Lori Allen is one of the world’s foremost experts on bridal couture and currently stars in the TLC network’s ten season reality show Say Yes to the Dress: Atlanta and four season Say Yes to the Dress: Bridesmaids, which are filmed on site at her Atlanta-based bridal salon, bridals by lori.

Lori opened Bridals by Lori just two weeks after graduating from the all-female Columbia College in South Carolina. Three decades later, the store has grown to become one of the premier bridal salons in North America, and brides from as far away as Russia and Australia have visited bridals by lori to find their perfect dresses.

As the central figure of TLC’s most...