I ordered my bridesmaid dresses from RK Bridal using their no frills policy. They had a 110% guarantee so they provided the lowest prices and I received the dresses without any issues within a few weeks. The only problem is that the dresses were a little big, even though we followed their measuring instructions. Overall their prices were great, and they shipped the products quickly, so I couldn't ask for anything more.

Penny was great! We met with her about 2 1/2 weeks before the wedding, and she helped us choreograph our entire first dance and then wrote down what steps we needed. She was so easy to work with, and really patient. Not only does she help with the dance, but she makes sure you had a entrance and exit. All we needed was that one lesson, and a few practices, and we had a great first dance that our family and friends talked about for days after the wedding.

Lauren and her assistant were Josh. We had some last minute cancellations with the bridal party, and her team took charge and made sure the programs were changed, and the all the announcements and seating were also changed. She was such a pleasure to work with, and definitely made our wedding day completely stress-free.

Sachiko was an angel to work with! She did the hair for my entire bridal party (4 girls), and my mother and my hair and make-up in about 5 hours. We were on or ahead of schedule the entire day. She was able to recreate any style that the my bridesmaid wanted. Most of the girls, including myself have very straight hair, and find it difficult to find people who can style our hair and make it stay up the entire night. All of our hair styles stayed up from 10 in the morning until 3 or 4 the next morning. Before my trial, I was wary about using fake eyelashes, but the entire day, I hardly felt a thing, and my make-up stayed flawless until the very end of the night.

Sachiko had such a calming influence, and is so experienced at doing wedding make-up/hair she knew all about the must take pictures, as well as how to calm nervous parents, bridesmaids, and in-laws.

I was actually pretty disappointed with Arcadia Florist. we realized after the fact that they didn't really follow our centerpiece or boutonniere designs. We didn't realize until the end of the wedding, and overall they were great to work with, the deliveries and everything were on time, but the final product wasn't what we had ordered. We had ordered 3 vases with submerged orchids, however instead of having submerged orchids in the 2 smaller cases, they had things that stuck out of the vases. Also, I had brought my own fabric to tie my bouquet. I thought they would have cut the fabric and tied it nicely, but they just took in the entire swatch and wrapped it around the ends. When it was delivered there were still threads hanging off of it.

Christina was great! Our invitations were exactly what we wanted in the price range that we wanted. She was so patient in helping us find the perfect design and also worked within our budget. We loved how she was able to include people's names on the rsvp cards, which saved us so much time and hassle, because we didn't have to try and decipher people's handwriting or figure out who forgot to fill in their RSVPs. She was also really accomodating when we needed a smaller amount of invitations to be shipped to us first.

We chose Glen Island because of the location and view. We worked with Rodney who was great. They were very professional to work with. We didn't eat much that night, but we heard that the food at the cocktail hour was great. Our main course was really delicious, and the bite that I had of the cake was really great. Other people told us the food was all really good. The one thing that was slightly lacking was the service. The waiters weren't as attentive as they could have been, but the only reason we found out is because my dad used to own a restaurant, and is really picky about that stuff. Overall we would definitely recommend Glen Island to other people. Our guests were raving about the great view.

We had the 12-piece band, and they were AMAZING! I can't say enough good things about them. They kept the dance floor packed for the entire night, and our guests couldn't stop raving about them! While they didn't play all the songs on our must-play list (we had about 25, so we didn't blame them), they definitely knew what type of music our guests would like, and there wasn't a single song played that we disliked.

Ulysses and his wife, Jenni, are amazing! We met them at a friend's wedding and instantly hit if off. They are an absolute pleasure to work with! Their pictures were really able to capture every moment and all the emotions of the day. We gave them a minimal list of must take shots, and they took it from there. We can honestly say that there isn't a single picture we wish they had taken that wasn't included in our gallery. They took about 750 pictures of our wedding day (and there isn't a single bad one) -- each one is so creative and captures a completely different angle/emotion/etc. The hardest part was narrowing down which pictures to include in our album.

Since our initial review, we've seen our wedding album layout, and have been thrilled with their amazing editing (although the pictures were so great, that we didn't think they even needed to be edited) and layout. We can't wait to receive what we know will be a gorgeous album. Jenni and Ulysses were our favorite vendors and we highly recommend them!

I would not recommend this place to anybody!!!

