I visited Ashley's as a bridesmaid...and I've been one several times. Never have I dealt with a shop like this one. The bridal area is located on the second floor. Once you get up there you'll see the room is small, cramped & overloaded with dresses. There was no one around and I ended up standing around for about 10 min. before someone finally emerged and acknowledged me. They didnt have a sample on hand of the dress I was ordering so I was sized and sent on my way. When I returned for the 1st fitting it was the same situation all over again. I ended up milling around the room looking for someone to assist me. When I tried on the dress it was horribly oversized and had to be taken in everywhere. (human err in measurement?) Anyway...when I returned for the second fitting nothing was right with the dress! Even the hem wasn't done correctly. The shoulder straps had to be raised even more. It looked terrible and never have I had to go to 2 fittings for a bridesmaids dress. A week later I had to return again. The straps were still not fitted correctly and where she made the alterations you could see the straps didn't match up correctly. The wedding was only days away so I took it as is. The day of the wedding I noticed my heel kept getting stuck in the hem of my dress. When I sat down to get a better look at it the hem was a hack job! I've taken sewing classes and could have done a better job. When I compared my hem to one of the girls who had their hem done elsewhere it looked like mine was loosely hand sew instead of done with a sewing machine. By the end of the night the hem was out and my dress was a mess.
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