Awful, awful experience. If I were ever to give a recommendation for this place, it would be to avoid it as long as it is staffed the same. Also, the dress I ordered was marked up there $60... (not a tragic amount, but still why mark it up???)...
Over a year ago, I went in looking for my wedding dress - I was 5 months pregnant at the time and wanted to get a dress before I was bigger and couldn't see how a dress looked. And, as a side, in normal jeans I was about a 12 at that point/medium size for my shirts. A little above average in the bottom department, but nothing out of the ordinary.
When I made my appointment, I told the woman I was pregnant so I didn't have to show up and it be a surprise. When I walked in to the store, with my mother, Aunt and cousin, they initially looked confused that I was even there and took a minute to even acknowledge me. A few minutes later the consultant who had my appt came out and greeted me only (not acknowledging the crew with me) with the wrong name. Right there I knew I was headed for trouble. With barely any other words spoken besides my price point - she sends me and my crew to look for dresses by ourselves. No consultation on what i liked, nothing. We started pulling dresses and she made a fitting room. Once inside the fitting room with me she whispers "your pregnant? do they know?" Really. you think i'm shopping for my wedding dress 5 months pregnant and they don't? Yes i tell her...then the torture really began.
She goes to help me into the first dress, it wont pass over my small but growing baby bump. I look at the size, 12 -- I was told i would probably go up at least one size in a wedding dress... so i ask the attendant about the sizing and she says - "oh these are the biggest sizes we have, we only have a few options in larger sizes". and insists on trying to squeeze me into the dress. For those of you never been pregnant before, your already a little emotional and conscious of your changing body. Needless to say I wanted to cry instead of getting into a dress that I would marry my husband in. Oh, and the comment that took the cake was "why don't you come back after the baby, maybe you should wait"
She ended pulled a few dresses that they had in larger sizes and tried to tell me they all looked good on me, when clearly they were awful for my body. When i said, "maybe you are right I should wait" (just wanting to end this god awful experience) she told me to 'RELAX'...that was the moment i was done. I still cant believe I let that experience go on that long, but after she told me to relax (and I was actually very calm - my cousin later said to me she doesn't know how i remained so calm through it all)
Not only did the attendant suck at greeting me, assisting me in something I wanted, or making my guests feel welcome, she actually made me feel bad about my body and self. After we left I went back to Bridal Suites in Bay Shore where my experience was 10x's better and ordered my dress. No bride-to-be should ever feel the way i did ESPECIALLY when you are trying on wedding dresses.