Searching for a dress...

Linds78 Posted: Mar 01, 2011 08:17 PM

Searching for a dress...

Does anyone have a suggestion of where I can go to try on a variety of dresses to try to figure out what style I want. I haven't been dress shopping yet and do not want to go somewhere that will make me feel rushed to try on dresses in a set period of time or will try to pressure me into buying a dress that day. I would like to go to a store where the salespeople are helpful and don't leave you to fend for yourself.

Any suggestions???

VeePro Posted: Mar 01, 2011 08:18 PM

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RK bridal in the city, and Village Bridal in Babylon both have reasonably priced dresses

PeaceLoveWedding Posted: Mar 01, 2011 09:16 PM

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I'm going to Princess Bridals in Farmingdale on Sunday. The man I talked to on the phone was very helpful and I think I'll have a nice experience. I'll let you know how it goes

HeatherLynna Posted: Mar 01, 2011 09:25 PM

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Although I didn't end up buying from either, I had great experiences at the Wedding Salon of Manhasset as well as Fantasia Bridal. Both let me try on as many dresses as I wanted and did NOT pressure me at all!

chliekm Posted: Mar 02, 2011 09:41 AM

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I've been to Valentinas, Lotus and Lestan's in Brooklyn.

futuremrso Posted: Mar 02, 2011 09:51 AM

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I went to Lillettes in Bellmore and I LOVED them!! I suggest going during the week if you can because the weekend is always busy at any bridal place and you just wont get the same attention as during the week. That was only my experience and i went to 3 places. I went to Princess Bridals in Farmingdale which was a nightmare and The Bridal Suite in Bayshore which was also pretty awful. The lady put me in the room and said, ok, show me when you're dressed....I was like...'ummm, can you help me??' How does someone put on a wedding dress by herself? AND she smelled like an ashtray...ick!! Lillettes was SOO awesome, I dont have one complaint about them...and they have great prices. K, I rambled...HTH.

Bree71584 Posted: Mar 02, 2011 10:09 AM

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i went to davids bridal on a week night (im not sure about all of them but the massapequa is open till 10) when they werent busy and i tried on atleast 1 dress for each silhouette out there. i knew i had no intentions of buying that day because i didnt have my mom with me but atleast with davids they have a multitude of sizes in every shape and you can easily rule out the shapes that dont flatter you, plus being that it was like a tuesday night me and my sister were basically the only ones in the store so no one rushed us at all.

Sajane Posted: Mar 02, 2011 10:33 AM

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I went to a bumnch of stored to try on gowns and ordered it for ******* (saves a ton)! I went to davids bridal to try on dresses and that's one of the places I didn't feel pressured. They are also coming out with a line from vera wang which I here is amazing and looks just like her crazy expensive stuff!!

sjr385 Posted: Mar 02, 2011 11:22 AM

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sjr385 Posted: Mar 02, 2011 11:24 AM

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medowit26 Posted: Mar 02, 2011 11:24 AM

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I just went dress shopping on Sunday. I planned on going to Village Bridal in Babylon and Bridal Elegance in Huntington. My plan was to go to Village Bridal in the morning and then go to Bridal Elegance after because at Bridal Elegance, you do not need an appointment. So we started at Village Bridal. The sales lady picked dresses for me based on my pictures that I brought in, and my family and I picked dresses too to try on. I ended up trying on every bridal style there is to see the options on my body. She was nice and pretty patient. I actually ended up picking my dress, so I didn't end up going to the other store. I ended up picking a lace A line in gold...I fell in love and figured as much as I love love the experience, why keep looking.

I know the Bridal Salon, and stores like that tend to have really expensive dresses, so I wanted to stay away from there...the last thing I wanted to do was fall in love with a dress that was $5,000, ya know.

You should try those stores. Both had good reviews, even though I do not have the experience of the other store.

HTH

Jenn7982 Posted: Mar 02, 2011 11:29 AM

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I actually had a good experience with macy's. They were extremely helpful, and had no pressure at all!

PeaceLoveWedding Posted: Mar 02, 2011 02:13 PM

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Posted by sjr385

Posted by OptimisticGazer

I'm going to Princess Bridals in Farmingdale on Sunday. The man I talked to on the phone was very helpful and I think I'll have a nice experience. I'll let you know how it goes

Check out some of the older threads about Princess Bridals on LIW before you order a dress from them. I've seen some girls on here who had pretty significant issues with them.

Oo thanks for the tip

monamiestephanie Posted: Mar 02, 2011 02:37 PM

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Kleinfeld!

Byrne2Be Posted: Mar 02, 2011 08:01 PM

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Mark Ingram in NYC - amazing high end selection

I got my dress there and I had an absolutely AMAZING experience from finding the dress to fittings!

linda_art Posted: Mar 02, 2011 08:20 PM

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Posted by OptimisticGazer

I'm going to Princess Bridals in Farmingdale on Sunday. The man I talked to on the phone was very helpful and I think I'll have a nice experience. I'll let you know how it goes

Ohhh. let me know how you like. I plan on going there when i'm back in town.

SME418 Posted: Mar 02, 2011 10:05 PM

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Originally I had appointments booked at higher end places but I went into Paradise Bridal on a whim and LOVED the girl who helped me and she totally got what I was looking for.

Wound up finding my dress there and canceled all my other appts

Im getting Married Posted: Mar 02, 2011 10:10 PM

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Bridal World never pressured me when I went dress shopping there (4+ times)

Also the Davids in LIC was good too

PeaceLoveWedding Posted: Mar 02, 2011 10:22 PM

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Posted by linda_art

Posted by OptimisticGazer

I'm going to Princess Bridals in Farmingdale on Sunday. The man I talked to on the phone was very helpful and I think I'll have a nice experience. I'll let you know how it goes

Ohhh. let me know how you like. I plan on going there when i'm back in town.

so i did a search and apparantly we should NOT go there but I'm gonna go there to at least try on the dresses since they're the only ones closeby that have the dress i'm looking for

linda_art Posted: Mar 03, 2011 09:40 PM

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Posted by OptimisticGazer

Posted by linda_art

Posted by OptimisticGazer

I'm going to Princess Bridals in Farmingdale on Sunday. The man I talked to on the phone was very helpful and I think I'll have a nice experience. I'll let you know how it goes

Ohhh. let me know how you like. I plan on going there when i'm back in town.

so i did a search and apparantly we should NOT go there but I'm gonna go there to at least try on the dresses since they're the only ones closeby that have the dress i'm looking for

Haha. Good to know! Keep me posted please. =)