On Sunday, March 30, 2025, from 11:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m., brides will visit a completely redesigned space at Once Upon a Dress, 3750 Tamiami Trail N in Naples. This beautiful bridal salon, well-known for its wall-to-wall gowns, is also getting dressed up for the first Naples Bridal Showcase. Founder of Chicago’s Bridal Showcase, Candice Kuhnen, president of ABC Communications, Inc., has hand-picked a collection of top bridal related businesses to be showcased at this expo.
Joohannery Cuello, from K&M Flowers Deco, met with Yanet Martinez, owner of Once Upon a Dress, to discuss how the bridal salon would be redesigned for this three-hour event. Brides will be greeted with Champagne, a passport and event program that greets guests personally by Yanet. The program talks about the expo partners, buffet menu, fashion show, raffles and the dream vacation getaway for two couples to 7-nights of resort accommodations at one of the 3,000 resorts across the world, including Canada, USA, Mexico, Caribbean, Europe/Atlantic Islands, and Central/South America.
The expo will include top bridal related businesses including the top venue for rehearsal dinner, top hotel for guests, best recommended registrar, caterer, bakery, rentals, hair salon, make-up, med-spa, photographer, music, flowers and décor, transportation, and preserving your wedding gown.
The event program will have a welcome letter from Yanet, editorial on the raffle dream vacation, advertorials about the expo partners, raffle prizes and thank you to the jewelers who are the first to talk with those getting engaged and who assisted in handpicking brides to invite to this event.
The menu selection was coordinated with Brittany Feroce, Catering and Events Manager at Two Guys Catering. It includes Raspberry Brie Tart, a flaky phyllo tart filled with a Brie cheese mixture topped with raspberry compote and fresh mint; Chateaubriand Bites, thinly sliced center cut filet mignon, rolled with bacon jam and Béarnaise sauce; Blackberry Cucumber Cheese skewer with mini mozzarella ball, fresh basil, blackberry, sliced cucumber and balsamic drizzle.
As brides arrive, they will be greeted with a glass of Champagne, passport and event program so they can take notes as they visit with the exhibitors. At 1:30 we will escort the brides and their guests to the raffle table and buffet, and they can be seated by the fashion show and enjoy the fashion show presenting an array of wedding gowns designed by Allure Bridal, Romance and Couture, Pronovias, Enzoani, Sophia Tollie, Morilee, Thornburg, and more.
