About this vendor
Here Comes The Dress was built on our dream of providing a stylish, fresh approach to the northwest Indiana bridal experience. Our boutique is nestled on a quiet street of quaint shops and offices near Coffee Creek Park in Chesterton. There, warm colors, soft fabrics and smiling faces will greet you and your party. We pride ourselves on excellent customer service as well as providing brides with cutting edge styles from top designers in the industry. The average price range of our dresses are $1000 to $2200.
We truly enjoy what we do and it's of the utmost importance to us that our HCTD brides are provided with expert advice, friendly and personal service and superior alterations.
Details
Dresses
- Bridesmaid Dresses
- Wedding Dresses
Fashion Services
- Alterations
- Dry Cleaning & Preservation
- Private Appointments Available
Awards and Affiliations
2013 'Best of Weddings'
Best of Weddings
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Reviews
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5
out of 5.042 reviews
There is absolutely NOTHING I can say to express my amount of gratitude towards Aubrey and Betty!!! I knew I wanted sleeves for my dress. After going to other bridal shops in the a...
rea, I left feeling discouraged. My mom encouraged me to schedule an appointment here and let me tell you, I am SO GRATEFUL!!!!! Aubrey is amazing, personable, and so understanding! She took the time to help me find something I loved. When I struggled to find a dress with sleeves, we improvised and added sleeves she had and I knew that was it!! Her seamstress, Betty, was amazing and I trusted her completely to pretty much create a custom dress for me! I was always so excited to go to every fitting. Highly recommend!!
5 stars are not enough for this awesome place! The staff is helpful, professional and friendly. The consultant, Ariel, made dress shopping fun, easy, and stress free! She listened ...
to all comments, even the quiet ones mumbled in the dress room. She did a great job finding the dress of my dream! The seamstress, Betty, does amazing work, listens to the bride and has a great personality.
I am so glad that I found Here Comes the Dress. They made the wedding dress shopping experience so easy yet so much fun. And the dress fitting process prior to my wedding went seam...
less. I highly recommend!
I had the best experience at Here Comes the Dress. The consultant was with me the entire time. She pulled dresses based on what I told her I liked before I came in, along with some...
dresses she thought I should try so we were ready to get started right away. She would add accessories to help me see how the dress would look with all of the finishing touches or would tell me how we could change the things I didn’t like about the dress. She would ask me questions about each dress to help me make my decision and made me feel comfortable and beautiful through the whole process.
So professional! This was my first ever experience at any wedding shop, and Aubrey was extremely professional and helpful. Good selection and great clean atmosphere.
I got my dress here for my wedding this past December, and I cannot say enough about my experience! The staff here is extremely helpful, and their selection of dresses is amazing. ...
This was the least stressful part of wedding planning because they made it so easy. I definitely recommend Here Comes the Dress!
Amazing wedding dress shopping experience! They have a great selection that showcases plenty of styles and can fit most budgets but it is small enough to not be overwhelming. Staff...
are friendly and give honest helpful feedback. Would recommend them to anyone!
I loved my entire experience with HCTD! The private appointment was so personal and fun. The boutique is adorable with it’s amazing natural light, large mirrors and glitter walls. ...
They have a great selection of designer dresses and beautiful accessories. The staff was helpful in every way and always made sure you were comfortable and enjoying your experience. Aubrey continually followed up with me via email with help on accessories and timeline of my dress. Great customer service and I would highly recommend HCTD to others! Thank you Aubrey & Team!
My wedding dress and the bridesmaids' dresses were all purchased from Here Comes The Dress. Working with their staff was a wonderful experience from start to finish and their bouti...
que is the perfect combination of size and selection. I went to multiple other shops on the hunt for my wedding dress and wasn't all that pleased with my experiences until finding Here Comes The Dress. They have an awesome selection - not too many dresses that you're overwhelmed but just enough in each style that are obviously hand-selected with care. I would recommend Here Comes The Dress, they certainly made my experience shopping for a wedding-dress one to remember!
This is the cutest little bridal salon. The staff is so friendly and helpful. They really listen to what you are looking for in a dress. Their website clearly lists the budget rang...
e of the shop and they have various sales throughout the year to where you can snag a designer dress at a decent price.
They work with you throughout your various appointments to make sure you are 100% happy with the gown you are walking out with. They do not have an extremely large selection of dresses and most dresses are in with the trends at the moment such as lace. But they do have all styles of dresses available to try on.
