Do You Need To Have A Wedding Receiving Line?

Wedding etiquette can be a very complex issue! Where do you seat step-parents? How do you honor a loved one? How do you insure you greet all your guests? Well, as for the last question, have you considered a receiving line?  A receiving line could be the answer if you consider these tips: 

·Consider how well you know your guests. Many brides and grooms have long guests lists that include distant family, old acquaintances, and friends of parents. If you don't know all of your guests well enough to have an in-depth conversation with them, having a receiving line is a very polite way of allowing your guests to congratulate you. It is also a great way to meet the guests whom you haven’t met yet!

· In general, if you have more than 100 guests, seriously consider a receiving line. Some people would advise you to simply pass by each guest’s table and say, “hello” if you have a lot of guests. However, the easiest way to deal with this remains having a receiving line. Instead of having to make the rounds all evening, the guests come to you!

· Make sure you know who really has to be in the receiving line and who doesn’t. For instance, you may want to include your mom and dad in the receiving line, particularly if several guests are friends of theirs, and/or they are hosting the wedding. But you probably don't need to include bridesmaids and groomsmen. Instead let them mingle among the guests and make sure the event is flowing smoothly.

Whether or not to have a receiving line may be a complicated choice, but where to purchase your wedding gown from is easy: Suzanne’s Bridal Boutique! Our Gilbert, AZ boutique holds some of the world’s best designer collections – and regardless of what you may be looking for, you will definitely find it here. Contact us today and find out more about the stunning wedding gowns in our boutique! 

Announcing Suzanne's Bridal Boutique's Fall 2015 Trunk Show Schedule!

Ladies and gents, get out your calendars...save the dates...we're going to hit you with some serious fun! Here are the dates for our Fall trunk shows (we promise you won't want to miss them):

Maggie Sottero - July 31 and August 1, 2015

Sottero and Midgley -  August 7 - 8, 2015

Kitty Chen Couture - August 14 - 15, 2015

Justin Alexander - August 21 - 22, 2015

Moonlight and Val Stefani Bridal - August 28 - 28, 2015

Trunk shows at Suzanne's Bridal Boutique are always fun events with food, festivities, and, most of all, LOTS of new wedding gowns! More info for each show will be coming as the dates get closer. However space is always limited at trunk shows, so if you want to reserve your spot now, you can do it on our website by clicking here.

Want to know more about trunk shows? Visit here.

Trunk Shows: FAQs

What the heck is a "trunk show?"

Brides ask us that all the time. Although they happen in the fashion world all the time, the first time most women hear the term "trunk show" is when they become a bride. So, we thought we'd take a minute and clue you in on exactly what a trunk show is (and what it isn't.) ; )

A trunk show is a special event where a designer sends out dresses from their latest collections. Often they'll include their best sellers from past seasons as well. Trunk shows are unique in that they allow a bride to get her hands on a designer's complete collection rather than just the selected pieces usually available in the boutique. And it's all at no cost to the bride!

Brides often come in wanting a particular dress from a designer that they have seen in a magazine or online. Although our boutique may carry the designer's line, we may not carry the exact gown the bride is looking for. Normally for the bride to get her hands on the dress, we'd need to see if it was available as a loan sample and could be sent, on a temporary basis, to our boutique for her to come back and try on. For the bride to get a loan sample it could cost her $50 or more - and not every dress is available to be sent out.

Trunk shows are the perfect opportunity for a bride to see the gowns she's been pining over from the magazines. As we mentioned, gowns sent for the trunk show are the newest, best, and brightest. They're the gowns you can't wait to try on.

At Suzanne's Bridal Boutique we usually try to make this special event even more fun by making it into a bit of a party, offering our customers snacks and beverages during the event.

Is a trunk show a sale?

No. Trunk shows are special events - although some shows have an incentive to buy, such as a discount or gift with purchase. Mostly a trunk show is a spectacular opportunity to see gowns you might not otherwise see. Who knows? You might just find The Dress!

So...where do the trunks come in?

The name trunk show comes from the fact that designers used to carry their collections from store to store in trunks - hence the name.

When is your next trunk show?

So glad you asked! Our current trunk show schedule is posted on our website. You can visit it now by clicking here.

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