A Step Ahead

I can’t believe what an amazing place run by the most wonderful set of sisters you’d ever meet. They were so helpful in their suggestions and kept the entire environment supportive and comforting. Buying your first prom dress can be very daunting. It’s a time when girls just don’t necessarily feel comfortable in their own skin, and they are straddling the line between blending in and standing out. My daughter was very pleased. I was very pleased with the service. It’s family businesses like these that make our town and the surrounding area unique. With service like this I know my daughters will be back whenever they need an occasion dress.

I went here to get a bridesmaids dress for a wedding I was in this past week. We went shopping in late November and the woman insisted that I order a size 2. She claimed that with my measurements that this made the most sense because the waist measurement was a half inch smaller than my measurement. Despite explaining that I wasn’t really going to try to lose weight, she said it’d be easier to make it bigger than take everything in with the larger size. Fast forward to late February. I get a call saying NONE of our dress orders went through because they made a mistake writing down the order number. They claimed the email from the company had been sitting in their junk mail for months. She asks me to go on the website and find the dress number. Dress arrives in late April and as I suspected, does not fit and also has twisted boning. I take it into them and they say to take it out ¾ of an inch which is still too tight. I pay $ 35 and the back of my dress is crooked and they twisted the boning, but didn’t deal with the fact that it still popped out after they «fixed it». When I asked why they didn’t fix it, they said they were «too busy» with prom dresses. I ended up going to another tailor and telling the bride I’d write a honest review on Unilocal.The feeling of shopping at this store is frantic and stressful, as they are really popular and extremely busy.

My daughter is not easy to fit and Corinne found her a dozen gorgeous dresses and each one looked beautiful on her. She felt like a princess and I felt like her Fairy Godmother for bringing her to A Step Ahead. I can’t thank them enough for their graciousness and kindness and eye for size and shape. THE BEST!

Thank you to A Step Ahead for being such a pleasure to work with. We ordered 2 dresses there for my daughter’s bat mitzvah. They both needed a lot of work and throughout the process the women who owned the shop were always warm, professional and reassuring. The store is frequently busy (especially during prom season) but all three women handle it in stride, never rushing anyone or losing their cool. They have a very reasonable exchange policy, offering store credit if you order a dress and you’re not happy with it once it comes in– which we greatly appreciated when one of our dresses showed up and we didn’t like it. That could have been a disaster but instead they happily helped us find something more appropriate.
Do allow plenty of time because some dresses take a long time to arrive from the manufacturer.

I actually came to this place from the Bronx (my sister lives in Stamford and knew of it). I was having difficulty finding a specific Alfred Angelo bridesmaid dress in my area that I need for a wedding in PA. This place is deceptively small; it seems, at first, that they don’t have much. After looking around, it is 100% packed with things for people to try on. I didn’t personally try anything on because I knew in advance what dress I needed. The owners (three sisters) were very personable and helpful; I was in and out in no time with updated measurements and a promise to have my dress in 10 to 12 weeks. I would definitely recommend them.