My Cristina's experience was HORRIBLE. I have heard great things about this place and was exciting to go to this shop for wedding gowns. However I was extremely displeased. I walked into Cristina's to a beautiful store it is the most beautiful bridal shop I've ever been in...but that's pretty much all they have going for them. The staff was rude, extremely unorganized and very unprofessional. I had booked an appointment in advanced and they looked at me like I had no idea what I was talking about. If I can't even trust them to have my appointment booked and ready why would i trust them with the most important dress of my life!
After 20 minutes of them getting organized they finally took me to the bridal room. I was handed shower rings to put on the hangers of the dresses I wanted to try on. I'm sorry but if I am going to buy a high end designers gown from you dirty shower rings were not my cup of tea. After waiting 10 minutes after picking out my gowns my consultant was finally ready to put me in the dresses. Once I had the dresses on she gave me about 2 minutes to look at the dress on me before she literally pushed me off the platform to change into the next gown. She completely ignored what I had to say about the dress and gave me her opinion and pushed me in the direction of what she thought.
Finally I picked out 2 of my favorites, one which I had liked a little more. I had told the consultant MANY times I had not planned to buy considering it was my first time shopping. I didn't even get a chance to tell my mom what I liked about the dress before the consultant whipped out a calculator and was crunching numbers. I felt EXTREMELY pressured to buy and having a calculator in my face and a consultant trying to convince me I had to buy the dress today or ""it was not worth it"" ruined my experience. After I finally drilled it into her head that I wasn't going to purchase she forced me out of the dress and rushed me out the door.
If you are not going to buy right away or aren't going to pay over $5,000 for your wedding dress don't bother shopping here. They won't even want to bother with you. All in all the consultant was pushy, degrading and belittling. And don't be fooled by their new beautiful location they are SNOBBY, STUCK UP, RUDE, PUSHY and WAY OVERRATED!
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