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Lori Allen is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics such as Television & Film, Reality TV, Cancer, Cancer Survivors, Authors, Modeling, Art, Fashion and Health.

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Mother. Grandmother. Entrepreneur. Businesswoman. Leader. Best friend. Survivor. Author. The chiffon, lace, and pearls are just the icing on the cake when it comes to Lori Allen.

Lori is one of the world’s foremost experts on bridal couture and currently stars in the TLC network’s ten season reality show Say Yes to the Dress: Atlanta, as well as four-season Say Yes to the Dress: Bridesmaids, which are filmed on-site at her Atlanta-based bridal salon, Bridals by Lori. The crew is just wrapped filming of season eleven of the hit show. Lori opened Bridals by Lori just two weeks after graduating from all-girl Columbia College in South Carolina. Four decades later, the store has grown to become one of the premier bridal salons in North America, and brides from as far away as Russia and Australia visit Bridals by Lori to find their perfect dresses. TLC’s most popular wedding program Say Yes to the Dress: Atlanta is shown in over 120 countries, making Lori an international celebrity.

Lori uses her vast knowledge of wedding dress styles, trends, and fits to assist brides-to-be in their search for the ideal wedding gown, and her sassy, straightforward attitude has become a signature element of the show. In 2012, Lori made the courageous decision to share her personal battle with breast cancer in the TLC special Say Yes to the Cure: Lori’s Fight, which won the 2013 Realscreen Award for Best Health & Well Being Programming. Today, Lori travels the nation speaking about breast cancer and raising awareness for early detection.

And now, just shy of her 61st birthday, Lori Allen wants to share her insights with her peers—mature women eager to make the most of the last quarter of their lives. Her debut book, Say Yes to What’s Next is inspiring a lifestyle movement for women of all ages, particularly women over 50. Armed with lessons learned from her own experience and a major dose of her signature humor, Lori is ready to guide women as they take control of their liv

Move over, girlfriend, Lori Allen is here to help you say yes to what's next Star of Say Yes to the Dress: Atlanta, Lori Allen uses her confidence, wisdom, and signature humor not only to help young brides on their most important day ever but also to model to them and their mothers how to live out the coming years as the best of their lives.

Lori Allen is owner/operator of one of the biggest and busiest bridal mega-salons in the country, Atlanta's Bridals by Lori. But she's also a wife, mother, grandmother, and breast cancer survivor.

Whether you're feeling invisible, disappearing into the fabric of your couch a little more every year, or simply being indecisive about what's next, Lori offers herself as the poster child of what to do, not do, and how to see your way through the unexpected.

In Say Yes to What's Next she addresses essential issues, such as

• don't let yourself go,
• marriage is awesome, but it's no fairytale,
• keep your mouth shut and your heart open to your kids (and they'll bring you grandkids),
• make time to parent your parents,
• maintain a close circle of girlfriends,
• get off the couch and live your passion,
• take charge of your money, and
• what to do when life gives you a faceplant.

Say Yes to What's Next is a life makeover and therapy session from a relatable you-can-and-you-should-do-this straight-shooter as Lori helps women shape their own futures with confidence, style, and sass.

American businessperson, television personality and author

Lori Allen is an American businessperson, television personality, and author best known for her appearances on Say Yes to the Dress: Atlanta.

She is the founder of Bridals by Lori and an advocate for breast cancer awareness.

Career

In 1980, Lori Allen established the bridal salon, Bridals by Lori. In 2010, she began starring alongside bridal consultant Monte Durham in the reality television series, Say Yes to the Dress: Atlanta. Allen uses the show as a platform to advocate for breast cancer awareness. In April 2019, Allen tripped while filming a promo of Say Yes to the Dress Atlanta, leaving her with two cracked ribs, broken wrists, a broken nose, a concussion, and black eyes.

Personal life

Allen is married to Eddie Allen. The couple have a son, Cory, and a daughter, Mollie Surratt. In 2012, she had a double mastectomy and several surgeries to treat her breast cancer.

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