Oh my God. This is so pretty. I would never wear this. It's so pretty. You can't walk in that one. No. Oh my gosh, I'm
so overwhelmed! In this one, you
couldn't sit down. I am one of those brides
that had my entire wedding planned since I was 11. And I've always imagined picking
my dress out at Kleinfeld's. Oh, you don't? This looks like
grandma-y to me. What? What'd you say? Oh! Don't say grandma. DORI DAWSON: So I brought with
me my mom and my mama Dolly, which is my grandma. But we're not allowed
to call her grandma. She will yell at me. Look at this! Look at this! Oh my God. KATHY DAWSON: Oh my god, no. She's 82 years old today. Is that amazing? She looks so fabulous. So my mom-- You're saying 82 on camera. Now she's going to be mad. Oh. That top is for you for sure. I like the top. I'm not-- This looks like a cake. Oh my. That looks like a
fun appointment. I don't know about
the seams though. JAMES: Hello, ladies. - Hi.
- Hi. Are you Dori?
DORI DAWSON: I am. James. I'll be your consultant. Great to meet you. Look at that red hat. I'm not going to
miss out on this one. Hi. Hello, beautiful. And you are? I'm Dori? Dori, nice to meet you. I've wanted to
meet you for years. - So, how are we doing today?
- She's good. I'm a little anxious about
finding a dress, but I'm good. How can I help? Well-- Well, the wedding is going
to be in Southern California. It's going to be on the beach. My fiance's name
is John Daniels. He took me to my first
dance in high school, my first homecoming. We've been best
friends ever since. We didn't date in high school,
but we started dating later on. He makes me feel like the
luckiest girl in the world. And I mean, even when he
took me to that first dance, I knew that there was
something special here. And it was the best
connection I've ever had. So I just knew. What are we thinking? Have we thought
about our gowns yet? Yes, so I want
it to be beachy, but I don't want it
to be not bridal. I want to look almost
ethereal, like an illusion top, very flowy. I think definitely like a little
poofed out skirt, not too, too tight. Definitely going to
be dancing a lot. And I'm only going
to be wearing one dress other than
their-- they brought their dress they both wore. This has been handed down
generation after generation. So-- and you want
her to wear it. Well, I would like her
to at least consider. They want me to try it on. = Have you tried it on?
DORI DAWSON: I have not. Awesome. It is pretty opposite
of what I am describing. It totally is different. Which, I'm not
against change, but-- What year was this? 1864? Sorry, Mama Dolly. Come on, now. The dress my mom and
Mama Dolly wore is huge. It's a lot of. Dress it's silk. It's off-white. Wait a minute. Be nice about that dress. Watch it.
DORI DAWSON: It's long sleeve. It's high neck. It's pretty heavy. I imagine myself in a
lighter-- a lighter dress. But it's beautiful. So-- You better be nice. Now that they're here. The man that I married in
that dress, I'm married to now. I married him five
years ago again. You married him twice. JAMES: There we go.
DOROTHY SMITH-RETT: Yes. A few in between. The weather changes. You know. Things happen. We got divorced. No, I don't know. No. I was married a
few times in between. A few times? How many? Woo hoo! Honey, you are wild. I know! JAMES: So, if Mama Dolly's
dress doesn't work, where do you want to
cap that budget at? Well, we started
out at three to five. JAMES: OK. So if we stay between that,
we're going to be pretty good. Yeah, we can
definitely do that. KATHY DAWSON: Yeah.
- Let's go. I'm ready. RANDY: Let's do it. They understand that
I want to see my own. And that's why we're here. But I think it's going
to be a little bit of an emotional hit for them
if I don't wear the dress. Awesome. All righty. I feel like there's a part
of me that wants to have you put this one on first. OK. So we can, like, start with
it, get it out of the way. OK. And then we can really hone
in on what you want to wear. I'm with him. Let's do it. The first wedding dress
I'm ever putting on. I mean, might as well be-- JAMES: It's their wedding gown. They want me to try it on. Do I want to try it on? Not necessarily. But I will just to appease them. Oh my god! Get on up. It's better than
I thought, actually. I mean, it's not me at all. Not at all. But it's better
than I thought. Good.
Ready to show him? Yes. Let's do it. They're going to freak
out when they see me. I think that that's
the best thing, though. She's got the dress on. - No, she doesn't.
- She does. No-- DOROTHY SMITH-RETT:
Look at that! She has the dress on! Look at, there she goes. Dori, oh my god! I told you they
were going to-- You were 100% right. Pop right up on that
pedestal for me. KATHY DAWSON: Oh no! Oh my god!
- Wow RANDY: OK. It's a lot better
than I thought. [LAUGHTER] Thank you. RANDY: I love the neckline. Yeah. They cry, I cry. I can't-- I can't not. So, are we done shopping? This dress is beautiful,
and it's amazing to be in it and show them what
I look like in it. But it's just not me. So, how long ago was
it that you wore this? DOROTHY SMITH-RETT:
64 years ago. RANDY: 64 years ago. KATHY DAWSON:
Almost 37 in April. RANDY: Wow. JAMES: There we go. DORI DAWSON: Looking at
Dori in that dress brought back all those memories. But seeing it on her,
I realized that it's not the dress for her. Dori, do you want to try
on some newer wedding gowns? Yes, let's do it. Are you sure? Are you 100% sure? - Yes.
