{"id":1841,"date":"2015-05-29T17:15:11","date_gmt":"2015-05-30T00:15:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.azazie.com\/blog\/?p=1841"},"modified":"2016-03-09T00:58:11","modified_gmt":"2016-03-09T00:58:11","slug":"dress-shopping-samples-are-a-must-and-other-fun-things-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azazie.com\/blog\/dress-shopping-samples-are-a-must-and-other-fun-things-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Dress Shopping? Samples are a Must &#8211; And Other Fun Things"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Whew, is it\u00a0<em>really\u00a0<\/em>Friday? We wanted to take a moment to thank all of our wonderful Azazie glam evangelists for making our week awesome!<\/p>\n<p>We started out this week with\u00a0a super fun San Francisco bridal party that proved that our <a title=\"Azazie sample dresses\" href=\"https:\/\/www.azazie.com\/all\/sample-dresses\" target=\"_blank\">sample program<\/a> is a total *must* when it comes to choosing dresses. The bride told her party that they could choose any dress they want from the site, as long as it&#8217;s Royal Blue. Her bridesmaids chose a bunch of dresses to try on from the site in a range of sizes, and one Royal Blue Monserrat dress, just so that they could see the color in dress form. Well, wouldn&#8217;t you know, Brigid&#8217;s favorite dress was the\u00a0<a title=\"Azazie Monserrat Bridesmaid Dress\" href=\"https:\/\/www.azazie.com\/search.php?q=monserrat&amp;color=royal-blue\" target=\"_blank\">Monserrat<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azazie.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/img_5195.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1846\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azazie.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/img_5195.jpg?w=660\" alt=\"Azazie Sample Dress Monserrat Royal Blue Bridesmaid \" width=\"486\" height=\"486\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sarah was all about the vintage pinup vibe of the <a title=\"Azazie Kira Bridesmaid Dress\" href=\"https:\/\/www.azazie.com\/products\/azazie-kira-bridesmaid-dress?color=black\" target=\"_blank\">Kira dress<\/a>, herself.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azazie.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/img_5208.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1847\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azazie.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/img_5208.jpg?w=660\" alt=\"Azazie sample dress Kira Jade Bridesmaid\" width=\"487\" height=\"487\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It just goes to show that there&#8217;s no substitution for trying before you buy!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azazie.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/img_5210.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1848\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azazie.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/img_5210.jpg?w=660\" alt=\"Azazie sample dress party bridesmaids\" width=\"482\" height=\"482\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And on Wednesday, we had\u00a0the most lovely time meeting\u00a0with\u00a0Christy and Kelsey from Premier Staffing when they popped by\u00a0our new office with a welcoming gift. It&#8217;s so good to connect with awesome professional ladies, especially when they come from a seriously cool woman-owned business. Plus, it turns out that Christy is in the market for dresses for her own bridesmaids! You know what that means? Dress-up party!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azazie.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/img_1754.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1844\" title=\"Kelsey's rocking a Dusty Rose Gracelyn and Christy's in a Grape Hannah dress.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azazie.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/img_1754.jpg?w=660\" alt=\"Azazie Premier Staffing Bridesmaid Dresses\" width=\"516\" height=\"516\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Kelsey&#8217;s rocking a Dusty Rose <a title=\"Azazie Gracelyn Bridesmaid Dress\" href=\"https:\/\/www.azazie.com\/products\/azazie-gracelyn-bridesmaid-dress?color=rust\" target=\"_blank\">Gracelyn<\/a> and Christy&#8217;s in a Grape <a title=\"Azazie Hannah Bridesmaid Dress\" href=\"https:\/\/www.azazie.com\/products\/azazie-hannah-bridesmaid-dress?color=flamingo\" target=\"_blank\">Hannah<\/a> dress.<\/p>\n<p>After seeing Kelsey try on the <a title=\"Azazie Anne lace and tulle bridesmaid dress strapless\" href=\"https:\/\/www.azazie.com\/products\/azazie-ann-bridesmaid-dress?color=royal-blue\" target=\"_blank\">t<\/a><a title=\"Azazie Anne lace and tulle bridesmaid dress strapless\" href=\"https:\/\/www.azazie.com\/products\/azazie-ann-bridesmaid-dress?color=royal-blue\" target=\"_blank\">ulle and lace Anne dress<\/a> (It&#8217;s such a dreamy little party dress, isn&#8217;t it?), Christy just knew that this must be the dress for her bridal party. Is this what Kismet looks like? I don&#8217;t know, but I do know what super adorbs dresses look like! Thanks for stopping by, ladies!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azazie.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/img_1755.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1845\" title=\"Kelsey in Anne in Royal Blue and Christy in Grace in Blushing Pink\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azazie.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/img_1755.jpg?w=660\" alt=\"Azazie Premier Staffing Bridesmaid Dresses Anne and Grace\" width=\"506\" height=\"506\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Kelsey in Anne in Royal Blue and Christy in <a title=\"Azazie Grace dress Blushing Pink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.azazie.com\/products\/azazie-grace-bridesmaid-dress?color=blushing-pink\" target=\"_blank\">Grace<\/a> in Blushing Pink<\/p>\n<p>This week, our customer service team reached a really cool milestone, too, thanks to you! We just reached <a title=\"Azazie WeddingWire Reviews\" href=\"https:\/\/www.weddingwire.com\/reviews\/azazie-inc-mountain-view\/784a02386cc70386.html\" target=\"_blank\">10 awesome reviews on Wedding Wire<\/a>! We couldn&#8217;t be more grateful for each and every person who takes the time to write these; as a startup, every review counts. You rock our worlds!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azazie.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/gyb-badge-10.