bridal elegance...

From my review:

Bridal Gown/Dress Alterations
Bridal Elegance/Gownfind A++++++++++
Phyllis Limmer
1870 East Jericho Turnpike
Dix Hills, NY 11743
631-462-0323
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I had read and heard rave reviews on Phyllis for her dress alterations. Since there was no way I was going to trust David’s Bridal with my gown, I figured I would contact Phyllis. SweetCin704 (Cindy) and SummerBride06 (Carol) were kind enough to give me her contact information and their first hand accounts of using Phyllis for their dresses. I first contacted her through e-mail and she said to come in for a free estimation on my dress alterations. I brought my Mother and MIL with me in June ’06 and she was every bit amazing as I heard. She agreed with my mother’s that the bra I had was horrible, so she brought one out in my actual size that had actual structural support. I worried it was too supportive and could be seen through the dress, but no one could see anything. Phyllis said she would sew in extra cups into the bra for additional support. I didn’t think at the time I would need it, but after wearing that dress all day – thank god they were there! Next came the slip. Phyllis asked if I wanted one and I said no because I hated crinoline. She told me she had a lined one to try on to see if I liked it with the dress. I thought my dress wouldn’t need it because it already had one layer of crinoline, but this slip was the most comfortable thing I ever wore. I didn’t even feel it on me. And the nice financial fact was, by wearing it, I didn’t need any alterations done to the bottom of my dress. Her next question was my bustle. I had no clue what I wanted, what they could look like, etc. My mother’s basically made this decision since I was standing in front the mirror and Phyllis was make about 20 different bustles on me. I turned once and saw the one my mother’s kept awing at and that was a single French bustle, which is the only thing done to my dress by Phyllis. She gave me her total cost of it all and before she could ask if I liked it all, I told her to ring it all up! Plus, she has a large assortment of tiaras, so I started looking around, but didn’t see any that I liked. I explained to her what I wanted and she came back with a catalog that had exactly what I wanted, so I also ordered that through her. Phyllis held my dress for me until the day before my wedding since I lived with DH. She had it there waiting for me when I came to pick it up and wrapped it nicely since it was pouring outside. While she gathered everything of mine together, I bumped into Smiles111 who was arriving for her own dress fitting. She recognized me right away and asked if I was ewickens and I looked stunned, and my bridal party looked at me as if we were insane when they realized it was all from LIW and we were talking to each other by screenname instead of by first name! My dress fit perfectly the entire day, but I did lose a little weight between the last fitting and the wedding, so my straps at times were loose on my shoulder’s, but otherwise the dress was perfect and no one had to see my shoes, my bustle stayed in place the entire night without moving, and the dress flowed brilliantly. I can’t thank Phyllis enough for helping me out!