What Is A “WildBride”?
Welcome to WildBride! We are a bridal boutique for the unique, unconventional, and free-spirited bride in the heart of San Francisco.
A “WildBride” is a bride who is cool, easy going and looking to feel stress-free, beautiful and most of all happy on her wedding day. Her wedding is not of the conventional type and she is unconstrained by societal expectations.
She wants to create a space, a day, and an experience JUST to share the love she and her partner have created together with her close friends and family without the added pressures of most contemporary weddings. She wants it to be a celebration of love and family that could be on a cliff overlooking a valley, in the middle of giant redwoods in the forest, or on the sands of her favorite beach.
The WildBride is looking for a gown that will make her feel like the best version of herself. The perfect dream and desire she envisions, but still be comfortable and identifiable.
What Is The WildBride Experience?
At WildBride, new brides can expect to find a serene and luxe space that is also a single destination for all of her wedding needs, from decisions on the gown to wedding planners, venue, catering and flowers. We appreciate this is an extremely important and special occasion and cannot wait to share this journey with you.
Gown/Accessory Selection
At WildBride, brides will find unique, unexpected, untraditional yet chic and modern pieces from around the world. Not only will they find their perfect wedding gown, but they will also have an exclusive selection of wedding jewelry and accessories to choose from to complete their look. From time to time we also showcase some unique fashion collections for the rest of the wedding look for your bridal shower, bachelorette, and honeymoon!
A Wedding Planning Retreat
The WildBride store is built to be a tranquil, bohemian oasis, in the heart of the city. Our aim is to bring together traditional concepts, influenced by Moroccan desserts, Mexican beaches and of course the Californian wilderness to create a flavor of culture and serenity for our brides. In our store, we LOVE to recommend some of our amazing local wedding professionals from planners to photographers and venues to our brides. We also have year round special events in our shop where our brides can meet these wedding industry vendors and learn about how they can help them with the wedding planning. At WildBride we especially love to flourish our shop with some of the most amazing floral arrangements from the community’s top florists.
About Our Founder
Samira Araghi studied fashion design in the U.S. and Milan. She has worked within the fashion industry all over the globe including London, Los Angeles, Milan and New York. However, her passion had always been in evening gowns and bridal gowns. A few years ago when she was wedding dress shopping with her best friend she realized there was a lack of interesting stores and it was very hard to find incredible, unique dresses and brands. As she was in fashion she was able to hunt for the perfect dress that would eventually make her friend feel like the most beautiful bride and her favorite vision of herself.
Through this process, she realized this was her true calling and moved to San Francisco to work in the bridal industry. From there, Samira experienced the high end, high fashion bridal business and from bridal consulting to managing and operations she was able to gain the critical experience needed to pursue her dream further. WildBride will be the setting for this dream, which is helping free-spirited women find unique, special, fun, modern incredible gowns to wear on one of the most special days of their life.
Wedding Gowns
Everybody knows that the perfect dress starts with the perfect designer and our boutique would be happy to provide one for you. Our designers who are unique and unconventional will be sure to take you beyond the traditional wedding gown so you’re always guaranteed to find that one special one-of-a-kind dress. WildBride unites a global community of designers which allows diversity in stylistic choices with the ambition of making our brides feel beautiful without compromising comfort. Our bride is adventurous and free-spirited so being restricted by an uncomfortable wedding dress on her special day is never a compromise that we would make.
While you are always guaranteed to find Temperley London, Laure de Sagazan, Willowby and Daalarna Couture in our store, we frequently welcome new collections and designers into the boutique so keep an eye on our blog posts, as well as our Facebook and Instagram pages for our current trunkshow events. By clicking on each designer you will see all the gowns we carry from the brand. Book your appointment once you are ready!
Our made-to-order gowns range from $1,800 - $7,000 with most being around $2,000 - $4,000. We recommend starting to shop at least around 9-12 months before your wedding for our made-to-order gowns. Our gowns take 3-5 months to be made and you will need around 6-8 weeks for the alterations. We also carry a limited small selection of ready to purchase off-the-rack gowns (sizes 6 - 12) for our brides who can't wait that long. Be sure to check out our “ Sample Sale “ page to view these gowns.
TEMPERLEY LONDON
Temperley London is epitomized by modern bohemianism with a confident, feminine and effortless attitude while staying true to its British Heritage. Alice pioneers artisan techniques and intricate hand-worked embellishment; an aesthetic synonymous with her creative style. The core business focuses on women’s ready-to-wear collections, which have evolved to offer a comprehensive range of daywear, cocktail and evening wear.
