Season 1 • Episode 8
LatestFried Nicole is a heavy metal singer who wants a wedding dress with a corset, leather and chains; her family is not on board and hopes she will rock a classic wedding look.
Two of TLC's favorite subjects - wedding dresses and makeovers - are combined in `Brides Gone Styled', which features celebrity stylists Gretta Monahan and Robert Verdi transforming fashion-challenged women from frumpy to fabulous. In each hour-long episode, a bride-to-be picks her favorite dress before Gretta and Robert choose three other options they think are more flattering. As the fiancée tries on each dress, the stylists propose hair makeovers and makeup options that best complement each look. Finally, each participant selects her winning dress in secret and reveals it to the hosts and her friends and family.
Production
The reveal room screams 'we had $400 left in the budget.'
Costume
Robert Verdi's Statement Necklaces: a character unto themselves.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This aired during TLC's peak 'transform the unfuckable' era alongside What Not to Wear—part of a reality TV wave where women's bodies were treated as fixer-upper projects.
Robert Verdi was already a fashion-world fixture (E!, VH1) while Gretta Monahan ran a Boston spa empire; this was their only co-hosting venture before disappearing into branded content obscurity.
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