Learn From Experience

They always say it's better to learn from someone else's experience and certainly from their mistakes.

The founder and owner of Darianna® Bridal & Tuxedo, Wendy Salerno, was recently a mother of the bride. Her daughter, Daria had a New Year's Eve wedding, that was magical, by the way! After a long time planning, this mother of the bride and insider wedding professional has some advice for other mothers of the bride planning a wedding.

First came the full, detailed blog about this advice: Wedding Planning as a Mother of the Bride. Then the Darianna® Diaries did a podcast on this same blog.

Take a listen and learn from these nuggets of wisdom on planning the perfect wedding for your daughter.

Have a Question?

You can start an online chat or text Wendy with any questions: 215-491-8500. What pain points are you going through with wedding planning? She will be happy to answer your questions.

Wishing You Happy Listening and Joyful Wedding Planning!

Wendy and Franco Salerno

Founders and Owners of Darianna® Bridal & Tuxedo

Starting from Nothing

Anyone who has started or owned a business knows that the avenue to success is never a straight line. Scaling a business to profitability is a unique experience that takes grit, perseverance, hard work and yes, sometimes a little luck.

Darianna® Bridal & Tuxedo wrote a blog called, Our Success Story - How Darianna® Bridal & Tuxedo Started. Listen about the ups and downs and clever strategies used to created this now well-known bridal and tuxedo store located in the Philadelphia region.

In today's Darianna® Diaries, we dive deep into the story about the founding of the store. If you are a budding entrepreneur or like a fascinating story, this podcast is for you!

Have a Question?

Do you have a question about bridal wear or even starting a business? The owners of Darianna® Bridal & Tuxedo can be contacted by text message at 215-491-8500. They will personally answer your questions!

Wishing You Happy Listening and Joyful Wedding Planning!

Wendy and Franco Salerno

Founders and Owners of Darianna® Bridal & Tuxedo

Wedding Gown Cleaning and Preserving

So your wedding is over and you had an amazing day! Congratulations!

So what do you do with your wedding dress now? Don't let it sit in your closet or attic and become yellow because there is a better option.

As part of Darianna® Bridal & Tuxedo's Bride's Guide, we created a blog called Wedding Gown Preservation. This blog discusses wedding gown preservation and its benefits.

Now On The Darianna® Diaries

We have taken the Wedding Gown Preservation blog and made it into a podcast. Listen for advice on how to keep your wedding dress fresh and learn ideas on how to re-purpose it.

Have a Question?

Do you have more questions? Text the staff and owners of Darianna® Bridal & Tuxedo: 215-491-8500. They would be happy to personally answer your questions!

Wishing You Happy Listening and Joyful Wedding Planning!

Wendy and Franco Salerno

Founders and Owners of Darianna® Bridal & Tuxedo

The Long Awaited Wedding Dress

Many brides try on sample wedding dresses and then order a new dress in their proper size. On average, it takes 3 - 4 months for a new wedding dress to be made by a bridal gown designer. Some designers keep an inventory of dresses and make them available immediately, but most wedding dresses have a wait to be made.

That's why you will hear people advising brides to start looking for their wedding dress 8 - 12 months before her wedding. This gives a cushion for time to look and alterations.

Darianna® Bridal & Tuxedo wrote a blog called Your Dress has Arrived. It essentially tells about the store's experiences with brides who are notified when their bridal gown is ready for pickup, some of the emotions that are involved with seeing your dress for the first time and what the next steps are when it comes to trying on and picking up your wedding dress.

Listen to this podcast and see if you can gain insight into how to make the process of going to pick up your dress a delightful and stress-free experience.

Have More Questions?

If you have more questions about when your wedding dress arrives, you can start an online chat with the staff and owners of Darianna® Bridal & Tuxedo. Alternatively, you can send us a text message: 215-491-8500. We'd love to hear from you!

Have an idea for a blog or podcast? Send us a message and let us know. We'd be happy to feature your question or idea.

Wishing You Happy Listening and Joyful Wedding Planning!

Wendy and Franco Salerno

Founders and Owners of Darianna® Bridal & Tuxedo

Storing Your Wedding Dress

At Darianna® Bridal & Tuxedo, we know that your wedding dress is a very important and meaningful purchase. It's for one of the most important days of your life so let's make sure you take care of it!

We wrote a blog called How to Store Your Wedding Dress Before Your Big Day. The blog covers years of experience and advice we have given our brides when they come to pick up their bridal gown from our store.

In The Darianna® Diaries, we dive deep into this blog and discuss all of the things you need to know about storing that gorgeous dress.

Take a listen and take note as to what you should do to protect your wedding dress so that it is in tip top shape for your wedding day.

Have More Questions?

Let's say you have more questions? Text the kind and capable staff at Darianna® Bridal & Tuxedo and they will personally answer your questions.

Wishing You Happy Listening and Joyful Wedding Planning!

Wendy and Franco Salerno

Founders and Owners of Darianna® Bridal & Tuxedo

Did You Know It's a Poem?

When it comes to weddings, we've all probably heard the saying "Something Old, New, Borrowed, and Blue". Darianna® Bridal & Tuxedo wrote a blog on the origin of this saying and it turns out it is an old poem.

