The Wedding Shoppe

You’ll absolutely LOVE your experience.

Your own luxurious Private Bridal Suite
Dedicated, professionally trained Bridal Stylist

Champagne, Wine & Cocktails available in our Lobby Lounge
Over 800 wedding dresses
No pressure, supportive experience
Memories that last a lifetime

When you step into The Wedding Shoppe, you’ll quickly realize it’s a bridal experience unlike any other in Metro Detroit. Everything has been thoughtfully arranged to ensure you feel comfortable and at ease. Finding your wedding dress at TWS is designed to be an intimate and memorable journey, one that you, your friends, and your family will cherish.

The celebration begins the moment you arrive.  You can enjoy our free coffee/tea bar or purchase champagne, wine and cocktails in our Lobby Lounge. Your dedicated Bridal Stylist will show you to your very own Private Bridal Suite and make you feel like the only bride in the whole boutique!  We offer this unique experience because we know planning a wedding can be stressful, but finding your wedding dress shouldn’t be.

You won’t believe how easy it is to say yes to the dress at The Wedding Shoppe.

Hours:

Monday 11-6

Tuesday-Thursday 11-8

Friday 11-6

Saturday 10-6

Sunday 11-3

Michelle McFarland, once a member of corporate America, felt a strong urge to leave and do something meaningful with her life. She felt that spreadsheets and cash reports weren’t making a difference in anyone’s life. She wanted more. She wanted to connect with people and make an impact. After considering her options and what she felt passionate about, Michelle opened The Wedding Shoppe in December of 1999. Since then her business has flourished and she has been directly involved in countless brides’ happiest moments. Michelle. reflecting on the most successful part of her journey, says, “I get to make people happy every day!” We were thrilled when Michelle recently took the time to give us a little history and insight on her award-winning bridal boutique in Berkley, MI:

When we opened we were a Bridal Accessories ONLY boutique. In fact, our tag line was “Everything But the Dress!” After eight years of helping our brides find the perfect accessories for their big day we decided to add wedding dresses to our boutique. I didn’t think it was possible to fall in love with this industry any more than I already was, but I was wrong! We are in love with our brides and helping them find their perfect dress! Oh, what an amazing feeling! Celebrating with our brides and their special people is the most amazing part of what we do.

I’m constantly inspired by the stories my brides and stylists tell.  Whether it’s a bride falling in love with a wedding dress that shares a name with her grandma (we give all our dresses names based on their personalities) or a stylist sharing about the special connection she made with a bride and her family.  We are a business but we are not about selling.  We want every bride’s favorite wedding planning memory to be about finding her wedding dress.  We are about life changing moments and emotions and experiences!

My favorite advice for brides?  Finding the perfect bridal wedding dress isn’t just another thing to check off your list.  Finding the perfect wedding dress becomes a part of the story you tell about your wedding.  It can happen at any moment.  Don’t be surprised if it happens at the first boutique or even in the first dress!  Celebrate it!  This is why it’s important to have your special people with you.  You don’t want your special people to miss out on this incredible life experience!  You want them to experience it with you, by your side.  Love can happen at any time (don’t we already know that??  You’re engaged!).  Embrace it and enjoy the moment of finding your wedding dress.

In 2017 we relocated into our very own building with 8,000+ square feet!  We designed our new building to deliver the experience of a lifetime to our brides.  Our brides enjoy our private bridal suites, and our complimentary hospitality bar with coffee, tea and water and our champagne, wine and cocktails for purchase in our Lobby Lounge.

As far as style-trends in bridal go, there are always hot looks in our industry, I mean we are all about fashion! I love the new fabrics that are being used. Crepes and stretch jerseys – they are amazing and feel great on the body.  Lace is always a go to look.  How can you get anymore classic and fashion forward at the same time than with lace? But the most important style trend in my eyes is a bride that finds a dress that speaks to her heart.  When she feels beautiful, sexy and the most confident she has ever felt in her life that is the utmost in style and trend.

We love working with “Indie” bridal designers and emerging talent to curate an exceptional collection of gowns you will LOVE, all at affordable prices. I really value our relationships with our wedding dress designers. Many of them are my close friends. I have input into their designs each season and have many gowns in The Wedding Shoppe that I personally designed just for our brides!  I also attend multiple bridal buying markets all over the US each year (and sometimes Europe!) to stay current with trends and maintain my close relationships with my designers and other bridal stores.

The Wedding Shoppe undoubtedly attracts a certain type of bride.  She is fun, laid back and values the personal connection and the memories we make with her leading up to her wedding day.  We think that sounds like you!  Our wedding dresses reflect YOUR style.

Michelle has changed her life. She took a chance, bet on doing something she loves and established a successful bridal business. After 25+ years in the ever-evolving bridal fashion world, she has made deep connections with her team, her exclusive designers and her clients. That meaning she was searching for back in her corporate America days? We think she nailed it. The Wedding Shoppe, built on love and happiness, is thriving.