Dressed To the Nines

AMAZING experience from start to finish!!! I went to three other bridal salons and none compared to Dressed to the Nines. We had the entire place to ourselves every time we went. There was a great selection of dresses and we were able to walk through the store and touch the dresses and pull some of our own. The alterations experience was also great, I would highly recommend Dressed to the Nines to any bride-​to-​be!

I had a great experience! I had been to about three other bridal shops, and I was very hesitant to try out Dressed to the Nines after reading some mixed reviews. I was really close to purchasing a dress at a different store, but my mom convinced me to try Dressed to the Nines. I ended up purchasing both my bridal gown and the bridesmaids’ gowns– so far I have had a great experience! The first time I went in was a bit cramped because the bridal room was being remodeled. Despite the difficulty, Kristen made it a great appointment. She really listened to what I liked about each dress, and she and Janet found a dress that combined everything I liked into one dress! I will say this– Janet is no-​nonsense, and she will not hesitate to share her opinion. I can see where that comes off to other girls as nasty, but I didn’t mind. I wanted something flowy, and she was really complimentary about what would look best on me, and helped find a dress that was flowy like I wanted annnnd super flattering. When I went back to give the dress and second try and purchase it, the seamstress I worked with was so sweet. She clipped and unclipped the dress about a dozen times so my friends could get good pictures. Janet was also great in working with me for the bridesmaids’ dresses. Bottom line– if you want a super pampering Say Yes to the Dress type experience, this may not be the place for you. If you want great insight into gowns and really reasonable pricing– Dressed to the Nines is the way to go!

Possibly THE worst wedding dress shopping experience.
Despite the fact that I was only one of two customers trying on dresses in the store, the owner was incapable of dividing and giving quality attention to both parties. Meaning she ignored me 95% of the time and had another employee trail after me (who felt compelled to keep a running commentary on everything I tried on). The owner also had this nasty habit of leaving the door open while I was changing, so the people with the other party were able to catch frequent glimpses of me half naked. Super unpleasant.
A bit of the boning at the top of one of the dresses I had tried on was jutting out. As the employee kept trying to shove me into the dress faster than I was willing to shimmy into it, the boning cut me in the arm. I pointed this out to the employee, who simply acknowledged that it had indeed cut my arm, and kept yanking at the dress.
Every other dress shop I’ve been to, whether shopping for a wedding dress for myself or for others, has encouraged the customer and/​or their guests to take pictures AND provided info about the dress. This owner was not having any of that! You are not allowed to take any pictures in the shop because… well, you might actually find a better deal elsewhere. Furthermore, she will flat out refuse to give you information about your dress, claiming how they (the shop) identify the style of the dress is different and it would be such a tedious chore for them to look up the actual style. However, she welcomed me to come back and try things on again and make a purchase with them. Umm, no.
For a shop that acts this prissy, they have an extremely limited stock in styles and sizes.
You know what WAS a great experience, however? The dress shop on 35 South Street (literally up the street).