I ended up with a beautiful Maggie Sottero gown that was a delicate lace on the whole dress with a small yet perfect size train and a sweetheart neckline. They also have a really cute sign you get to take a picture with once you have picked your dress saying I said yes at Here Comes the Dress.
One downfall is this is a very small shop so you cannot bring a large number of people with you to watch you try on dresses. I had 3 people with me and I don't think I could have many more than that. But it would out because that really should be an intimate moment when you pick the dress of your dreams.
I would recommend this shop to every bride looking for her perfect gown.
My dress and all of my bridesmaids' dresses were from Here Comes the Dress and I can tell you the staff is wonderful! They were helpful and honest. Our dresses came in before they ...
predicted and they were responsive to phone calls! I highly recommend them. They have beautiful gowns and a beautiful boutique!
Here comes the Dress gave me a wonderful shopping experience! I had to fit my dress shopping, plus my bridesmaids and mother of the bride/groom all in one weekend and they were abl...
e to accommodate all of us, which I thought was super generous of them to let us do this since that could be potentially very hectic! But the appointment went off with our a hitch! Here comes the dress had a wide variety of dresses to try on. The store owner, Aubrey and her associates make you feel so comfortable and at home! Thank you Here comes the dress for the perfect day of dress shopping!
Here comes the Dress gave me a wonderful shopping experience! I had to fit my dress shopping, plus my bridesmaids and mother of the bride/groom all in one weekend and they were abl...
e to accommodate all of us, which I thought was super generous of them to let us do this since that could be potentially very hectic! But the appointment went off with our a hitch! Here comes the dress had a wide variety of dresses to try on. The store owner, Aubrey and her associates make you feel so comfortable and at home! Thank you Here comes the dress for the perfect day of dress shopping!
In visiting over ten bridal boutiques around the Chicagoland and Southwest Michigan areas in search of the perfect dress, I found most of the shops to be behind-the-times and distr...
aught--not the kind of places that made me want to make a large purchase of a fashionable and white dress. Here Comes the Dress is one of the two boutiques that was actually modern, pristene, and beautiful. Aubrey and her staff are very friendly, knowledgeable, and professional. Antonella, the seamstress, makes very skillful alterations. I didn't find my dress at HCTD, but I chose to order it through them because I knew I could trust them to complete the order and fittings in a pleasant fashion.
One of the best experiences of the whole wedding process! I bought a Maggie Sottero dress and it was nothing but perfection. Every detail of the dress was made with care. Also, the...
whole staff always went above and beyond and made every visit stress free and easy. The whole staff was always very knowledgeable and always had ideas and solutions to make me feel like the bride I had always dreamed of since I would be ever since I was a little girl. Every chance I get I recommend Here Comes the Dress to a bride! I also preserved my dress through them and it got delivered straight to my door - AMAZING!!!
I love this boutique! They made the whole process enjoyable and relaxing. My consultant knew what I was looking for and pulled a good amount of dresses for me to try on and I just ...
knew it was the one as soon as I stepped into it. Everyone was so friendly and sweet and the alterations were reasonable and done just how I wanted them. I highly recommend them to anyone getting married!
When I dreamed of finding my wedding dress one day, this is exactly the type of boutique and experience I was hoping for. The ladies are amazing, the dresses are pretty and the alt...
erations were perfection. I am so happy that I chose them and I will absolutely refer others here, because from start to finish, they will take care of you and treat you like a princess!
This shop is amazing. They helped me from the beginning to find the dress I wanted all the way through alterations and the big day. The seamstress was amazing and my dress fit perf...
ectly. They steamed my dress and veil without asking and worked around my schedule. Highly recommend!
I would recommend Here comes the dress to anyone looking for a bridal gown. The staff was absolutely amazing! The personal attention they give each bride was truly remarkable and a...
n experience I will never forget! Not to mention, the seamstress who worked on my dress was phenomenal! Her attention to detail was exquisite and I greatly appreciate her patience with me to make sure my dress was perfect for my special day!
Aubrey, the owner of this shop is absolutely amazing. I cannot say enough kind words about her. She truly makes you feel special and goes above and beyond to please each bride. Th...
e shop is extremely cute and they have beautiful dresses – you’ll be sure to find something you love there. I did however have troubles with the seamstress that handles the bridal gowns. There is a slight language barrier with her and it is sometimes hard to communicate what you do or do not like about the way the dress fits. Needless to say, I was not happy with her work. I would highly recommend requesting the seamstress that handles bridesmaid dresses to work on your dress to save you from the turmoil I went through. But regardless, I would recommend this place because the owner and Marilyn, a worker there, are fantastic. I tried dresses on at many bridal shops and they were by far the best of them all.
