I lost my Mom one year before my engagement. Walking into Wedding Dresser Couture with my team of aunts, sister and friends, I was really stuck on missing my mom, and what she woul...d like and what she would think. Vassa and I grew up in the same neighborhood, and she immediately made me feel "at home" in her shop, even at a price point of $2k or under. Now I know that she must be like that for everyone, just a kind, thoughtful, genius at her craft. While I thought I wanted to tuck myself away in a ball gown or a-line dress, Vassa pulled a fit and flare first, and said just try it on. I tried on other dresses after that, including at other shops, but came back to the very first one. Vassa doesn't just look at your body in a dress. She looks at the face you make in the dress. At the feelings you have. How you move and how you walk. And when her face matches your face - some kind of awe and joy - you have your dress. And each time, at every fitting, Vassa made sure that I still felt the same in the mirror. I thought this would be the hardest part, without my mom, and it wasn't. I will be forever grateful for Vassa's advice, kindness, organization, communication and exquisite expertise in dressing brides. I would recommend her to any bride anywhere.