I bought my wedding dress from Weddings by Debbie. I had not planned on buying it from WbD because they weren't carrying the designer that I wanted (hellooo Monique Lhullier!), but one of my friends suggested trying it anyway. The dressing area isn't quite as glam as Louise Blum, but it's still somewhat fancy and makes you feel like the bride that you are! The lady that helped me was Paula, and she was wonderful. She didn't try to force certain dresses on me, and let me try on anything that I wanted. She was very helpful, I give her 5 stars! WbD has a very diverse selection of dresses, from the very affordable to the very expensive. I ended up getting a dress by Justina McCaffrey, whom one of the owners of the store went to design school with- imagine that! The owner-lady was easy to work with, but I had one problem. Every time I called them to check on my dress order (when it would be there, etc.), I never got a straight answer. My now-husband had to finally call them because obviously I was getting nowhere. The designer had sent the wrong sash (I wanted pale pink, they sent ivory) and WbD had to get the right sash and put it on. In the end I got my dress, and everything was wonderful. WbD has a seamstress who does alterations, and a cleaning/steaming/pressing department that will fix up your dress before bridal portrais and before the wedding day.
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