TL;DR: Unprofessional owner, poor treatment of dresses and brides. Do not recommend coming here as a bride looking to rent a dress, or as a dress owner looking to let others rent your dress.
I came dress shopping with my sister for her wedding. As the sister of the bride and maid of honor, I was pretty involved in all plans so I feel obligated to share our experience.
First, we drove in circles because they didn't have a sign up for their shop. When we finally found it after getting lost, we saw that the sign was barely hanging on to the building and facing backwards. The people who were meeting us there also got lost trying to find this shop.
15 minutes past the appointment time, the bride was texted (not even called) and told that the owner was running late and she would be there soon.
When the owner arrived, she had her child with her. It was a young toddler who could walk. She told us after they got there that her child was actually sick! The child ran around the store, touching and spitting and sneezing on dresses and veils. I understand being a working mom, but these are dresses that a bride is looking to wear on the biggest day of her life! AND these are dresses that so many people have trusted her with to rent out for them! I would hate to know how the owner herself was treating my dress, if I was renting it out through her business. It was hard to watch. I was very uncomfortable as she didn't even try to get her child to stop.
Throughout the appointment, the child ran around the fitting area, in and out of the changing room where the bride was changing, and even dumped out goldfish onto the floor beneath the brides feet. The owner left me and a friend to help the bride in and out of dresses so she could care for her child. As the bride found her dress, got emotional, and tried to look at herself in the mirror, the owner allowed her child to stand in front of the mirror and slap it. I felt like the sweet and personal moments had been ruined and just wish it hadn't happened. It all felt awkward and unprofessional. I had a bad feeling all throughout the appointment and could feel that the unprofessionalism wouldn't stop there. And that feeling was valid!
Fast forward to wedding week. The dress is to be shipped from Utah to Alabama. The owner ensured the bride that she shipped gowns all the time. The owner ignores 2 missed calls and voicemails from the bride. The bride was supposed to receive her dress one week from the wedding, at the latest!! 4 days before the wedding, the bride finally gets in touch with the owner as she hasn't heard anything back. She asks the owner for tracking info, and the owner looks it up for her instead of simply providing the tracking number to the bride. She says the dress will arrive TWO DAYS before the wedding... Later, when the bride called again to try to get the tracking number, the owner was incredibly rude and defensive. I heard the call and was shocked. The tracking info later showed that she didn't ship the dress when she claimed she did. She shipped it AFTER the bride was able to get in touch with her. As in, the owner shipped the dress FOUR DAYS before the wedding, even though she told the bride that the dress would be in her hands a week before the wedding day. After viewing the tracking info, the bride texted the owner, asking about the date of shipment to get clarification. The owner once again ignored the bride and never responded. Withholding the tracking information was simply the owner trying to cover her tracks. Wildly unprofessional. As a business who solely deals with brides and weddings, adding stress to a bride on her wedding week is so out of touch.
After the wedding and when the dress was returned, the owner then tried to charge the bride $40 for shipping. The bride was never told beforehand about this. It just never ends with this place!
Overall, the experience was horrible from start to finish. The owner does not care for the brides or the dresses. We would have taken our business elsewhere if we were aware of just how poor the experience would be. Save yourself the stress and rent or buy from somewhere else! read more