Lillette's Brides...question about buying dress and alterations

MsKitty1274 Posted: Mar 05, 2005 09:31 AM

Lillette's Brides...question about buying dress and alterations

I have found THE dress. Now, when buying, do I have any leway with thte price? Is it taboo to barder the price of the dress? What are their prices for alterations? Do they cap the cost of alterations??

Thanks!!!

-Jill

mfrsfeb Posted: Mar 05, 2005 09:32 AM

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I don't know the rules with the price bardering but I do believe there is a cap. Let me know what you find out. I also found my dress there but have not ordered it yet. Good luck!

Mrs_B Posted: Mar 05, 2005 09:36 AM

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I orginally found my dress at Lillettes but called Burtons and they got it for me for $300 less, and the alterations are much less at Burtons. JMO from experiance

mfrsfeb Posted: Mar 05, 2005 09:44 AM

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Where is Burton's located? DId you also get your bm dresses from there?

Stefanie Posted: Mar 05, 2005 09:55 AM

Re: Lillette's Brides...question about buying dress and alterations

Posted by MsKitty1274

I have found THE dress. Now, when buying, do I have any leway with thte price? Is it taboo to barder the price of the dress? What are their prices for alterations? Do they cap the cost of alterations??

Thanks!!!

-Jill

I'm not sure if you can barter the price of the dress...you can try! I paid 400 dollars for the alterations of the dress. I believe they don't go over 400....which is ridiculous to beging with!

Mrs_B Posted: Mar 05, 2005 10:12 AM

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Posted by mfrsfeb

Where is Burton's located? DId you also get your bm dresses from there?

They are on Old Walt Whitman Road in Melville. Yes, my BMs ordered their dresses from Burtons too

HappyLady05 Posted: Mar 05, 2005 10:32 AM

Re: Lillette's Brides...question about buying dress and alterations

i also found my dress elsewhere and ordered through burtons for less. I also ordered my BM's and FG dress from them. It is a small no frills kind of shop but they two women who work there, carol and karen, are extremely sweet and great to work with.

ETA: they cap their alterations at less than other shops. i forget the actual amount.

sarahbelle Posted: Mar 05, 2005 06:22 PM

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The cap on the alterations is $295. I think for bustling it is $15 per loop and $20 per button (or maybe the other way around).

LO13LO13 Posted: Mar 05, 2005 06:56 PM

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i think they capped my alterations at $250 plus the bustle and loops. IMO the girl i am working with there is great, so when i found THE dress i didn't want to bother going anywhere else, JMO

Kelly9904 Posted: Mar 05, 2005 07:02 PM

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Posted by LO13LO13

i think they capped my alterations at $250 plus the bustle and loops. IMO the girl i am working with there is great, so when i found THE dress i didn't want to bother going anywhere else, JMO

I think mine was the same! But I needed almost no alterations so I think I only paid about $150 with the bustle. IMO Lillettes is so WORTH the extra price because with alterations they totally know what they are doing and go the extra mile. when I got my gown they were amazing, everything was so perfect! and years ago (same seamstress though) I got a BM gown there! Wel I got back from college teh day before teh wedding to find out the dress didnt fit (totally my fault I lost 10+ pounds in 2 months) and they basically remade teh dress for me in like 1 hour! They were great!