- Follow me. DOROTHY SMITH-RETT: Yay. Oh my God. I told you they
were going to cry. I knew it. What do you think
about Mama Dolly getting married five times? JAMES: I think that
that's fantastic. And then she got married
to the same guy twice. Twice. That's wild. Dori tried mom and Mama
Dolly's satin dress on, and it was a great moment. But I think Dori really
knows what she wants. She wants something
A-line, ethereal, and maybe with an illusion neckline. Hello. DORI DAWSON: Hi . What do you have? JAMES: We have a
whole bunch of gowns. - I'm so excited.
- And we have this. It's kind of a fuller
A-line with a little beading on the top, very light. You can say no.
- I just-- RANDY: We didn't design these. I don't know what
about it I don't like. RANDY: That's fine.
- I don't really like it. All lace. DORI DAWSON: I don't like that.
- OK. DORI DAWSON: It's a
little grandma-y to me. I have this one. DORI DAWSON: I don't love
it, but I would try it on. You don't have to. I like the illusion part. I'm not crazy about the bottom. As I'm looking at the dresses,
I'm a little overwhelmed. There's a lot of
dresses, and none of them are really sticking out to me. But I am optimistic. How do you feel? I definitely
know I like the top more than I like the bottom.
I don't know. I'm also just hesitant because
this is only the second one I've tried on, I think. Better. I like this dress,
but I am still disappointed because
there's still something about the dress I do not like. I'm kind of an
indecisive person, so I was fearing
this would happen. OK. But I just don't want
to make a decision-- I don't know. We can't let Dori go
out there in a dress she doesn't even like as
much as Mama Dolly's dress. So on to the next one. How do you feel? I think it's beautiful. I don't know if it's me-- OK. --100%. It's a little too, like-- Va va voom. --here I am.
Like-- Yeah. Do you think it's too showy
that we don't want to show them? Yeah. Let's try that one. Awesome. It doesn't really scream
wedding dress to me. How do you like the plunge? I think the plunge is OK here. But still not it. No. Do you want to try
this last one on? DORI DAWSON: I don't know. I'm becoming
overwhelmed because now I've tried on a
bunch of dresses, and I'm just not loving them. And I'm not sure why. I can't pinpoint it. So I'm getting more
and more frustrated. Now I'm, like,
questioning everything because I'm trying to
figure out what I actually like that looks good on me. When I came in, I thought
I knew what I wanted. But at this point, I'm getting
more and more confused. I'll be right back. DORI DAWSON: OK. All right. It's harder than
it seems, I guess. Starting to panic because I
have to get a dress here today because my mom and Mama Dolly
are here from California, and this is a once in
a lifetime experience. And I want to share
that with them. What I originally
wanted, I am no longer liking when I try it on. And now I'm saying I want
this style and this style, and I'm being very tough
on Randy and James. I'm feeling bad about it. Honestly, I really
thought this appointment was going to be like-- 1, 2, 3, in and out. 1, 2, 3, and done. She doesn't make a quick
decision on anything. Boy, that's apparent. KATHY DAWSON: She's afraid
to make the wrong decision, and that's Dori in general. She thinks about things. She researches things. She makes sure they're
right, and then she executes. Time for a dinner. Knock, knock, knock. All right. We've got a whole bunch
of more dresses in ivory. OK. What do you think? DORI DAWSON: I
think it's pretty. What are we missing? DORI DAWSON: I don't know. I think maybe I'm just,
like, not liking any. I don't know what's going-- I don't know if I'm just
panicking or whatever, but-- JAMES: Keep trying. RANDY: Definitely don't panic. I am losing focus
on what I want, and I'm not sure
now what I want. I have so many different
styles in front of me, and I'm just not loving them. And I'm not sure why. So, here is our
first strapless. How are you feeling? I really like
this one, actually. Yeah. This is a mermaid silhouette. A cross between a
mermaid and a trumpet. I don't know if I'm
crazy about strapless. But I want to show
them this one for sure. Yeah. Walking into the
store, I thought I wanted A-line and something
ethereal and a little bit of an illusion. And now I'm ready to come out
in this strapless mermaid dress and show Mom and Mama Dolly. Wow, you got the strapless. I got the strapless. Got the strapless. Step forward a little bit. Yeah. Wow. I mean, I don't know if
you can see really clearly, but it's wow. It's a wow. This is beautiful. Oh my gosh. I just love this dress. But that is totally
different than what she had said in the past she wanted. So we were shocked that she
came out with that dress. I'm pretty
indecisive, obviously. But I had an idea
of what I wanted. It just doesn't look like on
me like I want it to look. So that's why now, I'm
switching to strapless. But like, I don't know if I
like the look of strapless. There's always our dress. There you go. You can do that, Dori. RANDY: There is
always more dress. I mean, you could do that. That's the she likes
the best, I think. JAMES: We cried in that one. I don't know. There's something to
be said about that. Right now, I don't
know where to go. I don't know what
the next step is. And I'm kind of
running out of options. We have a few more
dresses in the room. - Yep.
- I say you try them on. If you absolutely don't love
them, don't come out in it. JAMES: Yep.
- OK. Because we're going to
run out of time, and-- - Yes.
- --we got to find you a dress. - Yeah, yeah.
- Exactly - I know.
- That's do it. - Yes.
- Ready? OK.
Thank you, Randy. RANDY: Let's go. This is it. I can feel it, Dori. Thank you. I hope you're right. KATHY DAWSON: I know I'm right. I feel like I'm
striking out in Vegas. KATHY DAWSON: You're doing good.
