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"Southern flair"
Town & Country Weddings, Fall/Winter
2007
For authentic couture, book an appointment
at Suzanne Perron, a Parisian-style studio
on New Orlean's Magazine Street. Originally
from Louisiana, Perron worked for more than
a decade in New York with Carolina Herrera,
Anna Sui and Vera Wang before returning home
to open a salon specializing in what she calls
"once-in-a-lifetime gowns in white and
ivory," suitable for lavish weddings
or debutante and Mardi Gras balls. When consulting
with a client, she sketches on an antique
drafting table, then constructs a boned foundation
in the woman's exact measurements and creates
a muslin prototype. "My gowns are built
from the inside out, as opposed to ones off
the rack, which are often ordered a size too
large and taken in," Perron explains.
The dresses are sewn by hand and can be adorned
with crystals, silk rosettes or lace salvaged
from family heirlooms. View
the entire article.
"Fashion Outsiders"
Forbes.com, September 2006
After spending 13 years under the tutelage
of top fashion designers, including Vera Wang
and Carolina Herrera, Suzanne Perron knew
she was ready to launch her own line of bridal
gowns. She decided her hometown of New Orleans--the
city of oversized weddings, Carnival galas
and debutante balls--would be the perfect
place to launch it. "It's a culture where
everyone dresses up and celebrates,"
Perron says. With few locally designed gowns
available, most of the city's well-heeled
residents fly to New York when they need wedding
dresses or ball gowns. Or, they purchase them
from stores that import New York designers,
like Vera Wang's New Orleans boutique, which
Perron's business partner, Jenny Aschaffenburg
Williamson, once managed. Perron thought the
city's brides and debutantes would flock to
a local designer. more...
"2007 Hall of distinction"
LSU Alumni Magazine, Summer 2007
Suzanne Perron is named LSU's 2007 Alumnus
of the Year. View
the article.
"newcomers embrace retailing in new Orleans"
Women's Wear Daily, February 20,
2007
On a six-mile stretch of Magazine Street fillled
with cafes and galleries, more than a dozen
shops have opened in the last two months;
over half are women's ready-to-wear boutiques.
Merchandise ranges from mid-price to a coutrue
design studio where Suzanne Perron specializes
in $5,000 to $8,000 gowns. View
the entire article.
"Making New Orleans Beautiful Again"
Country Roads, January 2007
If Vera Wang is the queen of wedding dresses,
then Suzanne Perron must be her lady in waiting.
Wang’s touching note above, written
when Perron left her employment, says it all.
“It was an exciting experience to work
side-by-side with Vera, but I wanted to come
home,” explained Perron as she worked
in her Magazine Street atelier simply named
Suzanne Perron New Orleans. “This is
where I want to be. I can’t think of
anything more rewarding than creating beautiful
wedding dresses and debutante ball gowns for
the women of Louisiana and beyond.”
more...
"Mingling with Legends"
225, January 2007
To even the most ambitious young hopeful,
the fashion industry looms large, a metropolitan
massive of big-city business: New York City,
Paris and Milan. It is elusive, exclusive,
expensive and, for those reasons, absolutely
fascinating. Louisiana native Suzanne Perron
knows all about it, having risen through the
fashion world to work for celebrity designers
Vera Wang, Carolina Herrera and Anna Sui,
to name a few. more...
"back story"
225, January 2007
Custom wedding gown designer Suzanne Perron
says she gets more requests for fine detailing
on the back of the dress rather than for elaborate
trains and that many of her clients prefer
designs where the veil, not the dress, is
the train. But sometimes what a bride wants
the front of her dress to look like doesn't
always gel with what she has in mind for the
back. Having worked for more than a decade
in New York designing gowns for Carolina Herrera,
Anna Sui and Vera Wang, Perron became adept
at making slight adjustments to what often
were two very disparate concepts for either
side. more...
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