My Wedding Expressions

I called to get a little suit for my boy because I noticed they were moving and they were having a sale. The owner said come on down she’d be there until five PM. When I arrived at 11:30 AM she had left, along with 80% of the merchandise. The woman she left behind could not help us. All the rest of the stuff was packed in boxes and there were no children’s suits left at the store anyways. She said they were looking for a new location. This location is now closed. I’m thinking this game is over!

DO NOT DO BUSINESS WITH THESE PEOPLE. They are the worst, most unprofessionally run «business.» I was referred to them by a friend who had used their services for her debut a few years ago. She seemed to have a good experience with them and thought they might be worth a shot for my sister’s debut. The shop is run down and filled with the tackiest sorts of party things — we were only there to order chair covers, favor ribbons, and maybe a candelabra. I also inquired about their videographer services, but they never called me back about it — probably a blessing in disguise.
We only ended up ordering favor ribbons which was a fiasco in and of itself. Maybe it was due to the fact they were moving locations, but even that should not serve as a hindrance in running your business smoothly and to the customer’s needs. The lady, «Nanay,» who helped me seemed innocent enough. She didn’t know too much, but was helpful. Thank goodness I understand Tagalog, or else this whole ordeal would’ve been shot to hell. She handed me a swatch booklet from which I picked a coral swatch that matched my sister’s colors. I cut a piece of the swatch off and stapled it to the invoice so that there would be no mistake about it. When we went to pick up the ribbons two weeks later on a Thursday, they were ORANGE. Not even close to coral. Nanay put me on the phone with the owner, who is never at the shop but always at her home a block away, and she explained to me that they didn’t have coral so they decided orange was the next best since they believed it was «in the same color family.» They had not even considered giving me a call to tell me that they did not have the color we wanted and made the decision to choose orange. While I understand some shades of coral can look orange, but not the one we picked. We ended up choosing to go with a sort of hot pink that would be ready on Sunday. I wasn’t going to be in the City on Sunday, so my mother was going to pick them up. Today (Sunday) they call me to tell me that the ribbons are ready to be picked up. Awesome. I, then, get another call from Nanay telling me that they will be leaving the store but we can come to pick up the ribbon at 4pm or at the owner’s house. She puts me on the phone with the owner’s husband I’m guessing, and he speaks perfect English so I know he had no problem understanding what I was saying. Basically I told him I was unhappy with the service I was receiving from them first messing up our colors and now they are leaving the store to do who knows what. Needless to say I lost my temper and def gave them a piece of my mind.
I will not be doing business with these people ever again and would warn against anyone doing business with them. I, like many other Filipinos, like doing business with other Filipinos bc it usually makes things easier. However, their business is on the low-​end of the mom-​n-​pop Filipino business spectrum. Unorganized and unprofessional.

I needed a Barong Tagalog for my son fast, and they had an array of boys sizes, and 25% off to boot. I am looking at their candles display for a Debut party next. Excellent service, good inventory and it’s like your «Tita» is helping you.
For last minute Barongs, this is the place to go.

I would give no stars if that was a choice. I wouldn’t know how good this store was to talk about it because when my mom, my fiancé and I walked into this store, we were completley ignored! As the only lady in this place was at a desk talking to someone only looked up to see who walked in and didn’t bother to say anything! Like be with you in a second or nothing. So after walking around for 10 minutes and staring right at her forever and still nothing! So I decided even if she did attempt to help at that point I wasn’t giving that place any of my money! Which really sucked actually for them cause we had big $$$ to be spent.

My cousin Edna owns this shop and she did my wedding all the way in Boston! They are so detail oriented and so efficient! Everything was so beautiful– from flowers to the tulles on the chair covers, aisle, and the balloons. My Wedding Expressions is a one-​stop-​shop where you can get everything for your wedding needs… they even have barong tagalogs if you opt for traditional Filipino wedding attire for your groom :)