter's dress here.
So hopefully I have the same moment that you did.
It's just bringing me back.
It is a big deal.
And I do feel the pressure.
When you put your dress on, the rules go out of the window.
It's like a fiance, you know.
Throw the checklist out of the window
when they make you feel good.
That's how you know. - All right.
OK?
All right, let's try another one.
Woo hoo.
Oh, my god, that dress is gorgeous.
- Yeah, I know. - Wait.
Let me recap.
Deep plunge, deep back.
Lightweight train but long train.
And most importantly, lightweight.
I'm a little stumped.
I'm not going to lie.
I'm not usually stumped.
These poor women dealing with me.
But it's not even so much the list of things
that Jessica wants, it's how she's feeling in the gown
and the weight of the gown.
Wedding dresses are heavy.
And I just don't know if I can combine those two
things for her right now.
Feel this dress.
This is super light.
OK.
I think she'll like this one.
What do you think?
Look, I'm like second guessing myself now.
I know.
I'm like, will she like it?
Listen, Amber, it checks all the boxes.
- Jessica? - Yes.
Hello.
We have dresses. We have options.
Oh, my god.
Are you ready?
And we're really excited about it too.
So first option is a Martina Liana.
It's similar to the one that you tried on first, I believe.
Next is señore with a lot of beating.
And then check out this back.
Low back illusion, buttons.
OK, last one is our favorite.
This one, Lazaro.
Really, really lightweight, probably the lightest of them
all.
Glitter underneath with the floral appliques.
I'm trying to read your face and I can't read it.
Do you like it or no?
- I don't. - No?
Oh.
Oh, no.
You know why?
Why?
I don't like the sparkle.
You feel like it's too much?
I feel like everything is too much.
What I want is too much.
I don't want to overwhelm you with dresses.
You know what I mean?
I'm going to take--
It's just me.
I just feel like I'm over shopping.
Let's slip this on.
OK.
And I feel like I hit the point
where they all look the same.
And if I were to put every single dress on,
I would still not like them.
- Do you like it? - No.
No? The whole thing?
What is this?
It's like low on the side.
Like I wish it was like--
It could be. You could line it.
You don't have to have-- because you
can't really wear underwear when it's like this low, you know.
No?
That's OK.
Let it out.
I'm stressing.
I'm all over.
I don't know what I want.
I thought I did.
I don't.
Jessica, you're so pretty, you don't need all of this zhush
all on the dress.
I think you're right.
You literally could go all white, ivory, all clean,
sexy, open back, open front and just like be so striking when
you enter the room, you know.
I don't think you need-- maybe that's it.
I agree with Amber.
I think I need to break up with lace.
I need to have a breakup talk with all the glitz and the glam
and figure it out.
We're going to go home.
We're going to think about this and come back and try on clean.
- OK. - OK?
OK.