Candice Gonzales says she has trained her whole life for her calling – opening a bridal shop in Phoenix.
Gonzales grew up working as a master tailor on clothes for her grandmother, who grew up in Mexico and immigrated to the United States. While watching her grandmother at work, she learned some of the beadwork and hand sewing techniques because of her interest in them. When she wasn’t busy sewing or beading, she sketched out her own designs.
“I started designing without even knowing it,” says Gonzales. “I designed my dress for my eighth grade promotion, and then it went on.”
After graduating with a degree in fashion design, Gonzales worked at a boutique specializing in dresses for the mother of the bride, but Gonzales said she wanted to focus on the main event, the bride. She worked at the Almond Tree Wedding Boutique, a bridal shop in north Phoenix, but when the owner announced she was retiring, Gonzales saw it as the stimulus she needed to start her own business.
Gonzales opened her bridal boutique, House of RemiRose, in south Phoenix this summer. Pam Ronalter, the owner of Almond Tree, gave her the unsold inventory from the former store to help her get started. Gonzales rented 1,500 square feet plus basement space in Alborada Village, a functioning wedding venue near Central Avenue and Baseline Road.
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