Staff Pick: AMANDA - SOUTHDALE

Amanda is new to Mestads Southdale location as an employee, but not as a customer! Amanda purchased most of her formal gowns at Mestads, and loves that Mestads registers the dresses they sell for prom. Amanda is a competitive figure skater, loves volunteering at hospitals and shelters, and loves spending time with friends and family. Her favorite color is yellow, which is the color of the first Mestads dress she wore!

Amanda graduated from Eastview High School in 2011, and is currently pursuing a Journalism major and Spanish minor at the University of Minnesota. Amanda recently pledged Alpha Gamma Delta sorority at the U of MN, which is the same house that Southdale manager Julie was a member of while she studied at the U of MN!

Amanda loves selling dresses because of the reaction on a girl’s face when she finds a dress she loves.

Amanda’s staff pick is Sherri Hill 1403. She loves the shattered glass stones that sparkle, and how the corset structure of the bodice is really slimming on any figure. The nude color is really in this spring, and also elegant and timeless.

Staff Pick: ANNIE - SOUTHDALE

Annie has worked as a prom stylist at Mestads Southdale location for about a year. She is a senior at a local high school and is looking at colleges for the fall. She loves basketball, shopping, spending time with friends, drawing, cooking, and she was a dancer for 14 years!

Annie loves seeing the customer’s face when they have on “the dress” and they know it’s the one.

Annie staff pick is Sherri Hill 2835. She loves the trendy “carwash” style skirt, the sparkly paillette sequins, and the fact that this dress usually doesn’t need hemming. Since Annie is petite, she knows that hemming can be expensive and this style is perfect to avoid that added cost.

Staff Pick: KAYLA - SOUTHDALE

Kayla has been with Mestads for a year, working as a Prom Stylist in Rochester during the 2011 prom season, and is currently working as a Prom Stylist at Mestads Southdale location in Edina. Kayla is a freshman at Normandale, majoring in communications with a focus on public relations. Kayla’s hobbies include ballroom dancing and eating ice cream.

This past November Kayla went to Kuwait to visit and perform for the troops. She had a great time and loved having the opportunity to see another part of the world, and to support our troops!

Kayla loves selling prom dresses because she gets to help each girl leave Mestads with the dress of their dreams! Her current favorite (You’ll have to ask her again next week!) is Vienna Prom style C1709. She thinks it’s tough to choose a favorite, but loves this one because it is similar to her prom dress from last year and loves how it’s short in the front and still elegant because it’s long in the back. She also loves tiger print!