Published on: August 1, 2018 at 5:00 AM

By Melissa Johnson WarnkeAlabama Retail Association

The wedding industry has undergone a great deal of change the past 50 years. Few couples have witnessed that evolution more closely than Max and Mary Andrews, owners of Andrews Bridal Shoppe in Dothan.

The couple opened their bridal store on Aug. 1, 1968. Since then, they’ve seen trends come and go as technology continues to transform tradition.

“We used to have girls coming in here with magazines dog-eared to pictures they liked. Now, they come with their Pinterest boards on their phones and screenshots from Instagram and Facebook,” said Max.Perhaps the biggest changes have been in the brides themselves, they said.

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