DeMario Bridal and Formal Reviews
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4.3 out of 5 rating
4.3 out of 5 rating
10 Reviews
85% recommend it
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User989485 Sent on 10/25/2012Becca was super helpful but comes off kind of... arrogant? I'm snot sure what the word is i'm looking for. You can tell she really knows her stuff. She will give you an honest option. I other staff is much nicer and friendlier but not as knowledgeable as Becca.
There was one thing that happened that was weird. Becca(the owner) had told me that they don't have a seamstress on site so you have to find someone else to alter my wedding dress, however, if you get any other sales lady other than Becca they will say they do have someone on site to alter a dress. It doesn't make sense?! Whey are some people recommending her while Becca does not. -
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Darilyn Sent on 08/31/2010Great small boutique to use for bridal gowns and bridesmaid dresses. They offer a military discount if you ask for one and are willing to work around tight work schedules and/or out of town participants in your wedding. -
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Doug Sent on 07/06/2010The process of picking out a wedding dress is one of the most important things that a bride will ever go through. There are so many factors that go into picking out a dress. I had visited many different bridal stores (everything from the large David's Bridal to the little bridal boutiques). When recommended by a friend to look at DeMario, I went for it. I met with a lady named Becca- who was great, and I have not one bad word for her. She helped me look though dresses that met the "style" I was looking for. She gave you that one on one attention that every bride wants and deserves. I was able to narrow down my dress selection to two. The next day I went in with my mom to see if she "approved" of either dress. We found the one! It was great because they had a coupon to recieve 50 dollars off (which is always nice!) and recieve 10% off the bridesmaids outfits. A full service bridal salon- everything all taken care of there. All seemed great.
After paying the 50% of my dress to have it ordered, things seemed to go, well not so great. I got a phone call a few days later telling me that my dress would not be in on time for the wedding, so they have to charge me a late fee. You would think that when paying for half of your dress, you would have been told that there would be a late fee. Ok, so I had to just get over it... I needed a dress and this one was wonderful!
So, I found my bridesmaids dresses here as well. Nightmare. They gave me a date in which the dresses needed to be ordered by. I got all the meaurements from my bridesmaids (some of which were done there). Called to order the dresses... in reviewing the order, someone had written down chocolate and ivory dresses, when in fact they were to be black and ivory. Good thing to review ALL orders. We were able to change that before eny order was made. We made the order for the dresses. A few days later, same phone call, dresses need to be "rushed". Well, late fee times 4 is a little bit of money to be paying out.
So, admist all of this, the worst. I get a phone call that they are shutting down their doors and that I have to pick up my dress. This was not good! What about my fittings, the steaming... and my bridemaids dresses. This is not something that a bride wants to hear durning all the comotion of planning a wedding. I guess there were some issues with the salon and I was there durning it all. Well... they never shut their doors... anyway.....
I was able to pick up my dress about three weeks before the wedding, which was great to finally have in hand. When I took the dress out of the bag at home, it was a wrinkled mess! My mom's comment was great- "I would not even buy a dress that wrinkled from Kohl's like that!"
I was very frustrated that an expensive dress was not presented "nicer". Luckily, I was a true fit to my dress, and did not need any alterations, which the shop was unable to provide.
Back to the bridesmaids. Two of my BMs were local and able to be measured at DeMario. Both of their dresses were large. My sister took hers to a family friend to get altered, and another was able to somehow get hers altered at DeMario- guess they got someone to do alterations. When this bridesmaid went to have her fitting, they were amazed at how large the dress was, and charged her more for alterations because they had to take so much in. Remind you, she was meausred at this store...
All four BMs had to get their dresses taken in. All the dresses were way too long. Just more to deal with while planning a wedding.
They told me to bring in my dress to be steamed, after my mom called. I took it in, and had a date arranged. Well, like most brides, you think you can do a ton of stuff the week of the wedding, but you can not do everything. I needed the dress to be steamed ealier. I called and arranged for it to be changed- everything seemed fine, until I called to go pick it up- it was not steamed...
There is more, but overall, I do not recommend this place. Like I stated, Becca was great, and she gave the attention I needed. I did not care for some of the other women who worked there. They seemed very selfish and rude to be direct.
