The White Flower Bridal Boutique — Local services in San Diego

Natalie & Brittany truly helped me in finding the one and made the whole experience memorable. Life happens. I found out I was pregnant a month later. I called to let them know and see if maybe the dress could be sized up, if not to see what they could recommend for me. Brittany tells me not to worry, and gave me great suggestions to work with me on the dress. I felt good and confident with her advice.

By the end of the week, Courtney, the owner of this Boutique calls me and tells me over the phone that she is going to be blunt with me and tells me that the dress will not look good on me. There is no way she will work with me to try to fix it and that the seamstress has already told her that will not work with me. I was devastated. Courtney continues speaking recommending me to lose the deposit that we had paid already for the dress and to start looking for a new dress. I was shocked she said this, throw away nearly $900? Like nothing? No. Still I kept my cool over the phone just simply replying okay, listening to her outrageous suggestions to also payoff the whole dress and try to sell to a bridal boutique, but be ready to lose a huge chunk of money on the dress if doing so.

Once Courtney was done berating me, I simply told her I will think about what to do, but she literally wanted an answer right there and then. She tells me "Well I'll make of note that you are going to think about what you are going to do." This past weekend, I was told my dress had arrived.

When I arrived, Brittany greeted me and congratulated me. I thought she was going to help me with my dress, but unfortunately it was a different woman who was standing next to her. She didn't even bother to introduce herself to us. She helps me put on the dress and it fits! It looks beautiful the top and the bottom needs to fitted, but all otherwise look perfect. This woman didn't even bother to ask me if I want to accessorize the dress. We had to ask her for a veil. We could heard her in the background sighing every few seconds. I stepped out of the platform to get going and this woman said "Well, let's talk about the most important thing, what are you going to about the seaming of the dress? are you going to get it seamed?"

I told her that the woman that spoke to me over the phone said that there is NO WAY they will be able to adjust it, and will not do it. I already have lots of seamstress recommendations. She looked at me and said "I can do the top and bottom and the back which is a sheer back with beading should be converted into a corset back which will cost $875." I asked her, "So you're the seamstress?" She uncrosses her arms and starts stuttering for a few seconds, "No not me, I'm not a seamstress." Okay? She goes on a little more still referring to herself as I the seamstress will fix the dress like this.

Once in the dressing room, I didn't really comprehend why the back needed to be converted to a corset. I asked her, "I don't understand you, why does the dress need to be converted to a corset? How much will it be just to fix the top and bottom of the dress instead?" She looks at me and said "I don't understand YOU." Wasn't I clear? Top and bottom how much to alter that? And she said that she will not do that. That this is a "step process" and she will not do the top and bottom only and not do the corset back because there is no way I will fit in this dress.

OMG! That's when it clicked on me she was Courtney, the crazy woman, the crazy owner over the phone. 1st Courtney told me I was not going to fit on the dress which she was wrong, 2nd that the dress was not going to look good on me which she was wrong, 3rd I'm not going to fix the dress for you because you will not fit in it. She discriminated against me for being pregnant and bullied me this whole time. Which FYI, I have been losing weight and I have a high-risk pregnancy at this moment. For an owner to treat me, a customer, like this is unacceptable! Now it made sense why she didn't tell us who she was. Be careful going here! I was discriminated and bullied by...

Go HERE!! We had a fabulous experience at The White Flower in San Diego! As a brief backstory we went to three bridal shops the day prior (Here Comes the Bride, The Bustle, David’s Bridal) I do not have anything bad to say about any of those but I feel having seen three other shops really gives a well rounded review of my experience at The White Flower in comparison to other San Diego options.

What we LOVED about The White Flower: the one on one attention is fantastic. Their shop operates by appointments and the vibe is VERY welcoming but also intimate and special. You are not one of many, you are THE ONE they are focused on. The boutique has a wall of gorgeous dresses. When you walk in you and your ‘bridal team’ (restricted to two people in addition to the bride due to COVID) are taken to your own area that has a couch and mirrors.

