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Speaker 1: Today we're talking to Kirsten Walsh, who is a professional bridesmaid.

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Speaker 1: Ever wondered what it's like to do someone else's gig?

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Speaker 1: Time to find out.

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Speaker 2: This is Cozy and Lisa's inside job.

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Speaker 1: Kirstin. Hello, Hello, that's me Kirstin, who is hiring professional bridesmaids.

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Speaker 3: You would be very surprised, so intree.

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Speaker 2: It's an amazing gig.

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Speaker 1: Thank you.

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Speaker 3: Oh, it's the most fun ever. It totally happened by accident.

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Speaker 3: But the people that typically hire us are those who

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Speaker 3: they usually do have friends. That's the first quessure. People

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Speaker 3: are we have lonely people, but they usually have friends

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Speaker 3: that they just want their friends do all the jobs

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Speaker 3: on the wedding day, so they hire to do all

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Speaker 3: the running around. And then, certainly over the last couple

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Speaker 3: of years, we've had lots of brides who haven't been

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Speaker 3: able to have their bridesmaids here due to border closures

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Speaker 3: or international travel.

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Speaker 1: So we get in, So, how did you become a

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Speaker 1: professional bridesmaid? Where did you find out that's a thing.

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Speaker 3: Well, I made up a really cool business name and

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Speaker 3: put it on the internet hire a bridesmaid, and somebody

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Speaker 3: found me and he had moved over to Australia. Well

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Speaker 3: back to Australia, I should say, because fiance she they've

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Speaker 3: been living in Russia for ten years and she didn't

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Speaker 3: speak a lot of English and they were getting married

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Speaker 3: here and she didn't know very many people. And he said,

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Speaker 3: I saw that you offer a bridesmaid service. Could we

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Speaker 3: hire you to help her plan our wedding? And so

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Speaker 3: I helped them plan the wedding and then we became

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Speaker 3: quite close in that time, and then I was a

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Speaker 3: bridesmad on the day as well, and it kind of

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Speaker 3: went on from there.

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Speaker 2: You go, Hey, Kirston, we touched on it. I guess, yeah,

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Speaker 2: we touched on the people who are calling you. But

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Speaker 2: so it's not just the uber rich kind of thing.

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Speaker 2: It's going to be people from all walks.

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Speaker 3: Alone, all walks of life, all over yet who they are,

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Speaker 3: we're happy to help whoever needs this.

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Speaker 1: So are you're saying that a lot of people do

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Speaker 1: this so that they don't have to make their friends

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Speaker 1: do all the running around of the day. What are

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Speaker 1: the most common duties you perform as a professional bridesmaid?

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Speaker 3: Yeah, so, I mean it's definitely not our most popular

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Speaker 3: service out on where wedding planners and wedding day coordinator

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Speaker 3: at the heart of it. That's certainly where it comes in.

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Speaker 3: There's a little bit of expertise on a day for

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Speaker 3: where you know, the couple may have never done it before,

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Speaker 3: they've never been married, and maybe the bridesmaids and groomsmen

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Speaker 3: don't necessarily want a list of jobs to do, so

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Speaker 3: we'll often do the last minute running around, you know,

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Speaker 3: setting things up on the day, making sure things are

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Speaker 3: running on time, reaising with the photographer and videographer, organizing

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Speaker 3: the other bridesmaids, making sure everyone's dressed and ready to go.

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Speaker 3: And then usually and this is probably the favorite part

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Speaker 3: of the job, but that's making sure everyone's said and

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Speaker 3: watered as well.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, so you're taking that sort of stress off the

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Speaker 2: friends so that can enjoy themselves more and some of

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Speaker 2: the more fundamental or rudimentary kind of things you're taking

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Speaker 2: care of.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, that's spot on. Yeah, let them have a great

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Speaker 3: day as well. There they want to celebrate with their friends,

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Speaker 3: so why not let them celebrate without all the hassle

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Speaker 3: of jobs too.

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Speaker 2: That's great.

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Speaker 1: It's like an undercover wedding planner. You're kind of masquerading

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Speaker 1: as a bridesmaid. But you're doing the all that planning

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Speaker 1: as you go along. I think it's fantastic. I'm guessing

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Speaker 1: the bride pays for your dress.

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Speaker 3: Yes, bride will pay for address, Yes, hair and makeup

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Speaker 3: if they want, shoes, all those sorts of things.

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Speaker 2: Yes, people, we know what people are thinking right now.

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Speaker 2: What about the dreaded bridezilla.

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Speaker 3: Have you struck a few of those?

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Speaker 2: A couple of those?

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Speaker 3: Well funny. I don't actually believe in bride dealers. I

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Speaker 3: think very very stressful, and everybody at some point loses

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Speaker 3: their minds, of course, and happy to help take the

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Speaker 3: stress of their shoulders when they need to. But yes,

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Speaker 3: it's a stressful time.

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Speaker 2: You're being very fair.

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Speaker 1: Some ladies are a little more high.

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Speaker 3: I guess to.

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Speaker 1: Some broomzillers around these days too. They're right on the

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Speaker 1: on the organization. Now, does it pay?

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Speaker 3: Okay, it sure does? Really yeah, it depends what they

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Speaker 3: want us to do. Obviously, they're doing a lot of

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Speaker 3: work before the wedding. They end up paying sort of

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Speaker 3: what you pay for a wedding planner, particularly if we're

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Speaker 3: doing all of the running around and all the work.

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Speaker 3: But then if we are just turning up on the

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Speaker 3: day wearing the dress and bean by their side. It

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Speaker 3: kind of almost fails into a coordination side of things,

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Speaker 3: which can be anywhere from one thousand dollars up to

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Speaker 3: two thousand, depending.

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Speaker 1: How many times do you call the bouquet too many?

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Speaker 3: But I'm finally engaged.

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Speaker 2: So if you're engaged, would you hire someone who does

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Speaker 2: your gig for your wedding?

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Speaker 3: Yes, I've already tosked some of the team to plan

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Speaker 3: my wedding, Thank you very much.

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Speaker 1: I guess they're halfway there as friends anyway. Yeah, all right, well, Kirsten,

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Speaker 1: what is the one question the people always ask about

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Speaker 1: your job?

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Speaker 3: Oh? Do these people I think already said it, but

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Speaker 3: do this will not have friends, of course, And they

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Speaker 3: do have friends, they usually very loved friends, and they

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Speaker 3: just want them to be doing all the work. Yeah.

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Speaker 1: I mean they're really good friends when you look at

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Speaker 1: it from.

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Speaker 3: The other way.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, Kirsten, that is absolutely fascinating. Until today, I

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Speaker 1: didn't know there was such a thing as a professional bridesmaid,

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Speaker 1: and you've made it make perfect sense.

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Speaker 3: Thank you so much. It really is the best job

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Speaker 3: in the world, and it.

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Speaker 2: Never let and both of us will rethink when we

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Speaker 2: go to say the word bride's in again lately than

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Speaker 2: you do.

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Speaker 3: Kerson. Really nice to talk to you.

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Speaker 1: Thank you, thank you so much.