Coco Myles on Action News in Philadelphia

Here's a link to a recent feature about Coco Myles on Philadelphia's ABC affiliate, Action 6 News. The segment starts off with some news about the Conficker virus, which has absolutely nothing to do with us! :)

Brides.com Declares Coco Myles a "Must-Go-To" Website

Gotta love when the online version of the largest bridal magazine in the United States calls you a "must-go-to-site for purchasing dresses for a wedding . . . ." Check out the entire blog entry here.

Coco Myles on Fox40 Sacramento

Canadian Blogs Dig Coco Myles

We just got a couple of really great blog write-ups about us over the past few days. We're wondering if it's a merely a coincidence that they're both written by folks in Canada. While we love the blog posts, sometimes the best thing is to read the comments. It always makes us smile to read something along the lines of the "how cool" "wow, didn't know they existed." On the other hand, it makes us realize that we need to do a better job of getting people to know we're out there and the unique solution we have to the whole bridesmaid dress purchasing decision. The blog posts are from The Professional Bridesmaid and Canadian Bride

Press Release - Bride's Choice Award '09

Here's a link to our latest press release announcing Coco Myles being named a winner of WeddingWire's Brides Choice Award '09.

Fierce Bridesmaid Dresses for the Bride's Best Ladies

When customers contact us about making bridesmaid dresses for their friends and family they often want to make sure that the dresses will be "beautiful", "gorgeous", and, yes, sometimes, "sexy". Now one word that doesn't cross our path all that often is "fierce'. We know what it represents (yes, we also watch "Project Runway") -- full tilt, a lot of heart, smokin'. Now that's a lot of pressure -- making fierce dresses, that is. But once Chantal made this request, we were confident we could do it and we think the pictures provide some pretty credible evidence of this. The orange and violet charmeuse dresses are so vibrant.

More than the beauty of the dresses, we're struck by how naturally happy the bride and her bridesmaids are in the photos. You can tell that no one had to be asked to smile -- these are happy ladies enjoying life! Great photos by Julian Mackler!

"Maid to Order" - Pretty Catchy

Just discovered this lastest postive review for Coco Myles. It's in a blog called I Do for Brides, which, in and of itself is a pretty clever phrase. Besides receiving the nice review, the thing that struck us the most was the title of the post -- "Maid to Order". We wish we had thought of it!

Cuckoo for Coco Myles

We discovered this cool blog post about us this morning from D Magazine which serves the Dallas, TX area.

WeddingWire Names Coco Myles a "Bride's Choice Awards '09" Winner

We are thrilled to learn that Coco Myles has been named a "Bride's Choice Awards '09" winner by WeddingWire.com. The best part about this award is that it's based on the reviews and comments of actual brides -- sort of like the People's Choice Awards for wedding vendors. We're honored by the award! Here's a link.

Bridezilla!? What Bridezilla?

We first mte Naomi after she requested some swatches from us. She liked what we sent her and she then asked us to proceed with making some dresses for her bridesmaids -- which we were only too happy to do. Each dress contains an asymmetrical bottom and the bridesmaids got to choose the top that was best suited for them. Between the time the orders were submitted to the time the dresses were finished, there were a few reqeusts to change some sizing. We could change the sizing, but time was of the essence. Fortuantely, we were able to assure Naomi that all would be okay. Based on some emails we knew she wasn't quite sure we'd live up to our representations. Well, we did. And based on the photo accompanying this post, we did a rather nice job making these very attractive lades into elegant, well-dressed, and beautiful bridesmaids. Naomi even thanked us after for bearing with her Bridezilla qualities. We honestly did not catch that from her. We thought she was just real organized and efficient in getting things done -- a trait we can appreciate. And they all lived happily ever after!

My Real Wedding from The Knot and The Nest.

My dress was a Casablanca, with a white and champagne color combination. My bird cage veil was exactly as I pictured it. The bridesmaids wore custom purple dresses by Coco Myles (awesome company!). They each wore a traditional Irish sash to match the kilts.

Tags: Fashion purple
Photo: Timachine Photography

In the works . . .

We're looking forward to adding a few new items to our site. We'll be adding a little bit of everything. A few new tops, a bottom, some Celebrity Inspired gowns, and branded bridal jewelry.

The first things that'll be added are our new Sweetheart Strapless Top and Bubble Skirt for our Custom Couture line. Here are some photos:











We've made the Sweetheart Strapless Top for some customers in the past upon special request. After a few of these requests, we decided we should just to add it to our line. We think the Bubble Skirt is a really fashionable item right now and that it'll look great for bridal parties -- or as a sporty cocktail dress.

We thought the following dresses from the recent Golden Globes awards were great and we're in the process of creating some inspired versions:

Kate Winslet
Miley Cyrus
Salma Hayek

Finally, we're looking forward to adding some great bridal jewelry to our site. We thought we'd add some pieces that'll work really well as either bridesmaids gifts and/or items to wear during the ceremony.

