My Wedding My Dress

Reviews 4

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Ashley Aikens

I am back from my honeymoon and have thought a lot about what to put as a review. I went through MyWeddingMyDress. I began contacting Amanda last August for my wedding July 1st of this year and met for the first time shortly after. Her store was a disaster but the dresses I saw were beautiful.I gave her the benefit of the doubt, what a terrible decision. We met last fall. Her, my mother, & I looked through different dress designs together. We put ideas together and she told me we would have something in January to look at. We set an appointment for the first week of January to have my bridesmaids, mother, and MIL to be to come in and decide on dresses. At this point, we made the decision and were told to have the girls heel size by March to ensure the dresses would be the correct length. This was completed in March as requested. February 8th we made an appointment for myself, my mother, and future MIL to go in to do what I assumed was look at my dress or at least have an idea of what she had. This was not the case. She lost all plans and designs of what we had talked about Im the fall and we had to start from scratch. It was okay, I was fine, things happen. We still had plenty of time. She told me the girls dresses would be completed by the end of March and mine would be ready in April. I had been in contact with her numerous times throughout April and May, finally making an appointment for June 6 to see my dress...for the first time...less than one month before my wedding. We also discussed the bridesmaids dresses and she said she would have three of them so I could take them to three of the girls who lived out of state and on the west side of the state. She told me she would have them ready before June 1st, which is when I was supposed to leave town to see them, and that never happened. Then, June 6 (the date of my first actual dress appointment) at 2:29 AM, Amanda texted me saying she was in the hospital and had to cancel her appointments for the day and wasnt sure when she was going to be able to reschedule but would let me know. I am a nurse, have been for a while, and understand people get sick, but at this point we had been having the worst time contacting her and never got responses, the June 6 appointment was all I had. I was understandably upset, and my mother said she would go in and talk with her assistant to at least see something. Amanda was at the shop. Furthermore, she had another bride that was there whose appointment had NOT been cancelled. I had messaged Amanda just before my mother arrived at her shop worried about the timeframe remaining and asked her to be honest with me and tell me if I needed a back up plan for my dress as well as the girls, as we still hadnt gotten those dresses. She called me after my mother arrived and told me she had "been doing this for 18 years and never messed up a wedding, yours wouldnt be the first". She said not to worry. She didnt have anything for my mom to see and we had to reschedule. I was very nervous and overwhelmed. Our next appointment was June 10 at 5PM because it was the only time she could "squeeze me in". I had to call in to work but was not going to miss it. At 1PM her assistant called me to cancel my appointment saying they would reschedule next week. This is three weeks before my wedding, we had nothing, no dress for me, nothing for girls or mothers. I couldnt get a call back and had no idea what else to do. I then decided to call into work on Monday as well and spent the entire day dress shopping at different shops in the area. We found a dress at least but it wasnt what I had wanted, options were limited. Amanda then said the dress was done and ready. I was able to return the other dress. Picked mine up Friday (two weeks from the wedding). It was dirty and very wrinkled. She had one bridesmaid dress for me to take, two "lost in the store" and the others were being delivered Tuesday. I never heard back, no phone answers or texts back. I can honestly say she ruined this for me...and hope others dont fall victim. So so disappointed. :(

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Jenn T

Let me start with I want to be as fair as possible in this review. The owner of the shop did a great job trying to create the brides vision, however, it took a long time to get there and she would make promises to the bride (such as a detachable train), then at the next visit be very condescending to anyone who brought up her past promises. The brides dress ultimately was gorgeous, although, the day of the wedding she was being stabbed by a sewing pin that had been sewn between two layers in the dress. The bridesmaids dresses were "inspired" by a Davids bridal dress but in a custom color. Amanda did great in finding the color the bride wanted for the dresses. The style of the bridesmaids dresses were not what the bride had asked for, the ruching on all but 1 dress was falling apart, you could see the thread, it looked as though it was being torn apart while on the hanger. The junior bridesmaids dresses were too tight (these were supposed to be custom dresses and sized to fit them) and the clasps on their cap sleeves were showing. We had high hopes for these dresses and were promised the stars, the dresses fell short on the promises but the bride looked amazing on her wedding day!

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Carolynn Pakulak

Walk into this store & your first impression is right there. Cluttered, unorganized, dirty.. The owner, Amanda thinks shes always right & talks bad about every customer that has something negative to say if you think differently than her. & if she makes you promises make sure you get that recorded!! She made a promise to the bride that all dresses would be cheaper than Davids Bridal and prettier. Shes so unorganized she couldnt keep track of who was who and sizings. 5 bridesmaids and all the dresses were wrong. Too big. Too small. She measured so fast it was a mess.. On top of that she claims she didnt realize the Davids Bridal dress which we wanted to copy from has ruching. So they had to take all the plain online purchased dresses apart to add it. Pictures are posted on YELP App (Green Dresses). We all had to go back at least 4+ times for hours because she talked too much, her seamstress was never there and because the dresses were never done correctly. Even when we left they were a mess. I had to take mine into a real alteration place where he fixed it in under 30 minutes. Shouldnt have been that hard. She robbed us of our money and time!

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mellymartini

This store is a nightmare! Its absolutely trashed inside, peoples dresses are being used as dressing room curtains and the owner is an unorganized mess. As a bridesmaid, our dresses were a hack job. They were made of cheap material and clearly ordered from somewhere else (tags on the dresses from over seas). For being "cheaper than davids bridal" and "custom made" as the owner says in her sales pitch, we ended up paying close to 200 for a dress worth 20 bucks. There were many "misunderstandings" when trying to pick up dresses or schedule fittings, and the owner refused to call us when we could finally come in because "shes too busy". She never knew whos dress was whos, the hemming was uneven, necklines uneven, and a chiffon dress turned into a tulle dress. May I also add all the owner did when we were in her shop was talk bad about the other maids and even the bride. You couldnt pay me to bring business back to this place. Heck of a lot better off with generic davids bridal dresses.

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