Brides To Be

When I went looking for "the dress" I was open to the idea of a consignment shop, especially if I could find something truly worthwhile. At Brides to Be, I found a designer dress that I could never have afforded otherwise. It's a small shop, but packed to the gills with dresses in all sizes. The ladies who helped me pick out my dress were very helpful, and they sent the dress to be cleaned free of charge after discovering some dirt along the train. However, I opted against using the seamstress there after reading some of the other reviews on Wedding Wire.

I have to agree with the other comment about the streamstress. it cost alot for minor adjustments and before i left with my dress she had to adjust the straps one more time, she told me it would be fine. on my wedding day the straps kept falling down half of my pictures have my straps hanging down. not happy :( however i did get a great deal on a new designer dress and the other ladys were very helpful. i also got a gorgeous veil from there!

The women at the shop are very kind and patient. I loved Becky in particular. My dress was the most wonderful dress in the world and the price was ideal. My only compliant is the store itself. It's small and crowded. They recently moved to a new store but I swear its smaller than the first. And when I went the A/C wasn't working so imagine trying on wedding dresses in June with no A/C! Yikes! But overall, it was a great experience.

Amazing store! Phyllis is sooo helpful. Helped me find a dress in one day!

My experience with Brides to Be was good. Visited the shop twice before deciding on a dress and both times the staff was helpful and courteous. Dress selection was varied with style and price. The only down side was the seamstress. I would not recommend that you use their seamstress. Was not happy at all with my final adjustments and was given stickers to "fix" a few of the issues. Bra secure strips were supposed to be sewn in that were not so we had to revert back to using safety pins. Finally, when I picked up the dress the day before my wedding it stunk like smoke! Luckily, we had a nice day that I could hang it outside to air out before my big day - but it doesn't get worse than cigarette smoke on your wedding dress!! Was so upset with the dress when I picked it up I shed tears the day before my wedding!

I love this place. I would HIGHLY recomend this place to anyone. They have a wonderful selection and very nice people.

You can’t go wrong with this store! I walked in without an appointment, said I was getting married in six weeks, and asked for help. The wonderful women who run the store dropped everything they were doing and helped me in to gown after gown. One misconception I had is that all these gowns are used- they are not! Most of the gowns are new! The new gowns are samples or discontinued styles. There were literally hundreds in my size (and I am not a size 4, I promise you!). I found exactly what I was looking for- a dream gown in the lightest shade of baby blue (in my pictures it’s so light, you can barely tell it’s blue). They even had a veil to match. In six weeks I had my sizing, my check in and the final fitting. The seamstress they work with was wonderful- she wasn’t looking to charge me everything she could think of. In fact- she offered to hand-steam the gown for $20 to save me the dry cleaning costs (I was taking this gown on an airplane- it wasn’t going to be perfectly un-wrinkled after that!). They gave me tips on traveling with gown, how to deal with security and over-head baggage. Most of all, these women were genuinely excited to be working with me. You just don’t get that service everywhere! And guess what? My gown is back there waiting for someone to buy it and have the wonderful time I had in it.

The Brides 2 Be Staff helped me to find just what I was looking for in a dress—even managing to get this tom boy to stop thinking about a pant suit and into a bridal gown.

Belle, the seamstress, was absolutely amazing and allowed me to pick up the dress from her home with the final touches such as the bustle and steaming.

I got my wedding gown from Brides to Be in 2006 and was very Happy with the staff. I was especially happy with the seamstress because she did her best to do the impossible, at my request to alter the gown into basically a totally different dress and it came out beautiful. I also found her pricing to be a great deal less than other places I checked. The quality of work was superb and I was very happy with my gown on my Wedding day. Since then, I have recommended Brides to Be to several of my friends and was happy to hear that they too had a very good experience in both the shop and the seamstress. Most recently, I heard that one of my friends took their daughter for a prom dress in May of 2011 and was so happy with the alterations that he gave her a tip.

Pleasant enough, decently priced, though I was pulling my dress up half the night. 
 Bridesmaid dress was affordable though overpriced for a consignment shop