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1842\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azazie.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/gyb-badge-10.png\" alt=\"Wedding Wire Rated Azazie \" width=\"261\" height=\"260\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You also shared your jaw-dropping, giggle-inducing, blushing reasons to jump for joy when you shared some seriously awesome photos this week! Here&#8217;s a few sneak peeks of future &#8220;Real Women Wear Azazie&#8221; posts:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1843 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azazie.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/11222020_10153293818319757_4758691600030990750_n.jpg?w=660\" alt=\"Azazie Country Wedding Bridesmaid Dresses\" width=\"541\" height=\"237\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Tugging on our heartstrings! Big thanks to the wonderful Leslie Boren for sharing this, and photographer Heather at <a title=\"Wedding Photo With a Smile Photography By Heather Strang\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/With-A-Smile-Photography-By-Heather\/504539472920875?fref=ts\" target=\"_blank\">With a Smile Photography<\/a> for capturing it! More from this boho country chic wedding next week!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-1849\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azazie.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/screenshot-2015-05-29-16-53-20.png\" alt=\"Azazie Bridesmaids Pregaming Watermelon Coral Regina Dress\" width=\"512\" height=\"513\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Pregaming in Watermelon and Coral Regina Dresses \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1850 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.azazie.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/screenshot-2015-05-29-16-53-37.png\" alt=\"Real Women Wear Azazie Sample Selfie Swatches\" width=\"518\" height=\"518\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">This #RealWomenWearAzazie entry from bride Kristen Farber was too funny (and relatable) not to share!<\/p>\n<p>Thanks for all of the fun this week, Azazie glam evangelists! You give us so many reasons to smile, it really makes all of the hard work worth it!\u00a0\u2764<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Whew, is it\u00a0really\u00a0Friday? We wanted to take a moment to thank all of our wonderful Azazie glam evangelists for making our week awesome! We started out this week with\u00a0a super fun San Francisco bridal party that proved that our sample program is a total *must* when it comes to choosing dresses. The bride told her party that they could choose any dress they want from the site, as long as it&#8217;s Royal Blue. Her bridesmaids chose a bunch of dresses to try on from the site in a range of sizes, and one Royal Blue Monserrat dress, just so that they could see the color in dress form. Well, wouldn&#8217;t you know, Brigid&#8217;s favorite dress was the\u00a0Monserrat! Sarah was all about the vintage pinup vibe of the Kira dress, herself. It just goes to show that there&#8217;s no substitution for trying before you buy! And on Wednesday, we had\u00a0the most lovely time meeting\u00a0with\u00a0Christy and Kelsey from Premier Staffing when they popped by\u00a0our new office with a welcoming gift. It&#8217;s so good to connect with awesome professional ladies, especially when they come from a seriously cool woman-owned business. Plus, it turns out that Christy is in the market for dresses for her own bridesmaids! You know what that means? Dress-up party! Kelsey&#8217;s rocking a Dusty Rose Gracelyn and Christy&#8217;s in a Grape Hannah dress. After seeing Kelsey try on the tulle and lace Anne dress (It&#8217;s such a dreamy little party dress, isn&#8217;t it?), Christy just knew that this must be the dress for her bridal party. Is this what Kismet looks like? I don&#8217;t know, but I do know what super adorbs dresses look like! Thanks for stopping by, ladies! Kelsey in Anne in Royal Blue and Christy in Grace in Blushing Pink This week, our customer service team reached a really cool milestone, too, thanks to you! We just reached 10 awesome reviews on Wedding Wire! We couldn&#8217;t be more grateful for each and every person who takes the time to write these; as a startup, every review counts. You rock our worlds! You also shared your jaw-dropping, giggle-inducing, blushing reasons to jump for joy when you shared some seriously awesome photos this week! Here&#8217;s a few sneak peeks of future &#8220;Real Women Wear Azazie&#8221; posts: Tugging on our heartstrings! Big thanks to the wonderful Leslie Boren for sharing this, and photographer Heather at With a Smile Photography for capturing it! More from this boho country chic wedding next week! Pregaming in Watermelon and Coral Regina Dresses \ud83d\ude42 This #RealWomenWearAzazie entry from bride Kristen Farber was too funny (and relatable) not to share! Thanks for all of the fun this week, Azazie glam evangelists! You give us so many reasons to smile, it really makes all of the hard work worth it!\u00a0\u2764<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4564,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[8],"tags":[61,66,94,95,108,153,157,162,169,295,457,468,471,488,618,634,636,643,648,658,661,665],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azazie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1841"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azazie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azazie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azazie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azazie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1841"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.azazie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1841\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4040,"href":"https:\/\/www.azazie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1841\/revisions\/4040"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azazie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4564"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azazie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1841"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azazie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1841"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azazie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1841"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}