Beauty

This store is absolutely fantastic.

A fantastic waste of my time. They are rude and very oily. I was pressured to leave a deposit. Then I was told to sign a paper that I would not post negative comments on any blogs. I ran out of the store. I did my research. They get sample gowns and rarely deliver the goods they promise. When enough complaints come in they move to a new location and change the name of the shop. If they were reputable they would keep the same name. Look at the photo of the award on this website. It says Alexa Bridal. They had it made up at a trophy shop on Central Avenue. Then took a picture. They weren't smart enough to realize that it links them to their last rag shop. The owner is an ugly little troll, who cheats people.

MICHELLE MEARS
LEE
LENA
MICHELE GARRIOLA
MICHELINA GARRIOLA

SHE IS THE SAME PERSON AND SHE IS A COMPLETE CON ARTIST!
I PAID $1450 FOR A CUSTOM WEDDING GOWN! SHE GIVES HER BRIDES THE FLOOR SAMPLE!!!!! SHE WONT RETURN MY PHONE CALLS AND SHE WONT RETURN MY MONEY!!! SHES A LIAR! SHE IS SELLING PROM DRESSES WHICH MEANS SHE IS CONNING YOUNG GIRLS TOO!

I HAVE A WHOLE LOT MORE INFO ON HER AND I HAVE HER BEING INVESTIGATED... SHE CONNED THE WRONG BRIDE. ;D


JUST IN CASE YOU'RE NOT SURE WHO I AM TALKING ABOUT... THIS IS HER....
http://i43.tinypic.com/15zh9h3.jpg



******WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING******

MICHELLE MEARS HAS OPENED A NEW STORE IN THE BRONX!!!

Lily Fleur Bridal
3188 Philip Ave
Bronx, NY 10465
Phone: (347) 851-4591

and things have finally hit the fan! ch2 news as well as ch12 news has picked up the story and here it is! theres a video attached on the side showing Michelle lying through her teeth!

http://wcbstv.com/local/wedding.dress.lily.2.1828190.html#addComments


if you have been scammed, contact me at iheartjasmin@yahoo.com
and i will connect you to those who are helping me and other countless brides!

The only reason this place is getting 1 star is because I have to give it something. If you want your wedding to be an enjoyable, stress free time STAY FAR FAR AWAY FROM THIS PLACE. I honestly think their goal is to make your life miserable. Michelle or Lena (1 person, 2 names) must get a kick out of stressing people out. Then when you catch her in her lies she makes up something completely different to cover that lie up. If you get a contract...that doesn't matter, she does whatever she wants. She also has little tricks up her sleeve to steal money from you or try to pawn off a sample dress from the floor or a completely different dress to you. She is out of her mind. It's amazing that she's still in business. All of the horrible reviews are 100% true, no doubt in my mind. I totally believe that Lena...Michelle...whatever she's going by today or her little lacky writes the reviews that are positive. I was complaining to my friend about the situation and she freaked out because she had a similar HORRIBLE experience with Michelle/Lena when she had her store in Dobbs Ferry. BOTTOM LINE, STAY AWAY from this place. If i can spare one person the headache of dealing with My Belle Boutique MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!
Michelle, have your attorney contact me for slander. It's not slander if it's true. You are pathetic and I hope your "business" crumbles to the ground. You are a low life and you deserve EVERYTHING that you get. So funny how you only recall the so-called good experiences from your store but can't recollect any of the bad ones. Try running an honest business and you won't have to worry about bad reviews on the web.

This is a very bad store. Michelle who has owned alexa bridal and la belle coulture is a used car salesman. She sells dirty, stained, and smelly dresses.. This is her fourth store in four years. She must change the name and move when she cannot deliver your dress. She is the Bernie Madoff of bridal shops.
I cancelled my ordr after reading these horible reviews. I have emailed some of the reviewers and they all seem legitimete.
i am now being harrased for full payment. She takes your order and takes your money. She only is able to deliver half of the dresses that are ordered. After a year or two she pulls up stakes and moves to another location. This is a scam.
I am out my deposit. Boy did she pressure me for the while amount. I would rather be out my deposit than not have a dress for my wedding.
You will arrive at the shop one day and she will be closed.

this shop is fantastic, I could not believe all the dresses they carried and the items are beautiful and I do not have to shop online..they are priced right..I am getting married in December 09, and I will keep all posted as all is going great...

This site is odd as it had many good post that seem to be gone as I logged on to give my review, I have a positive post as I was just married in September and purchased a demetrios gown here for less than the city, I purchase my veil and 5 out of my 7 girls got there bridesmaids gowns here and loved the service. We and I had no issues at all and the seamtress I had Juliette did my dress perfectly. I think this is one of the nicest stores in Westchester and even if she owns a few shops that is good too.

