Dress Shopping review (long)
Ok here are the places that I went to look for my dress and what I thought of the places:
Wedding Salon of Manhasset - A - they were wonderful. No pressure, and wonderful attention. Great experience would recommend checking them out.
Bridal Reflections Carle Place B+ I liked the store but we waited 30 mins for someone to help us which is why they got in the B range. The women I worked with was LOVELY she knew what I would like and listened to what I wanted and brought me exactly what I wanted to see. Even though it was busy she was NOT in a rush and there was NO pressure - she told me if I found something I liked I would have until end of August to buy the ones I was looking at.
Bridal Reflections Mass. B - they were very helpful here and very nice - I wasn't as thrilled with their selection - but I have no complaints - I did call them back to find out about a dress I was interested in since they carry the brand - they told me I would have to find the real number and bring them a picture of the dress or they could not help me. I explained that they don't have a picture on their site and they told me unless I found the picture they would not help me.
Lillettes A - Although they did not have anything I was interested in I want to thank Robeymuse and the other girls who recommend them. They were GREAT and made it a pleasant experience. I even got a nice thank you card from them a few days later.
Bonaventures Bridal C - the women was NOT pleasant, they also did not have what I was looking for - but the women helping me did not pin a single dress to me as they did at the other salons. She was unfriendly and boardering on rude. I was also concerned when they told me I would have to pay and additional 10% for extra material for the BOTTOM of my dress -for my 5'8' height - something that NOT another single shop told me. In fact I tried on identical dresses at Lillettes and they were way too long there - but here they appeared to be hemmed
And this past Sat. we went to:
Saks A+ - They were WONDERFUL and it was a great experience. I think I will end up getting my dress here. The saleswoman was VERY nice and much more knowledgeable than any of the other salons we visited (my friends and mother felt this way) She knew exactly what I would like and brought out dress after dress that would have been perfect. I think I will get my Christos dress from them.
Kleinfelds C - I was expecting to have a good experience here but a manager finally had to come in b/c the women was SO BAD. She never asked my price range and kept bringing in lower quality dress from what we were asking for - she brought me to a small section and said these are the only A-lines we have Pick - everytime I would pick something she would tell me you don't want that - we kept asking her if she had anything else -she told me NO wasn't that enough. We asked her about amalia carrara and she told me that they didn't carry her - SHE THOUGHT WE ASKED FOR MARCO - even though I SHOWED her a picture - We asked for Christos gowns and she only brought us one. The girl next to me had brought her FH and he was wondering around the hallways - she kept leaving me in my underware with the door open.![]()
Finally a manager came in and suddenly the dresses she told us that they didn't have showed up. We noticed others were NOT having the experience we had - so I think it was just the women - she didn't seem knowledgable about the dresses or about the store - kept telling me they didn't carry dresses that I saw a girl TRYING ON. We might give this place another chance with a different saleswoman though. I know a couple of people who had them and we knew they carry better designers than she was bringing us.
Lunch - We ate at Areo on I think 82nd and 3rd? I could be wrong about the address - BUT I recommend the place - the food was very good
Wedding Salon of Manhasset - A - they were wonderful. No pressure, and wonderful attention. Great experience would recommend checking them out.
Bridal Reflections Carle Place B+ I liked the store but we waited 30 mins for someone to help us which is why they got in the B range. The women I worked with was LOVELY she knew what I would like and listened to what I wanted and brought me exactly what I wanted to see. Even though it was busy she was NOT in a rush and there was NO pressure - she told me if I found something I liked I would have until end of August to buy the ones I was looking at.
Bridal Reflections Mass. B - they were very helpful here and very nice - I wasn't as thrilled with their selection - but I have no complaints - I did call them back to find out about a dress I was interested in since they carry the brand - they told me I would have to find the real number and bring them a picture of the dress or they could not help me. I explained that they don't have a picture on their site and they told me unless I found the picture they would not help me.
Lillettes A - Although they did not have anything I was interested in I want to thank Robeymuse and the other girls who recommend them. They were GREAT and made it a pleasant experience. I even got a nice thank you card from them a few days later.
Bonaventures Bridal C - the women was NOT pleasant, they also did not have what I was looking for - but the women helping me did not pin a single dress to me as they did at the other salons. She was unfriendly and boardering on rude. I was also concerned when they told me I would have to pay and additional 10% for extra material for the BOTTOM of my dress -for my 5'8' height - something that NOT another single shop told me. In fact I tried on identical dresses at Lillettes and they were way too long there - but here they appeared to be hemmed
And this past Sat. we went to:
Saks A+ - They were WONDERFUL and it was a great experience. I think I will end up getting my dress here. The saleswoman was VERY nice and much more knowledgeable than any of the other salons we visited (my friends and mother felt this way) She knew exactly what I would like and brought out dress after dress that would have been perfect. I think I will get my Christos dress from them.
Kleinfelds C - I was expecting to have a good experience here but a manager finally had to come in b/c the women was SO BAD. She never asked my price range and kept bringing in lower quality dress from what we were asking for - she brought me to a small section and said these are the only A-lines we have Pick - everytime I would pick something she would tell me you don't want that - we kept asking her if she had anything else -she told me NO wasn't that enough. We asked her about amalia carrara and she told me that they didn't carry her - SHE THOUGHT WE ASKED FOR MARCO - even though I SHOWED her a picture - We asked for Christos gowns and she only brought us one. The girl next to me had brought her FH and he was wondering around the hallways - she kept leaving me in my underware with the door open.
Lunch - We ate at Areo on I think 82nd and 3rd? I could be wrong about the address - BUT I recommend the place - the food was very good
