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I have to disagree about MB Bride. They are fine to LOOK at dresses but DO NOT BUY your dress from them. Find what you want there and order it from somewhere else. They have a great selection but most of them (except for my seamstress Jill, she was wonderful and not pushy and did a good job on my alterations, so for those who have gotten their dress from here ask for her) were not pleasant to work with.

They ordered the wrong length dress for me (I am 5'8" and therefore definitely over 5'9" in heels, which is they height at which most people recommend you order extra length for your dress) even after we asked them whether or not it would work with my height they assured me things would be fine. When I tried on my dress right after it came in they argued with me that I was wearing the dress "too high" and that was the problem, even though that was the exact same spot I wore it when I tried on the sample dress and no one said anything to me about it being too high. I thought I was supposed to be a bride getting married in a church and wanting to keep cleavage to a minimum, not a porn star who lets it all hang out, my bad.

They actually had tried to get me to order the same size as the sample dress which was already big on me (i.e. would already need taken in at least 3-4 inches which would have greatly altered the cut of the dress, but this was probably why it looked just long enough with the heels I had on since I was swimming in it) and I hadn't even started on getting in shape yet as the wedding was a year a way at that point. We had to have two people from alterations come down to tell the consultant the sample dress was not the correct size to order, which they did. Thank goodness I stood my ground on this and ordered a smaller size because I even needed to have that one taken in a little bit.

Also every time I called (I had to change one of my appointments and called about picking up my veil for my run through) they were very rude to me on the phone as if I was greatly inconveniencing them. I mean, I don't like having to reschedule, but sometimes in life things come up that we don't expect and rearrangements need to be made if possible. You would have thought I was asking for a kidney though.

In the end they did give me a pair of shoes for free since I was having trouble finding shoes I liked that had a smaller heel (so the dress wasn't too short) that was within my price range but they came back dyed a shade that wasn't what I wanted. They did try to re-dye them and it helped a little bit, but it still was off.

I had taken my grandmother to Brides by Candalina to look for her outfit. The little bell dinged when we went in but no one ever came to greet us (and we were looking at dresses for at least 15 mins). Apparently YOU have to be the one to track them down. Maybe that was just a bad day for them, we all have those, but I will be wary if I ever need to look for something there again.

One of my bridesmaids is getting married in June and she bought her dress at the Exquisite Bride (we also almost bought my girls' bridesmaids dresses from here but the one we liked didn't come in the colors I wanted). There is one in Wexford and one on Route 8 in Richland I think it is (it's not to far from the turnpike entrance on 8).

Every girl has a different experience, so the best of luck where ever you go!!

I have been to all of the places listed and have to say I disagree completely with your review of Bridal Beginning. Do you remember the manager you spoke with? They were so kind to me and didn't pressure me at all. I probably tried on 7-8 dresses at a time.  I am completely anal when it comes to finding the perfect dress and came back three times before I finally decided what I wanted to do. The buyer of the store and the owner even helped me to custom create my own dress b/c the dress I fell in love with was one I wanted to try on even though it was way out of my price range (6000). Then even offered to let me buy the sample for half price. I am shocked that they treated you like that. In fact when I go in for my fitting I am going to tell them about this post b/c I can't believe they would be like that!  

One Enchanted Evening was very snobby and did not cater to my needs. They also didn't let me take pictures of the dresses that I liked (BB did)

MB Brides had a large selection but was too general.

Exquisite brides was nice but didn't have the type of dress I wanted.

Mary's was my second favorite. They were also very kind and helpful. The manager was supposed to call me about a veil. (She was going to NYC and was looking to buy crystal head pieces and birdcages and told me she'd call me in November. I never heard from her.) Other than that they are a great store. 

Another great place is Deborahs near Beaver Falls. (My cousin got her dress there and we ordered our bridesmaids dresses there for her wedding and they were great and had a good selection as well.)

I never went to Anne Gregory's but have heard wonderful things about them as well. From what I have read, they, along with Bridal Beginning are the high end bridal stores in the Pittsburgh area.