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Hello bees!

In March, I will offically begin my dress shopping....so excited! My wedding planner suggested a few places, but I don't want to visit more than 3 or 4 places, if not fewer.

Does anyone have any insight into any of the following Bridal salons? I'm looking for a place with a wide selection that will have enough room for me to try on gowns with my mother / godmother / sister/ MOH there and not feel rushed or quished into a really small space.

Good customer service is also really important to me. So, please share your experiences with the following places if you have been there!

Side note: I know there are multiple reviews of each of these salons online, but none of them really address the key specs that I'm looking for - wide selection and lots of room to try on and display gowns for my family.

Thanks!

1. Betsy Robinson (Baltimore) - heard that the selection was wide and that the people were nice there.

2. Hitched (Georgetown) - heard that customer service was great, but also heard that the selection was small and expensive

3. Curvy Girls Bridal (Fairfax, VA) - I'm a street size 10-12, not truly plus size but I heard their selection is wide for all sizes and that they were good people

4. Hannelore's (Alexandria, VA) - Heard that their customer service was the WORST but their selection was good. I'm not a fan of bad customer service, so I may skip them altogether.

5. Sililoquoy (Herndon, VA) - just opened, so I don't know much about it yet.

@RadiantBridge: Thank you so much for the suggestion!! I will definitely make them a priority stop. I'm a street clothes size 12, so they may be a great place to start! I'm really nervous about not fiting into any of the gowns at the non-curvy stores :-( I've heard that you have to be a size 8 or less to try on gowns these days. Please correct me if I'm wrong, though!

Thanks everyone for the input!

For my March "dress shopping weekend affair,"I think I'm going to start with 2 bridal salons on Saturday: Betsy Robinson in Bridal and Curvy Girl Bridal in Fairfax...I may add Hannelore's on for Sunday they're open.

Does anyone know what sizes of sample gowns Betsy Robinson has? I'm hoping to be down from a street size 12 --> street size 10 by the time my appoint rolls around (in 2 months) but just in case, I don't want to be too big to fit into any of the gowns!

Like I said earlier, I am not a big shopper so my hope is that I can find THE DRESS at one of my first 2 stops.

Soooo...update!

I went to Betsy Robinson first - drove nearly 3 hours from my "home base" to get there. They certainly were nice people and very welcoming to my family and friends (6 of them came along with me, despite my advisement against that). However, the website made it seem like they had tons and tons of designers. I asked for a few designers that I had checked out online prior to arrival and they didn't have any of their samples in the store. But, there were some similar styles / designers that they found for me and I "almost" thought I had found THE ONE....

However, before making any committment, I travelled with 1/2 of the family crew to Fairfax to check out Curvy Girl Bridal...OMG - I absolutely loved the vibe in that store! First, all of the dresses around the salon were well displayed and looked gorgeous. They had all 3 of the designers that I had picked out ahead of time - in fact, my assigned consultant emailed me the week prior to my appointment to see what styles I would want to focus on. My family was encouraged to take pictures of me in each dress I tried on - which REALLY helped me see what I truly looked like on camera - not just in the fancy mirrors. The set-up was great for trying on dresses and, long story short, I found the dress of my dreams!!

Can't wait for her to get here in July!!