David's Bridal (Burbank, CA)

I never thought I would enter a david's bridal, let alone purchase my dress there. I'm no longer a hater. It ended up being a great place. I was in the store for about 20 minutes and the first dress I tried on was the one I purchased. You should definitely ask about their sales. I could have waited a little longer for the price to go down by 20%. I'm not complaining though since it was only $375.

Many people complimented it and were surprised that it was from david's bridal. Several people thought the dress was around $1000.

The staff here was very friendly and helpful...my saleslady asked questions and seemed genuinely interested in helping me find what I was looking for. However, in the end, I did not end up buying my dress here. While the prices are great...I also believe you get what you pay for. The fabrics looked and felt cheap and there is just that "assembly line" feel in the place. Not to mention ever since I went there I am mysteriously getting a ton of unsolicited phone calls from bridal vendors attached to David's. Ugh.

I never thought I would buy my dress from David's Bridal. After looking at a few high end salons, my mom suggested we go to David's Bridal. We went in on a Sunday afternoon and I called ahead about an hour in advance to see if they could take me in, and they were able to.

The sales gal Mary was super helpful. I ended up finding a duplicate of a dress I had seen at a high end salon. It was also on sale that day, so I ended up buying the dress. They told me it would be take 6 months to come in.

My dress actually came in within 4 months. However, when I went to pick up my dress I wanted to try it on to make sure everything fit. They weren't very helpful. No one wanted to help me put on this dress. Secondly, they dont steam your dress for free. The dress was super wrinkled, and they didnt offer a garment bag.
Other than that, I loved my dress. I took it elsewhere to get altered because it was cheaper.

Beware they will call you for a few months after you purchase something there to try and get you to buy more things. i.e. bridesmaid dresses

Yes I got my dress from David's Bridal. Didnt think I would. Went there just to look around and actually found a dress I loved for a a very low price. I got it in about 2 months. The staff was very attentive and helpful. So good experience all the way around. I am surprised because I have read so many bad reviews about them. Guess I got lucky.

I got my bridesmaids' dresses from the Burbank location. One BM and I went on a particularly busy Sunday afternoon with no appointment...but since we were just there to size a dress we'd already picked out, they let us hop into a room and get it done without waiting for hours. The dresses were scheduled to come in 2 months, and they came in one month. I had nothing but a fabulous experience with the Burbank store for BM dresses.

My mom suggested we look at David's Bridal for my wedding dress and I moaned a little. "Davids Bridal? Soooo tacky!!" But she said it can't hurt to look, "you never know". I decided to listen. You know what? It wasn't nearly as bad as I had imagined. The Burbank store is HUGE and new and nice. The sales associates were very helpful and had me flip through their catalog and tag the dresses I liked. This was a very easy way to weed out the "uber tackies" as I like to call them and actually find some pretty stylish dresses. Then my consultant, Laura, brought the dresses I flagged out, helped me get into them and clipped them for me. She didn't rush me, was not pushy, and even let me take pictures. She also was very knowledgeable about the dresses. In the end I found two I liked, and though neither is "the one" I am now convinced you can find a decent dress there, and the prices, for the most part, are pretty reasonable!

I will say though, that after trying on dresses at La Soie in Torrance, I can totally see how David's Bridal dresses are not quite of "top quality" when it comes to fabrics. lace and bead work, and construction/cut. Plus on of my favorite dresses at Davids was $800, and I found a much much better dress at La Soie for $1050. Personally, I'd shell out the $250 extra for a top quality designer dress... But to each her own.

I tried on gowns from about 4 various shops, including David's. The ease and simplicity of David's was one of the determining factors to purchasing my dress there, as well as a fantastic price. My gorgeous dress was only $550! One of the best parts about going with a dress from David's was that I could try on several styles while in California with my mom, then head back to Portland and model the top 2 options for a couple of girlfriends who helped to narrow it down. I was certainly not impressed with the other shops I checked out - their prices were way out of my budget, and some of their dresses had obviously been tried on by hundreds of young women for many years.

My wife went to David's Bridal in Burbank and came home with a beautiful dress after 1 day of trying on dresses, and she looked beautiful in her dress and nobody would have known where she got it. It was a great price, and the people there were very nice and helpful. She was very happy with her dress, even though it did not cost a fortune. We would recommend it to anyone.

I only went to David's Bridal because I was at the nearby IKEA and saw the store from the freeway. I thought why not, I had a seen a gown in a bridal mag from their Galina collection that I liked. Let me just say it is not the same high end experience that the fancy boutiques give you. It's more like a gown warehouse and many were pretty yucky.

However, I had a really funny and service oriented sales associate help me. We quickly found the gown I saw in the bridal mag and I picked out a few more super simple gowns. Four or five gowns in, I finally tried on THE GOWN. It is a heavy ivory satin strapless dress, with a slight sweetheart neck, trumpet skirt, and small train. I added a cummerbund style obi-sash in same ivory color as the gown. It fit perfectly and looked way more expensive than it was.

I bought it right there and then. I got the elegant, simple, and tasteful gown I was dreaming of at 1/10th the price I was prepared to pay. WOW!! I had been to a few fancy boutiques and tried dresses on. If you're looking for high design you won't find it at David's. But for a simple gown like mine, it was so similar in every dimension (fabric quality, fit, etc.) to other dresses I had tried on for 10-15x the price, I could not walk away.

Like many of the other brides I only stopped by David's Bridal on a lark and ended up buying my dress on that trip. I had visited 5 bridal shops before that, from a Vera Wang collection to discount designer dresses to a outlet of sorts.

I liked David's bridal the best because they really have everything and for a reasonable price (mine was only $400). They don't pressure you like other discount stores and the price (not including the expensive alterations) isn't in the thousands for a dress that ended up looking wonderful.

Also the salesperson that helped me actually picked out the dress I ended up buying saying I just had to try it (even though by description it was not at all what I was looking for), and once I tried it on I just told my bridesmaid... I think this is it.

I got alterations done here.. which I would suggest you go elsewhere if you have any recommendations. The first time I came to pick it up at the appointed time (you can only pick it up M, W, F) they said it was going to take another hour, however I stopped out at lunch to pick it up and so I had to reschedule the pick up. (If I didn't end up taking time off before the wedding this would have been a major hassle). Also I thought it was a bit expensive because the dress fit me perfectly I only needed a bustle and a hem and that cost almost $200. (I'm not sure how much it should cost but it seemed a bit high)

I really enjoyed the girl that helped me at David's Bridal. I had heard some horror stories about getting now help and bad attitude, but I didn't find that to be my experience. I got lots of special attention, and the wedding gown choices were numerous. They were professional and helpful. I could have used a little champagne during my visit though to spruce up the mood of the girls in my shopping party, but I guess that isn't their policy. oh well...a minor issue.

I can only pass on what I have heard for years. David's Bridal is your best choice for your wedding dress.

Tom Keene
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