Born and raised in Manhattan, Ariane Goldman (Finkel) attended the Dalton School and received her BA at the University of Michigan Business School. After nearly eight years with American Express in Marketing and Sponsorship, Ariane decided to leave the corporate world and start her own business.

Frustrated with spending too much money on bridesmaid dresses she never wore again, Ariane set out to find a solution to the widespread debacle: how to enable your closest girlfriends to look and feel beautiful at your wedding while maintaining consistency and elegance for the pictures that will last forever.

In early 2007, Ariane was married in Jamaica and her bridesmaids wore the multi-functional dresses. Guests were enamored and her bridesmaids loved their dresses so much, Ariane knew that she had found a solution to the ever-challenging problem.

twobirds was founded on the premise that being a bridesmaid doesnʼt have to mean forgoing style, and that a bridesmaid can not only be happy for the bride on her special day, but happy that she looks so fabulous!!

Vanessa Sher was born and raised in Sydney Australia, attended Moriah College and the University of Sydney. She recently got married and experienced the frustration of finding bridesmaids dresses. Her sister, living in Switzerland, found the twobirds concept in a magazine just two weeks after she had purchased her bridesmaids dresses. Nevertheless, Vanessa contacted Ariane. They both agreed that Australian brides would love the twobirds idea and have teamed up to open the Australian studio in Surry Hills.