I love this place. I decided to come to HCTD because of how sweet the woman was on the phone. I had been calling around looking for a particular style that no one seemed to carry i...
n IL, so I branched out to IN for my search. Man, I am so glad I did. The women who work here seem to truly love their jobs and each other. Aubrey was quick to respond to emails, courteous, and 100% conscientious of my budget.
I can't say enough about them. They made me feel so comfortable, I never felt rushed or like I had to buy something. A wonderful experience. HIGHLY RECOMMEND! Thank you!
I looked at Here Comes the Dress and although they were wonderful to work with and had beautiful dresses, I just did not find "the dress" there... Instead, I found it 3 states away...
--too far to have alterations done there.
Here comes the dress did my alterations anyway and did an absolutely perfect job. The dress fit me like a glove and was comfortable at the same time. Their seamstress is incredibly talented!
I was living in Chicago, but had tried on a dress in NJ while visiting family. I really liked the dress, but hesitated and didn't buy it. When I got back to Chicago I called lots o...
f bridal salons trying to find the dress again. The shops were either unresponsive or didn't have it and just recommended similar dresses. After giving up on the Chicago area, I contacted Here Comes the Dress via e-mail and got a response right away. They didn't have it, but would be happy to order a sample so that I could try it on again. From that point forward, they went above and beyond on everything. I ordered my dress through them, even got it on sale. When it came in, I was in the process of moving back to the east coast. Although I wasn't able to do my alterations with them, they had me try on the dress, gave me recommendations for what to have altered, then found and contacted a reputable alterations store where I was moving. I highly, highly recommend Here Comes the Dress!!!
My best friend chose this boutique to order her bridesmaids dresses, for which I was one of the bridesmaids. Most of them were located in different states, but the store made it co...
nvenient to order the dresses online or over the phone and they shipped the dresses to the out of town girls when they came in. The staff was always friendly and helpful and their were no issues with the dresses. I live in the area and had my alterations done here and their seamstress is very nice and did a great job on my dress. I will return when I start my search for my wedding dress!
My daughter and I visited this boutique during a trunk show, after visiting a few other stores and being less than happy with the experiences. We were very happy with the service, ...
selection and atmosphere here. She was looking for a specific style, which we called ahead and were notified that they would have during the trunk show. Despite it being a very busy day for the boutique, we were given ample time for my daughter to decide if this was the right dress for her. We didn't feel pressured and were even offered wine to help us all settle our nerves! I've read in previous reviews about the ladies who work here and I can attest they go above and beyond to make sure their brides (and moms) are happy! I will be coming back when it's time to find my dress as well!
I had been to several stores before visiting Here Comes The Dress and this place is by far the best when it comes to customer service and making sure the bride is happy with everyt...
hing from start to finish. We were served snacks and wine during the appointment and our consultant was very attentive and really listened to what I wanted. The ladies here are fabulous and such a pleasure, the store is clean, the seamstress was phenomenal! I will certainly recommend this store to other brides!
I got my wedding dress from Here Comes the Dress. I absolutely loved my dress, but it was a noticeably different color from the dress I ordered/thought I was getting/planned my who...
le wedding around. I thought I was going to get a blush pink dress but when I got it, it was a champagne color. So it wasn't entirely Here Comes the Dress's fault, but after I emailed the pictures of the two different dresses/colors, they never followed through with anything. If it was the manufacturer that no longer produced that dress in that color then they should have told me, instead of waiting till it came in, 6 weeks before my wedding. I also got my alterations through them, I paid $140 for a bustle....thats pretty outrageous! So ask around for a reliable seamstress bc everyone knows someone. I could have probably got a bustle for $40-$60...
Finding and purchasing my wedding dress from Here Comes the Dress was not only fun and stress-free, but an experience I will remember for the rest of my life. From the moment my m...
other and I arrived, Cathy and Kelly treated us like their guests of honor, making sure we were settled in and comfortable and explaining how the process would work. Then it was off to the dresses! Cathy encouraged me to keep an open mind and told me to pull any dress that I thought could be a possibility. While I knew I found my dress from the moment I saw it, I continued to pull until I had about 20 dresses. Like any wise and seasoned bridal consultant, Cathy encouraged me to try the dress I fell in love with on the hanger on first and I immediately knew we had a winner. Keeping an open mind, I tried on every other dress I pulled and in the end I went back to #1. Talk about having that princess moment – I think Cathy and Kelly joined my mother in shedding a few happy tears. To top it all off, the dress was right at budget!
