Victoria's Bridal Couture
5348 1/2 Ballard Avenue Northwest, Seattle
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Nora did a great job with my wedding dress alterations; she was very nice and had great attention to detail. My dress turned out great and she was even able to add a strip of my mom’s wedding dress into mine which was incredibly special … More and she made it look so good! Would recommend.
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5/5 experience!
Highlights: Quality of work, cost, customer service, timing
I was nervous about choosing a wedding dress tailor and went through so many reviews and cost comparisons, and working with Nora was so kind, quick & … More thorough.
I had 3 appointments scheduled and ended up having one extra because they wanted to make the neckline and sleeves fit perfectly which I greatly appreciate the commitment to quality (without extra charge!). I asked for the standard alterations (hem, bustle, take in at the waist, & added on a neckline alteration & sleeve alteration).
I didn’t feel fully confident after I bought my dress initially (from Anthropologie), and Nora and her team did such a good job I felt more and more beautiful each time I tried it on. Nora spoke so kindly, not at all rude or rushed or condescending like I’ve heard other people experience at other places during their wedding dress alterations.
Below are photos from the alteration sessions and from my wedding.
Highly recommend Victoria’s Bridal Couture! -
I bought my dress at Anthropologie and Victoria's bridal was on their list of recommended tailors. Unfortunately, I did not have a good experience. I sent detailed images of my dress and was quoted $800. A couple of months later, … More at the end of my first appointment, the tailor handed me a bill for over $1600. After I checked with her, she took a couple hundred off for the bustle but basically said sometimes prices of materials and services change. I was completely shocked. This drastic price change should be communicated to customers. I was lucky that I could scrape together an unplanned expense and pay more than my dress for alterations... But I am a teacher and this was a pretty big blow financially.
I should have taken my dress back then and gone somewhere else, but I figured that I wouldn't have time and told myself it was worth it. It wasn't. The seamstress was not friendly, and didn't take questions well.
When she finished the bustle it was a line of hooks (like small bra hooks) along the back of my dress and was an eyesore. I took it back and she fixed the bustle, but this left holes along the seam where the hooks were.
My fitted dress had buttons down the back, and after tailoring a button under my butt didnt lay right and caused a weird fold if I leaned back at all. When I brought this up, she snapped "you won't be bending over backwards at your wedding!" And didn't address it further. Well, I just got my photos back and that weird fold is apparent in many of my photos. That spot makes it look ill fitted and sloppy. (And yes you WILL be bending back at your wedding when dancing, dipping, kissing, and laughing!)
Also, when I took my dress in to get the bustle fixed, her assistant told me an incredibly disturbing annecdote about wanting to euthanize his cat by putting it in the freezer... Not what you want to hear when you're in wedding mode (or ever!!!)
All in all, this was one of the most stressful and disappointing parts of planning my wedding. I shed many tears. The whole process made me dislike my dress from all of the stress associated with it. I would not recommend this place.
