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Nouvelle Vogue in San Mateo is for the helpmate who wants to bazaar above the mainstream.
Nouvelle Vogue in San Mateo is for the helpmate who wants to bazaar above the mainstream.
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Anna Maier's Maria gown, agitated at Marina Morrison in San Francisco.
Anna Maier's Maria gown, agitated at Marina Morrison in San Francisco.
5 Bay Area conjugal salons that accomplish arcade special
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A bottle of Champagne acclimated to be abundant to accomplish the conjugal clothes arcade acquaintance special. Today, Bay Area brides apprehend added than aerated at the boutique. From dress alternative to sales approach, avant-garde brides appetite a arcade acquaintance as different as they are. We've evaluated the Bay Area conjugal bazaar and begin the best boutiques for every style, account and arcade predilection.
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With about 30 years beneath its blatant belt, Marina Morrison is a San Francisco conjugal institution. The full-service conjugal salon, amid on chic Maiden Lane, is the absolute Northern California conjugal banker of high-end designers such as Oscar de la Renta, Carolina Herrera and Marchesa. Brides are arrive to analyze the salon's all-embracing arcade of made-to-order gowns during accessories and are accurate post-sale by a aggregation of centralized seamstresses. Prices: $3,000 to $10,000, with best amid $3,500 and $6,000.
30 Maiden Lane, San Francisco, (415) 984-9360. www.marinamorrison.com.
There are no poufy angel dresses at this hipster paradise in Presidio Heights. Something Blue is accepted for its characteristic alternative of adventurous applique and vintage-inspired gowns by alcove designers like San Francisco's Trish Lee, "Project Runway" alum Carol Hannah and Old Hollywood allure authority Sarah Janks. The tech-savvy conjugal bazaar has installed Skype on a big-screen TV, so the area's abounding displace brides can accommodate their families in the appointment. Prices: $1,400 to $4,500, with best amid $2,000 and $3,000.
3600 Sacramento St., San Francisco, (415) 409-0217. www.shopandsomethingblue.com.
The fifth area of this California conjugal alternation opened in Walnut Creek in April with a cocktail ball abounding by architecture duo Mark Badgley and James Mischka. La Soie sales associates booty the time to get to apperceive anniversary bride, so she feels as if she's affairs from a acquaintance as she tries on a alone alternative of gowns by Badgley Mischka, Enzoani, Blue by Enzoani and a lower-priced La Soie namesake collection. Prices: $1,100 to $5,000, with best amid $1,500 and $3,500.
1413 Cypress St., Walnut Creek, (925) 933-9988. www.lasoiebridal.com.
Bridal Project offers abysmal discounts on sample and assignment gowns by big names, including Vera Wang, Anne Barge and Lazaro. The abundance shuts bottomward for anniversary arrangement to accord the helpmate complete aloofness and one-on-one absorption - a additional for the abounding brides who appear to Conjugal Project with the added burden of a wedding-time crunch. Conjugal Project sells dresses anon off the rack, so those in a bustle don't accept to delay several months for a new clothes to be made. Prices: $700 to $7,000.
319-B Primrose Road, Burlingame, (415) 290-5255. www.bridal-project.com.
Nouvelle Vogue accustomed itself as the abode to ascertain the abutting big European artist back it alien Californians to Jenny Packham years ago. She's back become a above name in bridal. Today, adult brides who appetite to bazaar above the boilerplate army to the affectionate bazaar for its all-embracing alternative of feminine frocks by Rosa Clara, Sarah Houston and Cymbeline of Paris, amid others. Prices: $3,500 to $8,500, with best amid $3,800 and $5,500.
241 S. San Mateo Drive, San Mateo, (650) 347-3444. www.nouvellevoguebridal.com.
Maggie Winterfeldt is a San Francisco freelance biographer and blogs at the Editorialite. E-mail: style@sfchronicle.com
