I have been to 4 other bridal shops on the Eastside. I decided to make an apt at Demetrios because I noticed a few dresses I liked online where from there. I thought it was going to be like a Davids Bridal. Davids Bridal has a reputation for being like a target vs a nordstrom in the fashion world. The atmosphere at Demetrios is really nice, like a showroom, with stages and sofas and really nice dresses. The salewoman are all dressed in black.
Please note there are no cameras allowed, so you may not take pics and go home to look at them. They said people will replicate the dresses by having them made elsewhere, so NO PICS! That started to set the tone. I like to research my dress, try it on, take pics, go home and look at it with my friends, see how it photographs, and compare to all the other dresses Ive tried on...so I found a dress, gorgeous! It feels like it's 'the one."" BUT, It is out of my price range by a few hundred dollars. The saleswoman comes back holding a piece of paper like Im making a deal at a car dealership. She says she can give me 20 % off if I pay right now or 15% off if I pay 1/2 now. I have literally been in the store for 55 min, and she is telling me I must decide now. My apt. was at 5pm and it was 5:55pm. Closing time is 6pm. She looks at here flyer and says to me ""only TODAY!"" Other co-workers chime in and tell me I'm cutting it close anyways and if I don't decide soon, Ill have to pay a $300 rush fee. She then asks if me hesitating is worth $300. She tells me she can tell that this is the one! I turned away and said sorry I need to think about it. Yeah, I need to think about if I want to spend days in alterations dealing with these people more then once! Apparently, it takes 10 months to order your custom made dress from Demetrios??!! BTW, after they make my dress, it goes into alterations for a few more hundred dollars, and maybe another one after that? So this reputable bridal shop cannot get it right the first time?? I don't know, the more I go to these wedding website boards, it seems that its not us being Bridezillas, its the vendors scamming, especially the bridal shops! David's Bridal was actually pleasant and sweet compared to the saleswoman peddling dresses like there selling a used car. I will go elsewhere, maybe back to Olga at La Belle Rev in Bellevue. She is a gem!
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