Hello, well I can see why there are so many bad reviews by how these people have treated my fiance. She came to see Lee, and Idalia they were acctually very nice to her until she gave them payment for her gown.. then it has been like contacting ghosts.. My fiance would like to purchase shoes, a viel ... but they are pretty much ignoring her. I did tell her to just go to Davids Bridal and get a dress but I guess she just has to learn a 2 thousand dollar mistake. But you never know.. these people might pull threw for her but I absolutely doubt it. Go to the BridalShop.com in Mamaroneck, they have very skilled very accomidating people there.. And they are very honest people... She should have stuck with them!!! Unless you are buying the tester dresses available in the store in Yonkers.. I wouldn't suggest telling the people your acctual wedding date.. give them a date 4 months before your wedding so that you can go to Davids Bridal for a back up dress if it falls threw. Also, always pay by visa, or credit because if the product is damaged you can get your money back.
It is funny, when my fiance came to the store a girl was coming out of the store and to her " Run for your life.. this women rewind my wedding..." Lets see if My Belle is going to keep the ball rolling. So far it is not looking good

This store is the same as Le Bella Couture and Alexa Bridal... read those reviews, the woman is nuts. She just keeps moving stores and changing names to avoid her bad reputation.


UPDATE TO ALL THE "positive" POSTS:

Why would you keep changing the name of the store? YOu had a leak so you change the name of your store? Its funny how on the same day all these positive reviews came in. Guess Michelle or Lena or Lee or whatever name she is now using called up her 3 satisfied customers and had them write something nice, just like under Le Bella reviews all "good" things came in on the same day one after another. Call the Dobbs Ferry or Yonkers Police- they know all about her and dont even want to deal with her. The Dobbs ferry chamber of commerce told me they didnt want to involve themselves with Michelle because shes not in her right mind.
If you did have a good experience- consider yourself very very lucky and one of the very very few.

The only reason there is even one star is that Project Wedding forces you to put at least one!

This is hysterical! I cannot believe how many fake reviews are here regarding this bi-polar chicks "new" rag shop! Lina and her spellcheck needed group of bridal misfits need to just give it up already! RUN RUN RUN from this woman and her rag shop!! Keep posting the "real horror stories" because that's all you will encounter! I have proof to back up my story. I will take legal action against this thief!

Any post on here that is mispelled and "coincidentally" on the same days are obviously her attempts to make herself look good. Her reputation speaks for itself! Be warned! Do not use this shop! Do not believe her BS stories! She's moved three times in a years time for a reason LADIES WAKE UP!!! Does it even make sense that someone (Danielle828) would read these horror stories and STILL go to her shop??? If it doesn't make sense then it's not true!! Come on they spell the sidekick Idalia's name correctly!!! Seriously people read between the fake lines!

She just recently moved there and ALL of these recent posts got their dresses already??? Come on Lina you can try as hard as you want to make people believe this BS you've posted here. No one believes you. Hurry up and pack again and move because we're all on to you!

For those of you that have gotten robbed by this woman REPORT REPORT REPORT!!! If I can help at least one bride from making a mistake then it is worth it to me.

The horror stories aren't only here. They're all over the internet!

The fact is that many whom made allegations against Michele L Mears Garriola were deposed by her lawyer, this Kevin Duffy in Connecticut and my friend was suppeona for this story that was about Michelle Mears , and many people and companies, including media are now being sued for slander, libel and character assignation. My friend was frustrated and admitted to jumping in this riot, just to get out of dress contract. The story is that another bride made this whole story and that it was a vendetta by the same bride whom worked at the Bronx Reporter, and channel 2 and other family in the media. This same bride made a blog to contact all these people and got the senator involved as when, before he was a senator represented this bride in a lawsuit for personal injury, my friend is a paralegal and her boss and firm found this out. Many think she will get tens of thousands of dollars if not millions for this mess. Project Wedding and other media websites are also being pursued for this mess as well, as a forum to post, A A man named Chris has been contacted and refuses to cooperate in this mess and also will be held personally liable for damages.

Most of these good reviews are written by the store owner and her staff. Some of the bad reviews are multiple posts by people who have been cheated. The owner of this store has owned numerous other bridal shops. These other bridal shops folded up their tents when they couldn't deliver the products.
Don't take a chance. You may get what you want here but more likely you will get nothing or a sub par product.
Check out the other stores she has owned. Then check the Better Business Bureu. Go with a real and reputable bridal shop.

I was in the store on 7/24 when Michelle the owner read some of these reviews and she started ranting about the reviews. She was telling one of the other girls to make up a good review. She was totally unprofessional. I didn't know this site existed until that day. Kate 777 review was a complete fabrication. I since cancelled my order and will lose my deposit. It is a small price to make sure I have what I want on my wedding day.
Michelle has called me 10 times a day. She is threatening to take me to court and even threated to show up on my wedding day. I am filing a police report.
On my previous visits i was also treated poorly. My mother was called "cheap" and my fiancee was belittled. Stay far away from this shop.
By the way I found a beautiful dress at RK Bridal and the staff treated me with respect.

