Formally Yours Bridal & Prom

I had such a great experience here! I was so nervous as I have had bad experiences finding prom dresses in the past and was afraid that would happen here with my wedding dress. This was completely not the case! As soon as I walked in the door I was made to feel welcome and comfortable. Katie, my bridal expert, was such a blessing. She made me feel beautiful and confident. She was so helpful with her advice and she really listened to what I wanted. I found the perfect dress by the 3^rd try! My mom and I were so happy that we are excited about coming back to pick out my mom’s mother of the bride dress! I would recommend this place to every bride!

Love this store !!! They are so helpful and patient I found my wedding dress the same day great price and super love it.

If you find yourself in the need for a wedding dress do yourself a favor and save time shopping and just go to Formally Yours Bridal boutique in Lilburn. They gave my niece the best experience in looking and buying that I have ever seen. Marissa, lady that assisted her was the most helpful attentive sales person I’ve ever met. Just a great all around experience! We did go to affordable bridal in Buford and there was no competition. You could tell with them that they saw you as a dollar sign.

I should preface this review by saying that I was just the tagalong and commenter, not the one shopping for a wedding dress. That being said, this place was great. They are located in a small shopping center right across the street from the huge temple. The owner was the one helping my friend AKA the bride. There were numerous brides in there trying on dresses, but thank goodness no one had a giant entourage. As it was, brides would come out and stand on the stage in different spots depending on what column was open. God forbid they just stand on the floor like us peons. That was odd, but actually seems sort of normal in the bridal dress world. My bridal buddy really liked that the owner kept her budget in mind when bringing dresses for her to try on. She even brought a couple of lacy simple bridesmaid dresses that could be used as a wedding dress. It’s details like that when owning a small business that make people really appreciate you. The owner provided great input. I was also privy to some of the other dress helpers convos with their brides and liked what I heard. Lot’s of legit help not just constant bullshit. A very nice experience for my friend. Also, I didn’t get see anything like the experiences some people were reporting. All the women in there while I was waiting were being helped by individual ladies… all were having their dresses clipped, etc.

Best experience ever!
I’ll be honest and state that if I’d read the previous reviews I’d probably not visited this location. I’m so glad I didn’t check Unilocal this time before checking out a new spot.
One of my bridesmaids and I decided to go scouting for bridesmaids dresses for my wedding. She pulled a list of locations and this boutique happened to be the first on the list so it was our first stop.
We entered the store and were greeted immediately by the staff. While we didn’t have an appointment and it was obvious that this was a busy time for them (Saturday around 3 p.m.) they still showered us with attention. A very special shout out to Katie who was extremely patient and helpful to us while my BFF tried on over 7 dresses.
We narrowed our decision down to 3 dresses and Katie provided the list of the dresses with stock numbers to help us with communication to the other bridesmaids.
We will be making our purchases here. BTW I thought the bridesmaids section was organized and the selection was much better than David’s bridal.
#DPursuitIsReal#TellingYouWhatIThink

When my MOH and I walked in. were greeted warmly, but that’s where it ended.
The associate assigned to help us find bridesmaid dresses was maybe 17 years old and seemed totally uninteresting in helping us. She basically pulled a few dresses and left us alone to help another customer. When we asked for help to clip the dresses up (cause the samples were not the right size), she didn’t help. She basically said, «we just get the standard sample pack that all the stores get and we don’t get a variety of sizes». They had the clips, but I had to get them myself and clip my MOH in.
The associate seemed completely unfazed that most of the dresses were far too small for us to even get a decent idea of what it would look like. She probably hates her job and it shows. Don’t bother with this place.

After shopping for what seemed like a year (I went to at least 7 bridal shops and tried on innumerable dresses) I finally found my dress at A Formal Affair. I actually went back to them after shopping at several other shops. A couple of things to point out, they asked me what I was looking for and my price point and the girl who helped me definitely pulled things in my style/​price range. They also told me to feel free to walk around & pick out other dresses that I wanted to try on.
As some of the other reviewers noted they do not come into the fitting room with you and help you into the dress, but I was fine with this, they were there to lace/​button me up as soon as I said I was in the dress. They also let me take as many pictures as I wanted, which was very important for me because my mom & my sister are not local and I very much wanted their opinion on the dress I ended up buying. I had the least pressure here to IMMEDIATELY buy my dress (other places acted like I should have bought yesterday, and I was shopping 9+ months out).
I did have some very specific requests and the owner actually called the designer to see if they could make the changes I wanted and ended up getting some custom changes done for a very reasonable price. They also price matched another boutique that I didn’t want to go back to mainly b/​c they wouldn’t let me take pictures, wouldn’t tell me who the dress designer was, etc. I simply refuse to buy from someone who is basically trying to blackmail you into it (yes, I’m talking to you Sweet Elegance).
All in all I felt like I had a really great experience at a Formal Affair, I will update my review after my dress comes in and my alterations are done and post a picture!

I ordered a 200 dollar bridesmaid dress and it came snagged all across the bottom. I called for her help and the young girl told me there was really nothing they could do for me it was a manufacturer issue and I took it out of the store. She was not helpful and acted like she does not care.

