My experience at David's was a pretty good one. It was my first dress shop to try on bridal gowns, and I chose David's as I knew that it was like the Target of dress stores. I thought it would be unpretentious and a good way to start learning about the process, dresses, etc. And I wasn't disappointed! I went on a Thursday afternoon, which was a good choice. The store was pretty quiet and I got a salesperson, Jennifer, assigned to me right away (I had made an appointment, but was about 15 min. late due to traffice). I showed her print outs of the dresses I liked and she pulled out the ones they had in the store. She then took me over to the dressing room, so I didn't actually get a chance to look around and pull out dresses that I wanted to try on. Jennifer was very sweet and friendly - my only complaint is that she didn't really listen to what I was looking for. I need a dress for a destination wedding, so I don't want a dress with lots of crinoline or layers. But she thought I looked good in the A-line styles, so she kept bringing me other dresses. It was probably partly my fautl for not thoroughly looking on their website before hand and printing out all of the dresses I like. I might go back again to try on other styles of dresses later on - it will depend on how my trips to the other dress stores in town turn out.
Pros: Low key dress store, good prices
Cons: Not a ton of informal wedding dresses
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