Annapolis Formal and Tuxedos

I purchased my dress from another local shop but I wanted to make it look slightly more vintage by having a hi-lo and then being able to bustle it up to tea length for the reception. Dora was perfection. She understood exactly what I was going for and totally delivered. I could not have asked for a better experience. She put me totally at ease when it came to the final touches on my dream dress.

This review is only for my Bridesmaid dresses as I purchased my wedding gown at a different wedding boutique. This shop was impossible to get a hold of and had terrible hours. They made it seem like they were doing me a favor by being open when I wanted to go in when their hours were posted as being open. I got in the habit of always calling before going, because you never knew if they were actually open or not, one time I called and they were closing at 12:30 on a Saturday. I know the shop is by appointment only, but you would think there would be at least one day on the weekend when they have stable hours for the occasional walk-in or customer that needs support or to pick something up. Due to their disorganization, I was overcharged for the bridesmaid dresses. They took care of the issue when I prompted them, but for the cost of these dresses, this should not have been an issue to begin with. I planned a day for my four bridesmaids to try on dresses and they called an hour before my fitting asking to reschedule. They kept the appointment as-is, but only because I insisted they not change it as it was the only way I could get all of my bridesmaids and mothers of the bride/groom together at the same time since we all work very different schedules (e.g. night shift) and were coming from out of town. I recognize the shop is a local shop owned by someone that would like to retire and their daughter who recently had a baby, but there has to be a better answer for this extreme lack of organization, poor hours and customer service. The dresses arrived on time. The dresses looked nice. As a result of being over charged and the frustration of the shop not being open often or consistently, we decided to take the alterations elsewhere.

This is the first one star rating I have ever given. I took my dress here for alterations and had an awful experience. I kept asking for them to make my dress more form fitting and to tighten the straps. I am the only one located in Maryland and did not have any local bridesmaids to go with me to my fittings to given an opinion. I would ask for them to tighten the dress more and they kept saying no it looks good the way it is. I kept trying to tell myself after each one I was just being too critical. The day of my wedding I ended up being so unhappy with the outcome of my alterations and now super bummed out with my wedding photos. My straps fell down the entire night (including walking down the aisle) and I kept stepping on my dress in the front due to it not being hemmed enough. I will be taking my dress in somewhere else to get realtered and hope to get new wedding photos taken one day showing what good quality work really is and to have photos I enjoy looking at. They were extremely expensive too and hard to get in touch with, never returning voicemails. Take your dress to someone else.

Amazing!! Definitely recommend for wedding dress alterations!! Dora was so sweet throughout the process, which for me, included a meltdown and question as to whether or not I liked the dress I bought (brief buyer's regret which did go away!!). She is such a talented seamstress and made my dress literally perfect for me. In addition to the dress fitting flawlessly, she was a lot of FUN to work with!