Jo-Lin's Bridal and Formal Wear

y venue, date, time of day, etc. I ultimately ended up picking a dress that they had picked out for me. Could not have had a better experience. My mom, sister, and best friend enjoyed it as well. Thank you Jo-Lin's!

ooked an appointment for a bridal appointment about 2 months out. Upon arrival, we were less than welcomed by 2 younger employees at the front desk. Told to just pull dresses for whatever size I am and received virtually no help. It was honestly the most awkward appointment I’ve ever been at, which is very disappointing when you are planning to purchase a dress that will cost $2000+. Seemed to have very limited selection and low knowledge of their gowns. Incomparable poor atmosphere and service compared to the other salons I visited and ultimately purchased my dress.

dresses. We were then escorted to a very small dressing room, with no mirror, to get dressed. The initial employees were young and not super friendly. After a bit, other employees came from the back and started helping so randomly - but they didn't listen to what I was wanting and brought literally 20 dresses that were not my style, and I honestly felt obligated to try them all on, which I regret. There was no step up to get on and look at your dress. It wasn't the cleanest place and the first couple of dresses I tried on were dirty. I had high hopes for them, so I was pretty disappointed and honestly never felt comfortable or joyful - I felt so bad for those with me as well. I would not recommend.

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ing for. Their selection of dresses for anyone looking for over a size 12 (in dress size) or so is also very limited. Kind of odd considering the average size woman in the US is a 14 in street clothes. I honestly wouldn’t recommend this shoo in the future

eam dress idea and allowed me to try on several dresses that I thought I like. Not knowing the very first dress I tried on in which the lady picked out for me turned out to be MY DRESS. I was not financially ready to purchase on that date because my intentions were to look around. However the women worked with me and I was able to secure MY DRESS. These women are amazing and honest and I would not had wanted to purchase my dress anywhere else. They truly gave me an amazing experience of purchasing my 1ST bridal gown.

k so I could store it at the shop. Additionally, they steamed it for my bridal portraits and steamed it for my wedding. They did the same thing with my veil. We came back and got my bridesmaids dresses here. All of them fit perfectly and we did not have to get any alterations. Everything took a while to come in (but that was expected), they staff would call me if they thought they would be late and let me know when everything arrived.

not do this although Jim's Formalwear website states this can be done for parties who have groomsmen in different states. All our groomsmen were from other states. Although, we were unable to have each person order from a different location, we decided to give them a try. Worst mistake ever. The tuxedos came in five days prior to our wedding. We had them picked up the day before our wedding. Any business that deals with such special days would CHECK the orders to ensure the orders were correct prior to distributing them. One of our groomsmens ended up with no pants, shirt, tie, or shoes! And another groomsman had two jackets with his order.They stated they checked the orders before hand! If they did, they would have known all of the mistakes with the order! I was so upset to find this out the day before the wedding, after business hours of course! Imagine a bride running around the day of her wedding trying to find another matching grey suit to match the others! They "tried" to fix the problem by going to Belks and buying pants that didnt match the tuxedos. Luckily, my husband had the opportunity to try on a pair of pants that he ordered. I had a friend that was able to get off work and tailor the extra pants to fit the other guy and lucky enough he was able to fit the jacket that was doubled in the other groomsmens set. Jo-lins almost completely sabatoged my wedding! A bride and groom should not have to worry about something like this the day of their wedding! If you're thinking of using Jo-lins.....DONT! Save yourself the headache!!!

hat my mom wanted for her dress, so they found the one she wanted online and ordered it for her. They also run a deal for brides: If you pay for your dress in full when ordering, everything else you buy at the salon for the rest of the process is 10% off. It was an amazing deal! I'm so glad I got my dress at Jo-Lin's!

egular size) and never thought I would find a beautiful plus size dress that didn’t make me look huge. (I cried after we left the store in relief!) We were even able to order extra lace and in a different color for my exacting nature ;) They were very kind about allowing my seamstress mom take it home and work on it and then get it steamed prior to the wedding—so flexible. I would order my wedding dress, bridesmaid and tuxedos there again without a hesitation. This shop knows their stuff!!! Ladies, bridal dresses come in seamstress sizes which means two dress sizes larger. (A 4 will be an 8, 16 a 20. That’s the breaks in the industry!)

