The Bride Who Wants to Impress 700 Guests! | Say Yes to the Dress S11 Ep18 | TLC

Today we have the girl that's looking to make the big statement at her wedding. We all know who she is. She's the girl who can't get enough out of bling, out of extending the train. We love this girl. Deb, you actually have Rasha. She has 700 guests at her wedding. She needs a dress that's going to impress all 700. And Christiana, you actually are working with Melissa. She wants a lot of bling, a lot of sparkle. So let's have a great day. My name is Rasha Kashad. I'm 25 years old. I feel like the dress is almost the most important part of the wedding. The dress is not pretty. That's kind of all people remember. Rasha? Hi. I brought my cousin Lisa and my best friend Mandy. They know my taste and they know what I want. Where is the venue? It's at Shenandoah Country Club. Where is that? We're from Michigan. How many guests are you having? 700. We're Middle Eastern, very traditional family. In our culture, the weddings are huge. So you really want to, as the bride, stand out. Big wedding. You need a big dress. Yes, exactly. My fiance's name is William Kesto. He's a man's man and seemed like this tough guy. And then we started dating and he had all these romantic gestures and he's so affectionate. He doesn't want me to wear something that's so big that he can't even slow dance with me. And I told him that's probably going to be the case. I definitely want a ball gown that's extravagant. It has some sort of drama or statement. I want to have that dress that girls are putting all over social media. That matters to me. What's comfortable for you price-wise with the dress? I would like to stay around 10. If I don't find what I want in that budget, then I'll have to make the call home. My brother has offered to purchase my dress. I would like to stay around 10. But I also know that with my taste and what I like, that I may have to do more than that. Did you notice anything in here that you'd like to try? I did. Just talking about, yeah. Which one? Which one would you like me to try? Over there. That corset that you showed me a picture of yesterday. Was it this one? The top of this one? It's probably this one. Because, you know, she made the ball gown version of this. Yes, we actually do still have the ball gown version of this. I'm starting off by pulling the dress we saw on our way to the fitting room. And I also have to pull some of Penina's most extravagant wedding dresses. Let's start with the satin Penina. Let's just see how you feel in that. So what do you think? Needs to be bigger. I want my skirt to be like huge. Almost like I take up space and you have to lean in to even give me a kiss to congratulate me. Like I want it to be big. The skirt's way too plain. It's definitely nice, it's just not for her. So we want a little bit more volume. A lot more volume. A lot more volume, okay. I feel typical. I feel like it's what's expected and it's not pushing the envelope enough for me. As Rasha looks for something bigger and better, another bride arrives on the hunt for a statement dress. My name is Melissa Shriver. I have come here to Kleinfeld to find my dress and I'm determined that I will find it here. Hi, Melissa. Yeah. Hi, I'm Christiana. Welcome to Kleinfeld. Hi. Oh, you have to stand up for me. Today I brought my dad, my mom, my fiance's sister, Chani, and one of my maid of honors, Laura. I am a big daddy's little girl. She's my only daughter. I treat her like a princess. This day is so special for both of us to see our little girl become a married woman. Do you have an idea of what you're looking for? I like sparkly. Panina's really called to me. Dad, what do you see her in? I mean, I would like something a little more traditional. I don't know if I could say yes to a dress if he didn't approve it. Uh, price-wise, where are you comfortable? About 7,000. Seven and under. My dad's a surgeon in the army. Every time my dad has been deployed in the past, they give them special combat pay and he has saved it specifically for my dress today. I prayed this day would come so that my combat pay turned into something beautiful, my daughter's dress. All right, ready? Okay, follow me. My fiance's name is Kyle Hutchins. Kyle proposed to me on the beach. He found 260 shells and wrote, Melissa, will you marry me? In the sand. We're perfect for each other. Something just clicked and I never felt that way before. Melissa told me that she really loves sparkle and she's really interested in Panina Tourne. So I'm going right to the Panina Tourne boutique and I'm gonna meet up with Randy. Perfect. 65. Perfect. Hi. Just by looking at them. Which one speaks to you? Yeah, the top between these two end ones. Hey, nice. Okay, ladies. Thank you. Have fun. First up is a Panina Tourne gown with ruching and a sweetheart neckline. How do you feel about this one? I don't like the ruching. I could use a little bit more bling. I want the bling all over the bodice. What do you think, dad? It doesn't flow as elegantly as I would like it. There's not enough bling either. Not enough bling? We're right at the top of the price point. We've got to do something where she can get more bling. I'll raise the price point to $10,000. Really? Yes. That's my surprise for her. My goal today is to leave with her happy. And honestly, as her father, I will do whatever it takes. She needs more bling. Can use more bling. He's a colonel, so whatever he says, he's in charge, okay? Wow. That opens up a whole new rack of