My experience at Dressed to the Nines was beyond horrible and words cannot even describe how terrible the customer service is here! The complete opposite of what any bride to be would want to experience while doing what is suppose to be fun and exciting. I wish I had gone by the other bad reviews I saw before stepping in this place bc they are so true. Please do not buy a gown from this shop! The owner’s extremely rude, condescending and pushy personality will make your experience a nightmare! When I first went into the salon, the owner was somewhat pleasant, although very frantic even though it was not busy in there. She had her seamstress pull dresses for me and did not take any time to really consult with me or help me on a personal level like every other salon I went to did. She was more concerned with getting me in and out of there. This was clearly obvious. She seemed annoyed with her job and just wanted to make a transaction but did not really want to make it a great experience me at all. I wasn’t too concerned with her personality at the time bc she had some beautiful dresses and Stella Yorks and not too many salons have the Stella Yorks. The seamstress who helped me was beyond sweet, thankfully. The owner was nasty with her, I thought, talking down to her and snipping at her constantly «Go get her this dress!!! Go do this. No, NOT that dress. Bring that dress out!» Barking commands at the poor woman. I found a dress I liked and she offered me the floor sample at a discount price. I gave her the full amount $ for the dress. After 2 weeks, I went back with my mom to see the dress again and decided I did not love it so much. I realized I made a hasty decision and didn’t have my mom with me to see it originally either. The owner said she would let me change my mind and get a different dress since she didn’t place an order for me and it was only a sample. I made an appointment to go back to talk to her about options and to try on more gowns. This is when my experience got horrid! I go into the salon and tell her after trying on more gowns that I’m thinking I was looking at the wrong style for my body etc. She was completely rude and annoyed and said how I need to focus and that at first I told her I liked one style and now another and how could I be changing my mind like that??? Like how dare I change my mind about what style or cut looks good. I told her I had some photos of me in styles that I liked on my body so she can see them to help her pull dresses for me that might be similar and she was like, «NO, I do not want to see your photos. Photos don’t do anything. Look in the mirror. Do you like the dress or not!!! » I was trying to explain to her that I already gave her my money. She already had my business (unfortunately), so why couldn’t she just take the time to look at my photo ideas for types of dresses and consult me and be more personable? Instead, she kept running around the store frantically, like her job was so horrible and busy. She yelled into the room for the seamstress to take a dress out. And kept wanting me to eliminate some and make a hasty decision so that she could put the dress back out on the floor for the other customer that happened to walk in. Oh by the way, the other customer heard how the woman was behaving and left!!! She was so pushy and rushy with me. She talked in your face in a tone that I can’t describe and it would put anyone off! After being pushed and pushed to make a decision between about 4 dresses I loved and only after about 30 min in the store, I finally couldn’t take her anymore and I went off on the owner and started crying. No bride to be should be CRYING in a a bridal salon on what should be a happy experience. She kept saying, «I’m only trying to make you focus! You’re not focused!!! You’re all over the place and have different style dresses!!! We need to pick a dress! «I even was excited saying out loud how I wonder what kind of jewelry I’d wear and she’d be like, «DON“T think about jewelry ! We need to concentrate on the dress! Which dress do you want???» So finally, I told the woman how rude she was being and that she has bad reviews online (most salons have a ton of great ones in the area!) and that she was running around the salon and making me feel horrible. She then, still kept her tone and was arguing back and used the defense about how she was breaking contract letting me exchange dress (even though just a sample) and acted like she had the right to act that way toward me now. I told her what difference does it make bc she has my money and it was only a sample and now she can put the sample back on the floor and make money from that, rather than me have it and then have to wait to order a new sample. This benefits her! I also asked if she’d use my money for store credit for 6 bridesmaid dresses and a mother’s dress and she said NOPE! I will not break a contract!

I had an awful experience here. I am from California but am getting married in New Jersey and wanted to purchase my dress here so that I didn’t have to fly across the country with it. When I made the appointment the owner mispronounced my name nearly a dozen times, Yolanda, Yellohna, Yoleeeana, even after I corrected her with the right pronunciation each time, then proceeded to leave a couple of voicemails on my phone to confirm the appointment again with the wrong name. I realized that my name can be tricky and was nevertheless excited for my appointment. There was a specific Stella York dress that I was excited to try on and my future mother-​in-​law came with me, since she lives close by. However, my mother, who will be helping me purchase my dress, lives in California so I was counting on sending her a picture of me in the dress before purchasing. The woman helping me also pulled several dresses from what I consider to be a very unimpressive collection. Then I was finally able to try on the dress I came in for. I asked if I could take a picture to show my mother so I could get her approval before purchasing my dress. The sales woman said no, that they have had break ins due to people taking pictures inside. What? All of the designers they carry are listed on their website. I don’t see how it is a surprise for anyone that this dress exists inside the store. When I asked again the woman said that maybe after I tried on some of the other dresses I could take a picture of me in the dress I came in for. We ended up chatting about potential alterations on that dress for nearly half an hour before I asked again if I could take the picture and was told no. The way both the owner and the sales woman approached my request as rude and condescending. They asked if I could video chat my mom, but she doesn’t have a smart phone so I said no and they acted like they didn’t believe me. The energy of this whole place was just cheap, disappointing, underwhelming and lacking the type of good customer service I’ve received at other bridal salons.

