Specially Hers

I can’t say anything good about Specially Hers. I was an awful experience there from beginning to end. They don’t listen to their customers concerns, only interrupt them repeatedly instead. They kept bragging about how they’ve been in business for 30 years; however, I have no clue how. They overcharged us when it could have been totally prevented and didn’t tell the girls until it was too late to cancel. They ordered too big of sizes I can only assume in hopes of getting more money for the alterations. When a swatch was ordered that also was a nightmare. Nobody knew anything about it even after receiving a call weeks prior it was in the store and the day it was to be picked up. When asked about it, they had to be told to check into it multiple times. They outright lied saying they said they would deliver it when found. Wouldn’t you think that after 30 years they’d have a standard place to find all swatches that come in and also not be surprised at the size of them? I won’t ever recommend them to anyone and will not set foot in that store ever again. Update: The horror story goes on… Today, the last bridesmaid goes to pick up her dress and they can’t find the bride’s name for the dresses to be under. After 10 minutes, they finally find the dress. Really!!!

We’re really lucky to have a store like this in our community. I recently shopped here twice. The first time I only had 20 minutes before closing and couldn’t find anything. Luckily I came back and spent more time looking. I found several dresses I loved, both on a sale rack ($ 29.99) and full price. The second time shopping, the staff was much more helpful and helped me find options. When I looked up the prices of my full price purchases online, Specially Hers had charged me the exact same price the dress was listed for on Amazon and everywhere else I found the dresses. Also, I found that one of my sale price dresses ($ 29.99) was originally over $ 500.00! I was both surprised and impressed that they didn’t mark up the prices. I wish there wasn’t such a backlog with alterations, but I know good seamstresses are hard to come by. The quality and selection of dresses here is better than if I had to drive to Madison. Don’t forget, Specially Hers has tux rentals too.

I’m the Maid of Honor for a friend’s wedding. I am also plus sized. A couple dress stores we stopped at while looking for bridesmaid dresses did not have dresses that I could fit into. Sadly, it is difficult to choose a dress that you can’t see on! The bride set an appointment for Specially Hers, and off we went to see what they had!
We got to Baraboo about 45 minutes before our appointment, and decided to go in early and look around. Thankfully, they weren’t busy at the moment and we got in early! They have a lot of dresses in a lot of sizes, and I was really excited to be able to find a bunch of dresses the bride liked that I could actually put on!
The girls were extremely helpful in showing us dresses that would be flattering to my figure! They were extremely knowledgeable about the dresses, and could tell us offhand if it came with strap options or length options. If there was a question we had that they didn’t know the answer to, they found it out for us! They didn’t make a big deal out of my need for a plus size dress, and I didn’t feel like I was treated any differently than any other person would be.
We haven’t settled on one dress as of writing this review, but we found some great options at Specially Hers, and we are planning on going back with all of the bridesmaids to try on some of our options again! If you are a plus size bride or bridesmaid, I cannot recommend Specially Hers more!

Wedding dress shopping CAN be fun if you go to the right place! I had been to several other dress shops and been lied to (about the dresses they had in stock for me to try on). I also had to deal with pushy sales people at a couple of the places I went to. If I’m not feeling a dress, I shouldn’t be pushed into saying that I «love it!» if I only ‘like it’.
Despite the fact that I’m from Gurnee, IL, my friend and I made the 3 hour drive up to Baraboo because they had a dress that I absolutely HAD to try on, that no where around here had. I had intended on only trying on that dress (cause I truly thought it would be the one that I had to have), but as it turned out, Ashley was so helpful in finding other dresses that would look good on me, that I found a completely different dress which I adore! I still really liked the one that I went all the way up there for, but thanks to Ashley, I found one that suited me even better.
The best part of the whole experience is that Specially Hers is VERY reasonably priced. I set a price limit of $ 1000, and the dress I’m going to get is much less than that limit, which allows me to put that savings towards the many other costs of my upcoming wedding.
In addition to all of Ashley’s help, Specially Hers is letting me do everything from here on out over the phone, so I won’t have to drive back up to Baraboo! I’m lucky enough to know a skilled seamstress who can make any alterations I need, so that is not a concern for me.

After weeks of searching the internet and a disappointing day shopping in Rockford, I was losing hope of finding the perfect wedding dress for me. While visiting family in Baraboo, I decided to take a look at Especially Hers. I walked in without an appointment and was directed to their lower level, which is small but entirely devoted to bridal wear. Unlike David’s Bridal, Especially Hers had an astounding selection of dresses, encouraging brides to try on a few sizes in either direction if they did not have the right size. This is much nicer than stores that have the same dress in every size, because it allows for a wider selection.
The staff is honest as well, letting you know when you look good and when you do not. That was refreshing, because the last dress shop I had tried pushed everything on me, despite what it looked like. Especially Hers’ employees are not as concerned with price tags as they are with the happiness of their customers. I highly recommend this location to any Bride, Bridesmaid, or Mother of the Bride.