are good for the quality of dresses that they carry. The seamstress altered my dress to fit me perfectly and I absolutely loved my dress on my wedding day.

t my dress. This was my first bridal boutique so I was pretty excited. When I walked in a young lady approached us. She was already in a bad mood and seemed annoyed that we were even there. I told her I had an appointment at 2:00. She didn't even ask my name, what was I looking for, or my budget. She simply gave me a stack of colored rings and told me to put them on the hanger of dresses I liked. I was there with my parents and we were given no direction at all. We had to ask how the dresses were sorted so we knew where to begin. They had very few dresses to chose from and the dresses that were there were in poor condition. I'm not expecting them to be perfect since they are samples but the majority looked rough and dated. I gave it a chance and looked around at the two rows of dresses. Keep in mind that we were the only people in the store and the staff did not offer to help us at all. I approached her and asked about a specific designer. When I originally called about my appointment I spoke to an older lady and told her which designer and dresses I was interested in and she assured me that she had them. After I finally located the designer they had about 15 dresses to chose from which again, were not what I was looking for. I had to approach the staff again and told her I was looking for a dress with sleeves. Instead of offering me assistance she decided to argue with me that I don't really want sleeves. Last time I checked it's up to me, not her. I understand that brides have an idea of their dress and it doesn't always stay the same but if I want to look at dresses with sleeves, then I'm going to. She kept telling me I needed to try on what they had just to try on one. After putting my foot down that I was not going to do that she brought out another staff member who seemed even more annoyed. I told her again what I was looking for and she told me the same thing. "You think you want sleeves but you don't. No bride ends up buying the dress they think they want originally." At this point I was over the appointment and wanted to leave. She offered me one more option and told me I could pay to have other samples brought in. After the experience I just had with those two young ladies, I was not about to spend over $100 just to have a dress shipped there to try it out. I declined the offer and left the store. I don't think I was even inside for 15 minutes but that was more than enough. Everyone deserves better customer service than that. I would hate for any other bride to go through the same thing. Save yourself the disappointment and go somewhere else!!

desmaid's dress here and couldn't be happier!

e liked and then tried them on without being harassed about budget and style and everything. I ended up buying a gorgeous dress that was affordable and chose my bridesmaid dresses here also. The bridesmaids were all long distance so it was a little challenging for me to get everything organized but they helped out a lot and all the girls got their dresses in plenty of time, and only 2 needed alterations! They are able to do fittings within the store and my dress fit perfectly on my wedding day! Super pleased, will recommend to anyone getting married. On top of being a great business, everyone is very friendly and helpful.

had put in my line up. These ladies know what they're doing!

t, the veil I was in love with cost a smidgen over $200 and they were able to work with me to get it down to something that I could afford. No ordering from a magazine or waiting, I walked out with my veil that day and for that, I thank Jo Lin's Bridal. Can't beat small business friendliness. Definitely recommend to anyone getting married or needing formal dresses. They're selection was amazing, I had to stop myself!

atmosphere! Jo-Lin's can provide bridal gowns, prom dresses, bridesmaid's dresses, some menswear, veils, tiaras, alterations, cleaning, and preserving. I used their services for alterations as well. They were incredibly reasonable for my 7 tier dress.

after I went in looking for a gown as well. One thing to know before you go - take whatever bra you may want to wear under a bridal gown with you!

pier with my dress. A neat atmosphere at their shop, too. I didn't mind places like David's Bridal finding dresses for me to try on, but I liked being able to look through dresses on my own at Jo-Lynn's. Originally, I wasn't even going for a dress at all like the one I got. But I saw it and just decided to try it on anyway and LOVED it. I highly recommend Jo-Lynn's.

try on their tuxedos sooner, two of the groomsmen are active military and could not get away from their duties any earlier!! Rude and inconsiderate is what you get with this place!! Don't go here there are many other places in Columbia that care about their customers! My wedding planner was spoken to so rudely she will not recommend any further to her brides!!!

reasonable price for everything we changed. I would recommend Jo Lins to any bride!