WILLOWBY BY WATTERS
30 years ago, Vatana Watters made a few dresses for friends and family, and found herself in demand. By the late 1980s, Watters had become a leading brand in bridal. Today it is a multi-tiered, global enterprise serving the needs of diverse brides and bridal parties worldwide. Vatana remains the head and the heart of it all, passionately leading the design team in a truly collaborative effort.
LAURE DE SAGAZAN
Laure de Sagazan’s collection is inspired by old fashion standards that are customized to become modern ones. Romantic gowns give a casual nod to the past, whilst staying current with modern lace. Sustained by literature and the cinematographic feeling, her wedding fashion is inspired by Godard or by Gainsbourg, skirt and hair waving in the wind.
Home-made creations - 100% made in France.
DAALARNA
With an emphasis on femininity and timeless elegance, Daalarna Couture is known for modern and unique designs, made to haute couture quality standards. Gripping figures, alluring fabrics and passionate tones of color characterize the Daalarna Couture collections. Designed, developed and created in Budapest, Daalarna Couture offers simple lines, sophisticated and graceful wedding dresses.
LEILA HAFZI
The LEILA HAFZI brand was launched in Stavanger, Norway in 1997. A new voice was born on the high-fashion scene, and ethical and eco-conscious trade found its future leading lady. The trans-cultural collaboration that is the LEILA HAFZI team, makes the impossible possible in the hazy and mostly chaotic production site of Kathmandu. Here fashion business and development work hand in hand in a way no other high-end brand can claim.
Leila Hafzi’s designs are instantly recognizable by their romantic, feminine and bohemian look combined with an innovative fusion of themes from different cultures, with inspiration drawn from Norway, Persia, Greece and Nepal.
CORTANA
An artisanal approach, unrivaled attention to details and universally flattering carefree forms have won the Spanish designer, Rosa Esteva, a faithful fashion following which seeks the brand’s feminine relaxed silhouettes for day and evening. The commitment to nature is ever present in Cortana, with collections produced locally with natural material…
SOMETHING BLUE
Inspired by the true joy of a wedding and the enduring emotion of a wedding dress. Something Blue designs and makes its gowns in Vancouver with love. Dresses represent a story of love and empower a bride to feel spectacular on her special day.
Love. Inspire. Feel.
CLAIRE LA FAYE
What began as a fine arts degree at Parsons School of Design in NYC, ‘Claire la Faye’ evolved from a line of re-constructed tee’s into one-of-a-kind ‘red carpet, feminine frocks’ worn by many a celebrity, to what is now the current line of ethereal bridal gowns. The label emits a heavy nostalgia for romance and days gone by, yet still rings all things sexy and unique. Re-working back through fashion history, Claire La Faye cuts old Hollywood glamor with a modern day silhouette… luxury with an edge. Since officially entering into the wedding circuit in 2010, Claire La Faye Bridal gives a more creative, whimsical, and non-traditional approach to modern day brides. Inspired by a need for the rare and unexpected, Claire La Faye offers a style for women that is wearable, feminine, and most unforgettable.
PRONOVIAS
PRONOVIAS is a family firm that began life in ‘El Suizo,’ a Barcelona store founded by Alberto Palatachi Bienveniste in 1922 that Specialized in Lace, embroidery and high quality silk fabrics. What started as a family business would later grow to become PRONOVIAS.
CAROLINE TAKVORIAN
Caroline Takvorian is a fashion house dedicated to the modern bride located in Paris and Lyon. It was in 2011 that the wedding dress designer launched her eponymous brand. Before creating wedding dresses , Caroline devoted herself to women's ready-to-wear. The first pieces are made in France, from natural materials, pleasant to wear. The young house is already committed to ethical and sustainable fashion. The wedding dress collections are inspired by Parisian haute couture and claim a very French know-how. In 2017, the brand moved to Paris, the designer's favorite city…
MARKARIAN
Alexandra O'Neill founded luxury womenswear label Markarian in 2017. Named after a particularly radiant grouping of galaxies, Markarian combines designer Alexandra’s love of celestial romanticism with timeless design and modern grace.
Markarian came to life from Alexandra’s notion of designing clothing that is whimsical and playful yet wearable and beautifully made. Each special, romantic, and ethereal piece is thoughtfully made-to-order in an effort to reduce waste. Designed and produced in New York City, Markarian has a strong belief in supporting the fine craftsmanship that the New York Garment Center offers.
