Karen Millen

Absolute best quality dresses and timeless/​classic designs. The dresses here are worth every penny. Ask for Yasmina or Candace. Their sense of style is phenomenal and they are not only extremely helpful, but extremely honest about what works best for you! I will never stop shopping here. This is a MUST go if you have any sort of event coming up. I wear KM to a lot of weddings, work events, and dinner parties and people always compliment my outfit.

I’m here to rave about Karen Millen as well. Discovered the store last summer after going to 10 different stores trying, and failing, to find a dress for a friend’s wedding. Everything fit; the styles are beautiful, well made, and figure friendly; and the sales people are ridiculously nice/​helpful. They’ve been my go-​to dress store ever since.

BY FAR, my new favorite clothing store. Beautiful stuff, only wish I could afford it all.

Hello ladies,
If you are a busy, but an appearance-​conscious professional like me, then STRUT don’t walk to Karen Millen in Georgetown OR Tysons II. Don’t bother with BCBG, Cusp, or even Barneys COOP in Gtown. Seriously. Don’t waste your $ 200+ per hour time on anything other than Karen Millen. Unless you are a stick, Karen Millen dresses will fit you fabulously! I can’t believe I got 2 dresses and a skirt, all without needing alterations. And, price point is great for this level of dress. Yasmina is who I worked with, and she is great. Honest, but tactful. AND, they have outerwear (aka coats), so stay tuned for a Fall roundup.
Anna

Don’t waste your money.
I was so excited when I discovered Karen Millen. The clothes and shoes were so adorable I wanted to scoop up everything in the store but decided to settle for a dress, pair of shoes and a small clutch purse. The shoes were adorable and I was so excited to wear them but I saved them for a very special occasion. I wore them a total of twice times before the heel snapped off while walking on an even sidewalk leaving me to hobble the half a block to my car. I have never had a heel break off a shoe ever, in my 15 years of wearing heels. especially after wearing it twice. I was even more shocked because they shoe had a $ 250 plus price tag. I have had $ 30 shoes from Target and TJ Maxx that have lasted for years.
So, I took them back to the store to see what they could do. Not much, apparently. Since it was a few month since I bought them, I didn’t have a receipt so I understood what they could do was fairly limited but was hoping they could do SOMETHING. I spoke to an associate, Yasmin, I believe, and she said she would see if she could find a replacement shoe that was not defective. She took my shoes and said she would call me within the week. It took me almost 4 weeks before I called back to check on the status. She wasn’t able to find a replacement shoe or even offer any sort of discount towards another shoe. So, almost a month later, I am still sad and shoeless.
Also, the clutch purse that I had purchased must have also been defective. I have only used it once because the device that fastens the purse tends to unexpectedly pop open spilling the contents sending rolling around on the floor. I prefer not to have to chase after my lip gloss under tables when I am out for dinner.
I will never buy anything from Karen Millen again. If you are looking to wear something of higher quality to wear more than once, I would recommend some place like Forever 21. Really.

Ever in search of ways to keep myself from getting discouraged by the GMAT, I hopped over to Georgetown after a brutal practice test and a beer. Wandering down Wisconsin, I realized that Karen Millen has been there almost since I graduated, and I had never been in. Had to get that sorted.
I was first introduced to Ms. Millen in golly England, where there was a massive Karen Millen gallery in the House of Fraser department store in the big mall in Norwich. Then, by happenstance, I wound up at Kate Moss’ favorite bar this one night in London and a gal playing wingwoman for some frighteningly old American men salivating after me was wearing the CUTEST dress. Where had she gotten it? Karen Millen/​House of Fraser. I might have taken a seat at their table if she was going to give me the dress in exchange.
But I was intrigued.
Then I was broke.
As a result, I never followed up on the intrigue. Four years later, I was finally lured into the store by a stunning, red silk strapless number in the window. I only wandered around the first floor (which isn’t that big), but what lovely things! I’m sure they vary season to season, but I was deeeelighted by all the blues for spring/​summer. And the sales associate was so nice and didn’t give me that «You ain’t got no money, do you?» look. You know the one. Anyways, he was wonderful, telling me a little history about the store and that I should try some things on because it’s European tailored and would probably fit me well.
Ego stroked. Ego stroked.
Upon looking at the price tags, I decided to forgo trying things on (You know, there’s just something about trying something on that you KNOW will fit. It’s a curse, I tell ya.), but I promised him I’d be back and best believe I will… once I’ve made the GMAT my bitch.

Meh.
I used to have this racy love affair with Karen Millen while I was living in Cairo. I’d peruse the items at City Stars shopping mall in Nasser City and spend unruly amounts of money on clothes that I never thought I’d ever need in Egypt (and boy did I!).
When I returned, my heart deflated in my chest when I failed to locate a Karen Millen in DC proper (Tysons was just too far at the time).
Project Beltway alerted me of the first sighting of a soon-​to-​be-​Karen-​Millen in georgetown, and my faced glowed eagerly everytime I came to georgetown to check on progress.
When they were finally open, I walked in and was pretty disappointed. The store layout is pretty sucky (especially compared to the wide open layout in Cairo) because it’s crowded and divided between two floors. I understand… this is georgetown and horizontal space is at a premium… but this is just a little silly.
To add insult to injury (or maybe the other way around) none of the pieces were even remotely suitable or a tenth as memorable as those beautifully delicate and feminine things I bought in Egypt.
If a third world store can trump a georgetown location… isn’t something wrong?

I returned to Karen Millen today for a bit of retail therapy, and MAN did she deliver. There was a sale… and it was indeed incredible. $ 300 dresses marked down to $ 80, $ 250 shoes down to $ 70… and everything was beautiful.
As this was my first time actually trying on clothes at Karen Millen, I now know how dangerous this place will be for me. EVERYTHING fit PERFECTLY. I’m not kidding. I felt like a million bucks in every dress, which is a serious rarity for me. I came in looking for a dress… and walked out with 3 pairs of shoes (2 on sale, one pair so mindblowing that I think I may just hang them on my wall as art). I’ll be back for one of the dresses, that’s for sure.
Service was super friendly and helpful. This was my first shopping experience in DC where I felt like they truly appreciated my business and I had a great time trying everything on. I could have spent hours there, if not for my limited budget. Love love LOVE it!