Wedding Dress shops

Nauniek wrote: »

Thanks. My mam is actually doing the alterations. Dresses were a disaster boody shop ordered them incorrectly and won't do anything about it.

I would ring customer service rights line. I wouldn't let it go like this, because you pay so much money and they owe you proper service.
dont let it go, otherwise people in Ireland will never learn what is good customer service.

Just want to reccommend Myrtle Ivory Bridal shop off Grafton St.

Found them good , very helpful .( a bit more expensive than other shops)

I got pregnant between ordering dress and collecting, and they so helpful.

They could have told me its my prob !!

Also Waterlily Brides in Dungarvn Co Waterford is very good too.

M

Hey All,
I'm planning on going wedding dress shopping within the next 6 weeks (got a few extra pounds I wanna shift!) Any recommendations? Any advice? All would be appreciated

hi all i was just after some advice or ideas on this if anyone has any id appreciate it.

a friend of mine, who i am maid of honor for, is getting married in july 2011. she is one of those SUPER organised people and has already got loads of stuff sorted for her big day church, venue, photographer etc etc.

she now wants to start looking around for 3 bridesmaids dresses. she basically does not yet know what colour she wants and would like to go in somewhere and just have us try on some different colours and styles to see what does and does not suit us as we are three very different shapes and skin tones.

she rang one place the other day, i dont know the name its at harts corner near glasnevein in dublin, and explained all of this to the girl on the phone. the girl took the appointment and then asked had she already got her own dress sorted, which my friend replied she had not. the girl then told her that she is supposed to get her dress first and then match her bridesmaids to her dress. my friend then explained that she does not want her dress to look anything like that of the bridesmaids. the girl just kept telling her what she SHOULD be doing. anyway when the call ended my friend was kind of upset as she has her ideas and this woman has just basically told her shes doing it all wrong! now she has cancelled the appointment as she feels like she would be wasting their time.

does anyone know of anywhere in the dublin area that would help out with this kind of thing without making someone feel like they are wasting your time if you end up not buying anything??

just read that back and didnt realise how long i went on for sorry for the long post:rolleyes:

Karmella wrote: »

I went to the Moderne last week and dealt with Denise too - she is brilliant. She really knows her stuff and is very helpful and brutally honest! I had a few ideas of the type of dress I wanted but needed to know what would actually suit me - and she didn't waste anytime in telling me if a particular style did nothing for me! And she was right too. She also knew what the dresses would be like when altered - especially in the length - e.g one particular type looked nice on, but she said that once it was shortened it would look terrible, I would just look really stumpy!! TBH it was refreshing not to have someone just fawning over me. I was dreading the whole experience cos I'm really not into shopping, but she made it all really painless. It ws almost like she knew what I was thinking!! I must have tried at least 20 dresses and we narrowed it down to 3. These are on file now so I can go back and just try them again if I need to.

Initially I was planning to buy online from www.onlinebridalstore.com (these really look fab and are sooooo cheap) so I was really trying to find dresses like the ones I liked from the site, and see if they would suit .... but I'm really veering towards one particular dress that I tried in the Moderne now. Torn!!! TBH it wasn't that expensive a dress so I may just go with it.

I haven't been to any other shops so I can't compare the service, but I thought it was good anyway.

A friend of mine got her bridesmaid dresses and her own wedding dress there lately and they all arrived the wrong size. Was a joke! Customer service was crap afterwards too!!!!! They are all lovely until u order them then crap. BEWARE!!!!

Hey ladies,

I'm hoping to go dress shopping in the middle of Jan sometime and I was wondering if anyone can recommend me a couple of shops. I am thinking of going to the Bridal Outlook place in Baldoyle, but I dont know where else to go. I hate the thought of bitchy stuck up assistants, I really want somewhere friendly and helpful. I am also size 14-16 (for the moment anyway!) and I'm dreading going somewhere I will be told to go on a diet and come back then!

In terms of dresses, I am looking for something elegant and classic, nothing too poofey or flouncy. I'd love to have some lace

All ideas or experiences very welcome

Thanks

Hi,

I went to these ones and found them all great:

Alexanders on Parnell St
Bridal Outlet Baldoyle
Morelands at Northern Cross, Malahide road
Ivory Rooms Capel St (really nice girl in there)
Aspirations on Dame Lane
Berketex in the Jervis Centre

Check out Helena Quinlan, she's based in Craughwell, Co Galway. She is lovely to deal with and her studio is a very relaxed environment. Out of all the people I dealt with I found her the best, she was so interested in what I liked/disliked. I felt so valued. Google her and you'll get her details. Would highly recommend

I see a good few dresses on gumtree, donedeal etc for sale 2nd hand in larger sizes. i'm not sure how much they are in the shops if they are any extra, they dont charge less from the tag price if your a 6 or a14 so why should they charge more for a large size??

The Bridal Outlet has some lovely ones around 1000 and some on sale now to, the bridal corner was ok and Alexanders, I think these are all fairly priced, I know its your special day but if teh budget is tight i would look at the 2nd hand ones, there are some really nice ones out there.