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EXCLUSIVE: Randi Rahm Reveals the Inspiration Behind Peg’s Finale Dress and If Taylor Frankie Paul Will Be Wearing Her Gowns
Gorgeous gowns!
Bachelor Nation fans saw Peg Munson and Mel Owens find love on the Season 2 finale of “The Golden Bachelor."
Peg looked stunning in her orange and turquoise strapless gown as Mel declared his love with a commitment ring in Antigua.
We got a chance to sit down with haute couture designer Randi Rahm for an exclusive interview with BachelorNation.com, where she revealed the inspiration behind Peg’s finale dress.
She also teased whether we can expect to see more of her stunning gowns during Taylor Frankie Paul’s season of “The Bachelorette.”
Check out our full interview with Randi below!
Bachelor Nation: Hi Randi, it’s so good to see you again! Thank you for taking the time to chat with us. We loved Peg’s finale dress and the beautiful pops of color. Can you tell us the inspiration behind the design of the dress?
Randi Rahm: Hi, it’s so good to see you! Absolutely. I wanted to make an architectural kind of feel with a little feminine pop! So I think the color made it sort of feminine, not as rigid as something that’s very architectural. I think the color softened the lines so it made it more fun to wear.
BN: We love it, and it looked so stunning on her. How did you incorporate Peg’s personality into the dress?
RR: With the help of Carey Fetman, who’s the stylist. He’ll talk to me about who she is and I’ll show him a lot of dresses, and I can’t guarantee she picks any of them. But by the description of her personality and the beautiful lady that she is, I just thought that would be a standout, strong and pretty dress. Just like she is! She’s strong and pretty. I like the ladies to have that little pizzazz. Elegance along with the pizzazz. And this is a dress that stands out on its own just by its shape and the color combinations. I think Carey is brilliant at his job and between the collaboration there and the description of that beautiful woman, it’s a win-win situation. And then she has to like it! There are other dresses she could’ve picked from, it’s not just my dresses. So I was very pleased when she picked that one. I thought it was perfect.
BN: It really was. Do you know if it was love at first sight, or were there other dresses from your collection that she was also considering?
RR: From what I understand, she just gravitated to that piece. Which is interesting because at the live show, she’s also in a Randi Rahm! And it’s funny, it’s in the same family of color but completely different. Completely the other side of that. And it’s a joyous dress. It was a happy dress. Sexy but elegant, because she’s a very elegant lady. I was happy she did choose that dress because it was so different. Shape-wise, feeling-wise. One was very linear and this was soft and sexy. I thought it was a good choice. And I was surprised that she picked me again. I’m just so honored! That’s so validating for me as an artist. I find it so flattering when there’s more than one dress that they pick of mine because there’s hundreds of designers. There’s a thousand dresses, so I’m still shocked when they do. I love it that they do! And I have a very big range of what I design, so I like when some of the Bachelorettes will pick one of my very sleek dresses like Peg did for the finale. There’s no beads; everyone knows me for the beaded dresses. My clients know me for both, and I like that the past couple of seasons people are also picking my sleeker dresses or the ones that don’t have all the embellishments. But for them to pick mine, I find that very flattering.
BN: Absolutely, and they really are all different; no two looks have been alike! Speaking of Bachelorettes, can we get a tease if we can expect to see Taylor Frankie Paul wearing any of your gowns?
RR: I would think so. She’s this petite dynamo with a lot of confidence and quite beautiful. She’s beautiful, and she just has a beautiful smile and a beautiful face, so what you put on her is going to look great. And I can see what she has pulled, she knows herself. Meaning she knows what looks well on her and she’s comfortable in it. So, she’ll pull the things that she knows she looks well in because she’s a confident gal. That’s the most I can tell you.
BN: We’re so excited to find out more, and thank you again, Randi, for taking the time to chat with us today. We can’t wait to see all the amazing looks still to come!