3806 Nolensville Pike is a working address on Nashville’s international corridor. Tennessee shoppers who know this stretch know the landmarks: the Nashville Zoo at Grassmere entrance is directly across the road at 3777, and Plaza Mariachi — the old Kroger that was rebuilt into a 60,000-square-foot Latin marketplace and music hall — is a few hundred yards south at 3955. The store sits between them, in a strip of the pike where most of Nashville’s immigrant business has settled over the last thirty years.
That location is not incidental to what the shop sells. RJS runs prom and quinceañera as two full sides of the same business, and it markets in both English and Spanish: prom and homecoming, vestidos de quinceañera, damas, bodas, bridesmaids, flower girl and first communion dresses, plus tuxedo rental. A separate storefront page under the same address and email advertises quinceañera work specifically.
Brands on the floor
Seven prom labels list this store on their own retailer locators:
- Jovani
- Amarra
- Alyce Paris
- Ashley Lauren
- Tiffany Designs
- Dave & Johnny
- Jasz Couture
That is a mainstream prom lineup — the same houses a Nashville junior would see tagged on Instagram in January — carried in a shop that also has to fill a fifteenth-birthday court. Testimonials the store publishes on its own site repeatedly mention alterations done in-house rather than farmed out, which matters more here than at a mall chain, because a quince dress and a set of damas dresses usually need work on the same deadline.
Whose prom this is
The high schools within a short drive are among the most linguistically varied in the state. John Overton, the closest large comprehensive high school, enrolls students from more than 55 countries speaking over 35 languages, according to the district. Glencliff High, about a mile and a half away at 160 Antioch Pike, and Antioch High both report that a substantial share of students are learning English at school and speaking another language at home. Prom season in Middle Tennessee runs March through early May, and the quinceañera calendar here runs year-round, which is why this store never has a true off-season the way a bridal-only salon does.
Getting there
Take the Harding Place exit from either I-65 or I-24 and come north on Nolensville, or come south on the pike from Thompson Lane. Traffic on this section is slow and the parking is surface lot, so leave time. The store’s prom site lists hours of 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, and 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday — a Sunday afternoon that most independent shops do not offer. Call (615) 522-0201 before driving in from Rutherford or Williamson County; the shop operates under several phone numbers and web addresses, and confirming hours and appointment policy first is worth the two minutes.