Hannah Balash Bridal Maven, Founder & Owner

Hannah Balash found her happily ever after by building a bridal boutique.

Balash founded Bridal Maven, a chic, Dormont-based consignment shop that sells pre-owned wedding gowns, sample dresses and accessories, in September 2020 after the idea rattled around in her head for years.

“I met some amazing and trusting consignors in various parking lots all over town to collect their gowns,” she says. “At that time, I photographed the gowns in my dining room and put them on Instagram for publicity.”

When Covid hit, Balash got even more creative, using a stimulus check to rent a small suite with a short-term lease in an office building that she redesiged to look like a bridal shop. Through word of mouth, the boutique quickly took off.

“It turned out

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