Embody Bridal

I absolutely loved my dress from Embody Bridal. I had gone to many other bridal stores in the Iowa City / Cedar Rapids area before falling in love with my dress (and this store). Everything is by appointment only, so you (and any of your friends/family) get the whole store to yourselves to look through the impressive dress collection and get individualized help trying them on. Erynn was very flexible with the appointment times and gave such great support and advice during the whole trying-on process. There were dresses from many different brands and from countless styles, and at reasonable prices. I got my customized dress from Casablanca 7 months after ordering it (which matched the timeline Erynn told me in the beginning). I would absolutely recommend Embody Bridal to any bride in the Cedar Rapids area!

I had a WONDERFUL experience at Embody bridal. This was my third bridal dress experience and I find it important to understand where I came from to understand how lucky people are if their first stop was Embody. I first went to Colorado and was excited about a few things there but nothing really stood out and I wanted to purchase in my hometown of CR. I then went to a location in Coralville where I didn't have a great experience. The salesperson seemed annoyed at my families request to take dresses off of mannequins and did not make an effort to clip dresses that did not fit me. Embody bridal is where it all changed. Erynn remembered every detail I had written in my request for an appointment. She gave us all champagne upon our arrival, complimentary might I add. She instantly made us the center of attention. As to not overwhelm me, she let me and my family pick out 5 dresses to start and told us we could keep picking in increments of 5 til I found the one. She also asked for the budget and told us that she would point out if we picked a dress over the budget price. This helped me so much because the process can very quickly become chaotic with too many dresses in front of me. I tried on the very first dress and knew instantly that it was the one. I did try on the others that were picked but if I didn't like them, I instantly changed and eventually ended up back in THE ONE. No matter how much effort it took to get me into a dress, Erynn did not hesitate to get me out of it if I didn't like it. Erynn talked through pricing and let us stay and take pictures and call family until we were ready to make the purchase. She even handed me my champagne since I was on the box, in front of the mirror showing off my dress and didn't want to get off. I would highly recommend anyone starting their dress shopping here because of the experience not only I had, but my family had as guests with me. She gave us realistic time frames and expectations of the day when I pick up my dress as well.

Embody Bridal is a gorgeous shop filled with beautiful dresses that span a variety of different styles. My mom and I were extremely impressed with Erynn (the owner), as she was bubbly, extremely kind, down-to-earth and not "pushy" at all. We went to a few other bridal shops, and Embody Bridal easily provided the best experience. From the ambiance in the shop to the selection of dresses to Erynn's attention to detail - we were absolutely blown away. I highly encourage Eastern Iowa brides to go to Embody - I found my dress there and am confident others will say yes to the dress at Embody as well!

I went to multiple bridal shops and I felt the most comfortable here by far! Everything was relaxing and fun :) got my dress!