I was referred to a fellow PW'er to Coco's and I was very pleased with the work she had done. I did not need any alterations on the gown except to put in a bustle. Coco did a simple three point bustle on my Maggie Sottero gown and I was pleased with the work. I did have an issue with how one point of my bustle was a little too high, she fixed it right away. Another issue I had was that I noticed that one of the hooks she installed on the back of my gown clipped too tight into it's sister hook and I noticed that a bead or 2 fell off of where the hook was sewn on, I understand that this was bound to happen and 2 beads from the 5 billion beads on my dress is no big deal but still I had to minus a star for that.

Overall I am pleased with her quality of work and her pricing can't be beat. I paid $35 for my 3 point bustle.

When I initally called to make an appointment at this salon I was told that no one would be available to help me due to them being fully booked, however I was free to come in and browse their selection.

I came to this store specifically to look at their sample sale selection for a trash the dress session or maybe even a reception dress, however their selection of sample dresses was all poorly taken care of. I have been to other sample sales and their gowns were kept clean and you could tell they were well taken care of, the gowns at The Wedding day were stained yellow, ripped apart, and makeup stains all over and they were still trying to sell them for $500 - $1000. I noticed that many of their floor samples of the new styles were also not well taken care of, they were thrown over chairs or haphazardly hung in random places.

Heather, who was working in the back of the store, offered to help me out while browsing gowns and she was kind enough to put me in the bridesmaid changing room (which was fine by me). I give 2 stars to Heather, she was nice, sweet, personable and very helpful, however I would give 0 stars to everyone else.

Their selection was not very wide and they did not have a wide variety of silouettes either, I noticed that most were either A-line or ball-gown styled dresses, not many trumpet, drop waisted, or mermaid styled gowns.

Overall I would not recommend comming to this salon unless you are local and is less then a 10 mile drive from here.

This is an honest review of my experience working with Kevin Le Studio.

When first meeting wtih Kevin he is a very nice, personable man. He was very responsive with calls and emails and in our meeting together we went over his pricing of his packages and reviewed his work. We were pleased with the work he had shown us and the pricing was incredibly reasonable. Once the contract was signed and our deposit paid we began experiencing issues.

When trying to contact Kevin with any changes, revisions of the contract, or scheduling an engagement session he was not responsive at all. After numerous phone calls, emails, and voice mails I had to threaten to show up at his studio un announced to demand a meeting. After several weeks of non-responsiveness we were finally able to schedule out an engagement session.

When scheduling an engagement session with Kevin he wanted to shoot our e-session exclusively at the beach (meaning he was unwilling to do an e-session anywhere else), my fiance and I are not beachy people. After some discussion he was willing to do our e-session in a more urban setting. The e-session went fine but once we received the proofs we were very disappointed. Many of the shots were either in shadow, framed badly, and hardly any closeups of us at all. It seemed as though he was more interested in taking pictures of the backgrounds and buildings then he was of us. He himself admitted that this was not his best work and eluded that because we had chosen the e-session location was partly the reason why the photos came out badly. I work with many graphic designers and photographers and many of them can take an amazing picture of a brown paper bag yet with the LA skyline Kevin was unable to produce a picture that we were pleased with.

Needless to say we choose to not use his services for our wedding day photos and I would not recommend him.

Diamond Bakery's normal cakes are all very tasty and delicious however their wedding cake leaves much to be desired.

My family and myself have been a patron to Diamond Bakery for many years so it was natural for myself and my future husband to schedule a cake tasting with them for our wedding cake.

The girls working at the bakery do speak very good English however their attitudes are a bit stand offish and they gave off the energy of "I am only helping you because I have to and I am utterly dis-interested in what you need"


Future husband and I walk and inform the young lady working behind the counter that we are there for a cake tasting. Girl asks our name and phone number and goes to the refridgerator and grabs a box. In side held the two cakes that we had called ahead to try. One was the white cake with custard filling with fondant frosting, the other a white cake with fresh mangos and whipped cream frosting.

The white cake with custard filling was okay but the fondant was overly sweet and crunchy (granted I am not a fan of fondant) The fresh mangos in the other cake were sour and were not ripe or fresh and the whipped cream was a bit too sweet.

We tried to eat as much of the cake as possible but had to hand back what we couldn't finish. When we asked about pricing the whipped cream cakes start at about $275 where as the fondant cakes start at $500.

No cake design books were offered to us nor was there anyone readily available to answer questions.

Overall a not so good experience.

I went in for a consultation with Lien and she is very sweet and attentive to our wants and input.

Her style is more "modern" as opposed to the more "classic" floral arrangements but I am sure she would make whatever you would like that comes to mind.

