Honestly, this place doesn't even deserve 1 star, but here's our experience. WOW, that is my initial response to our experience @ Elegant Evenings in Laurel, MS. My daughter & I drove 2 hours & 45 minutes from Louisiana to shop for her homecoming dress for her senior year. Upon arriving we were met by a sweet young girl, which I wish i had gotten her name. We told her we were looking for something different & she was up for the challenge. She pulled several dresses & we were excited. That was, until the owner's mom came into the picture. She began by pulling dresses out of the dressing room that she felt were "too small" for my daughter.  We were also informed that no pictures were allowed because "the lighting wasn't good" & no one was allowed in the dressing room with her because they're" too small", neither of which was true, but I digress. After the initial encounter with the owners mother, my daughter was determined to leave & was in the dressing room bawling her eyes out from the way she was talked down to by said owner's mother. I mentioned what had happened to our sweet girl helping  & went in to try & calm my daughter down & build her back up to stay & see how it played out. That's when the owner stepped in & again informed me that only 1 person was allowed in the dressing room. She then became our person helping us instead of the initial young lady. I'm sure to help make sure we followed all of the many rules. I did convince my daughter to stay & continue trying on, but there was no way my daughter was going to buy a dress from a business who in her opinion "body shamed" her. Additionally, I've been across the South shopping for homecoming dresses, homecoming suits, prom & pageant dresses & NEVER have I or my girls ever been treated with such disrespect!!!  I absolutely do not recommend visiting this dress shop!!! While their selection appeared to be pretty good, the way we were treated, whether it was just because we were from out of town or because my daughter wasn't the right size clientele, I'm not certain, but it was definitely one of the worst shopping experiences of my life!!! read more

Terrible experience, the worker literally told us to stay in the sell rack when our budget was 900, she seemed very racist and unprofessional, would not recommend, Mimi service was top tier compared. read more

The OWNER was very rude! She was making very uncomfortable and judgmental comments towards us like we couldn't afford her stuff... We wanted to try on different colors to know which ones would look the best, and she proceeds to say "well it's a busy day to just try on dress" EXCUSE ME!!!! Isn't that your job to help us to find the right dress?!?! Also there was maybe 5 or less people in there so they weren't that busy. So we told her we would hate to interfere with her busy day so we will just use someone else and then that's when she wanted to try and be sweet and actually help us! WE WILL NEVER STEP FOOT IN THERE AGAIN! Save your time and go to MiMi's they don't mind to help you! read more

The worst experience we have ever had!! The minute we walked in they immediately judged us and put us in the "sales" rack. I asked if we could look at the other dresses, they had to think about it and said "it might be too pricey for us." Then my daughter saw a dress she really liked and both of the older women denied her to try it on and said "her butt was too big for that dress." (she's a size 2 or 4) I asked "you won't even let her try it on?" They continued to body shame her and with held the dress. After that rude experience, I will never step foot back in or recommend this store to anyone!! read more