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BEWARE dress shopping on LI!

Ok ladies I have to post my experience because I don't want anyone to go through what I dealt with today. I decided to go to Bridal Suite of Centereach today since I heard they have a large selection of plus size gowns and I'm a plus sized girl. DO NOT GO THERE!!!!!! Plus sized brides BEWARE. I asked to use the restroom prior to my appt and my moh was waiting outside the restroom which happens to be very close to the workers breakroom. The receptionist walked into the back, unaware that my moh had followed and was standing by the door waiting for me and said to the saleswomen "Your 12 oclock is here. And she's fat." OMG!! I wear a size 14 street clothes and last I checked the avg size women wore a size 12. My moh was floored. I came out of the bathroom to the saleswomen apologizing to my moh and my moh just looked PISSED which is so not like her. It took them a few minutes to finally tell me what had happened and I asked to see the women who had made the comment. She REFUSED to come out from the breakroom. At that point I told them I was sorry but had to leave because I was obviously not comfortable trying on dresses there. What a horrible thing to say, and what a negative way to start an appt. She told us she had a plus size bride earlier in the day who didn't like ANYTHING she had shown her. Um so? Not my problem and I'm not the same bride. There was no excuse for their behavior and short of making me cry (once back in the car of course) what had they accomplished? Venting because they obviously dislike their jobs? Not someone or someplace I want selling me my dress for my special day. On a brighter note, I went to Helens right after and had an amazing experience! Liz was awesome and all the ladies were SO supportive and phenomenal. I'm going back with my mom in a few weeks to show her the dress I fell in love with. 

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  • That is horrible, glad you walked out and they lost business. Oh btw I don't consider you fat or plus size in anyway.
  • edited August 2012
    OMG I am so sorry that happened to you!!! That's just disgusting. 
    If you still are looking, I used and had an awesome experience in Dix Hills/Huntington, Bridal Elegance.  They are awesome and do all alterations in house, the owner is Phyllis and I just love her.
    Another bridal shop had ordered my dress in January, it came in three weeks late at the end of july (my wedding is Aug 25) and they ORDERED THE WRONG DRESS!!! They said it was Casablanca's fault but there I was with no dress less than a month before my wedding.  I went straight over to Bridal Elegance to start the search over again, they found me a dress I love even more, ordered it from California, got it in less than a week and I pick it up Tuesday, all they had to finish was the hem and bustle.  Phyllis even called the other shop and got a full refund for me!  I can't recommend them enough.
    Also, they carry plus size there.
    Edited to add: not that I consider size 14 plus, just that bridal runs way small I am 8 or 10 bottom, 38D on top and I need plus size bridal, size 18 to accommodate my bust).
  • that's awful. i'm sorry that happened to you! no matter what size you are you never want to hear anything negative when you go to try on dresses. we're all under enough pressure when we have to plan all of this. that's just horrible. i'm glad you left and found somewhere you love.
    when i got my dress i was a size 6 in street clothes and my dress was a size 10.  didn't do anything for the ego LOL they should make them LARGER than street clothes.

     

  • So sorry that you had to go through that experience! So happy that you found another place and fell in love with the dress! Best of luck to you! Smile

     

  • In Response to Re:BEWARE dress shopping on LI!:[QUOTE]that's awful. i'm sorry that happened to you! no matter what size you are you never want to hear anything negative when you go to try on dresses. we're all under enough pressure when we have to plan all of this. that's just horrible. i'm glad you left and found somewhere you love.when i got my dress i was a size 6 in street clothes and my dress was a size 10.nbsp; didn't do anything for the ego LOL they should make them LARGER than street clothes. Posted by alithebride[/QUOTE]

    Dresses are always way bigger than what your clothes size is. Im very small in real clothes and Im huge in dresses... That's bc of all the vanity sizing probably.
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  • That is horrible.  If you haven't already found your gown try angel bridals in East Islip that's where I got my gown they're not as big as bridal suite but they are wonderful, preofessional women.  They make you feel totally comfortable. 
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