Listen to The Darianna® Diaries and hear about this blog, a discussion about the poem and the history and deeper meanings of the saying.

With over 500 wedding planning blogs, you have the choice of reading our blogs, watching the short videos embedded in the blogs or listening to a podcast version of our blogs.

Text Us With Questions

Our Philadelphia-area bridal and tuxedo store would be proud to answer any questions you have. Our staff and owners personally wrote all of the blogs with many years of experience in the wedding attire industry. We'd love to hear from you! Text us at 215-491-8500.

Wishing You Happy Listening and Joyful Wedding Planning!

Wendy and Franco Salerno

Bling Without the Veil

At Darianna® Bridal & Tuxedo, we have learned that not every bride wants to wear a veil with her wedding dress. But she sometimes wants an accessory to enhance her look and bridal gown, without it being a veil.

We have good news for you! We have written a blog called The Best Alternatives to a Traditional Wedding Veil. It is a short piece but very useful. The Darianna® Diaries podcast has now done an entire podcast on this blog.

Take a listen and see if you can use some of the ideas to add to your wedding day attire.

Need More Advice?

Our Philadelphia area bridal and tuxedo store dresses thousands of brides, grooms, groomsmen, mothers, fathers and ring bearers every year. We have been advising customers for many years when it comes to weddings and formal events and have over 500 wedding blogs on our website.

Since you can do an online chat with us and text our store's telephone number, we receive a lot of wedding attire and wedding planning questions via text and chat from all over the United States. We would be happy to answer your questions, whether you are near or far from us. As a family business, we would be proud to help you on your wedding journey! Give it a try. Text us at 215-491-8500. The owners and experienced staff of the store will personally answer you!

Wishing You Happy Listening and Joyful Wedding Planning!

Wendy and Franco Salerno

Founders and Owners of Darianna® Bridal & Tuxedo

Crepe Wedding Dresses

Darianna® Bridal & Tuxedo loves crepe wedding dresses! In fact we wrote a blog called 3 Things to Love About Crepe Wedding Dresses. That blog is the basis for this Darianna® Diaries podcast.

Take a listen and learn the three things we love about these bridal gowns. The podcast goes a little deeper into crepe wedding dresses and discusses other interesting considerations and issues about this fabric.

Reach Out to Us

The owners and staff are very accessible and ready to answer your wedding attire and wedding planning questions. Whether you are in the Philadelphia area (where our store is located) or in another part of the United States, we are here to provide you with free, expert advice. With over 500 wedding planning blogs and counting, written by the owners and staff of the store, we have a lot of experience helping you navigate your big day. Text us at 215-491-8500 and we will be happy to personally answer you. We're also on WhatsApp!

Wishing You Happy Listening and Joyful Wedding Planning!

Wendy and Franco Salerno

Founders and Owners of Darianna® Bridal & Tuxedo

Learn All About Wedding Favors

How important are wedding favors for your big day? Are wedding favors still a thing?

In today's Darianna® Diaries podcast we will answer these questions and many more. The podcast was inspired by Darianna® Bridal & Tuxedo's very popular blog of the same name: Best Modern Wedding Favors Your Guests Will Love.

What Are Today's Common Wedding Favors

Not only do we talk about the prevalence of wedding favors, but we also give you ideas of very popular ideas that your guests will love and take home!

Listen to this podcast and tell us if you have creative wedding favor ideas that were popular with your guests or you believe will be hits on your forthcoming wedding day.

The blog was actually written by one of our bridal managers who recently got married. We put this information to test on her wedding day and we know it works!

Contact Darianna® Bridal & Tuxedo Any Time

With a huge selection of wedding planning blogs being turned into the Darianna® Diaries podcasts, the owners and staff of Darianna® Bridal & Tuxedo have a wealth of wedding planning information for you. If you have questions or comments, they would be proud to hear from you. They are only a text message away at 215-491-8500.

Happy Listening and Joyful Wedding Planning!

Wendy and Franco Salerno

Founders and Owners of Darianna® Bridal & Tuxedo

It's Always Better to Be Prepared

Over the years, as our brides and grooms' wedding days approach, the staff at Darianna® Bridal & Tuxedo can see how nervous some become about the weather forecast. Who can blame them?! It's a big day and everyone deserves the perfect day and that includes the weather. Because of the nervous tension about the weather on your weather day, we created a blog called The Bride's Guide: How to Plan for Rain on Your Wedding Day.

Sometimes all it takes is to be ready for the unexpected. A little planning can go a long way, especially when planning your wedding day. Planning for rain on your wedding day has been turned into a podcast by The Darianna® Diaries for your listening pleasure.

Learn some practical tactics if there is even a chance of rain in the forecast for your wedding. Our strategies will help calm your nerves and even help you create the most charming wedding photo opportunities!

Whether you are getting married outdoors or are having a ballroom wedding, our podcast on dealing with rain on your wedding day will help you enhance your day's enjoyment.

Have a Question?

Did you know you can contact the staff and owners of Darianna® Bridal & Tuxedo by texting the store's telephone number: 215-491-8500. You can also start an online chat with them at: www.dariannabridal.com

Wishing You Happy Listening and Joyful Wedding Planning!

Wendy and Franco Salerno

Founders and Owners of Darianna® Bridal & Tuxedo