Michelle Rene Designs and Wedding Gown Alterations at The Imperial Events Center inside Lancaster Holiday Inn Downtown — Local services in Lancaster

I wanted so badly to write a good review but I just can't. Michelle as a person is kind, but her work is another thing. She seems to be taking on too many people at one time and then lacking in communication and work. I understand that my dress had to be taken in a good amount but Michelle had my dress from June til literally the day BEFORE my wedding. I went to meet with her at Lancaster Marriot where she did measurements. I had to wait almost 20 mins after my appointment because she booked too many clients close together. She never gave any invoice or receipt or anything. I missed an appointment due to having my days incorrect and text her the day i thought it was and she stated "i was wondering what happened to you i was just getting ready to text you." Instead of her checking to see where i was when i missed my appointment she never said anything to me til the day i text her asking for her address as i was to meet her at her home for the next fitting. This just shows how unorganized she is. She then instead of squeezing me in had me wait entire week for my next fitting. When I went into this fitting i put my dress on and she asked how it was. The breast area on my dress was all buckled up! I expressed my concern she then put another pad insert on top of it and pulled it tight to fit it. After I left that fitting she text me saying " did we double cup your dress! oh my ". Which this concerned me as she is the seamstress and clearly wasn't paying attention to what she was doing. She also gave me cutlets to attach in the dress with tape. I went to pick my dress up thinking it was my final fitting Tuesday before my wedding. When I went to the final fitting she whispered to me that she needed to fix the breast area still and I would have to come back on Friday to get my dress. THE DAY BEFORE MY WEDDING!!!! When i arrived to get my dress on Friday it was zipped up and she was expecting me to just take it and leave. I expressed that i wanted to try it on. So I put the dress on. I kept adjusting the straps as they kept falling down she told me to quit messing with them. She told me when i walk in the dress to not look at my feet when i walk. The dress clearly was a little long. I left because there wasn't much i could do at this point. I should've backed out and found another seamstress but was too nervous to start over. On my wedding day I could barely walk in my dress down the aisle because of the length regardless if I was "looking at my feet". The entire evening I had to keep pulling my dress up. The cutlets she gave me that were attached by sticky tape fell out and down all night long to the point where I was losing them inside my Gown.

ALL in all -- i would NOT recommend Michelle. Please take your money and yourself to someone else. This is your special day! I read her reviews thinking it was a good idea but it wasn't. She even had a bad review literally days before my last fitting and I should've...

I didn’t know a service like Michelle Rene’s existed, but I am very glad I found her! At my first fitting, my gown came out of the bag and panic set in. I was thinking, “how the heck am I or any of my girls going to be able to steam this well enough to make it look good for the wedding?” I was lucky enough to find Michelle Rene in a frantic Google search.

I opted for the day-of wedding concierge service and I am SO glad I did! Not only did she come out the morning of the wedding to steam and press my gown, my bridesmaids gowns, and the men’s suits, but she went above and beyond with her amazing tool kit. She helped some of my girls fit into their dresses beautifully with magic tape, she fixed my mom’s bracelet when it broke, and she took AMAZING pictures of the bridal suite and first look: invaluable pictures that I was able to post on social media before I got the professional pictures. (one included here)

Michelle walked around with us as my husband and I did our first look and subsequent pictures to fix my dress and hold my flowers. (amazing) When I started to ugly cry on my way out to do my first look, Michelle rubbed my back and reassured me, saving my makeup from utter doom!

My dress had a complicated bustle, and Michelle did it with ease at the cocktail hour. It was great because I just stood there as she bustled and I had my own little reception line. (see the other photo) It truly made everything seamless and saved my girls from the hassle! Michelle was absolutely wonderful and what I’ve said here doesn’t even fully cover everything she did for us. If you need someone to help make your dress and wedding day less wrinkled, give Michelle...

My Dress Ruined My Son's Wedding For Me It was incredibly hard and frustrating to get in contact with Michelle by email and phone. When I first contacted Michelle I only had 2 weeks before my son's wedding. In my email to her I gave a very in-depth description of what I needed to be done. She gave me an appt. one week before the wedding then after pinning the dress she tells me she is going away and won't be back until right before the wedding. I couldn't take the dress elsewhere because I didn't know where to take it. I kept waiting to hear from her and finally I started to call and email her as to when I could pick up the dress. The wedding was Friday, the rehearsal dinner Thursday evening and Wednesday night she emails me that they are driving home from NC. She brought the dress to the rehearsal dinner so I didn't have a chance to try it on. The day of the wedding I put the dress on and it doesn't fit properly. Instead of removing the built-in bra and boning she talked me into leaving it in and wearing a padded bra to fill up the bra. The bodice was taken up at the shoulders to raise the waist, neckline and bust line. The armholes were too tight and cut into me the whole day. I am recovering from knee surgery so I had to sit a lot, the bust in the dress rode up over my own bust and bunched at my neck. I was self conscious and so uncomfortable that instead of enjoying my son's special day I couldn't wait to get home and get the dress off... the...