Ok so I am awake and bored and decided to those of you who have not gone adventurous dress shopping yet.. this is reviews of the ones on miracle mile! That I have hit so far!! I copied it from work so somehow the type is smaller..
I still have yet to find my dress... but coming closer.. and then final decisions with my mom and sister when they come to visit in Januray..
J del Orno
So I walked in during lunch without an appointment just to see if they had a style of Justin Alexander in the store. They didn’t and I was offered to be shown other dresses.. Ok fine.. then I am trying on dresses.. ok well whatever I was there. The sales woman was nice enough, not particularly friendly but not rude or pushy, just not warm. So after I go back to the front and ask if they can see if they can get the style so I can try it on, Sure, they will see and let me know and call me. Still haven’t gotten a phone call which is fine, I’ve moved on from the dress. The saleswoman was like next time make an appointment. I was like I didn’t ask to try on dresses!! And I did get a little card in the mail which was nice but again “don’t forget to make and appointment” funny. So I may be going back just to see other dresses since it was my first time trying on dresses.
Chic Parisian
Ahh loved this store. Beautiful dressing rooms, friendly staff (mine were anyway). They were having a trunk show so I basically only tried on the one designer. I did ask at the end about another one and the woman brought me the dress and I got to try it on, after I had already told her I was not going to buy a dress today.. The dresses were gorgeous anyway. I was told that I could leave a deposit to hold one dress I loved and then use it towards another dress if I came back and decided against it so I would be able to get 10% off because of the trunk show. Not said in a pushy way but it was good to know. I would go back if I want to spend more than my budget on a dress.. but for now, on to the next
Coral Gables Bridal
So my MOH and I walked into the store on a Saturday without an appointment and the woman to greet us mumbled something and walked away.. again I know it was a Saturday and I didn’t have an appointment, didn’t expect to try anything on. The girl she brought out was not very helpful in the picking of dresses but was cute and tried to help with some decisions after I had the ones I wanted to try on. I did not feel pressured at all to purchase something right at that moment. I found two dresses that I liked and she helped me try each one on like 3 times. Beside wanted to know my whole life story it was an ok experience.. I would def go back with my mom and my sister.
Merlili
Ahhh Merlili.. do not know where to start with this one. I’m sorry to offend anyone.. but their selection of dresses was horrible looked like I stepped into a 1980’s beauty pageant store. The woman was not at all helpful, not rude but not helpful. The dressing room is in the back like part of the storage and dirty. She could only find one clip and keep in mind the dress sizes are about 6x too big for me, one clip is not going to do it! I would not go back.
Davids Bridal
Again I don’t want to offend anyone but run as far as you can. The one in Coral Gables is a disaster. I just wanted to look at flower girl dresses. I was thrown a catalog and then told I had to sign in. I stood around for like ten minutes as a woman ran around not even acknowledging us, so I walked to the flower girl dresses saw one I liked and later emailed my sister. If I must go back I will just keep in mind to walk past the woman at the front desk.
Bellissima
Loved this store, again I had no appointment. I went in spur of the moment during lunch. It’s bad when you work near there! So the sales woman was so helpful in picking out dresses and getting to figure out what I wanted. I loved two, which were so different. I told her I would not be making a purchase until Jan when my mom and sister come and she was fine. I asked if I could bring my friend on Saturday to show her and she set up an appointment for me. All of the staff were super helpful and friendly. Will def be going back.
And next weekend Daisy Tarsi!!