David’s Bridal

Terrible service from the start! The store is unorganized and the staff, well there just aren’t any kind words for that. After waiting about 10 minutes I was finally assisted, the lady grabs two dresses off the rack and says «you can try these one, one is smaller and the other larger and we can go from there». It seemed pretty standard so I went with it. She brought me to the dressing room and pointed to the front dress saying, «this one is the smaller one.» I put it on and it fell right off so I looked at the tag… SIZE 18. I know I am curvy but DAMN… I am no size 18. I looked at the other dress she brought SIZE 20! I almost started to cry. When people look at me do they think I am that fat? Incase you are reading this and think I am full of shit, I am a comfortable ¹⁰⁄₁₂. I may not always be happy with it but I am comfortable. Moral of the story I ended up trying on a 10, which she seemed reluctant to give me and you know what?! IT FIT! I felt that her attitude was demoralizing and rude, especially for someone working in a woman’s dress store. I mean come on. I guess that’s why they look to be the «Dollar General» of wedding dresses. I ordered my dress from the internet, I refuse to spend one penny in that store.

While I wasn’t terribly impressed with David’s Bridal, my experience wasn’t awful. I will be the maid of honor in a wedding in April, so I went with the bride to try on several bridesmaid dresses to determine which style (s) she would like for us to wear. We’d already visited another bridal shop that day, and we just didn’t find anything at David’s Bridal that compared. The sample dress selection wasn’t very extensive, and the dresses didn’t seem as well made. Additionally, the prices weren’t significantly better than the other shop.
The bride saw a few dresses that she wanted to try on for her send-​off outfit, but they fit awkwardly or were way too «hoochie» (some of the dresses were obscenely short). We didn’t find anything she wanted me to try on for a bridesmaid dress.
They staff was pretty friendly, though. While we didn’t have an appointment or ask for a consultant to help us, we were greeted in a friendly manner and offered assistance, should we need it.
My biggest issues with David’s Bridal were just style and quality. I thought weddings were supposed to be classy and elegant. Plus, if you have to pay good money for a dress, don’t you want it to last for more than one event? What’s with all the over-​sexualized, cheaply-​made dresses?

If I could rate this place a negative star I would.
I was going out of town to my sister’s wedding reception in GA and needed a formal dress. She first got married privately on a beach then had her reception a month later for family and close friends. She consorts with lawyers, CPA’s, stock brokers, etc. Uppity people. So I needed a really formal dress. I’d always heard about David’s Bridal so I decided to look there. I walk in the door and the girl who sits at a desk out in the middle of the floor never made eye contact with me. I walked up to her and said «excuse me, I need help finding a formal dress for a wedding reception» and she then lead me back to the dresses and just left me there to look. She never once asked any questions of what I was looking for or if I needed any further help. She just left me there.
I start thumbing through the dresses not knowing what I’m looking for seeing as I have never worn a formal dress before. I’m a jeans woman. I finally spotted a female employee putting formal dresses back on the rack, so I asked her for some help and she started to help me till a bride walked out of one of the dressing rooms and she left me high and dry to go help her. I was flabbergasted!!! Could that have just happened? What am I?, chopped liver? I thought, HOW RUDE! At this point, I’m still thumbing through the dresses till I see another employee to ask for help, but I’m getting frustrated because I’ve been ditched by two employees and don’t know what to look for in a formal dress. So then I saw yet another lady hanging around the formal dresses and told her the other lady just ditched me to help the bride but could she help me. She just told me that all sizes they carry are already out on the racks and I would just have to thumb through them like I am doing. At this point, I noticed, all the employees were black. I am a white woman. I had my father with me. He’s white also. I am not racist, but I believe the employees in this store were. There were more employees than customers and they didn’t appear to be doing inventory, therefore there was no other valid excuse for them treating me like this. I will NEVER use or go back to David’s Bridal again. That was a first and a last time. Very rude employees. Treated me so badly that when I walked out of the store and got in my car, I started crying at how I was treated. I have NEVER been treated that badly by any employee in any store before. Guess there’s always a first. …sadly.