HORRIBLE!!! Dressed to the Nines — you don’t even deserve one star.
Do NOT waste your time! Came here for bridesmaids dresses and had the WORST experience!
— My group of 8 was put into the back TINY & CRAMPED room with one chair
— Waited 20min for an attendant to start helping us, decided to just start on our own
— Such a SMALL & destroyed selection
— not allowed to take pictures
— we came across a bridesmaid dress we did like & when I asked the attendant for the style number she said their boutique uses different style #‘s and wouldn’t tell me the actual deisgner style #
— when we did show interest in this dress, she PUSHED me to purchase them that day
***My advice — GO TO BELLA BRIDESMAID in MADISON, NJ (10min drive next town over) much better customer service, more to choose from, more SPACE, a place to sit, and NO METER parking***

Photographs forbidden, poor selection of bridesmaid dresses, no clips available to make the dresses fit. Most dissapointing, however, was the manner with which the owner talked to us. She shot down what we wanted to do and told us that the bride’s desires for her bridesmaids were not okay. She also made the bride feel bad about her planning decisions outside of the dress process, speaking to her in a condescending manner. Worst of all was the fact that we wanted to look at bridesmaid dresses on our own and she forced other dresses on us, telling us what to do. Even her advice about the time line for buying a bridesmaid dress came off angry and confrontational. The only positive experience we had was an employee who will no longer be working there as of next week– huge loss for them.

great selection and customer service… used them for my 12÷6÷13 bridesmaids dresses!

Due to the usual wedding stuff, we needed some flower girl dresses, as well as a dress for my mum, who had travelled from overseas. The staff and owner were just great, very accommodating and helpful. We got what we wanted and most importantly my wife was happy on the day.

One star to the shop, minus one to the owner, Janet, who ordered my dress as short instead of long, never took responsibility for the error, and has such a curt, high-​handed attitude that I could barely keep my composure. The shop is cramped, crowded and not at all an enjoyable place. She also billed me for alterations in spite of her screw-​up. But 5 stars to her lovely and very talented streamstress who manage to add on to the dress making it the correct length. Do not shop here if you’re hoping for a good experience. The shop is cramped and uncomfortable, there is no privacy and when going for a fitting you have to squeeze in with the seamstress — there’s certainly no place for a friend to sit comfortably. But by far the worst is the rudeness of the owner — I’m amazed she’s in business at all.

I had a better experience at David’s Bridal than here. I traveled 2 hours to get to this place hoping for a wonderful experience and what an utter disappointment. I was really looking forward to trying on several Stella York dresses I had seen online which is why I disregarded some the poor reviews. I should’ve listened & avoided this place.
When I arrived here, I parked on the street and had to pay a meter.
I walk in and was greeted by no one. The store owner was busy attending to another client which I totally understood. The store owner was so pleasant to the client she was with at the moment. It must be because the client was there to pay off the balance of her daughter’s expensive dress.
After about 10 minutes, the store owner finally acknowledges my presence and tells me to sit on the couch and fill out a clipboard. Like a previous reviewer wrote, it asked for standard info such as your wedding date, budget, location, etc. While I waited, I stared at my surroundings. The store is indeed small and cramped.
A few minutes later the store owner comes to collect the clipboard from me. She reads over the clipboard and asks me again what is my budget but with an attitude. I tell her I would like to keep it under $ 1,000. I’m a bride-​to-​be on a budget. She looked at me like I had two heads and said with an attitude, «Our dresses start at $ 2,000.» Then, she just stares at me. I didn’t know what to say or do because I wasn’t expecting the starting price to be that high. When I made the appointment over the phone, I was never asked nor told anything about a price range. Their website doesn’t list a price range either. At least, Kleinfeld’s tells you upfront on their website what is their starting price.
What was I supposed to do? Get up and leave after I spent 2 hours driving to get to the damn place and spent money on gas, tolls, and parking. Anyways, so I looked at my mom to figure out what to do. I didn’t want to leave without at least trying something on. So the owner decided to entertain us. She calls over one of her floor attendants to assist me. The owner then tells me to follow her and shows me two racks that I can look through. She tells me that I can’t look anywhere else. She says I can pick any of the dresses on the rack and take it as it is for the price on the tag. Basically she pointed out her sale rack full of worn down sample dresses. She then leaves and I’m left there with my mom and sister to pull out dresses. I found a few to try on and the floor attendant also helped me out.
The fitting room is literally a space in the back of the store with a curtain. Anyone walking by could probably see me changing. I was very uneasy about the fitting room situation. The floor attendant was sweet and helpful compared to the store owner. She really did try to make the appointment worthwhile. She said that if I found a dress there to go someplace else to get it altered because they overcharge for alterations. I saw the price range for alterations and she was totally right.
I think I tried on maybe 5 dresses. I think I was on dress number 3 when the store owner comes around to the «fitting room» area. She asks the attendant in such a condescending tone if I was almost done and that she needed me out of there in 10 – 15 minutes because she has another client coming in. I think only 30 minutes had passed since I arrived. Then the owner was trying to make the attendant put back the dresses I had already tried on as I was mid-​dressed.
The store owner leaves and I’m on the last dress when I disclose to the floor attendant I was really looking forward to trying a Stella York dress. She found one that wasn’t too over my budget. I had just finished putting on the dress on when the store owner walks by and yells «WHY IS SHE IN THAT DRESS?! That dress isn’t in her price range!» I wanted to yell back at the store owner, «Just because I’m Latina and said I wanted a dress under $ 1,000 doesn’t mean I don’t have the funds to spend more on a dress.» I should’ve yelled back but I didn’t. I was so disgusted by the whole experience. Oh yea by the way, did I mention she got her Latina floor attendant to assist me during my appointment. I totally didn’t mind. I love that I could communicate my needs in English and Spanish. I did mind the nasty manner in which she talked to me and the floor attendant. The store owner sure didn’t talk to her other floor attendant the way to she talked to my floor attendant.
It’s crazy how different I was treated because I was a Latina on a budget compared to the client the store manager was attending to when I first walked in. I have never felt so discriminated the way I was at this establishment. If I would’ve feel in love with a dress there that was $ 2,000, I would’ve gotten it. Just because I said I want a dress under $ 1,000 doesn’t mean I’m a poor Latina. It just means I much rather spend my money on something else worthwhile like my honeymoon.

