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| - I came to Bridal Desires after a hellish experience at another bridal salon in Durham Region. We were actually at the other salon when one of my bridesmaids called Bridal Desires, told them that we were having a very poor experience and could they take us that afternoon? They readily accepted the appointment and my bridesmaid surprised me by telling me they'd found another place for us to go.
When we walked in, we were warmly greeted by the staff and they gave me a quick tour of the store while the girls and my mom looked around a bit. I was introduced to my consultant, Mandy, who showed my girls and my mom to our semi-private room, and then took me out onto the floor to discuss what I wanted. I will say, I definitely appreciated the semi private room. the only thing that didn't make it totally private was the lack of a door, but really, doesn't make a difference!! I felt like I had the store to myself and it was lovely to not have to be on parade for a bunch of strangers.
Mandy and I discussed my budget and the type of dress I was looking for (no lace, very sparkly, different and fit and flare style) and she showed me a few things to gauge what I liked and didn't like. She showed me back to the room and very politely told me 'we're going to get to know each other real well today! what size bra are you' and informed me that the strapless bra I was wearing wasn't going to be enough support for me (she was right). She got me fitted into a corset and then we started trying on dresses.
There are a ton of "best parts" of this visit:
1) Mandy did me up into every single dress - every single loop was done up and she actually put me INTO the dress and pulled them tight so I knew what I was getting into
2) She made sure I had a grand entrance with every single dress, she would pull back the curtains and ask my ladies "are you ready?!" and then I'd get to enter and get up on the pedestal
3) The pedestal is KEY, you need the extra height because the dresses are longer (I'm only 5'6") and it really helped to highlight the shape of the dress and how it would fall
4) She put me in a variety of dresses, even some I would have never considered trying. It was nice to see myself in something different than I'd envisioned and it made me realize how many options I had.
5) The rooms had dimmers, so when I came out in the super sparkly dresses, she dimmed the lights a bit so you could see how it would look at the reception. I loved this because it wasn't the standard florescent lighting and it helped to highlight the details of each dress
6) I didn't have to wait to be jacked up. Mandy immediately brought in belts and earrings and held them up so I could get a whole look. She also put my hair up with the first dress so that it was back from my face for every dress I tried on.
I found my dress that afternoon and purchased it on the spot. I can't say enough about how wonderful Bridal Desires was for my wedding dress. We returned a few months later to purchase my bridesmaids dresses and unfortunately, Mandy wasn't available. The other consultants were good but not as good as Mandy and I felt like they weren't as focused on us. However, my bridesmaids dresses turned out gorgeous and the girls were all happy too.
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