**UPDATE**
Michelle called me this morning and threatened to sue me for slander (sic). She is a desperate woman. I do not know how this boiler room operation stays open. I have reported her to the Federal Trade Commission for ripping the labels out of dresses. It is illegal. Here is the weblink. Paste it in your browers and file a complaint. https://www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov/
Update 2
I receved this email from a supporter:
Hi Lisa,
Its a good thing that you cancelled your order. I bought an eve of milady from Le Bella and Michelle actually tried to give me a used, damaged, smelly dress when I went to pick it up. The reason why you heard her ranting and raving about this website is because I mentioned to her that I read over 20 terrible reviews about her on here that same day. And she took my story and fabricated it that very same day. Good luck with your dress.

**Update** 8/6
Here is one of the emails I received from Michelle:

You are a troll, you obviously have nothing better to do than to talk about me
thank you for the article
as you will be harrassed

the site contacted me and gave me your ip address
so I will own your home
your finance it stunned at how sick you are

This crazy lady has moved her rag shop to a new location and a new name:
Alexa Bridal and Rag Shop
1900 Central Avenue
Yonkers NY 10710

Stay away

Michele Mears is very scared of these reviews. This woman constantly harrasses me. She can't afford a lawyer and she is scared to go to court. At this point My Belle Boutique is a criminal enterprise. Call the NY State Department of Taxation and report her.

Please do not believe ANY of the positive reviews abot La Bella in Dobbs Ferry, Alexa Brida in Yonkers or this place My Belle Boutique in Yonkers NY.

They are all owned and operated by Michelle Mears who wants nothing more than your money, NOT, your happiness for your wedding day. Con artist from one of the baddest batches I have ever come across

After reading all the reviews (only pay attention to the negative one's as I am 100% sure Michelle made up the positive ones herself) I feel lucky to have gotten my dresses and bridesmaids dresses, 4 days before my wedding.

This woman really needs help as what she does really isn't right.

This woman is the very definition of a SCAM ARTIST. She opens shop, takes your money and then before you get the dress you ordered, she closes up shop and literally takes off WITH YOUR MONEY. SHE IS A CON ARTIST. My friend ordered all of her bridesmaids dresses and mothers' dresses from this woman who was operating under My Belle Boutique and then (a month before the wedding) she became unreachable. When they went to the shopfront it was closed up and the woman was just gone. Then we find out that she cares enough to make her employees post fake good reviews on these kind of sites.. PLEASE Do not give this woman your money. As for my friend's case - the authorities have been notified along with other media outlets. It is disgusting that this woman is she able to operate a storefront. Again I warn you - she will take your money and RUN!

Same owner, same scam store. You can change the name but you can't change the fact that this woman's mission in life is to ruin your wedding. Michele Mears is a thief and a liar and she has to keep moving and changing the name of the store in a pathetic effort to escape the TONS of negative publicity she's had from angry brides and grooms. I'm a victim of her terrible business model - after I signed a contract I never heard from her again until I threatened a lawsuit, and I eventually had to get a dress somewhere else 3 weeks before the wedding because she never ordered mine. She called the police on me. I was afraid she would show up to my wedding, and I'm not even kidding. THIS is the kind of person she is. Search for "Le Bella Coutre" and "Alexa Bridal" on this website and read the stories. Then look up the stores on Yahoo! reviews. What she does is despicable, she belongs in a jail cell.

I purchased one of her designs for my 7/7/7 wedding. I had no issues with this vendor, I know she moved because my brother worked in the same area of the first store and understood it was sold or picked up a partner. My co-worker's sister purchased a dress from the new store and she said she did not have any problems either. She said that Michelle had to get the business back as she was not paid. I guess you only hear the bad and not the good. Based on my experience I would try it if you want things that are unique and not have to go into the city and pay for parking.

I had such a good experience at my belle, that invited Michelina to my wedding..my gown, bridesmaids, mothers and flowergirls and all accessories were done here. See my photos
word of advice:
Treat people the way you would want to be treated.
Michele has a phase she always uses and why the store is not locked up like fort knox, you can touch and feel everything there, this is the only and one time you can do this
Michele's phase is this" People are basically good, give them your best and trust them and they in return will give you there best
I know this is true and all my vendors came thru for me

on the BBB she has an A plus rating and it shows that the negative post given are beyond bull. go and see for yourself

I am glad I found my Amy Michelson gown there, I purchased her new stock piece at a great price, I customized it with a brooch, allmy brideamaids were by bari jay and there were shortened and all matched in length, my veil and bustle were custom and my headpeice borrowed. I loved the way my day turned out and I am happy we my bell ad that I trusted them
I pictures speak volumes

www.wpajamaica.com/danaly-alan/

I recently got married on June 12, 2008 in Maui, Hawaii. I purchased my dress from them and it was absolutely perfect. I went to her about 3 months before my wedding and found a beautiful dress. She ordered and it came about 1 1/2 weeks before my wedding. I knew it would some in late because I ordered it late. I knew they were extremely busy and she told me to come for my fitting after hours. She spent about 4 hours helping me find the right veil, accessories and undergarments. She even helped me find a perfect bolero that would match my dress and cover my tattoo. Leah had to do major reconstruction to the dress because I lost two dress sizes in the time period. Everything came together beautifully. It was definitely a time crunch but we made it. You can view pictures of my dress on my photographers website at http://marbelle.com/PublishedWeddingBook02.htm.




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10/16/2008