Bridal Elegance by Darlene

By far Darlene had the best selection of dress out of Albuquerque. Everyone was wonderful there. The only bad expierence was I had paid over $200 for my bustle alterations. Let me add my dress was extremely heavy and they used little pins for the bustle, well during the wedding the bustle would not hold at all! Every ten Minutes one of my bridesmaids were trying to fix the bustle!. I could not enjoy our reception because I was trying to hold my dress. For the money I spent and them knowing how heavy my dress was the should have done my bustle another way. Very disappointed!

One of the best experiences I had in the whole wedding process was going to Darlene's. They are a wonderful group of women. They sit you down and have you review catalogs to get an idea of what you would wear and have you try dresses that maybe you hadn't considered so you can compare. The dress I wore I did not pick on my own. Darlene and Melissa, along with my sister, helped me with that. I felt like the most beautiful woman wearing that dress. Coming from me, that means alot. They worked with me on having a large bridal party and my sister living in another country. They helped expedite things towards the end when my sister came home and made sure everything was ready for my wedding. Their prices varies on the designer, but I felt that my dress was very reasonable.

We ordered our bridesmaid dresses here for my sister's wedding. All four of us had bad experiences with our order. They took our measurements and then ordered the dresses WAY too big. (I am a size 2, and they ordered me a size 6). They did the same for the other girls. Then they charged all of us $30 each for alterations. The alterations weren't complete until 3 days before the wedding. Then they had to alter them 3 times to make them fit! I thought my experience was unique, but after talking to the other three bridesmaids and comparing stories, I wanted to tell others to beware. It seems like a bit of a scam, or at the very least a shoddy business practice! Beware.

I loved bridal elegance by Darlene! I went to several bridal shops and this was my favorite of them all. They had a great selection of dresses, and were so friendly. Based on the dresses that I picked out they were able to find others that I would like- versus other dress shops that would pick out halter dresses when I told them I wanted strapless. Everyone at bridal elegance was so nice and I found several dresses that I loved! Also alterations were very reasonably priced!

Darlene and her staff are very knowledgeable. They not only pick out my dress, seriously the one I chose was the one Darlene picked for me; but they provided prompt alterations and were very professional as well!I will always recommend Bridal Elegance by Darlene to all brides!

They had the most unique dresses which was what I was looking for,designer ones that were unavailable anywhere else! also they put forth so much effort in paying. very close attention to my likes and only picked out the dresses that best matched my taste, which was very important because other bridal shops tried to force me into dresses that "they wanted for me."The staff was amazingly genuine and saw to it that my every need was met!

Darlene is wonderful- she has a great eye for dresses and she was actually the one who pulled the dress that I ended up buying!

All i can say is fantastic.My wife left the place very happy.

I was so happy that I had an experience with Bridal Elegance .The boutique was specious and carry all kinds of gorgeous pieces. And I loved atmosphere in it - very relaxing and stuff is very helpful.

The ladies that work in this shop are so friendly and helpful! They the only dress shop in town that does not require you to make an appointment to look at dresses, and sometimes when you are in there it shows because they are packed full. I had a wonderful experience here until it came to ordering my veil. I wanted a veil they had there but in elbow length, which they assured me they could do. When it came in it was not elbow length. Darlene told me they would shorten it at no cost for me and it would be ready by the time I was picking up the dress for my bridal sitting. It was not ready. She promised me it would be ready in time for the wedding, and it was, but after the hairdresser put it into my hair we realized that it was upside down and there was nothing we could do about it. They really dropped the ball on my veil but other than that I really enjoyed working with them for my wedding dress.

Great place for mother of the bride and bride's maids gowns. I also found my faux fur wedding cape which was stunning for our winter wedding!

I bought a demo dress for half price and it worked out perfect! I can't tell you how many compliments I got on my dress. And I made the groom cry, which was the best part! Loved my dress! I tried on almost 60 different dresses, and when I came to Bridal Elegance last, I dioscovered I should have gone there first! There dresses were just gorgeous and I found the perfect dress!