Bridal Gowns Too

While our focus is on the whole bridesmaid thing, we get a special thrill when the bride decides to use us for her wedding dress. We take the responsibility of making great bridesmaids dresses very seriously -- it is our customers' weddings after all. However, there's a special sense of satisfaction when we find out that the bride herself wore one of our gowns during her big day. We always get a little extra excited it when we see orders for white satin dresses. A big thank you to Katelyn for sharing her photo with us.

Winning Over the Bride's Mom

We love getting emails and letters from happy customers. We think our favorite to date though is the one below from Christi, who was the mother of the bride in the wedding. It's one thing to impress the bride with our dresses and service, but when the mom checks in . . . well, we must be doing something right. Great photo too of our short sleeve style dress!

"I wanted to write and thank you for a wonderful experience! My daughter, Amy, was married in Washington DC on May 31, 2008. The six bridesmaids were living all over the world. We were lucky enough to find Coco Myles because Amy wanted a short sleeve, modest neckline, tea-length dress and you had the perfect dress."

"Each girl ordered their own navy satin dress with a long sash in ivory. The neckline matched the bride's dress which was the dress her grandmother was married in 50 years ago. The girls called it the "magic dress" because everyone fit perfectly (no altering was needed by anyone) and they all loved it. As we were heading to the ceremony a man in the parking garage commented "nice dress...you can actually wear those again". Thank you for making this part of my daughter's wedding perfect!"

Hot Pink Hawaii

Here's a great shot from theknot.com showing off some of our dresses in an idyllic Hawaiian setting! Kind of makes us want to offer bamboo parasols in the future. Great element!



My Real Wedding from The Knot and The Nest.

Fabric Reservation for Bridesmaid Dresses

We've noticed that every set of bridesmaids tends to have one woman who must love to check things off her list and orders immediately after the bride chooses to use us for her bridesmaids' dresses. Inevitably, there's also a bridesmaid or two who wait until the very last minute to order their dresses. Sometimes bridesmaids may order months apart from one another in which case we may need to use different lots of fabric to produce the dresses. Although we do our best to color match, there may be slight variations in color if the dresses are purchased at totally different times.

In thinking through the issue, we gave some thought to being like other bridesmaid dress retailers and asking the bride to place the order for all the dresses at one time. We decided against this since we thought it defeated the flexibility we offered brides in letting their bridesmaids order separately without the bride having to lay out the money or repeatedly ask her bridesmaids for their measurements.

After some more thinking, we decided that the perfect solution was to allow the bride to reserve the fabric once she decides to use us for her bridesmaids' dresses. The price we're charging for the fabric is totally refundable once the dresses are purchased. There is a $25.00 charge for processing the fabric reservation but we think this is a small price to pay to make sure that even if a bridesmaid orders way late in the game, her dress will still be made from the same exact bolt of fabric used for everyone else.

As far as we can tell, we're the only bridesmaid dress retailer that offers this unique solution. Our reservation system also allows the bride to create specialized comments to her bridesmaids so they know exactly what to order when they sign in using the bride's reservation code. We're excited about this new feature and hope it's a great help to brides and bridesmaids the world over!

Bridesmaid Dresses on the Beach with Mix and Match Sizing

One of the things we’ve introduced since launching our site is “mix-and-match” sizing. Sometimes a woman’s measurements simply don’t match up with traditional sizing charts. We therefore decided to introduce a process whereby the customers can order a dress with the top made in one size and the bottom in another. Thus, someone with a waist that fits our size 14 dress and a bust that fits our size 8 can order the dress to be made in this way. There is an additional $20.00 charge for this service since it does require that we produce a new marker for the dress.

We’re really grateful to Jade for sending us these beautiful photos of her recent beach wedding. Her bridesmaids’ dresses were produced in our Turquoise and Orange Georgette fabrics. The styles are Strapless/Asymmetrical and Scoop Neck/Asymmetrical. Also, two of the dresses were produced using the mix and match sizing process described above.

How Beautiful is Alberta?

Although our focus is on bridesmaids’ dresses, we’re always particularly honored when someone chooses to use us for their wedding dress. For this purpose, our Strapless/Ballroom Skirt combination is the most popular. In White Satin, it makes a beautiful wedding gown, especially with an added beading pattern. The other dress featured is our Empire Top/Straight Skirt in Wine Satin (with spaghetti straps added).

Love that Alberta, Canada scenery!

Thanks for pic, Cheryl!

Modesty Dresses (in real life!)

We finally have some photos of our more modest dresses. The one above was sent to us from Alyssa, who, some eight weeks before her wedding date, wasn’t too thrilled with the velvet bridesmaid dresses she had previously selected from another vendor. She ordered a bunch of Modesty Long Sleeve Tops/A-Line Skirt dresses for her bridesmaids from us. The dresses shown are in Brick Red Satin. We also supplied a little additional fabric, free of charge, for the girls’ dresses.

Great Article with One Small Omission

We thought this was a great article in the NY Times discussing the growing trend of brides and bridesmaids customizing and buying their dresses online. Maybe it’s just our skewed perspective, but we think a mention of Coco Myles would’ve made the article even better since we offer more colors and customization than anyone else. Anyway, it’s nice to know the NY Times Sunday Business Section is taking note of the trend.