New York (Tadias) – The following video features the full version of Tadias Magazine’s recent interview with couture bridal-fashion designer Amsale Aberra.
Amsale discussed her reality TV show Amsale Girls, her success in the wedding-gown industry, her memories of Ethiopia, her musican daughter Rachel Brown, and more. Amsale also offers tips to brides and advise to aspiring fashion designers.
We have also included a second video highlighting a tour of Amsale’s luxury Boutique, taped immediately following our interview with the designer.
The interview took place at Amsale’s office in New York City on Tuesday, June 28, 2011.
Watch: Tadias Magazine’s Interview With Bridal-Fashion Designer Amsale Aberra
New York (Tadias) – The full version of Tadias TV’s exclusive interview with fashion Designer Amsale Aberra will be posted later this week. In the mean time, here is our tour of her bridal boutique on New York’s Madison Avenue.
Amsale’s reality TV show Amsale Girls, a six-hour episode series on the women’s network WE TV, goes behind-the-scenes of this luxury bridal salon.
Her gowns range in price from $4,000 to $75,000, revealing Amsale’s sales consultants as some of the best in the business.
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Video: Preview of Tadias Magazine’s Interview With Bridal Gown Guru Amsale Aberra
New York (Tadias) – In a recent interview with Tadias, Ethiopian American couture bridal-gown designer and entrepreneur Amsale Aberra discussed her new reality TV show Amsale Girls, her success in the fashion industry, her memories of Ethiopia, her musican daughter Rachel Brown and more.
Amsale, 58, who came to the United States from Ethiopia in 1973, is one of the most sought after bridal and evening-wear designers in the United States. Her sophisticated and elegant dresses are favorites among celebrities and she has dressed Hollywood’s A-list, including Julia Roberts, Halle Berry, Salma Hayek, Kim Bassinger, Uma Thurman, Anna Paquin, Heidi Klum, Selma Blair, Lucy Liu and Katherine Heigl, among others. Kate Hudson filmed the big screen adaptation of Something Borrowed at Amsale’s Madison Avenue boutique.
Model Maya Haile wore an Amsale gown during her wedding to renowned chef Marcus Samuelsson at their reception in Addis Ababa.
Amsale Aberra’s new reality show, Amsale Girls, is currently airing on the women’s network WE TV. The six-hour episode series goes behind-the-scenes of this luxury bridal salon that caters to high-maintenance clientele, with gowns donning price tags of $4,000 to $75,000, revealing Amsale’s sales consultants as the best in the business.
Below is the preview of our interview with Amsale. It was taped in her office in New York City on Tuesday, June 28, 2011. The full video will be posted next week.
New York (Tadias) – Couture bridal-fashion designer Amsale Aberra’s new reality show, Amsale Girls, is currently airing on the women’s network WE TV.
Amsale, who is originally from Ethiopia and whose elegant designs are favorites among celebrities, has dressed everyone, including Julia Roberts, Halle Berry, Salma Hayek, Heidi Klum, Selma Blair, Lucy Liu and Katherine Heigl, among others.
The hunt for the perfect dress at her Upper East Side New York boutique begins with her employees who work endlessly to meet their boss’s high expectations in search of the right dress for each unique bride.
The reality show, a six-hour episode series, goes behind-the-scenes of this luxury bridal salon that caters to high-maintenance clientele, with gowns donning price tags of $4,000 to $75,000, revealing Amsale’s sales consultants as the best in the business.
“For these ladies, it’s more than just finding a bride her dream dress…being a bridal consultant at Amsale means navigating family disagreements, stroking egos and bending over backwards to move the merchandise,” WE TV said an emailed statement. “Inside the shop, these ladies are often pitted against each other as they work to make their monthly sales numbers, yet outside, they’re girlfriends, helping each other in their personal lives.”
WE TV describes Amsale Girls as a show that “goes inside the high-pressure world of the bridal industry and reveals what it’s really like to work at a premier high-end dress salon.”
“The ladies may have fun and love what they do, but it’s not a profession for those easily deterred,” the company said. “Challenging, stressful and, at times, an emotional rollercoaster, being an Amsale girl means constantly managing differing personalities, drama, personal issues and career aspirations, all with grace, composure and a smile.”
— Learn more about the show at www.wetv.com.
Video: Clip from Amsale Girls
Video: Clip from Amsale Girls – Kori steps up
Cover Image: Amsale Aberra (C) and cast members during the private screening party for the
WETV show Amsale Girls, held at the Amsale Showroom in New York City,
Wednesday, June 8, 2011. Photo by Jennifer Graylock – Graylock.com.
New York (Tadias) – Ethiopian American fashion designer and entrepreneur Amsale Aberra is the subject of this week’s African Voices on CNN International. The program “highlights Africa’s most engaging personalities, exploring the lives and passions of people who rarely open themselves up to the camera.”
Amsale, 57, who came to the United States from Ethiopia in 1973, is a New York-based bridal and evening-wear designer whose sophisticated and elegant dresses are favorites among celebrities. Academy Award Winner Julia Roberts wore an Amsale gown in the movie Runaway Bride. Aberra’s most talked about sale came in 2007 when ABC purchased an Amsale wedding dress for use in the season final episode of Grey’s Anatomy. As Time magazine noted: “When the producers of ABC’s Grey’s Anatomy were looking for a wedding dress for Sandra Oh’s no-nonsense character, Cristina, to wear on the season finale of the hit medical show, they chose a $6,600 strapless mermaid style by Aberra.”
According to CNN: “Aberra is now gearing up for a new chapter in her career — her bridal boutique on New York’s Madison Avenue is going to be the subject of a new reality TV show, scheduled to air in the United States in April. She says she was initially anxious about the idea. “Many reality shows are about drama, about conflicts, and I wasn’t interested in that. But the concept is a pursuit of perfection. And it fits my principle, it fits the philosophy,” she said.
“When I design Amsale, I have to keep that bride in mind. She is simple, she is clean and sophisticated.”