Alfred Angelo Bridal Celebrates 75 Years
It seems like every day you hear about another company going out of business so it’s nice to hear about a company like Alfred Angelo Bridal that’s celebrating 75 years in the bridal industry.
Starting in a small shop in Philadelphia, Alfred Angelo Piccione and his sister Nancy designed one-of-a-kind, custom made wedding gowns for brides in the metro Philadelphia area. Drawing on their success in the 1930′s, Alfred Piccione established the first company in history to mass-produce wedding dresses, opening multiple manufacturing plants in North Philadelphia’s garment district. In the early eighties, son and daughter Vincent and Michele took the company international, making it today one of the strongest bridal brands known. Now, designer Michael Shettel heads up the design team and three collections: Alfred Angelo, Alfred Angelo Sapphire, and Piccione.
Over the years, the Alfred Angelo collections graced pages of bridal publications, such as BRIDES and Modern Bride. The company reproduced famous Hollywood film gowns, such as Elizabeth Taylor’s from “Father of the Bride”, Ava Gardner’s from “Pandora and the Flying Dutchman”, Janet Leigh’s from “Little Women”, and designed gowns for recent films such as “House of Sand and Fog”, “Rocky II”, “The Nutty Professor 2″. Alfred Angelo also provided eveningwear and finale gowns for the Miss America pageant.
Alfred Angelo will host in-store and on-line celebrations and contests throughout their anniversary year, featuring diamond give-aways, special trunk shows and customer appreciation events. Schedules will be posted on Alfredangelo.com so check it out.
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