After the week I've had, I really wanted to give this store a one-star review, but I want to be fair. I have bought THREE dresses from La Chic Boutique. All those times, the shopping experience was a dream -- helpful salespeople, lovely merchandise. However, after buying a lovely short dress a week ago for her senior banquet and posting the dress on social media, my daughter has had to endure cyber-bullying and angst. ALL OVER A DRESS. It turns out, my daughter bought the same dress as another girl in her school. You might think, Who cares? Just like I did. You might think this has nothing to do with the boutique. Honestly, I do not blame the boutique for this. I didn't expect the store to keep track of who bought what. I mean, there are some 250 senior girls in my daughter's high school, and they're all buying off the rack. Surely, there will be some duplicates, no? Plus, my daughter doesn't care if another student wears the same dress. She knows her beauty comes from within, not from a piece of fabric. However, I've learned that not everyone feels that way. I'm told that the other student's mother contacted the store to complain. That's fine. Mothers need to do what they need to do. However, what is most surprising to me is that the STORE called me the very next day. Why? The owner said -- by law -- she could not tell me to return the dress, but kept telling me I COULD, even when I told her we were happy with our purchase. I have never, never had this experience before from a shop -- and I do try to shop local and small mom-and-pop businesses to support them. Then began the full-court press. The cyber-bullying. The other girl's mother contacted me through social media (not by phone) to tell me the store told me to return the dress, even though it had not. Long story short, what had begun as a lovely experience became a bit of a nightmare, but luckily my daughter knows that a dress is not worth it. She initially decided to keep the dress, but the pressure continued, which is not the store's fault, I understand. But I kind of feel like indirectly it was, since the owner could have easily told this other customer that we were just as important as she was and shut this down. Unfortunately, the owner did not. So we returned the dress in the end, and La Chic Boutique lost a customer for life. read more