Due to my positive experience we also ordered my bridesmaid dresses here and I have to say I was once again impressed with the professionalism and empathy of the staff. In order to accommodate a few hard-to-fit bridesmaids we ended up having to order half of the dresses from another boutique and then, due then to some unusual circumstances with the designer, my MOH’s dress was discontinued after we had ordered and paid for it. At some places you’d worry about not getting your money back or feeling pressured to order all of your dresses from them. Not the case at Here Comes the Dress. They truly do what is in the best interest of the bride at all times which is a benefit you can’t put a price on.
My highest praise and commendation to all of the lovely ladies at HCTD!
Here Comes the Dress is the best bridal boutique in the world!
Even though they didn't carry my dream dress to try on, they set me up with a store that had it available and when ...
I ordered it from them it was $400 cheaper than in Illinois!
After a snow storm, the arrival of my gown was delayed and Aubrey (owner) took it upon herself to go to multiple FedEx stores in order to find it while I was in town. In addition, she opened up the store on Christmas Eve so that I could try on my bridal gown and find the perfect accessories to go with it. No other store would go through the trouble that she did to make sure I had my dress when it was promised to me (even though it was 4 months before my wedding)!! Thank you, again, Here Comes the Dress!
The alterations were also done perfectly, and they even agreed to do my mothers dress which wasn't purchased there. I would highly recommend this store to anyone! It has the boutique feel with VERY reasonable prices!
My experience with Here Comes the Dress was perfect! The staff was incredibly knowledgeable, helpful, and an absolute joy to work with! I used them for my dress and my bridesmaid...
s dresses and everything came together perfectly. The girls at Here Comes the Dress are the best!
I went to a tons of different bridal shops but this BY FAR blew away the competition!!! I felt so special whenever I call to ask a question they know who I am, Not to mention I LOV...
E MY DRESS!!
I could not recommend this place more! The store itself is adorable, the selection is wonderful, but the women who work there put it over the top. I tried on dresses at a number of...
stores all over Indiana and this was, without a doubt, the best customer service I encountered. My email inquiries were answered promptly, even when the store was closed. The women in the store welcomed me and my family and made us feel at home. I felt like they were really listening to me so that I could find the perfect dress. I also felt absolutely no pressure to make a decision that day, which I really appreciated. I couldn't be happier with the dress I chose and I'm so thankful for your help in making it possible!
As an older, second time bride, I found the prospect of gown shopping to be incredibly intimidating. After all, I don't fit the mold in any way!
So, I found a designer that I lik...
ed online and HCTD was the ONLY vendor in Indiana that carried the line. Off I went to Valparaiso and I am SO GLAD that I did! Wow! From the very first call, I was nothing short of impressed.
My initial visit was fun and unhurried. And, while the dress that I was most interested in was not available at the store, there were several examples of both the designer and fabric type. I got a very good idea that what I originally saw online was very likely exactly what I wanted. And, I felt that the staff was honest regarding the look and style for my age and body type.
Rebel that I am, I took the chance and ordered the dress I had seen online and VOILA! My dress arrived and it is beyond PERFECT!
The best part about my second visit was that the entire staff was excited for me to arrive, see my choice for the very first time and try on my gown!! What a testament to small town shopping! We had an absolute blast!
Buying my dress was the first step I thought I should take toward planning our event because I felt that it's design and color would set the tone for all other arrangements. And that is true. What also happened as a result of my dress shopping experience was that is was such a happy and relatively easy experience, my attitude toward all other planning for our event has been much more relaxed. While the BIG DAY is still a ways off, I'm pretty sure that one of the things that will be most remembered is how lovely and appropriate my dress was for the day. There is a lot to be said for that and I truly appreciate having found this boutique and all of the wonderful ladies who work there.
I bought my dress here this spring and it is just about about to come in at the beginning of October. They have kept me up-to-date about the status of my dress via email, which I ...
have appreciated, and my shopping experience was very pleasant. I attended on a weekend there was an Allure Bridals trunk show, so the boutique was very busy, but the associates were friendly and didn't rush me as I made my selection. They also served free (white) wine which was definitely a nice touch! I would recommend this store to other brides who are looking for a place to purchase their dress that provides friendly professional service, but I would definitely make an appointment since they only have two fitting rooms.
