I went to Prado's today to help my sister look at bridesmaid dresses for my upcoming wedding. I had read the bad reviews but we're down to crunch time. I tried to be positive as we walked in. The sale lady was very nice pointed out dresses that met our description of what we needed. My sister has a small fracture in her foot so she is in a boot so I started to go into dressing room to help. We were told to protect the dresses only sales people are allowed to help with the dresses. Ok. So we like the first dress but she tried on second one and I decided to take a quick pic so we could compare the dresses without my sister having to balance on one foot while changing clothes. I back away to get whole dress in photo and owner whipped around corner and informed me that 'no pictures are to be had here'. I know I turn red with fury. How is my pic going to hurt the dress? These are not his own designs! It's not like I'm going to go home and hand stitch a replica of it at home. My sister went to change back into her own clothes. While I was waiting for her another girl went into a dressing room to try on a dress for homecoming. She called her friend into the dressing room and no one said anything to her then the sale lady who was helping her went into the room too. 3 people in the room with the one fragile dress. Sale associate guy came over while I waited and asked how everything was going? I said not well. The sweet sales girl wrote down the information for the dress we liked and we were able to find it at Ever After in Cleveland. I have been in several dress shop in the process of looking for my dress and Prado treats people who are going to spend several hundred to several thousands of their hard earned money like crap! Everywhere else i have gone I have had a good experience. People are nice and helpful because they know weddings are stressful! They are wonderful on the day of but there is a lot of planning and so much to do. Do Not Shop At Prado's. there are several places in Chattanooga that carry the same designers! Go to the designer's websites to see where else they are sold. \r
I do feel bad that the sweet girl lost a sale but I also don't understand how anyone could work for the owner. \r
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