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Bridal Boutique Opens in Downtown Brighton

After months of renovations, The White Dress opened its doors Thursday.

Kristy Koryzno has always loved weddings — so much, in fact, that while planning her own last year, her father suggested she open her own wedding boutique.

"I've always been a wedding girl," Koryzno said. "Cinderella was my favorite princess because her dress looked like a wedding dress. I even wore a white dress to prom."

She loved planning her own wedding so much that after careful planning and thinking, she decided to quit her five-year career in accounting and give weddings a try professionally.

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Now that dream is a reality. Koryzno's store, The White Dress, opened Thursday on Main Street — just in time for downtown Brighton's . Koryzno said she had about 80 women in the store looking around — not bad for opening day.

The White Dress carries beautiful bridal gowns at reasonable prices, according to Koryzno.

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" 'Reasonable' is definitely a relative term," she said. "The research shows the average price of a wedding dress is just over $1,000. Which is still a lot of money to spend on a dress you're going to wear for one day. But it's still pretty reasonable for a bride's budget. I really looked at the designers in that price range (who) ... also had really great, quality dresses for that price and were really creative and unique in their designs."

Koryzno carries gowns from six designers, including a new line called Callista — which caters to full-figured, curvy brides. She also carries a full line of what she calls party dresses, also known as bridesmaids dresses.

"Bridesmaids dresses are a negative word sometimes," she said. "I think that it's just notorious for bridesmaids to hate their dresses and never wear them again. I just wanted to avoid that entirely. The bridesmaid dress is becoming a little more casual — which I think is fun for the bridesmaids."

Koryzno said she hand-picked all the party dresses based on whether the dress could be worn to different occasions, as opposed to just a wedding.

The White Dress wasn't Koryzno's first idea for a name of her new store. That was Blush Bridal. It lasted until her dad pointed out that if the store was just referred to as Blush, nobody would know what it was.

"I was thinking blushing bride and pink — which I love — but he just said no," Koryzno said. "My second idea was The White Dress, and I really like the idea of it not being something bridal. Almost every wedding shop has bridal in the name. So I just thought it was a really modern name and something that sounded more commercial."

Currently, The White Dress is open by appointment only. Brides may visit the-white-dress.com or call 810-588-6147 to make an appointment.


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