I bought my dress, which was a floor sample about 16 months (April 2007) before my wedding. The dress was a Priscilla of Boson that was supposed to have straps, but i had requested to remove the straps to make it strapless. I also explained that I lived out of town, in DC, and was told that removing the straps and living out of town would not be a problem, and they would do everything to accomodate my schedule. The reason I bought my dress here was because of my salesperson. I thought she was really helpful, friendly, and really made my mother and I feel comfortable. We didn't feel any pressure to buy anything there.

I had my first fitting 6 months (December 2007) before my wedding. The first fitting went OK. At my second fitting (3 months later - March 2008), the fitter/seamstress was 35 minutes late. She was extremely abrupt, and when I expressed my concern that I felt the dress was slipping, she simply said that it's because I wanted to remove the straps, and the only way to fix it would be to keep the straps. When my bridesmaids and I argued with her, she reluctantly said she could try and take in the dress a little more. I also told her I wanted to get a matching veil. She was extremely abrupt, and made the entire experience very unpleasant. Finally, she disappeared for another half an hour, and there was no one else at the store who was able to help me ring up the purchase of my veil. I had my bridal shower that afternoon, and she almost made me an hour late.

I was extremely concerned that my dress wasn't going to fit, so I immediately called the store and scheduled another appointment with my original salesperson, who was also a fitter. When I spoke with her, she suggested some alternatives that the seamstress never suggested, and said that I could come in early before my next fitting (scheduled for 1 month before the wedding-mid-May 2008), and she could help me get dressed and work with the seamstress. I felt somewhat comfortable, but not completely, so a few days later, I tried to call and schedule another appointment in April. I had to call numerous times and leave numerous messages before someone finally called me back to schedule an appointment for the end of April. I was assured that the fitting department would talk to the seamstress and make sure my dress was there.

Come April, I came to NY for the sole purpose of getting my dress fitted. When my sister and I showed up, we were told that my sales person and seamstress had been fired, and that my dress wasn't there. I had requested my floor sample dress to be cleaned before the wedding, and they had sent out the dress that week, so my trip from DC to NY was a complete waste. I was then assured by the owner, Carrie Hung that they would be able to solve this problem, and I would only need to have the origianl 2 other appointments. I came back at the beginning of May, and tried on the dress with a new seamstress. This time, we found that because the original seamstress had taken in the dress too much (remember back at the 2nd fitting in March, she wanted to take it in further), so the dress now wrinkled and bulged in places. Also, I still felt that there wasn't enough support and the top of the dress was slipping. The seamstress and Carrie said the solution would be to sew in a bustier. She assured my mother and me (in English and Chinese) that the next time I came back, the dress would have a bustier sewn in, and it would fit.

I then received a call the day before my appointment, where she told me that the bustier she wanted to get wouldn't arrive in time, and asked if I had gone to look for other undergarments. Obviously, my mother and I hadn't, because we were under the assumption this would all be finished at the next fitting. She then suggested I go to the lingerie store around the corner from Wedding Atelier. The next day, my parents, my sister and I arrived an hour early at the lingerie store, only to find out that the store had spoken to Carrie the day before and informed her that they didn't carry the undergarments she wanted, and the bustiers they did have wouldn't work. Fortunately for us, they were able to recommend another place that did carry the appropriate undergarments. When I arrived at Wedding Atelier, Carrie wasn't even there, but the seamstress was there, and we were assured that everything would be done, and I could pick up the dress a few days before my wedding in June. Carrie had previously assured me that if I came on Saturday, they would be able to attach the bustier and make the alterations, so that I could try on the dress on Sunday. When I asked the seamstress, she seemed completely astonished, because she said Sunday was their day off. I didn't push the point, and scheduled an appointment for 3 days before my wedding.

At my final visit, there were still issues with my dress. The fabric around the waste was pucked and wrinkled because of the bustier had been sewn in, and didn't fit quite well. My parents and I had to wait another 2- 2 1/2 hours for the alterations to be made, before we could take the dress. Carrie also wasn't there that day.

Overall I was extremely disappointed with their lack of service and lack of responsibility for all the problems they caused. Instead of 2-3 fitting appointments, I made 5-6 trips from DC to NY for the express purpose of getting my dress altered. In the end, the dress did fit, but there were still minor wrinkles and puckering that we couldn't get rid of. For the amount of money we spend on the dress, alterations, and veil, we expected much better service.