I liked the Daily Blossom because she was very attentive to us during our consultation (a rather irrate patron came in wanting a floral arrangement to be made in a hurry but Lien very sweetly asked him to wait while she finished with us)and had a lot of creative input that suite our style.

We didn't end up going with Lien because her pricing was a bit high for what we were looking to pay but she is definately worth a visit if you have a higher budget for flowers than we did.

While researching florists I had visited Duke at Commerce Flowers for a consultation.

Commerce Flowers was recommended to us by my brother and sister in law so I was looking forward to the meeting. We worked with Duke, who is very sweet and friendly and told lots of funny stories.

The things I liked about commerce flowers was that Duke was very imaginative when it came to floral arrangements as in round globular arrangements rather than a square vase arrangements; using strings of pears and crystals rather than just one or the other and so forth.

Duke told us many stories of how he worked with celebrity weddings and parties (particularly Selma Hayek) you can really tell he enoys what he does.

The thing I didn't like about Commerce Flowers was that when Duke was in his creative mode during our conversation he didn't really take into account our input of what we wanted nor did he ask us specifically what we wanted. He would just sketch out what came to his mind and show us what he thought would be pretty and when I would start to make a comment or opinion he would say "don't worry it will be beautiful!" and move on with his next sketch.

When to came to writing up our quote he just scanned what he had written out into a PDF and emailed it to me. This was kind of hard to read but I guess it got the job done.

The pricing was a bit high for what we were looking to pay so we ended up not going with Commerce Flowers. Though we did enjoy our conversation with Duke and I am sure their work is beautiful we ended up going with another florist that provided the same quality work with a much lower price tag.

I visited Ferndale's on a whim one rainy afternoon and called in the morning for an appointment.

Parking was very tricky due to the lack of spaces and narrow driveway but if you are lucky you will catch someone that is just leaving.

I came in right on time for my appointment however the receptionist couldn't find my name on the list. After perusing the appointment book for another 5 minutes or so she found my name and told me to start browsing about the shop for gowns I would like to try on.

The thing I really liked about Ferndale's is that they had a pretty good selection of gowns around $500. They also had a sales rack in the back that you can peruse through if you are looking for a slightly used gown at a discounted price.

After picking out several gowns Emily was assigned as my consultant and she is very nice and sweet. She made many helpful suggestions and brought out many different gowns that she thought would suite my taste (all of which I liked but THE ONE was not among them.)

The thing I didn't like about Ferndales is that though they keep the designer tags attached to the gown they do not let you know the style name or number of the gown. Another thing I didn't like about Ferndale's is that the dressing rooms are very dated and a little dirty and that they used clothes line clips as dress clips.

I didn't end up getting my dress here but it is worth a visit to see their selection and work with Emily who was very sweet and pleasant.

I visited Mariposa back in March of this year after reading several good reviews. I made my appointment and schlepped my bridesmaids over to Anaheim to try on the dresses. The store itself is a bit small but has a very wide selection of dresses. I went in and checked in with the very friendly sales girl at the front desk who referred me over to DeeDee who was an assistant bridal consultant because the other consultants were busy with other brides. I was a little annoyed at this considering that I had made an appointment however DeeDee was helpful in helping me drag the dresses into the dressing room. Later on in the appointment I was assisted by Naeemah who is very sweet and gave her honest opinions about the gowns I tried on (which I appreciated.) I had found a dress I REALLY liked but couldn't decide right away so Naeemah suggested I take a picture of the gown so I can think about it. Now in my experience of bridal shopping almost 99% of bridal salons do not allow you to take pictures so +1 star for that.
After much consideration I went back during their trunk show for Maggie Sottero in which if you purchase your gown that day you get an extra 10% off. Another +1 star for that. I again made another appointment so that I could try on a few other gowns to compare with the one I had in mind. I arrived early for my appointment but had to wait due to my consultant working with another bride. After waiting 40 minutes past my appointment time before a room was made ready for me. The "one" ended up being the gown I initially REALLY REALLY liked and now LOVE.
Overall Mariposa ranked pretty high in comparison to the other salons I visited and ended up having the best price for my gown.

Jennifer is my DOC and even though my wedding is still over 9 months away Jennifer has been so sweet and helpful to me :)

From when I first met her I knew that she was a wonderful person. She is very open and friendly and sends me little reminders every so often and suggests great tips for money saving ideas (great for a budget bride like me!)

Jennifer makes me feel at ease with this whole wedding planning thing and keeps me on task with her many helpful lists, sheets and other organizational tools she has.

I would recommend any bride to Jennifer for not only is she a wonderful DOC but she is also very much like a great friend.