I am writing this under my fiancé’s account :) I had a morning appointment with Rachel.
When we entered, I was given a clipboard and filled out the standard info on date, budget, location, etc. Rachel asked me the style that I’m looking for and with that we started walking throughout the store. The store is very cramped. There isn’t a space to hang coats and she didn’t offer for us to put out belongings down in the fitting room before starting.
We pulled dresses and then went into this make-​shift fitting room to try on dresses. The fitting room was a room split in half with two sheets hanging to divide the space. One half is for changing and one half is for friends/​family to gather. There was a lot of commotion coming from a back room which I think is for bridesmaid dresses. But other than that, the store was not busy.
Once we had selected my favorite dress, we had a few questions about alterations, which Rachel wasn’t able to answer so the owner stepped in. The owner was very curt with us, in a no-​nonsense way. But, it came across like we were an inconvenience to her and it rubbed me the wrong way.
It’s a local, small shop, and you’re not paying for the frills of a nice, new interior. All in all, I was really disappointed in the service, which didn’t give me comfort with them handling the ordering and alterations of my dress. I can look past the aesthetics, but can’t look past disappointing service.
I got a post card about 1.5 weeks after my appointment, hand written from Rachel, thanking me for visiting Dressed to the Nines and inviting me to a trunk show they were having in the upcoming weeks. They also offered me a discount if I came back within 2 weeks of the date on the postcard.
Note: You are not allowed to take any pictures! I didn’t like this and found that rule to be atypical of other boutiques.

I was so happy to find a wonderful bridal boutique so close to home. I fell in love with one of the first dresses I tried on here. I know I had a one of kind wedding dress. I truly valued Janet’s (owner) fashion opinion along the way. I was able to find all my accessories in one place as well. my tiara, shoes, veil. The seamstress, Guillermina is amazing. She added so much detail and other touches to my dress such as straps, buttons, another foot to the train and more fabric to give it the desired volume I had envisioned. I truly felt like a princess with my gorgeous dress on. Thank you, Dressed to the Nines for helping me find the wedding dress of my dreams.

I am so impressed with Dress to the Nines. I live in Morristown and wanted to get my bridal gown locally. This not only make fittings convenience, but I also like supporting our local small businesses. They carry a great selection of reasonably priced bridal gowns, bridesmaid, mother of the bride/​groom, and flower girl dresses. I felt like my budget was reasonable but was given a selection of 5 gowns at other boutiques. At Dress to the Nines, I felt like I had a much better selection. I had my out of town family at my appointment and the owner and seamstress were very helpful even suggesting good color combinations for the bridesmaid dresses. The owner listen to exactly what I wanted and was so helpful in finding my perfect dress! I can’t wait to go back for my first fitting! Highly recommended!

Our small bridal party was given excellent, professional, courteous service. Have recommended them many times. Terrific selection, reasonable prices and a superior alterations person.

