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It has happened us all, we see the ‘perfect item’ in our favourite shop (whether it be a dress or pair of jeans) and smile with excitement as we rush into the changing room! Only to reappear with a frown that says maybe those jeans weren’t so perfect after all… They were too small\/tight\/ unflattering, the list could go on!<\/p>\n
You don’t want this to happen when you are shopping for your perfect wedding dress! How about if you knew the dresses were made especially to flatter your size? I chatted with Margaret\u00a0Healy-O’Driscoll, owner of More to Love Bridal, Munster’s first plus sized bridal store. Margaret and some of her beautiful dresses featured on Xpose last week!<\/p>\n
1. What brought about the idea to open a plus sized bridal store?<\/strong> The first one was off the hanger and was WAY\u00a0too small but I convinced myself that Id \u201cslim\u201d into it (something I would have\u00a0discouraged any of my brides from doing!!). I ended up in such a state as it got\u00a0closer to the wedding that I said enough was enough and went to order a new dress\u00a0from a boutique. Again I went on my own knowing that the sample would look\u00a0ridiculous on me. 2. When does a bride look her most beautiful to you?<\/strong> 3. If you could give your brides one piece of advice what would it be?<\/strong> 4. What atmosphere do you try to create for a bride to be upon entering your store?<\/strong> 5. I love all things sweet therefore I love browsing through different style wedding\u00a0cakes. Besides dresses, what is the one thing you love about weddings?<\/strong> 6. What inspires you?<\/strong> 7. A stroll in the country side or a day exploring a vibrant city?<\/strong> 8. Tell us something about you not many people know…<\/strong> 9. As Christmas is soon approaching, what would be the one thing on your wishlist?<\/strong> More To Love Bridal is Munster’s only exclusive plus size bridal boutique, stocking wedding dresses in sizes 16-32. More To Love Bridal offers curvy brides the opportunity to enjoy their bridal shopping experience, safe in the knowledge that every sample dress in the store will fit.\u00a0Each sample dress has been selected for it’s superior design in both corsetry and style. With prices ranging from \u20ac950 to \u20ac1850, so there is something there for everyone.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It has happened us all, we see the ‘perfect item’ in our favourite shop (whether it be a dress or pair of jeans) and smile with excitement as we rush into the changing room! Only to reappear with a frown that says maybe those jeans weren’t so perfect after all… They were too small\/tight\/ unflattering, the list could go on! You don’t want this to happen when you are shopping for your perfect wedding dress! How about if you knew […]","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":11205,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[52,32],"tags":[936,906],"class_list":["post-11204","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wedding-supplier","category-wedding-dresses","tag-wedding-dresses-2","tag-wedding-supplier-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/weddingdates.ie\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11204","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/weddingdates.ie\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/weddingdates.ie\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weddingdates.ie\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/55"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weddingdates.ie\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11204"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/weddingdates.ie\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11204\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":82183,"href":"https:\/\/weddingdates.ie\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11204\/revisions\/82183"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weddingdates.ie\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11205"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/weddingdates.ie\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11204"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weddingdates.ie\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11204"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weddingdates.ie\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11204"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nI was working in the UK for a bridal boutique when I got engaged and the first\u00a0thought that came to my head was; \u201coh no ill never fit in the dresses!\u201d. I had been on\u00a0the sales side of things for years and saw the embarrassment and heartache on\u00a0girl\u2019s faces when they had to squeeze into the size 12 samples. I wasn\u2019t going to let\u00a0anyone see me do that, so off I went on my own, no friends, no family and tried on\u00a0two dresses, both of which I bought.<\/p>\n
\nIn the end my dress turned out perfectly and really suited me and the wedding\u00a0but I felt I\u2019d lost out on such an important part of the planning process not having any\u00a0friends or family with me. My poor Mum only saw the dress on the morning of the\u00a0wedding!\u00a0For all these reasons I wanted to give curvy brides the same opportunities as\u00a0every other bride, to have a wonderful experience where they would not have to\u00a0worry about the sample dresses being too small.<\/p>\n
\nThat moment when a bride finds her perfect dress, she looks in the mirror and\u00a0really believes that she is beautiful herself. I always look at people\u2019s body language,\u00a0it tells me so much more than what is said.<\/p>\n
\nGet advice from the right people. An impartial party can be much more helpful\u00a0as the emotional element is removed, allowing the bride to be honest with herself\u00a0about what she really wants. Family and friends are fantastic but no bride wants to\u00a0hurt their feelings, so why put yourself in that situation.<\/p>\n
\nI try to make things as relaxed as possible. Every bride receives two hours of\u00a0my undivided attention, so there is no rushing them around. A smile and a minute to\u00a0catch their breath doesn\u2019t cost me anything but it can mean the world of difference to\u00a0a hesitant bride shopping for the first time.<\/p>\n
\nThis probably sounds really cheesy but, the coming together of two families. I\u00a0remember standing back from the dance floor at my own wedding and seeing both\u00a0our families dancing together celebrating us as a couple. It was a fantastic moment,\u00a0one I don\u2019t think I\u2019ll ever forget.<\/p>\n
\nThe people I meet and friends and family I have around me. Someone will\u00a0always have a better way of doing things than you, you have to recognise that and\u00a0when to let people in to help.<\/p>\n
\nWell I live in the country side so exploring the city can be great sometimes. I\u00a0love to look at architecture and cultural elements of a city, you can always take\u00a0something away with you… the next idea. I also love to sit and drink coffee on the\u00a0street watching the world go by. People watching is my favourite pass time. My\u00a0husband complains and doesn\u2019t see the point in spending money on coffee he could\u00a0drink at home for half the price ha ha… We agree to disagree.<\/p>\n
\nI cry at the silliest things on telly!! My husband banned Grey\u2019s Anatomy in our\u00a0house!<\/p>\n
\nWell I’m very lucky and got my wish this year… to go back to visit our friends in Edinburgh (I lived there for nearly 5 years). We haven\u2019t been since the start of this\u00a0year and we really miss not seeing everyone every day.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/weddingdates-wp-ie.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/2012\/11\/My-Pictures15-1024x615.jpg\")
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