Love hearing from our brides. I thought I knew what the dress was for me, and my girlfriend and I set out to go find it. After stopping at several dress stores that did not have the dress (but tried on a 100 other ones anyway) I finally got in touch with Bowties and they said they had a sample in stock to try on! It was across town for me, but was well worth the trip. I arrived and Ivanna (the owner) greeted me and took me to the fitting room to try on the gown I requested. It wasnt what I thought it would be...just looked blah. I was so bummed. Ivanna asked if I was open to trying on a different style gown b/c she had the perfect dress in her store for me, and I said that I was so she left to go and find it. She brought in 3 additional gowns but told me I specifically had to try the one on she had in mind first. WOW WOW WOW! It was perfect! Just fit me beautifully, complimented my body, and of course, got the tears going. I felt that feeling that everyone says when they say, youll know when its the right one. How did Ivanna do it? I didnt want to just impulse buy, so I tried on some other gowns and then the winner one more time and still felt amazing in the dress. I wanted to sleep on it, so I left pretty certain I would be back to buy the gown. Sure enough, I thought about the dress non stop for 3 days before returning to buy it. Another lady was working in the store when I went back, and as I was buying it we realized the price on the website was different than the tag on the dress, so the lady gave me the lesser of the two prices. I got my dress for a steal...seriously. Turns out the lower of the two prices was the wholesale price! But since it was the stores error and not mine they graciously sold me the dress at wholesale price anyway. Because of that, they won me over. Not only did Ivanna just know what would look awesome on me, she runs a top notch service store. I ended up giving her all my bridal party business. We rented all our tuxes from there (and my husband got his rental for free) and we also purchased Bill Levkoff dresses for my bridesmaids there as well. Even though I got very lucky on the dress price, the dresses there are so reasonably priced it is not breaking the bank anyway. I see Say Yes To The Dress and the budgets people spend on their dresses make me cringe when I think about how good the prices are at Bowties for such dreamy dresses. When my dress came in, I felt it was just a little loose, but instead of charging me $100s of dollars for alterations, the alteration lady practically begged me to just wear the dress as is. She said she could pull it in, but it would be such intense work for such a small alteration that it really wasnt necessary and she wanted me to save my money b/c I wouldnt notice much of a difference. So she told me to just go enjoy myself and indulge to gain a few pounds...LOL...gain a few pounds! And I have to admit, it was kind of nice knowing I could enjoy all the festivities of the wedding week (all friends and family flew in a week early to enjoy more time with us in Vegas) and not be worried that I had to watch what I ate to squeeze into my dress. My best friend got married one week after me, and she also got the perfect gown at Bowties, as well as the bridesmaid dresses and tux rentals. She had alterations on her gown and they did an amazing job on them...she was such a beautiful bride in her extravagant gown. Everyone looked stunning on my wedding day...I couldnt have asked for a more magical day. Thank you Bowties for giving me such an awesome experience! I got married back in 2010, and I still get compliments on how gorgeous I looked in my dress. I look forward to the day my husband and I renew our vows so I can come back for a visit and get another dress from you guys!
Posted on: Sun, 14 Sep 2014 15:28:35 +0000
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