Champion Wedding Gown Specialist

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2548 Rocky Ridge Rd, Birmingham, AL 35243, USA
Added by Jopie, at 21 April 2012

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• Maya Madden

  11 July 2019

  DO NOT GO HERE FOR ALTERATIONS. If I could give 0 stars I would. They’ve had my best friends dress since May. We have come back 4 times and it is still not ready. Wedding is in 3 days. We took it to another alterations place and they told us a whole host of issues were going on. It was not sewn evenly, the wire was not cut, it didn’t zip up, and she didn’t even fix the hook and eye! Needless to say our anxiety is at an all time high. The seamstress wasn’t even there to make sure it fit the last time when we picked it up no shock as she knew we would have been extremely upset. The cleaning place did clean the dress but they should not advertise that they do any altering.

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• Megan Henry

  05 May 2019

  I came to the “wedding gown specialist” to finish altering my dress. All it needed was the straps to be fixed and bustles added to the back. It took TWO times for the seamstress to “finish” AND she got my brand new dress dirty in the process. I had to pay her for the alternations AND an extra 150 to have it cleaned. Turns out the alternations were STILL not ok when i got home and I had to get a seamstress in my hometown to fix it since both the straps were coming out and the bustles were crooked. The hometown seamstress made my dress perfect for 25 dollars? Going to this place cost me over 200 dollars and a lot of stress for absolutely NOTHING in return. The only reason I’m giving two stars is because the staff was very nice and they were able to get the the seamstresses marks off of my dress, but unfortunately at my expense.

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• Bruce Carter

  02 May 2019

  34 year old wedding dress cleaned to perfection. They are very knowledgeable and take extra care. I also took a 60 year old baby bib to be cleaned and it was pristine when we got it back~

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• Jessica Fortman

  27 June 2018

  Champion Wedding Gown Specialist did a great job cleaning my dress and preserving it after my wedding. They were honest about expectations and very knowledgeable about types of fabrics and care for each one. I would highly recommend their services!

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• Amanda Hendricks

  07 November 2016

  I took my dress to Champion Gown Specialists to be let out, sew on my bridal sash, take in the straps, and possibly hem. The prices were great in comparison to other places and the turn around quoted was quick (which they met).
  
  During my second fitting, I informed the seamstress that the straps felt too tight that she had pulled up. She said that if she loosens them they would fall, but I said it was painfully too tight and she said I would be fine once she took the cups out. At my wedding, the straps dug into my arms and was really painful. I had marks right under my underarms for 2 weeks! Which, I posted a photo of.
  
  Also, I had the dress let out. There were multiple layers in the dress, but when she put it back together I guess she did both sides unevenly. The dress seam kept turning around my body which made me severly uncomfortable and you can see the bulge that created in my photos.
  
  Unfortunately, I did not realize that the sleeves would dig in and be that uncomfortable or that the seam would spin around my body until wearing the dress on my wedding day.

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• Diane Dakin

  07 July 2016

  I want to thank Bridal Gown Preservation for coming to the rescue at the last minute! My daughter had many issues at another establishment getting her new wedding dress altered. It was finally ready for pick up on a Friday evening and the wedding was Sunday! The alteration shop could not press it and we were stuck. We called around and finally reached the owner of your shop.
  Thank you so much for taking it last minute and pressing it within just a couple of hours! You'll never know how much it meant to us. And the price was great!

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• Katelynn Corder-Grier

  25 November 2015

  This was probably the most painless part of the wedding planning. They were great! I was wary at first because the fitting process was a whirlwind (the whole thing took 15 minutes). But the final product was amazing! It fit like a glove. I almost backed out of having the cleaning done because it wasn't that bad, but boy am I glad I didn't. It looks brand new! I will definitely be going back for preservation. I'm a bride on a tight and tiny budget and they took a secondhand dress and made me feel like a princess. And finally, the turnaround was so fast. I brought it in on Saturday and it was done on Wednesday. Much quicker than the estimate they gave me. Overall, a great experience and if I could give them 6 stars, I would.

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• Nicole Siegal

  18 April 2013

  I read reviews of this place and thought it was going to be perfect to do just a few alterations on my wedding dress. Walking in the place, it was super hot and humid. They put me in a tiny room without a mirror to put on my wedding dress (which my mother and grandmother were also in there to help me get it on). It was so cramped, hot, and miserable. A foreign lady was there to alter the dress and once I got the dress on and situated, she acted like we were inconviencing her the entire time and was in such a hurry. She had a mirror that was broken in half and I couldn't even look in the mirror to see if I liked the pinning she had done. There wasn't even a step stool for me to stand on so that I wasn't stepping on my train. I asked her to make sure I didn't look crooked in it since I have scoliosis and she totally dismissed that, told me she had another appointment and left. Needless to say, we took my dress elsewhere. This was a terrible experience and I would not recommend anyone to waste their time going there.

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• A Google User

  28 April 2012

  I would recommend Champion Wedding Gown Specialists to anyone. They did a wonderful job on my badly spotted wedding gown. I wore it in 1965. My daughter wore it in 1989. It was stored in the attic, and had yellow spots all over it. It is now ready to be worn again if one of my granddaughters chooses to wear it. These folks definitely know what they're doing in wedding gown restoration and cleaning.

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