Taylored for You Bridal Boutique — Attraction in Mechanicsburg

Full disclosure: I am a bridal stylist at a different salon. When you arrive for your appointment, they have you fill out a profile sheet with your wedding information. We're still in the early stages of planning so we haven't picked an exact date or venue yet. My stylist did not seem very impressed by this. After filling out the form, she showed me and my fiance around the various showrooms while we waited for my friends and family to arrive. The showrooms were a little tricky to navigate and it would've been nice if the names of the designers had been on the walls or something, so you could remember which rooms you'd already looked in. The dresses are very pretty and not very expensive (I think the highest is around $2,500?) but the downside is that they only carry one sample of each dress. You can only try on whatever size they happen to have. This makes things very difficult when you're a size 2 but almost all the samples are between sizes 10-14. She was able to clip the dresses around me so I could get an idea, but it's still really hard to picture what they would look like in my size since there's a significant amount of extra fabric. The lack of sizes to try on is just something to keep in mind. Also, if you're more full-figured, I think they only had one rack of plus-size dresses - just something else to consider. Another thing to know - you dress and undress in the same room as the people you bring with you. I was wearing leggings and a corset bra they provided, so I was fairly covered, but I would've preferred to change more privately. Especially because the stylist took my bra off me so many times so we could properly see a dress. Again, not an ideal situation for me, but I didn't really see a way around it. I didn't ask if we could do it a different way, so I'm not sure how they would accommodate brides who definitely don't want to change in front of others. Just another thing to consider so you're not surprised when you get there. My main issues are with the stylist I had. She didn't ask me any questions about my vision for my dress or try to get to know me or the people I brought with me. She was pretty brusque. I felt very much like a little doll for her to dress and undress as she wanted, so I didn't like that. I tried to help her put me in one of the dresses once but that was a mistake. She literally told me "You are not in charge." I think she meant it sort of jokingly, but she also definitely seemed to want me to just stand there and be compliant. She said a couple other things throughout the appointment that didn't sit well with me or my party. As I said, I'm also a bridal stylist somewhere else, and her approach was just very different from how I approach brides in my appointments. She's not the only stylist, so you may have a better experience than I did! All in all, not the best experience, but not the worst. I might go back for a headpiece I really liked, but I know I won't be buying my dress there. I know this review is huge, but I hope it's useful...

This was the 7th boutique I visited looking for my wedding dress and was by far the worst experience. Since I had visited several other stores, I had a good idea of what kind of dress I was looking for. To start the appointment, the woman who was helping me sat down and asked what my vision was. I gave her a detailed explanation and showed her several pictures. She then said she would go pull various dresses off of the rack that met my descriptions. She pulled 6 dresses, none of which met anything I described to her. She did not allow me to touch or pull any of the dresses out, and when I explained that I would be more comfortable with my mom helping me into the dresses, she said that would not be allowed and explained how she was not interested in looking at me anyway. The first dress I tried on was a mermaid style which I had previously explained to her is my least favorite type of dress. When I told her I didn’t like anything about the dress, she said the problem was that I wore the wrong color undergarments, which apparently change the way a dress fits. Throughout the entire process she was rude - interrupting my mom and I when we tried to ask questions and responding passive aggressively if I said anything negative about a dress that she had picked out. After about 3 dresses, I said I wanted to go look around myself. I asked if I could change back into my clothes first (since I was in a dress 5 sizes too big that was falling off of me) she said no and proceeded to pick up my train and pull me around the store. At one point my mom tried to show me a dress and the woman wouldn’t allow me to walk over and see it. She yanked me by the train in the opposite direction to dresses she thought would be better. After this I told her I was changing into my clothes and leaving. She ended the appointment by telling me I’d have a tough time finding anything that met what I liked and that if I find a seamstress who’s willing to do what I want, that I better get it in writing. Overall, I was extremely disappointed and I hope this review can help other brides avoid the same uncomfortable and stressful...

If you are a plus size women don't even bother coming here. I am a maid of honor and came to an appointment to help out the bride with a bridesmaid and her stepmother. If I hadn't been there this would have been an even bigger disaster for the bride. First, the bride made a point to email the owner to make sure the appointment could be together at the same time so she didn't have to split the attention. We were on opposite sides of the salon and I ended up with her stepmom while she helped the bridesmaid. The bridesmaid ended up with no consultant as they clearly overbooked themselves. The bride did everything to help the bridesmaid. No one helped either women into or out of a dress. They did not have the stretchy clasps for the smaller dresses on the plus size step mom. When the step mom asked why certain dresses looked the way they did the consultant only said, "It isn't your size". When trying on a dress it is rarely your size that is what consultants are supposed to help with. I am the one who had to explain to the step mom the differences in the waist lines and answer her questions. The bride also told them ahead of time that the step mom would more than likely like to try on bridesmaid dresses as to not look as 'matronly'. The person she spoke to at the shop said that shouldn't be a problem as they have sizes 20-22 on the bigger end. When we got there they only had up to an 18 (which would have been fine, but they didn't want to put the step mom in these dresses.) When the stepmom commented on the sizes being small in that section we were told that they were JUNIOR SIZES. Excuse me? Bridesmaid dresses are for ADULTS and not everyone is a junior size. It just seemed like they didn't want to deal with the plus size. Shame on you for making this women feel insignificant and defeated. This was an absolutely...