After falling in love with a Stella York dress online, I ordered one in my size into the shop at Maidstone and arranged an appointment to try it on along with my four bridesmaids. When we arrived one Saturday, we were told that we would have a long wait as they were busy! There was nowhere to sit so we stood for nearly an hour waiting to be served. When I asked where the Stella dress was, I was informed "Oh, I think we sold it a couple of weeks ago". I was angry and my bridesmaids were furious. If I'd known that they had sold it, I would've tried to source it elsewhere. They had my telephone number and email address but didn't have the decency to inform me. They then suggested that we drive from Maidstone to their Canterbury branch at 3 p.m. on a Saturday to try a similar dress on. It was boiling hot, our feet were aching from standing and the last thing we wanted to do was trawl through traffic on a Sat afternoon!
I eventually picked a dress, with the help of my bridesmaids. It was far too big and they sent it away for altering. I had lost two stone in weight and informed them that I was continuing to diet and lose more weight. I went back for a fitting at the beginning of September. The length had been altered perfectly but the bust was still far too big and the straps kept falling down. I was told this would be adjusted. I paid for the dress to be packed in a box ready for me to pick up to take away to my wedding in Greece. How I wish I'd tried it on at the time but, obviously, they had packed it specially to go on the plane. When I got dressed on my wedding day one week later, my bridesmaids pulled at the corset back but the bust would not tighten. It was sticking out at the sides and in front. I looked like Dolly Parton. I could've cried as I spent a lot of money on that dress, the alteration and packing and it wasn't right. I spent the entire wedding ceremony pulling my straps up and very aware that my boobs looked HUGE! I wouldn't recommend this shop to any bride thinking of purchasing from Jodi Bridal. I found the owner of the shop to be quite shirty and not very friendly. However, the two sales ladies who helped me try on the dresses were very nice.
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