Blissful Bridal

After visiting a number of bridal boutiques I was disheartened and feeling miserable about the snobby service, unreasonably high prices, and limited dress sizes to try on. Then I went to Blissful Bridal. What a breath of fresh air. They were fantastic and made the experience what it should be... comfortable, exciting, and about what the bride wants.
Calinda, the woman that helped me, was obviously overworked as she was only one of two employees there at the time, but you would never know it from her attitude and level of attentativenss. She let me pick out several dresses and then picked out several more based on her observations of my likes as suggestions. She stayed within my price range and never tried to upsell. She also gave very frank feedback and steered me towards the perfect dress for my body type, tastes, and price range. She also took into consideration the type of wedding that I was planning and asked a number of questions about me & my fiance.
The store itself was very clean, neat, and inviting, unlike some stores that look more like showrooms or ones that are overcrowded. Blissful Bridal has a wide range of styles in every price range and in just about every size. They also recommended a brillant seamstress to do the alterations for me.
Overall, I was very pleased with the shop and the staff and will be returning there to get bridesmaid dresses.

While initially the store was really great to deal with (got a dress in quickly for me to try on, friendly, helpful), once I paid for the dress things changed. Repairs that needed to be done were not completed in a timely fashion, and the dress itself ended up being too short to wear heels with - despite being told when trying it on that I would be able to have it lengthened. They stick to their no refunds or exchanges policy strictly, even when I very obviously was sold a dress that would never actually fit me. I wore flats with it, but had to eat the money I had spent on the pair of heels I had bought to wear with it. There are better bridal shops in Calgary.

This store made choosing the dresses for my bridal party, easy and fun! I would recommend it to anyone!