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Horrible! We drove a few hours to go there. The old lady was suppose to be my "consultant". She didn't help us with anything. She didn't pick anything out. Left the curtain open when I was trying to change. Didn't help me change into any of the gowns. Horrible service. I only got my dress there because I couldn't find the dress anywhere else. They said it would get there in October (6 months from ordering it). Then they told me December 3rd. It didn't get there until a few days before Christmas. They were rude. They wouldn't return phone calls. They wouldn't help fix the issue or make it right. The BBB was contacted and they wouldn't respond to the BBB. I have documentation from the BBB that they are negatively dinging them because of their lack of communication and follow through. I got my bridesmaid dresses else where even though they sold the dress. I wouldn't recommend this place to anyone. Go anywhere else but here! Assistant manager is nice, but doesn't have a clue about what goes on and the actual manager has no idea either. Staff is terrible at the business and doesn't know their store.
If I could give this place 0 stars I would. This business should be closed down for their lack of honesty, reliability and fraudulent actions.
I was having the hardest time trying to decide between 2 different Casablanca dresses. I liked the top of one dress and the bottom of another dress. With that being said, Jen the sales associate (*side note - please don't buy her empty words and fake kindness) assured me that Casablanca could customize any dress and would definitely be able to combine the 2 dresses to make "THE PERFECT DRESS." After seeing the two dresses together (we arranged them on the floor to get an idea of what the final product would look like) I had that wonderful "this is the dress" moment! I agreed to pay upfront for the more expensive of the 2 dresses and pay an additional fee for all the customizations once the dress was in. I had tried on both sample dresses, which were size 14, and neither fit. After being measured I tried on a 16 and it fit perfectly! Jen, however, wanted me to order an 18 and when I disagreed she patted me on the back and told me to lose 15lbs before the dress arrived (WONDERFUL way to speak to your paying customers). With the nasty comment aside I went ahead and ordered the beautiful custom, size 16, dress! I was told the dress would arrive December 2nd. I was a little nervous with my wedding being on January 28th and the holidays right in between, so I offered to pay extra for it to be rushed. Jen assured me that it wasn't necessary and they would definitely have it by December 2nd. Being naive, I ate up every word that this sales associate had to say.
Let's cut to December 22nd, still no dress, numerous calls into the store and very frustrated. THE REVIEWS BELOW ARE TRUE - they do not answer certain calls if they begin to recognize your number (I eventually saw this happen while I was in the store) and if you do finally speak with someone they say they can not help you and you will need to speak with the owner Jane (quite possibly the worst person in the wedding industry EVER). FINALLY, on December 23rd I received a call from Jane who told me my dress would be arriving the following Wednesday (December 28 - 26 days later than I was promised).
Now here comes the good part! I go and pick up the dress and it is COMPLETELY wrong. I will start with the fact that the dress itself is not custom made, it is all completely 1 style (not the 2 styles combined). Okay so if getting the wrong dress isn't bad enough, the dress is filthy dirty at the bottom (unless they are now making brown colored lace trim), the satin on the top is snagged and pulled with the stitching literally falling out and there is make-up on the inside and sweat marks on the outside. For the price I paid, I was at least hoping for a clean dress! If that wasn’t bad enough, the dress itself zipped but was very VERY tight. Now, you may be thinking I gained weight…BUT funny enough I took Jens advice and lost 15lbs and then some… 16.4lbs total to be exact ☺ So one might ask how a dress fits you when you are 16.4lbs heavier and then barely fits when you 16.4lbs lighter? Well the answer is plain and simple; Bridal Mansion literally CUT a size 16 tag out of another dress and GLUED it into the dress they gave me (you would think they would try and do a better job of hiding their handy work). By the way, the dress size that they cut out of this dress was a size 14. YEP you guessed it! They packaged up the sample dress I tried on back in July and tried to play it off like it was a custom dress I ordered FRAUD FRAUD FRAUD!! When this was brought to their attention all the store did was offer to have their seamstress put together THE OTHER size 14 sample dress with the current sample dress I had and STILL charge me for it.
For all you ladies out there that think that this could not happen to you, PLEASE PLEASE take this seriously. I ignored the reviews and I was naive and thought people that complained were just fussy and could not be pleased, but I promise you this is not the case. This company has done this before and they have shown me that they are not afraid to do this again. This has been a total nightmare and not one that I wanted to have 24 days before my wedding.
I could give this store 0 stars I would. I ordered my bridesmaid dresses here in January and was told they might not be in on time for my July 9 wedding. I told both Jane, the owner, and the girl who handled the order that I was completely willing to pay for rush shipping, although I was pretty concerned that a bridesmaid dress order would take over 6 months. Never the less I was willing to pay an extra $25 for each of my 6 bridesmaids so I could have peace of mind. Well, Jane, the owner, assured me once the order was placed that I wouldn't need to pay for rush shipping, that the dresses would certainly be in by mid to late May. I was confused regarding the conflicting opinions, but thought surely the owner would know best. After all, she had been in the business and I felt I needed to not be so controlling and just let it go. Around the last week of May, when I hadn't heard anything from Bridal Mansion, I tried to call the store to see what the status of our order was. The same girl who said I should do rush shipping answered my call and told me that the estimated ship date was June 17 and that shipping would take 10-12 business days. This would have put the dresses arriving at the latest by a week before my wedding. With 2 bridesmaids postpartum, one pregnant and 2 out of town, I was extremely concerned with the tardiness of the arrival of our dresses. I expressed to Jane my problem with the situation and she basically laughed it off. She completely dismissed my concerns, but promised me she would try to work something out so the dresses would be in by June 10th. When the dresses didn't arrive then, I think she started to panic. Six dresses arrived 8 days later, however 2 of the 6 dresses were wrong sizes. Jane and her staff tried to lie their way out of the problem saying that the girls ordered those sizes. Luckily, my bridesmaids all saved their receipts. It was during this mess that I called, Jane answered, I asked to speak to Jane, and she asked who was calling, when I told her, she said, "hold on one second, let me get her." It was this kind of ridiculous, immature, and unorganized kind of behavior that makes me think someone of her nature should not be in the wedding business. I would strongly recommend to stay away from Bridal Mansion of Lisle. The owner is irresponsible and horrible to work with. Yes, we received our dresses and I suppose I could say all is well that ends well, but during a highly stressful time of planning a wedding, do yourself a favor and order dresses from a shop that is organized, reliable - not Bridal Mansion.
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