David Tutera and Lauren from 'My Fair Wedding'

Over a lifetime a woman has a closet of important dresses, but nothing comes close to the wedding dress.

For a dress one hopes to wear once, it can be ridiculously expensive. It should be perfect, yet so many are not. That's where David Tutera comes in.

The wedding planner and host of My Fair Wedding on WE: Women's Entertainment has been helping brides for 25 years. In the Sunday, Nov. 1, episode, he works with Lauren.

Some of her wedding plans are in such bad taste, her best friends find it hard to tell her. They hate the blindingly bright blue bridesmaids dresses - of different lengths. Her burning-cauldron centerpieces, shields and swords are kitsch, not Renaissance.

Tutera helps pick different dresses. Though one wedding gown certainly does not fit all sizes, Tutera has rules to make all brides look better.

"One of the biggest things is that brides step into a dress and fall in love, and it is 100 percent wrong for their body type," he says. "They need to look for a dress appropriate for their body type. You don't want to be someone full-figured or pear-shaped in a multilayered tulle gown. It will make them look larger."

"Color is another mistake," he says. "There are 200 shades of white. Someone who has a fair complexion - very, very porcelain - is not going to look good in bride white. Someone who is fair needs ivory or antique gold."

Though Tutera has a line of wedding gowns priced between $900 and $1,900, he also steers brides to other designers. For the more expensive weddings, he picks Pnina Tornai. "She has more sparkle - for that bride who is not understated," he says. "Monique Lhuillier is the opposite. She's more organic, softer - for the girl who wants to be understated."

Regardless of the gown, Tutera insists they wear heels.

"I get upset when girls assume you can't see their feet. I tell my brides, 'You are young, you are going to be in the dress for eight hours. You can put your feet up tomorrow and soak in Epsom salts. You are going to wear the most important dress of your life. The shoes need to be broken in. Wear them around the house, so you're not wearing them for first time when you walk down the aisle.' "

Most of the brides he styles wear Manolo Blahniks, Jimmy Choos and Stuart Weitzman.
"If you are going to buy a pair for $100 or $50, as long as it looks fabulous, I don't care about the brand," he says.

He recommends My Glass Slipper for shoes. The New York company "has a great selection in heel height, width, bling, no bling," he says.

Tutera's main advice: "Do not try to plan all of the elements at one time."