Celebration's Bridal

I got my dress here and absolutely loved it, as did all my wedding guests and, most importantly, my husband! I knew I wanted a dress by a certain designer, and after calling several local stores, I tried Celebrations, which is a little ways away from where I live. They didn't have the specific dress I was looking to try on, but the sales associate was so nice and gave me so much information that I made an appointment, thinking someone that helpful would be able to guide me in the right direction. And she did! The second dress I tried on was EXACTLY what I was looking for, and I loved it from the moment I put it on at that first appointment to this day! She was even able to match my veil and headband perfectly, and the ordering process was smooth.The girls at Celebrations are all nice. My first sales consultant wasn't the only one I worked with, but the other girls were equally friendly and helpful. They were patient with me when I was running late for my appointment, and the alterations I received from their alterations lady were wonderful! I've never shopped for wedding dresses and that was the first place I went, so I can't say if their prices were reasonable or outrageous, but I was DEFINITELY a bride on a budget, and I managed to swing the dress, headband, veil, petticoat, alterations, and an additional steaming with no problem.The only issue I had was when they wrote down an appointment for me incorrectly and called me to see why I wasn't there, and in doing so, they didn't have down an appointment I HAD made. The issue got fixed without trouble; I was just worried that they may have tried to charge me a storage fee for their mistake, but they didn't! Great experience with them, beautiful dress altered just the way I wanted...I would recommend them to a future bride!

In all honesty. I don't know where to start for improvements with Celebrations. The salon is beautiful and their selection is slightly above average. Two good qualities they have over lets say, Davids Bridal, but isn't that why you spend the big dollars for a unique dress? The alterations are so expensive, with the service of a rookie. The manager and owner's attitudes are apathetic at best. They do not make courtesy calls when they make mistakes. To put my experience quite simply: You'll be treated like a queen until they get your money. It is a really sad thing. Buying my dress was the worst experience of the whole wedding planning process.

This is a cute boutique to choose your bridal gown from, and my consultant ANDY was terriffic!!! She was so great and patient, and helpful in making minor changes to my gown. HOWEVER, when it came to the bustle/alterations, I would recommend going somewhere else, even though it is cheaper at Celebrations. I changes the direction of my bustle, so it needed to be placed a bit higher than normal, that seemed like quite the imposition the seamstress there. ALSO, on my wedding day I ended up holding my train b/c it was still dragging on the ground when I was dancing!!! Great store selections, not the best for having it altered or bustled!!!

After several trips to different salons, I drove down to New Braunfels to Celebrations Bridal. My friend bought her dress there about 6 years ago and recommended it. I met with Andy and she was FANTASTIC. I was really impressed with how many dresses they had and in several sizes. She was very patient with me and helped me pick my perfect dress without giving too much of her personal opinion. The dress arrived exactly when they told me it would and they were able to do my fitting right away. I was VERY happy with my experience there.

At first was really happy with the shop. I paid an extra $125 to have my dress shipped quickly. I was told six weeks. 12 weeks later I had a dress. I only had 8 days before my wedding. They could not do the alterations that quickly. I had to find another shop to do the alterations. When I went to pick up the dress the girls were not as friendly as they were when I purchased the dress. I don't know if it is because I called every week wondering where my dress was or they just now had the money so they don't need to be friendly. I still love my dress and doubt I could find it for the same price anywhere else but I am unhappy with the customer service.I was told many times it was not their fault the dress was taking so long. It was because I had made customizations. It was the designer. Well, I only made those because I was told that they were no big deal. For all the stress not having a dress until 8 days before my wedding caused I would probably have not bought that dress. I would have probably continue to try on dresses. I also did not consider the fact that it take 3 hours total to get there from Austin. For all the fittings, etc you will have to do probably not work the great price. You will spend it in gas.

Celebrations Bride is an adorable little boutique type store in New Braunfels. They have SO many designers and dresses to choose from. I went to Celebrations first and worked with Leslie, and it was a blast! Since that was the first dress store I went to, I wanted to shop around more. I went to David's Bridal, and a few other top wedding dress stores, and they were NOTHING compared to Celebrations. All of the other stores just had really standard cheaply made dresses. My husband says the other stores were the "Wal-Mart" of wedding dress stores, haha! The prices at Celebrations are fantastic! I bought my AMAZING all satin and beaded gown for $650. And my crystal beaded veil for $90. If you haven't checked it out.....you should try it! You won't be disappointed!~Brittany Jeanes

Celebrations Bride is an adorable little boutique type store in New Braunfels. They have SO many designers and dresses to choose from. We went to Celebrations first and worked with Leslie, and it was a blast! Bridesmaids dresses were beautiful!

I have mixed reviews for this one. The salon is superb, newly renovated. They have a large circular room in the back to browse gowns with privacy, and have good service while you're there. Their gowns are amazingly priced for the quality. I got my Mon Cheri Destinations gown for $466 with tax! And it was beautiful, and much better quality than a more pricey dress from a chain store. And my dress only took 2 weeks to arrive after ordering! Here's where it gets bad. As a long-distance bride, I can only make it to my wedding destination on weekends, maybe once a month. My first fitting went well, but subsequent fittings left much to be desired. When I arrived in San Marcos to take my wedding portraits, I tried on my finished dress the night before (which my mom had picked up from the salon in advance). When I put it on it was 4 INCHES too short! I looked like a third-grader grown out of her Sunday dress! I had to cancel my portrait session, and run over to the salon and demand they fix whatever they did to it. Turns out the main staff is competent, but the girls they hire come in and out so quickly that they never become competent at all. One of the girls was inattentive when pressing my dress, and didn't realize that you press lace the OPPOSITE way for every other fabric, so instead of stretching the gown "in" and "down" it went "wide" and "up", which accounted for the horrible fit. Well, after pressing the length was fine, but the bustle was off and the hem frayed. We asked to get these fixed and left, with no offer of reparations for our trouble or canceled photo session. After picking the gown up for our second try at the bridal session, the length was fine and hem fixed, but the bustle was still off and there was a black pen mark near the bottom at the back (probably for bustle placement). We didn't want to go through the trouble again (now 2-weeks out from the wedding) so I just fixed the bustle myself and we ignored the pen mark. So, I would definitely recommend this salon for the purchase of your gown, but for your own sanity get it fitted somewhere else! Customer service was horrendous.

The overall experience was so-so. I started with one consultant who was great and then she left. The second consultant who helped us was just o.k. I scheduled an appointment with her 3 weeks ahead of time for the bridesmaids to try on dresses. She assured me at that time that she would be there to help and consult. We arrived for the appointment and she was unable to help us the entire time. She spent her time with a new customer who had come in and didn't even say goodbye to us when we left. I was left to my own devices to find dresses for the bridesmaids.