Lori Allen

Lori Allen opened Bridals by Lori just two weeks after graduating from the all-female Columbia College in South Carolina. Four decades later she is one of the world's foremost experts on bridal couture and the central figure of TLC's reality show em>Say Yes to the Dress: Atlanta, filmed on-site at Lori's bridal salon and shown in more than 120 countries.

Lori's role as a bridal expert, successful female business entrepreneur, TV personality, and breast cancer survivor has led her to interviews by top-tier media outlets, including CNN, ABC's Good Morning America, NBC's Today, and the Wall Street Journal. She currently resides in Atlanta with her husband, Eddie, and, thankfully, not far from their daughter and her husband, son and his wife, and three grandchildren.