Gamberdella

ut of town, but Mary was able to give advice on which size to order based on measurements and her experience with the material. They were very impressed with their service. I especially appreciated the patience, experience, and advice that they offered. Not to mention the beautiful store! It is recently renovated and elevates the experience. I was even able to do a video chat with my sister/MOH who lives in Florida on a TV! It really helped her to feel a part of the process.

ent above and beyond at every turn. I highly recommend working with Mary!!!!

feature as my family lives out of town. Gamberdella was super accommodating of my requests and appointments. I highly recommend Gamberdella to anyone wedding dress shopping in the DMV area. It was WELL worth the drive for me as I had bad experiences with multiple shops in DC. Their alterations were phenomenal and I thought very reasonably priced given the work done. My dress looked amazing and fit me perfectly for our big day.

uldn't find that one. The team there was able to create my dream dress and I felt absolutely beautiful in it! Thank you Gamberdella!!!

east coast. Gamberdella carried dresses by the designer but not the exact dress my daughter wanted. Mary Gamberdella had a sample of the dress shipped to her salon from the designer in NYC. We wound up ordering that dress from Gamberdella in May of 2019. My daughter’s first fitting was in February, 2020 for her June, 2020 wedding. Then Covid hit. Her wedding was then postponed 2 more times until she finally got married in May, 2021. Gamberdella kept her dress in safe keeping for over 1 year until my daughter could safely return for fittings. My daughter had several fittings and because she lives in Boston, she often needed fittings that were outside of Gamberdellas normal business hours. Nothing was ever too much trouble for Mary and her team! We have found a new set of friends! Thank you, thank you to Mary and her team for such a professional, positive and fun experience! Gamberdella played a huge part in making my daughter’s wedding soo magical and beautiful!

e. She literally would open the door and peep her head around the door asking us “May I help youuuuu?” Each and every time we came for at our appointment time. Mary and the youngest lady there (I can’t recall her name) were super nice! Also, the seamstresses were the best ever! The adjustments they made to my dress (especially the bustling) were incredible! My dress fit like a dream and everyone loved it and said they never had seen anything like it! Thanks for everything!

dal experience that you want when trying on your dress. Alterations were quick and easy and I was able to pick my dress up pressed and ready to go three days before the wedding.

ld contact the designer and see if we could pick out a new skirt to go with the body of the dress that I loved. The end result was better than anything I ever imagined. I was so worried about getting my dress in and not liking it since it was a custom piece that I never got to try on, but it was perfect! I am so thankful that Mary gave me this option, she works so hard to make sure her brides are happy.

00 was our budget). They didn’t have dresses I or my mom + friends could pick from to try. They picked some out for me but none really wow’d me. I felt the staff wasn’t very interested in me or my wedding and didn’t make it seem personal or inviting. They didn’t really ask too many questions about me. They just handed me dresses to put on and didn’t seem enthusiastic at all. Felt very business like, rushed and not special. I was out within 30 minutes.

tart with this salon. I was “greeted” if you could call it that, by the store owner. She asked me what I wanted, in a gruff tone. I told her I had an appointment. After finding my name, she argued with me about my wedding date. She had October, I told her three times it was November. Her final response: “whatever”. She then pushed me into a fitting room and told me to put on a robe. Before trying to get to know me, ask what I like, etc. I brushed it off and put on the robe. Only the robe didn’t close all of the way. I told her the robe didn’t feet (already feeling like crap about myself at this point) and she says “what do you mean?” Thank you lady. I feel so beautiful. She then came in and yanked a dress over me. I hated the dress. Everything about it. Since when are we not allowed to see a dress before we try it on? Since when can I Not even know your name before you see me naked? My bestfriend walked in at this point (she was down the road getting pizza... we had skipped lunch to come to this appointment but the pregnant one needed to eat!) my bestie was not greeted. When she asked for me a lady told her she didn’t know what she was talking about. She found us, saw the look on my face and immediately told everyone that we were done here. The high school girl that was working with us tried to be apologetic and accommodating, but the damage had been done. This was, by far, the worst experience of my wedding planning so far. K & B Bridals is down the road. They treated me like a queen. Recommend them a million times over.

ment. As a wedding planner, I recommend all of my Baltimore-area brides to Gamberdella, knowing that they are in good hands.

portant. They have a great selection of dresses and even work with you to try to figure out ways to adjust and make it work for you. They brought out lace covers to try on over dresses and were open to all sorts of alterations. I can't recommend it highly enough!!

t and my dress felt one of a kind. Thank you Gamberdella!

ccommodating and made me feel like I belonged. It was a very great experience! I'm so glad they are apart of my wedding process!

imagined I’d like or buy or wear. And it was stunning and unique. Make an appointment to see Mary, she gets it done and her staff is lovely too!

gotten their dresses from here which is why I wanted to also. When it came to the initial consultation, it did not feel like the girl helping really understood what I wanted and because all the dresses they have are behind closed doors its even more difficult to show ideas unless you have pictures on your phone/printed out. Even after purchasing my dress the communication was not great. I emailed and left messages about getting a size change which I never got responses to, but thank god they did change without telling me they did because I was measured incorrectly and it would have been a size too large. It also fell on the bride to call to find out when/if their dress was in instead of being called. Having ordered it in July and hearing nothing until I had to call in April was highly nerve wracking. All of the alternations went smoothly, but I was lucky because it really only needed to be hemmed. One of my biggest complaint was having to stand at a locked door for up to 5 minutes for some of my appointments because no one sits at the front even when they have booked appointments and I am not sure if their doorbell actually works.

me decide on a specific designer and color - she provided me with so many helpful tips! Although my wedding is in Georgia and my bridesmaids are all over the place so they were planning to purchase online, she still took time to work with me. One of my girls does live in Maryland so she will now be purchasing her dress at Gamberdella's! To top it off, she offered to help me out with my alterations even though they typically only do dresses purchased in their store. Mary went above and beyond and I definitely recommend others to check this place out :)

me there. The consultant I was paired with was dry,chad no personality, and most importantly didn't really listen to me. I gave her a few options to work with as far as what I liked but after we discovered they didn't really have one of the looks I was looking for...she kept bringing in dress after dress that was the complete opposite of what I told her. In fact I described a dress I specifically didn't like an she brought in 3 of them! I mostly helped myself in and out the dresses. It wasn't enjoyable at all. I really wished my consultant listened to me more or at least pretended like she enjoyed her job.

I was with a party of 5). After 5 minutes of us standing there awkwardly, someone came over and looked at us (implied greeting, I suppose). 10 minutes later, the owner (presumably) let us know they were running late, ("getting close to a closing a sale") and would be with us shortly. They did not invite us to look at gowns or give us anything to do other than sit there. More than an hour later someone brought us back into the room to try on gowns. The shop was officially closed at this point, and the girl helping us (she didn't introduce herself throughout the hour we spent with her, or I would identify her here) did not seem pleased to be working overtime. She hardly said two words to us throughout the hour we were there, did not listen to any feedback from me or my group, and continued to bring out gown after gown with features we had previously said we weren't interested in. Overall, it was an extremely awkward and unpleasant trip, and I would have thought an establishment that is expecting me to shell out $1000+ on a dress would have a higher level of customer service.