We worked with Brittany and she was absolutely fantastic! She talked with us about what I was looking for and looked at some photos I had saved and then she went to grab dresses she thought I would like. She showed me each one and we talked about my thoughts and what I liked and didn’t and what different types of things I wanted to see. When it got time to try on dresses I went behind a curtain in a nice large space with two additional mirrors. This was SO refreshing compared to the day prior at other locations where I was trying to put on dresses behind a tiny partition. Brittany helped me step into each dress and pull it on, which also was not standard at other places. It was nice having the mirrors in the changing area so I could see the dress on prior to showing my mom and maid of honor. Brittany made it very special by saying things like ‘here she is’ then opening the large current for me to reveal the dress I had on.

The entire visit was so relaxed and stress free! Brittany never tried to push a sale. At other stores I felt very overwhelmed and pressured with tactics like 20% off today only and the sales person telling me THIS IS YOUR DRESS. That was not the case at The White Flower. It was such an enjoyable experience for myself and my mom and MOH. My mom said she wished we had come here first because this was what wedding dress shopping should be like and she couldn’t say enough what a dream experience it was with the most gorgeous unique dresses.

BONUS: they have a beautiful flower wall with lighting setup to take a YES to the dress photo!

Being fully transparent, the dresses here are a higher price point than other stores, however, they are also a much much higher quality and customization than many other stores. I would say that if you plan on having a dress made to fit you from here (as opposed to finding one off the rack that happens to be in your size, which would be rare) you should expect to spend at least $3000-$3500, however, some of their dresses do go upwards of $7000. Checkout their Instagram or website first to get an idea of options in your price range. Don’t be intimidated by the ranges. I was concerned there would be very few under $3500 and that was not the case. I had lots of options in the $3000-$3500 range.

Overall, 10 out...

The White Flower was the first AND thee last place I had an appointment with. Here is my story.. To be completely honest, I had my doubts coming in because I heard all the horror stories about what to expect with wedding dress pricing - But I thought I would be a sport and go for the full “bridal experience”.

I arrived with my mom and my sister (MOH) and already Georgina and Hannah were so welcoming and inviting. The bridal boutique is absolutely ADORABLE and when you book your appointment, you’ll have the whole place to yourself! I had the pleasure of working with GEORGINA. We automatically clicked - It was like she has been waiting for me all these years to come and help me choose my wedding dress. Match made in bridal heaven, I’m telling you! We discussed what types of styles I was into and of course price ranges. After that, Georgina was in her expertise zone - She picked out several dresses, which were all so gorgeous btw. And she made sure to stay within the price range, she did not go over that range and was never pushy at all.

The first dress I tried on, I did not want to get out of - IT. WAS. BEAUTIFUL. I was in that dress for maybe 30-45 minutes and constantly had me emotional, had us ALL emotional actually. I probably cried 53 times, especially when Georgina was dressing it up figuring out different styles (adding veils, gloves, scarves, bouquets, etc..). She even became my photographer/videographer when my mom, sister and I were all having our emotional moments LOL!

About forever later, I finally forced myself out of the first dress and I did try on the other dresses that were picked out. However, none were comparable (to each their own) and I found myself crawling (and crying) back to the very first dress Georgina had me try on. Again, Georgina and I were a match made in bridal heaven. She just knew I wouldn’t be able to let that dress go!

After another wave of emotions looking at myself in this beautiful gown.. I SAID YES TO THE DRESS! It was an indescribable feeling I will never ever forget. And remember, this was the first bridal boutique I went to, what the heck?!

They have a little photo session afterwards with their cute flower wall too. I cancelled my other bridal appointments (in which The White Flower so generously reimbursed me for) and walked out of the boutique with no regrets. For any bride looking for their perfect dream dress, I highly recommend The White Flower - and ask for...