The Current

Impressed
to Dress
M E E T F A S H I O N D E S I G N E R
L O R E N C O R C O R A N
Story by Courtney Fields
Images by Carrie Beth Wallace
Columbus brides no longer need to travel to bigger cities to
find the perfect wedding dress. The wedding dress of your
dreams can be created for you in the heart of our city.
Custom wedding gown designer Loren Corcoran wants you
to bring your vision boards and print out your favorite
pins to craft your ‘this is the dress’ aha moment right here
in Columbus.
Since 2015, Corcoran has been creating these moments for
brides, but her journey to Loren Elizabeth Designs began
several years prior. Corcoran was unsure of her calling as a
student and single mother at Auburn University, but
enrolled as a fashion merchandising student.
After completing one project that pushed her to create a
dress for a window display, Corcoran’s professor
encouraged her to venture into fashion design. She had no
prior knowledge of design and didn’t even know how to
sew, but she followed her gut and changed her major to
fashion design.
With the help of her professors and after being mentored
by a Columbus area seamstress, Kristin Morgan, Corcoran
began to learn the ropes (or rather, seams) to become a
fashion designer. Through her mentorship, she was also
able to get involved with New York Fashion Week
beginning in 2014. Under the direction of Sherri Hill,
Corcoran along with two others are responsible for altering
nearly 60 dresses within 5 days, along with dressing the
models backstage and taking each of their measurements.
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