tldr: DON'T SHOP AT BRIDE & BUSTLE! Their communication is unreliable, their service is unprofessional, & their business is consistently disappointing.
Our experience at Bride & Bustle in Los Gatos (owned & operated by Micaela Suhr) was by far the worst shopping experience in our entire lives. Screenshots of emails are included.
I was helping my sister make appts for wedding dress shopping. I called Bride & Bustle on 4/1 & spoke with Micaela. Bride & Bustle didn't carry the specific dresses my sister wanted to try on. Micaela said she could order the dresses from the designer with 1-2 weeks' notice & a $75 shipping fee for each dress. I called again on 4/2 & asked her to order the try-on dresses for my sister & book an 1.5 hour appt ($75) on Fri 5/15. She said she would reach out to the designer & get back to me by the end of the next week (4/10). When I hadn't heard from Micaela I emailed her on 4/15. No response. I called & left messages on 4/22, 4/24, & 4/26 & emailed again on 4/28 & still no response.
Finally on 4/29 I spoke with Micaela. She confirmed she could order the try-on dresses. She also assured me she had my sister booked for an appt on Fri 5/15 & sent the appt confirmation email for our appt on Fri 5/15. On 5/1 she sent another email confirming the appt on 5/15 However, when we arrived at Bride & Bustle on the day the store was locked, the lights were off, & the sign said "closed." I called & left multiple voicemails & sent an email.
Later I got an email claiming "the computer put [our appt] down for next Friday." I'm unsure how "the computer" had our appt down for the following Fri when I received two confirmation emails & verbal confirmation from Micaela for Fri 5/15. Either Micaela is careless, lying, or both. My bet is both. She also mentioned she "was out of the store today on top of it because [her] sister in law just had a baby, so it was just a collision of bad timing for the error." I am very understanding of family emergencies. I find it hard to believe Micaela didn't think to reach out to her Bride & Bustle team or clients. It would have taken less than a minute to send an email or give us a call.
Anyways, the frustration doesn't end here. After waiting until the evening of Tues 5/19 for the refund to go through, I emailed Micaela again to make sure she did initiate the refund for the two try-on dresses ($230 total). Based on her previous history of not returning calls & or emails, I wasn't taking any chances now that she owed me money. I emailed her again on 5/20 & 5/21. I also called several times. I would have left voicemails but the voicemail box was full. I even stopped by the store in person on 5/20 during their normal business hours but no one was there. After the past 2 months I can confidently say there is no easy way to get in touch with Micaela Suhr & the Bride & Bustle team. Email, phone, & in-person were all fruitless.
Finally I received an email receipt for the refund timestamped for 5/23/2026 at 8:23 PM, plus an email from Micaela.
In my opinion lying about sending a refund for a week was the cherry-on-top of this horrible situation. From start to finish, Michela Suhr was incompetent, unreliable, dishonest, & unprofessional. Whether it was the consistent typos sprinkled throughout her business emails to flat out lying about scheduling & refunds, she never ceased to amaze me with her lack of professionalism. I am still in shock that someone who sells something as important, emotional, & expensive as designer wedding dresses has the audacity to behave like this. Perhaps Micaela Suhr should go into a less demanding sales market, like paper towels. This way she could help clean up messes instead of making them. read more