'Dream Gowns Bridal' Coming to Crystal Lake

Three yeaLooking for a bestsuprashoess?rs ago, Deborah Donaldson came to the realization that the bridal market for larger-sized women is underserved.

"There needs to be a bridal shop that carries sizes above size 14 so everyone can enjoy the bridal experience," Donaldson told Crystal Lake City Council members last week. "We believe everyone has the right to look and feel beautiful on her wedding day."

Donaldson plans to open Dream Gowns Bridal store at 16 W. Crystal Lake Plaza, Crystal Lake. The location is perfect, she told city council members, as it is located next to a bakery and flower shop.

Council members unanimously voted in favor of approving a $10,000 New Retailer Job Creation and Investment Matching grant application for the business. (Council members Ellen Brady Mueller and Brett Hopkins were not present).

The grant will help cover part of the more than $21,000 Donaldson will spend on furniture, fixtures, office equipment and interior improvements for the 5,250 square feet location.

Donaldson said she plans to offer a large selection of bridalwear fashions and accessories in regular sizes. But, it's the expansive selection of plus-size gowns that will make the store unique.

The store will carry bridal gowns and dresses up to size 28, she said.

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Josie Daga, 42, didn’t mean to start a business when she tried to sell her wedding dress.

Daga, an American living in Toronto, had tried eBay several times, but she only received bids for $100 or $200 on the dress for which she paid $3,000.

“I couldn’t find a consignment shop that would take it,” she said, “and message boards were cumbersome.”
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Jennie Ma, fashion and beauty editor of The Knot, said brides have a number of options for their wedding dress, including selling or donating it, but most women still choose to preserve their wedding dress.

“You hope your daughter will wear it,” Ma said. “But you might as well sell it, recoup some of the cost and help someone else.”
The Dress Value Calculator was the result of queries to Daga, asking how much a particular used wedding dress was worth.

“We get emails all the time in which women ask how much their dress is worth,” she said.

The dress takes into account factors like whether it has been cleaned, and calculates its potential worth.

“What we think is so cool, not only does it do that, it shows similar dresses on our site,” she said.

As a general rule, dresses sell for 50 percent of retail value.