- Designer Randi Rahm has worked with "The Bachelor" franchise for 20 years.
- She has no regrets regarding her designs over the years, but one episode made her "heart fall."
There have been over 50 seasons of "Bachelor"-related TV — from the original to "The Bachelorette," to its numerous spin-offs — and that means there have also been many memorable outfits.
No small number of them were designed by Randi Rahm, who has worked with the franchise for two decades, and whose work has popped up in premieres, finales, and everywhere in between.
When asked by Insider in a recent interview if she has any fashion-related regrets, she said no. But there was something "that was a shock" when she saw it, she said: the August 2011 finale of the seventh season of "The Bachelorette," starring Ashley Hebert on her search for love.
Viewers saw Hebert standing on the beach in Fiji, waiting to send Ben Flajnik home and get engaged to JP Rosenbaum. She was wearing a beautiful baby-pink gown adorned with crystal beads and silver sequins and featuring a floor-length skirt embellished with ostrich feathers.
The look was designed by Rahm and was worth $16,790 at the time, Today.com reported, which is on the lower side for a Rahm look.
After the proposal, the happy couple were so excited that they ran into the ocean together, dress and all. That's when Rahm's "heart fell," she said.
A Randi Rahm original can take "anywhere between four months to three quarters of a year" to create, from conception to completion, she said. The beading on Hebert's gown was "the real deal," Rahm added.
"My heart's gone into each one," she said.
While Rosenbaum and Hebert announced their split in October 2020 after eight years of marriage, Hebert's dress will live on as one of the show's best — even though it got dunked in the Pacific Ocean.
But viewers will see more of Rahm's dresses this season, too. She told Insider her designs will also appear on "The Golden Bachelor," starring Gerry Turner, when his two finalists wear her gowns later in the season.