Saving with 6abc: Baranette's Bridal holds closing sale

WILLOW GROVE, PA. (WPVI) -- Spend just five minutes with Baranette's Bridal owner Dawn Leary, and you can tell she loves what she does.

She flits from dress to dress in the store, describing the beading of one, the ruching on another, the color of yet one more.

Baranette's has been a fixture in Willow Grove in for 59 years. Leary worked in the shop before buying it, but now she's decided to close it down.

She explains, "I have to put my kids first. I have three of them, three, seven and nine, and this is a 24/seven job. Even when you're not at work, you're at work."

Her current inventory includes close to 400 wedding gowns and hundreds of special occasion dresses for everything from communion to prom to semi-formal and formal gowns.

Right now, dresses are discounted 30% and 50%. Accessories including veils, shoes and jewelry are marked down 20%.

But those discounts are about to go deeper as Leary tries to clear everything out before the end of November.

"Starting this coming Monday, everything's going to be down. The 30% off dresses are going to 40%, all the 50% dresses are going to 60% off, and then we'll have some marked even lower at 75% and 80% off."

Sizes range from 8 to 22.

Some flower-girl dresses can still be ordered, but all other purchases are limited to what's in stock. Leary has a seamstress who can help with alterations. And if you're shopping for a wedding dress, she suggests you make an appointment, so assistants are there to help.

For more information, including hours and location, click here for the Baranette's website.