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After reading the reviews on here, I am shocked! I had quite the opposite experience at this store. My friend was the bride, and after waiting for an opening at David's Bridal for about an hour or two, we gave up and tried the next store on her list. We walked in (granted, this was a Monday - a holiday, though - MLK, Jr., Day) and my friend was able to see a consultant right away. We walked through the bridal gown area and she picked out a handful of gowns, eventually narrowing them down to 4 to try on for her mom & grandmother, who were going to be in town in a couple of weeks. All the dresses she picked out seemed unique and ""more special"" than the ones DB had, AND were priced $200-$400 LESS than similar gowns at DB.
We made an appointment to go back then & when we came back, they had the dresses ready and waiting for us. We helped the bride pick the final one & while they were writing up the order & taking measurements, the other bridesmaid and I shopped for the maids dresses.
We found a few styles we liked & tried them on, settling on one style fairly quickly. They showed us all the color options, etc., and the dresses wound up being right around $100 - which was the least I have ever paid for a bridesmaid's dress. I had to split my payment over 2 credit cards and that was no problem for them.
My only complaint was that it did take a couple weeks longer for the dresses to come in than they originally stated (although they never gave a specific date, just a ballpark). The bride's dress came in on time and the alterations were done in a matter of a few days - then the dress went home with the bride's mother-in-law for storage until the wedding.
By contrast, when I purchased my wedding gown at David's Bridal, they made the alterations within a reasonable time frame, but then held onto the dress until the week before my wedding ""so they could steam it and have it ready for me"" - this made me nervous for a few reasons - No. 1 being that this DB store was 50 miles from my home! So I had to make a third trip just to pick up my dress (that was aggravating & a waste of gas).
Overall we've had a very positive experience and I really am surprised by the negative comments. I'm white and certainly didn't feel discriminated against; and other people in the store seemed to be having good experiences as well.
Pros: cheaper than David's Bridal, unique gowns, easy ordering
Cons: small dressing rooms, smaller store
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