La Chic Boutique of New York

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Dina Santorelli

After the week Ive had, I really wanted to give this store a one-star review, but I want to be fair. I have bought THREE dresses from La Chic Boutique. All those times, the shopping experience was a dream -- helpful salespeople, lovely merchandise. However, after buying a lovely short dress a week ago for her senior banquet and posting the dress on social media, my daughter has had to endure cyber-bullying and angst. ALL OVER A DRESS. It turns out, my daughter bought the same dress as another girl in her school. You might think, Who cares? Just like I did. You might think this has nothing to do with the boutique. Honestly, I do not blame the boutique for this. I didnt expect the store to keep track of who bought what. I mean, there are some 250 senior girls in my daughters high school, and theyre all buying off the rack. Surely, there will be some duplicates, no? Plus, my daughter doesnt care if another student wears the same dress. She knows her beauty comes from within, not from a piece of fabric. However, Ive learned that not everyone feels that way. Im told that the other students mother contacted the store to complain. Thats fine. Mothers need to do what they need to do. However, what is most surprising to me is that the STORE called me the very next day. Why? The owner said -- by law -- she could not tell me to return the dress, but kept telling me I COULD, even when I told her we were happy with our purchase. I have never, never had this experience before from a shop -- and I do try to shop local and small mom-and-pop businesses to support them. Then began the full-court press. The cyber-bullying. The other girls mother contacted me through social media (not by phone) to tell me the store told me to return the dress, even though it had not. Long story short, what had begun as a lovely experience became a bit of a nightmare, but luckily my daughter knows that a dress is not worth it. She initially decided to keep the dress, but the pressure continued, which is not the stores fault, I understand. But I kind of feel like indirectly it was, since the owner could have easily told this other customer that we were just as important as she was and shut this down. Unfortunately, the owner did not. So we returned the dress in the end, and La Chic Boutique lost a customer for life.

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Ashley Smith

Hi, everyone! So, Ill start off like this. My first impressions of La Chic Boutique were amazing. Gorgeous dresses (not to mention gorgeous prices too), but unbelievable styles. Almost any color you like, its there. I have found a beautiful royal blue gown that fit me like a glove. They make you wear their gloves for protection with the oils of your skin. Thats understandable. I was shopping for my junior prom thats on April 21st. HOWEVER, what I didnt like was when I felt that they were a little too pushy with their appointments. I had to reschedule my alterations because they didnt make any changes whatsoever the first time. It was such an inconvenience for me. Thank god I was able to make it to the second appointment. If not, there would have been problems. Scheduling for work, etc. whatever the case may be. I also had royal blue straps that were attached to my dress in a little zip lock bag. They just decided to cut them off the dress when I PAID for the WHOLE THING in full! I didnt want the straps to be a part of the alterations, but just to keep them for future references. We made them into attachments , meaning we can take off and leave them on whenever we want, there are hooks now. They had nerve doing that. Lastly, they charge WAY TOO MUCH MONEY for their dresses! Its sky high. If youre looking for a price range within the lower hundreds or low two hundred, thats not going to happen. They jack up the tax! It was $27! Absolutely ridiculous. Overall, I got great service. They were helpful. I just dont know if I would ever go back there again.

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sophia ferraro

Thought they were so nice and they helped my daughter so much and not pushy at all . Thank you so much and we are so happy with our dress . I would definitely recommend your place to everyone .

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Alyssa Paxton

TACKIEST overpriced dresses. Every single one has fake/cheap looking CRAP on it. And the women are SO incredibly pushy. AND they make you wear gloves to try on the dresses- give me a break!

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