The experience I had at Here Comes the Dress was wonderful. Everyone is so friendly and helpful that I wish I could still find reasons to shop there! I went to all of the bridal st...
ores in NW Indiana, and this one by far had the best customer service, most gorgeous dresses and accessories, and just the nicest people. I have and will continue to reccomend Here Comes the Dress to anyone I know who is getting married.
The ladies here are very helpful. I absolutely loved my dress!
Upon wedding dress shopping, I had planned on just scanning through a few boutiques to get some ideas. It was the first time I was trying on a dress and wasn't sure what silhouette...
would look best. HCTD was the first and last boutique I walked into. From the moment I walked in, my mother and I had a warm welcome at the door followed by an invitation to the beverage of our choice. HCTD showed initiative to get to know me on a personal level before looking through their extravagant selection of bridal gowns. HCTD helped me to discover the wedding dress of my dreams. Due to my wonderful experience I decided to take my girls back to the quaint boutique to find their bridesmaid dresses. HCTD was very helpful with offering suggestions and advice, they even allowed me to put on the sample of my wedding gown to see how it would look up against the bridesmaid dresses. HCTD aims to please their customers, I feel it's their goal in life to make every bride feel important, special and beautiful on their wedding day!
I bought my wedding dress and veil from Here Comes the Dress, and I loved my experience! The first time I walked into the store, I knew I was going to find my dress. Aubrey was a...
mazing, she would've let me try on all the dresses in the store if I wanted to! Luckily the first dress I put on was the one! She gave great input and was extremely helpful. I came in a few times after to try on the dress I bought for my dad and later for my mother-in-law, and she had no problem letting me model it for each audience. I bought my veil and was concerned that it was not straight, but after she showed me how it was supposed to lay on my head, I was assured that it was correctly cut. Again, I loved the experience at Here Comes the Dress, I felt like my appointment was of utmost importance (you may not get that feeling at other bridal shops).
I loved everything about my experience at the the boutique. The ladies that work that are all so friendly and accommodating. I had such a pleasure going for my fittings. I got my d...
ress and my veil from the store. I highly reccommend them.
Aubrey and Jessica (owners) and their team were really wonderful to work with. They made the whole experience of finding my dream wedding dress so memorable! They have a great sele...
ction of dresses I had never seen before and I really felt like my dress was one-of-a-kind! Plus, they have an amazing seamstress (Antonella) and the owners helped me order all my bridesmaid's jewelry. It was so much fun every time I walked into their store and I highly recommend them and services! Thank you everyone who helped me @ Here Comes the Dress! ~L
As someone who works as a service provider and depends upon the positive reviews of my clients, I must tell other brides about the great experience I had at Here Comes the Dress. ...
After visiting 4 other bridal boutiques, I decided to check out a trunk show that HCTD was hosting with the hopes of finally finding "the one". As it turned out, the dress that I had come there to try on, I hated. Luckily for me, the ladies at HCTD were incredibily helpful and made suggestions for me without being pushy. I had poured over probably 1000's of photos of dresses on the web and was pretty sure I knew what I wanted. At the previous boutiques I visited, I tried on versions of this idea. It took the expertise and careful listening skills of these ladies to lead me in the right direction and help me find the absolute perfect dress. I ended up purchasing my dress that day based on one of their reccommendations!The owner even let me try on a strand of pearls she was wearing that day to help me complete the look (I wanted lots of strands of pearls with one hanging in the back).
In addition to being completely satisfied with my dress, I also was happy with the price. While browsing, I saw dresses at HCTB that I had seen at other shops. The prices at HCTB were significantly lower. Not to mention the difference in sales tax if you are coming from Chicago, which I was. They also worked with me on the price of my dress and slip to fit within my budget.
My advice to brides out there...go to Here Comes the Dress and have the dress shopping experience you've been dreaming of. It is a beautiful, intimate salon with great dresses and even better staff. They really made me feel very special. I couldn't have asked for a better experience.
Here comes the dress is an amazing small bridal boutique in Valpo, IN. I first met them at a bridal show and they were super kind and welcoming so I decided to schedule my first br...
idal appointment with them. On the day of my appointment, I arrived with my mom, my maid of honor, and her mom. They made us feel warm and cozy. They were really understanding of what I wanted in a dress. The consultant (Cathy I think) did all the work and was so muchh fun. Audrey was super nice and answered all of the questions my mom and I had. They are also very quick in answering emails and voicemails. I can not wait to go back and pick out my shoes and jewlery to go with my dress, and I can not wait till my dress comes in!
P.S. Ditch those big overrated bridal stores and go here!
Contact
850 E Sidewalk Rd, Chesterton, IN
Here Comes The Dress