dresses for us. Daddy's girl Melissa wants to shine on her wedding day, and her first dress missed the mark. I could use a little bit more bling. But dad had something up his sleeve. I'll raise the price point to $10,000. What now? $10,000. This new budget means that now we can show Melissa dresses with more beading. And I'm sure we're going to find her one that she loves. We got some bling. Yeah. Have fun, ladies. Thank you. Next up is another pinina gown, this time with more beading on the bodice. Melissa, you look beautiful. Oh, my God. Ooh. How do you feel? I like it better than the other one. But I feel like there's just not enough bling. Would you want this to come down here? Come down a little bit. Yeah, like if this could come down a little bit. Gotcha. It's gorgeous. Oh. It's perfect. When you move, it flows so beautifully. I love it. I think it's beautiful. I really do. How do you feel in it? I don't know. I like it better than the other. I would just want it dropped a little bit more. I think we should definitely leave this to the side. We'll come back to it. I don't think that they make exactly what I want. I might not walk out of here with a gown today. Rasha needs a dress that makes a big statement for her huge Middle Eastern wedding. How many guests are you having? 700. I want to have that dress that girls are putting all over social media. That matters to me. Dress one definitely didn't hit the mark. Needs to be bigger. I want my skirt to be like huge, almost like I take up space. Dress two is a lace panina ball gown with an extravagant skirt. I never imagined myself to wear a fully laced dress. I'm not really a fan of lace. I feel like you kind of look like a doily. Hi. I told you I'm against lace. But I think it's actually beautiful and romantic, and I feel like it's not what people expect out of me. I feel like they expect me to go for the big, bold princess bling, and this is more understated. We can just make it to be the size that I want and have a longer train. I think this could definitely be the one. It is not my taste or style, and I definitely did not think that I would ever see you in a dress like that, but it's amazing. I feel like this is it. This is what I see walking in. This dress just is romantic, and that's what I want to look like as a bride. But I kind of had that personality that always wonders, will I find something better? So what do you think? Not at all what I expected that I would love, but it's a contender, yeah. Rasha is so in love with this lace dress, but I really want to try and beat it. So I'm excited to be handling this dress, okay? This dress is for Panina's newest collection. It's literally right off the runway, so no one has ever seen it before. When I first see this dress, I think it's beautiful. This is what people will expect you to come in something like this, right? But is this going to be enough drama for me? So what do we think? It's really beautiful. I do love what it's doing up here. But how do you feel about it now in comparison to the lace? I think the lace is still higher in ranking for me than this one. Okay, so this is a brand new Panina off the runway. First one wearing it. You guys are very excited. I think I would have loved it had I not seen that one. The lace one first. That's what I thought. The lace dress I had on was more romance, more what I always pictured myself as a bride. I think you should try the other one on again. Yep, let's do it. While Rasha only has eyes for the lace gown, Melissa's dad loved her last dress. It's perfect. But the bride wants more bling. I like the beading, but there isn't enough. Melissa loves the top of the last dress, but she wants a longer bodice. Panina Tournier will literally customize any dress. So we're going to see if we can make her something special. So I'm going to show her this dress. It's much longer, but I'm going to try to put the other dress on top of it to kind of like show her how long of a bodice it's going to be. So hopefully Melissa is one of the girls that can use her imagination. I like this beading. I like this beading too, actually, a lot. Once we got it on, I lit up and I knew it was it. Christiana, I could tell it was it too. I think it looks really beautiful. I know what it would look like together, but I don't think they're going to see it. Do we think that the entourage can envision this and be okay with it? Don't judge it right away. To get the bling and the fit Melissa wants, she and Christiana are combining two panina dresses in the fitting room. I know what it would look like together, but I don't think they're going to see it. Don't judge it right away. Whoa. Do you see what we did? Yeah. You can see it, right? Yeah. How do you feel? I love it. I feel gorgeous. I look stunning. Do you understand what we did? It would be custom. One of a kind. Looks great. I love it. It's perfect. I could tell she knew that that was the dress. Everyone loves it. I love it. I really want panina to see it. Panina has to say okay. We got to get her. Here she is. Hey. What do you think? You're loving this? Love it. I'm so happy. If I can put the two together, that would be like... Absolutely. I would do it with great, great pleasure. Now, one more question. Can you do it in the price point? Ah. This is my dress. Am I going to actually be able to get my dress? Talk to me. $10,000. So... Well, I see a man in uniform and I was a soldier myself. Is that right? I will absolutely do that. Okay. But we haven't answered the