Lindsay
Shattered. Ladies, please be careful
If someone asked me about my experience with the Dessy group I would tell them to seriously reconsider their options. My 7 bridesmaids decided to use Dessy for the ease of finding a different style they liked and ensuring they were all the same colour, which is a very handy feature - if you get the actual dress you order. Several different stores were visited and not only were staff rude but they were told to order dresses several sizes bigger so they would fit - one would assume the store lady would have the best knowledge about sizing so they were ordered. Luckily the returns policy is quite inflexible. Another bridesmaid tried on and ordered the correct size dress, the tag read the correct size dress, but the one which turned up was measured and ended up being the larger size - despite the correct tag?? I now have 3 bridesmaids with dresses that don't fit, that won't be refunded and now must foot the large bill to have them altered so they even resemble a bridesmaid dress. Another ordered a dress through a different store and - you guessed it - it arrived far too big! She has now paid to have it altered which cost nearly as much as the dress. Ladies if you use this site PLEASE, PLEASE be careful, particularly with sizing. The online measurements are inaccurate and the ladies in the store aren't always the best person for advice. Make sure you read the returns policy because it will likely be the fault of the customer for whatever reason, even if Dessy sizing is misleading and Dessy employees give incorrect information. So when someone inevitably responds to my review below I will be more than happy to provide you with order details, store name and location and the name of the lady I had dealt with. I have also sent in a complaint through the Dessy site. I am absolutely shattered about the experience with Dessy and wish I had never dealt with them in the first place. What a way to start planning for our wedding .....Response to Dessy reply below - No, she has not lost weight. She ordered a 10 and a dress with a size 10 tag arrived but once the dress was measured we realised it was actually a size 12, Apparently it is our fault that we ordered the correct size but the incorrect dress arrived - go figure. Oh and it gets better - NO REFUND! I attempted to call the lady in the store and she was incredibly rude, and basically said she wasn't going to explain anything to me - too many people were involved. I had called to ask a question about the dress and colour options and that's the response I got - Really?? As for the other stores - yes the dresses were ordered to spec, the issue is the advice from the store lady, she tried to tell one of my bridesmaids (who is usually a size 12) that she should order a size 22 because she is pregnant. I appreciate you reaching out to the stores in question however perhaps a response directly to me would also be appropriate. My opinion of Dessy has not changed, in fact it is unfortunately more negative due to the conduct of one particular store lady. Between my bridesmaids there would have been over $2,000 spent on dresses and we are yet to find out how much in alterations. I will NEVER deal with the company again, and I actively encourage others to warn other brides about doing so.
Response from The Dessy GroupJan 17, 2017
Lindsay, I am very sorry that you feel the dresses are not fitting to spec. We immediately reached out to both stockists regarding your orders. Both stores confirm that the dresses are indeed measuring to spec. I reviewed the measurements of one of the 'maids wearing 8170 in a size 10 and I would have chosen the same size based on a bust measurement of 93.5cm and 79cm waist. Is there any possibility that she could have lost weight? Regards, Cindy




