I am not sure why this place doesn't have more reviews, but you need to check this place out!!…read moreLauren is the greatest, the prices are affordable and it was overall a great experience! I never yelp, but one of the reasons why I decided to review all the bridal places is because places like her's deserve the publicity! Even though I didn't find my dress here, her service was unmatched and she deserves all the love she can get. I am super excited to finally review her place because I have so many good things to say. (If you look at my previous reviews, I did them in the order that I visited for the most part and am glad that I have finally made it here!)
So let's get started! I went with my future sister and mother in law to this bridal place. When my future sister-in-law was getting married she had checked out this place and really liked it. So we when we went out to visit for the holidays, she made us an appointment.
Now unfortunately, the shopping plaza that her bridal boutique is in, is one of those dying shopping plazas in Northern Colorado, but don't let that deter you. When you walk inside, she has all the wedding dresses set up by size. For covid, she only let's one appointment at a time so during this time period, we were all hers!
She measures you first which is something most bridal places don't do. Since this is a sample bridal store, she wants to make sure that you find dresses in your size range that are not too big or too small. Heaven forbid you find your dream dress in a size that just doesn't work. Then I told her what styles I liked and she started picking them out for me. We were also able to pick styles out too.
When I was in the dressing room, one of the first things I noticed was Lauren was very personable. Every stylist does the standard, "When is your wedding day? What style do you want, etc?", but Lauren was asking me what I did for a living, what my fiance did and it was just really easy to talk to her. I felt super comfortable with her right away. You can tell she loves her job and she even stated that she just loves making people feel beautiful and that is why she carries all types of dresses, sizes, you name it. She wants you to find the dress that makes you feel gorgeous! By the end of our session, we had talked so much wedding that she even showed us her gorgeous wedding dress she wore for her wedding. (As an owner of a bridal boutique there are high expectations to live up to!)
So right off the bat, the dresses Lauren picked out were amazing! I don't know how she did it, but every dress she picked out was a solid choice. Out of all the bridal stores I have been too, this was the most consistent where all the dresses looked good. (I will include the top choices in my photos!) You can tell she definitely has an eye for these things. I had even been to another sample store in the bay area where I had a not so great experience (they unfortunately are not getting a review from me btw. If you have nothing nice to say then don't say it all is what I am going with) and so I thought maybe all sample stores were like this. Thank gawd they were not!
Now the dresses were super affordable! Nothing in her store was over $1500 which is totally unheard of for a wedding dress shop! Since she was really easy to talk to, she did let us know that these are samples that come from a private label. So rather than paying for the name brand of a Hayley Paige, Wtoo or Stella York, you are buying a private label. Honestly, I could not tell the difference between quality and they all looked stunning! I could care less about the name brand.
Anyway, we tried all the dresses and narrowed it down to two contenders. In all my previous bridal stores, I never tried a dress on twice because I didn't feel like I needed to. At Lauren's place, I tried on two dresses twice! Lauren even added a veil and a belt and it made the dress look better! Belts have been a hit or miss for me, but this one made the dress look even better! But that shows just how knowledgeable she is. She knew how to make it even better looking!
At the end of the appointment though, my Bhldn dress fit more of what I wanted for a wedding dress and so I stuck with that, but I am really grateful to have met Lauren and have such a great wedding dress experience with her.
Now she did say with covid, times have been tough. She is fortunate enough to be able to continue her business while others have not, but things have definitely been slow. So if there is a business you should support, it is definitely this one.
Thank you Lauren for such a great experience, I wish you the best!
