Shapes Dress Design Studio

What a fun, funky and reasonably-​priced shop! The proprietor is a genuine seamstress: she was creating a custom wedding dress as I browsed (but was attentive nonetheless). Carrying mainly separates in soft fabrics, plus casual little jackets and some more formal dresses too. Stop in here before the higher priced boutiques! Glad I did.

I always rush in here before one of those rare moments when my friends make plans to — gasp! — actually go out and socialize, like we did more regularly when we were in our twenties: P And the place has never really let me down. I never realized it was known as a «bridal design studio» also — would be quite the interesting bride who got her gown there. I stick with the tops — strictly trendy with little staying power, but good for a season — and avoid that little back room of Ballroom Dance/​GhetToes prom dresses like the plague.
Return policy sucks (they don’t allow any) and I giggle every time I hand over my credit card — they still do things the way old-​fashioned way and rub a carbon receipt over the numbers, actually draw a line to indicate where I should sign, and handwrite «All Sales Final» or some such nonsense. Hey, keeps the overhead low, right? I’m still a fan.