Bare Necessities Bridal

«I was 17, and my best friends and I were hunting for prom dresses. We drove to a nearby neighborhood, cushier than ours, to visit a shop called Bare Necessities Bridal. We walked in, the only customers in the store, excited to be together and to try on fancy dresses. I was determined to find something that made me look like Gabrielle Union. I didn’t usually dress up, but when I made my entrance at the prom, I wanted to be a dime — a 10, you know. That was my end game.
A white-​haired woman, super old to my teenage eyes, sat on a stool near the back. She didn’t greet us. She didn’t speak a word until 10 minutes later, when I picked up a white dress that looked just like the gown Hilary Duff wore in „A Cinderella Story.“ The woman walked toward me and eased the dress out of my hands.
„Don’t you want to try on something else — something less expensive, maybe? You wouldn’t want to get it dirty, after all.“
I didn’t know what to say. My friends and I walked out.»

My wife got her wedding dress here for a very reasonable price. It looks beautiful.

Terrible! When I was searching for wedding dresses, I thought I’d just stop in here and see what she had to offer! Blech! First of all, it was hard to figure out the exact hours. Then, the place is so STUFFED full of dresses, some that I think may have been there for the past 15 years, that it seriously made my claustrophobia pop up a bit. In some places, the racks were so cramped, I literally had to yank and pull to get the dress out enough to see it! The «dressing room» is a bit of a joke. It feels less than private with a threadbare curtain just pulled to and her right outside the door. Also, some of the dresses were stained or just generally dirty looking and I know for a fact, because I considered selling some old bridesmaid dresses there, that you have to pay extra up front so she can have them cleaned. And she can order new dresses — when she told me that, I had her check on a price for the one I was wanting. She said she’d have to call me back but never did. About a month later, I went back in and mentioned it to her. She didn’t apologize for not calling back but amazingly had the price now. And it was more expensive than David’s Bridal, which was already listed at a price I didn’t want to pay! I will not recommend this shop or go back in. And I will definitely not sell my bridesmaid dresses there either! Oh, and in case you’re interested, I ended up getting the dress I wanted (listed around $ 500 at DB and $ 600 with this lady) on eBay for $ 220!!!