question. Melissa, are you saying yes to the dress? Yes. All eyes will be on Melissa when she walks down the aisle in this blingy, fitted, custom-designed gown by Panina Tourne. To see Melissa so happy is the joy of my life, honestly. Downstairs, another bride with bling on her mind arrives for her first fitting. I'm Bourjou Chanson Cobb. I'm Oreda. Nice to meet you. Thank you. I'm originally from Turkey and currently, I live in Toronto. Big group. A big group of us. I barely remember the dress. I picked it really quickly. It was the first dress I tried. So I just described the dress. They pulled out the perfect dress. My wedding is going to be in Istanbul. There's going to be about 150 people. David is originally from Washington, D.C. I'm from Istanbul and we wind up meeting in Toronto. We're definitely meant to be. We actually got married in a small ceremony in a rush because my mother-in-law got diagnosed with cancer and at the time, we didn't know where things would go. Carolyn is doing a lot better and we decided, you know, now is a good time to do something bigger, better. I realized the small wedding is not what I want. This is your dress. Do you remember? I'm just completely freaking out. This cannot be my dress. I remember a little bit more beating. Where did the beating go? It does not have the pizazz. It's just hanging there. You got to put it on and you're going to see the difference. Right now, I don't know if I would have picked it off the rack. Even a brand new panina gown straight off the runway couldn't beat the lace dress that Rasha fell in love with earlier. I think I would have loved it had I not seen it. The lace one first. I know. So she's back in the lace dress to make her final decision. When I put the lace dress back on, it just told me this is it. I just had this gut feeling that this is the one. This is it. This is remarkable. It is a fantasy. My eyes are getting a little watery. If we can just make it fuller and have a longer train, then, you know, this is my dress. Do you think you might have to call your brother? Yeah, I figured maybe once after you tell me the final price. So let me figure out what that will be exactly. The store is having a panina trunk show. So Debbie heads to the manager's office to check on the sale price of the dress. So now we need to extend the train. A foot from that lace in that volume would be like $1,500. And you'll give her the fullness? Absolutely. OK, so let me give her the news. OK, thank you, panina. I still have to get approval to say yes to this dress. I won't find another dress that like this or how this one makes me feel. Rasha will definitely stand out at her wedding in this extravagant lace panina ballgown. This is like the one. I won't find anything more beautiful than this. Rasha's worried the dress is over her $10,000 budget and her brother's footing the bill. It will come to $14,362. I still have to get approval to say yes to this dress. Maybe it's time to make some calls. Hello? Hi, buddy. We found a dress. We all love it, at least I made you cry. When I extend the train, it would be $14,362. I'm feeling anxious. You know, I'm wondering if he's going to say no. I don't know what to expect, really. Oh, OK. I was like, OK, so what's the problem? I am very surprised. That's not at all what I expected him to say. Should I say yes to the dress? Yeah, you should say yes to this, huh? So we're saying yes to the dress? We're saying yes to the dress. Rasha will wow the huge crowd at her wedding in this grand panina ballgown for over $14,000. I put so much pressure on myself to have this perfect ballgown. And I feel like I can walk away today knowing I did that and rest assured that I'll be happy on my wedding day. After marrying in a small ceremony, Burcu and her husband are planning a bigger, better wedding in Istanbul. But Burcu's worried that her dress won't impress. This cannot be my dress. I just feel like I need a little bit more bling, a little bit more pizzazz. I'm completely terrified. Voila! Wow. It looks gorgeous. Oh, that's gorgeous. I love it, but I'm just not sure if we need just a little bit more beading on the top. I'm gonna call the designer to come in our room. Okay. Nice to meet you. Panina walks in like she's a little angel. Is there any way to get more bling in it? Let's try and accessorize this a little bit. I can't believe I have Panina helping me out. We want to accessorize you and then the dress will look enough for you because when you have nothing on, of course, it looks very little. And hearing her comments about the jewelry that I could put on to dress that up, save the day for me. Is that enough yet? No more beading, no more beading. It looks perfect. Once the headpiece was on and I had the jewelry, I still fell in love with the dress and I would pick it anytime. I could walk through a million dresses and I would still go for this dress. Six weeks later in her home city of Istanbul, Burcu prepares to wow her wedding guests. I feel like I'm going to be the centerpiece of my wedding and I just cannot wait. I feel blessed. I think David is going to be breathless. He's probably going to run out of words. He may just stare for a while. Hopefully his heart won't stop. I, Burcu Şansan, take you, David Edmakar, as my lawfully wedded husband. Burcu, on this day, I give you my heart. I will always love you. It was the happiest moment of my life, I'd say. When a bride really wants to make a statement, we will do anything to make sure she ends up with her dream dress.