Does anyone have any experience with alterations at Macy's Bridal Salon??

Re: Does anyone have any experience with alterations at Macy's Bridal Salon??

• Love is Bald

  

  November 2010 edited December 2011

  Its standard at every bridal shop that if you take the dress elsewhere to get alterations, they cannot be held responsible for what happens to the dress. At HOB, i was quoted $320 for unlimited alterations. At the place I bought my dress they quoted me $225. I had an okay experience at Macys. The consultant was very pushy, but other than that it was nice. I ended up getting my dress at a different place ultimately.

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• MISSCOURTNEY20 member

  

  November 2010 edited December 2011

  How would Macy's know that you took it somewhere else to get estimates? I am pretty sure Macy's will be expensive and it's gonna take a lot of work to take the dress in. Good Luck!

  And the whole time, my future husband was in the room......

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• MopsieB member

  

  November 2010 edited December 2011

  They know because they keep the dress at the store after you buy it if you intend to have your dress altered there. In other words, you can take it home with you after you buy it, but you cannot bring it back to them after you've checked estimates elsewhere. I feel kind of stuck because I don't feel like schlepping around a beautiful, expensive dress for alterations. My sister-in-law had a good experience with alterations there, but that was 11 years ago, when it was still Marshall Field's. (As it is, it's not really Macy's but Demetrios Group that runs the bridal salon)...Here are their rules: http://www.macys.com/media/bridal/infoguide.pdf
  
  Anyway, I'm just soliciting people's experiences there or in general...

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• mbf124

  

  November 2010 edited December 2011

  I would never do alts at the place where I bought my dress.  Get it done by an outside seamstress and you'll save yourself a ton of money and probably have a better experience overall. 

  
  

  I used Cori with Stitch of Bliss. www.stitchofbliss.com  She comes to you no matter where you live in the Chicago area, so it's really convenient.  Prices are under $200 for the most part.  

  

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• aperitisa

  

  November 2010 edited December 2011

  In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/local-wedding-boards_illinois-chicago_anyone-experience-alterations-macys-bridal-salon?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Local%20Wedding%20BoardsForum:72Discussion:402329de-29f1-40ec-9e3c-5835e95e5938Post:dc081092-4a25-4f5d-8fb4-d7786f89310d">Re: Does anyone have any experience with alterations at Macy's Bridal Salon??</a>:
  [QUOTE]I would never do alts at the place where I bought my dress.  <strong>Get it done by an outside seamstress and you'll save yourself a ton of money and probably have a better experience overall.</strong>  I used Cori with Stitch of Bliss. <a href="http://www.stitchofbliss.com" rel="nofollow">www.stitchofbliss.com</a>  She comes to you no matter where you live in the Chicago area, so it's really convenient.  Prices are under $200 for the most part.  
  Posted by mbf124[/QUOTE]
  Ditto. 

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