I thought I bought the dress of my dreams but after 12+ dress fittings and what felt like torture. My wedding gown was completely ruined 5 days before my wedding. They found a dress that fit me in the salon which proved that all the nonsense about my body being «different» with too large breasts and too little waist was just their incompetence. After all the tears and emotional stress the owner of the salon thought it was enough to give me a new dress and not reimburse me any money. So the bottom line is I wouldn’t recommend this shop to anyone because nobody should go through this craziness before their wedding. Spare yourself!

I went with a friend to find a wedding dress. She chose this shop because they were supposed to carry the brand of dress she wanted. She was pretty sure about the style and had brought photos with her. The owner was dreadful. She didn’t actually have any of the dresses they were supposed to have, she brought her strapless gowns when she specifically said she didn’t want strapless and tried to explain that they’d add straps. The owner was rude, rushed and difficult. We found a dress that we liked, but are looking elsewhere because she doesn’t want to have to deal with this woman throughout fittings, etc. I would find another bridal salon and not go here.

One star is being overly generous.
My experience here was awful. Most consultants listen to the bride and will make recommendations accordingly or will suggest things to flatter her. The woman here FORCED me to try on dresses I made very clear I had already tried and DID not like, whether it was shape or fabric.
You go into the «fitting room» which is basically a curtain facing a wall of mirrors. If anyone were to walk into the room with bridal gowns, they completely see EVERYTHING. I felt like I was trying on dresses in a trailer park.
As a bride, you also expect a little bit more attention… this did not happen. The owner had me so rushed and flustered I gladly left with my mother and have NO intentions of ever stepping foot in there again… even if she is GIVING dresses away.
The selection wasn’t anything that I had expected and I do NOT appreciate people being rude especially when it’s planning your big day!

I live in the city but came to look for dresses in morristown because my mother lives there. I didn’t expect to find a dress at the shop because I had been looking at dresses in much larger shops in the city. But I was wrong! I found my wedding dress, my mother of the bride dress, and my flower girl dress all here at the shop.
The seamstress is amazing. She did a great job with my dress and my moms dress. They even altered two of my bridesmaids dresses there even though we purchased them somewhere else.
Janet is very personable and takes time to know her brides. Overall wonderful experience!

I went looking with my 4 bridesmaids for dresses that were short, black, and under $ 200. My ladies are amazing in that they can pick dresses in less than an hour, tops. After they picked out Priscilla of Boston dresses (in 40 minutes) and then it went out of business, we were stuck dress shopping again.
This bridal salon has a back room for bridesmaids that you get to yourself for an hour. The front part of the store has bridal dresses and some other dressing rooms. When we arrived, we were taken into the back room, told the instructions, and left on our own to try on any dresses. There was one dressing room with only a curtain, but my girls were, fortunately, comfortable enough to try on dresses and pass them along to the next all in the same room. Once again, they all settled on a dress in less than 30 minutes.
But it wasn’t my maids that were the problem with this store — it was the service, unfortunately. All we wanted to do was get the ladies measured and pay. We were asked to wait (by the lovely college-​aged assistant, who was busy running around between all of the other appointments as the owner or manager (the only other person working that day) was on the phone and running around as well. We waited… and waited… and after 45 minutes of waiting (longer than it took my girls to pick our their dresses!), and the owner was STILL on the phone, the assistant came back and attempted to measure us. It didn’t seem as if she knew what she was doing, but I appreciated the effort.
Finally, after an hour, the owner came in, with ANOTHER appointment, and said she would re-​measure the maids un in the front of the store and was hurrying us to get out of the room. The owner had an intense personality and was slightly to moderately rude (mostly because she seemed overwhelmed and stressed out, but still — she had major attitude with us in answering our questions after she’d just kept us waiting for an hour to PAY for FOUR dresses).
Needless to say, I will be going to pick up the dresses once they arrive (in about 16 weeks they said) and NOT doing alterations there. In fact, I will never step back in the store ever again. The only reason I give this place 2 stars is because they have a variety of brands of bridesmaids dresses at varying price levels — though if you want to try on a size 4 or 6, they literally have NONE available in the samples, which was a drawback for a couple of my ladies.
Summary: great selection of dresses, but go there knowing you will do all of the work and you need to have patience. And try to just get measured, pay, and get the hell out. I’ll write another review after the dresses arrive to see if they measured my girls correctly or not.