If you want a store that will provide good, honest customer service, treat you with respect, and make the entire bridesmaid process easy, don't go here and definitely don't see Kate.
Kate guaranteed that all my bridesmaids, including my out-of-state sis-in-law, would be able to easily submit their measurements, Macy's would order their correct size, and alterations would be simple.
Everything went wrong. Kate ordered the wrong dress sizes for most of my bridesmaids. The most egregious was my size 0 out-of-state sister-in-law receiving a size 12 boutique dress. We told Kate from the very beginning that these were the wrong sizes, but she insisted that it was because of the boutique measurements and that we were wrong. My sis-in-law offered to go to her local Macy's bridal store to get re-measured just to make sure, but Kate refused, insisting that she was going to order a size 12.
We requested to order a second dress in a size 4 or 6 for my tiny sister-in-law, just in case the first one that was ordered would be too big. Kate refused and insisted that she was right; if there was anything wrong, the dresses would come in 2 months before the wedding and we would have time to alter or, last resort, order a new dress.
The dresses were "lost in transit" (Kate's words, not mine) and they arrived 3 weeks before the wedding. Kate said Macy's would not deliver to the Macy's bridal store close to my out-of-state sis-in-law. So we had to pay over $100 in shipping with UPS to get the dress to my sis-in-law overnight so she could try it on and do her alterations. The dress was so big, 2 tailors refused to touch the dress.
We reached out to Kate to order a new dress for my tiny sis-in-law. She refused, saying the dress-making company said there wasn't enough time.
We reached out to the dress-making company, who said there was plenty of time to order a new dress, but the order had to come through Macy's. Keep in mind, at this point, we are less than 3 weeks until the wedding. Kate refused to order a replacement dress for us.
Finally, after Kate not taking our calls and responding only with "you can talk to the regional manager, but she's traveling" for the umpteenth time, my father called the regional manager. The manager did apologize and accepted to return the dress, but did nothing to get us a replacement. Also, the regional manager informed us that Kate should have ordered a smaller dress and should have shipped it to my sis-in-law complimentary. Keep in mind, at this point, we are now less than 2 weeks until the wedding.
We ended up buying a replacement bridesmaid dress for my sis-in-law from J.Crew. Honestly, I should have done this through J.Crew in the first place. J.Crew was very understanding, gave us free overnight shipping and a discount! The replacement dress arrived just in time for the wedding, it was the correct size, and my sis-in-law looked beautiful in it.
So unfortunately, one of my bridesmaids did not have the same dress as the others.
Kate was dishonest, disorganized, inefficient, and provided horrible customer service. The regional manager did the bare minimum and still could have made it right. I should have just gone with J.Crew from the very beginning.
But the good news is that we're happily married now and my sis-in-law was in a dress that fit her beautifully. Best of luck to all future brides and mothers of the bride!
Sincerely,
A Former Macy's Employee read more