Formally Yours was my first and only stop to find my perfect dress! I called on a Monday and they had a very flexible schedule, so I was able to get in quickly. Before my appt. I had gone on their website to scope out dresses, but ended up pulling some in store as well that I hadn’t noticed online. The woman I worked with, Scarlett, was incredibly sweet and helpful. I really liked that I had privacy to get in to the dress myself, but she helped me with clipping it back. I ended up purchasing the first dress I tried on, that was coincidentally my size. I bought it off the rack, and got a 20% discount on it because of that. If I had to recommend a bridal shop to any of my friends, this would be it! They made my experience easy and comfortable, and because of that I found my dream dress!

This was the first store the bridesmaid brigade and I checked out and after venturing out to a handful of other stores and browsing online, we returned to Formally Yours for our final purchase.
Overall, our experience was very enjoyable. The staff of ladies are very helpful and friendly. On our first appointment, a young lady was assigned to assist us in choosing dresses and as we tried on dress after dress, she enthusiastically helped us with pinning and unpinning and offering suggestions. None of the other places we visited matched their level of customer service. For the dress we chose, their prices were comparable to ordering online and when it came down to purchasing, the decision was easy to go with Formally Yours. Keep up the great work, ladies!

I guess it depends on your personal preference, but I actually like and prefer the hands off experience that Formally Yours offers. I would much rather put a dress on myself and then step out of the room and have it fastened by a consultant as opposed to standing in a room half naked with a stranger dressing you. Having the room to myself allowed me to fully absorb the look of the dress on me, think about it, check and double check the price & designer, take my time and not feel rushed.
I visited on a week day when it was not very busy, so I was able to go through the racks by myself with no crowds. They also pulled dresses and had them ready in room prior to my arrival. I really have no complaints. As I mentioned, it depends on the individual, but on any of my shopping experiences, whether it be a dress, bag or shoes, I would prefer to be given my space and not have someone in my face from beginning to end.

I found a dress online that I really wanted to get, but I surely was not going to buy it without trying it on first. I called every boutique in the Atlanta area that carries the designer and this was the only place that had it.
I wouldn’t recommend this being your first stop for trying dresses on, and luckily it was not mine. It’s definitely more in the DIY vein. I had to put the dress on myself and ask the girl standing outside to clip the dress to my body. In the end, mission accomplished. I ended up ordering the dress but from the place I already had a deposit on another one so it would transfer upon my cancellation.
They seemed to have a decent selection and the store was spacious. Everyone’s assessment of the ages of the girls working here is pretty accurate. Also, I came in on a Saturday without an appointment and got right into a dressing room.

After seeing the previous hodgepodge of reviews, I was skeptical about Formally Yours. I still took the chance and went in prepared. This was the 4^th place I visited so by this point, I knew how things should go (or at least how I wanted them to go). After all my research, I knew that I wanted my gown to be by a specific designer. Formally Yours was the only place I could find that had a good selection of samples by that designer to actually try on whereas the other bridal salons were simply authorized vendors of the brand and I could only order the dress sight unseen.
I went in knowing all the style numbers of the dresses I saw online. Miss Vicki pointed me in the right direction and I started pulling dresses with the help of my MOH. Meanwhile, Miss Vicki was also pulling dresses by other designers that fit the style I wanted.
After trying on about six or seven dresses, I narrowed it down to two dresses and made another app’t to come back with my mother and aunt for «the decision». So, I chose my dress and placed my order with the required 65% deposit. I ordered my dress 2÷2÷13 and to my surprise I received a call that it arrived 2÷15÷13. I was expecting the dress in June.
So, overall I had a very good experience. After seeing the bad reviews and pictures, I think I will skip the alterations. I don’t want to push my luck.

I bought my wedding dress from «F-​You» (like my nickname?) because they offered me a store credit of 20% of the cost of the dress. Huge mistake.
Huge.
The girls that work there could care less about you or your wedding dress. They are all 12 years old and I’m positive that the owner, Cathy, recruited them from her daughter’s cheerleading squad. And Cathy: she’s a treat made of sunshine and rainbows…
Three of my 7 bridesmaids that bought their dresses here were told the wrong size. Two girls that normally wear size 6s were told to order 14s. The tops of the dresses were on their ribs when they tried them on, and they had to take them elsewhere to get them re-​made. The third bridesmaid couldn’t get the last 3 inches zipped up, because they had altered it too small. She took it to another tailor and they had to do microscopic dress surgery to find extra fabric so that it would fit.
As if that wasn’t bad enough, they messed up my wedding gown. I won’t be tacky and tell you how much I spent on the dress, but I will tell you that when I told them my budget, the girl said, «Oh we only have a couple of dresses that are at that high of a price, so don’t worry!» It’s probably not a good business tactic to mess up your priciest dresses.
When I came for the final fitting, we were so consumed with getting the bustle right, that we didn’t realize it was almost 2 inches too long. I tried it on again the next week because I just felt like something looked strange in the final fitting photos. Well, I was right. The trumpet-​style gown was stacking up on the bottom, so it wasn’t doing the fluid flare that it was supposed to do. As soon as they opened the following day, I was on the phone with Cathy. She told me to bring it in after work. This was the Friday before my wedding. I left work early, but got stuck in traffic and I wasn’t going to make it by closing time. So I called Cathy, and she said, «Just bring it on Monday. Our alterations person is out for the weekend.» I was dumbfounded that the OWNER of this shop wasn’t willing to stay open late to right a mistake that they made.
So I went on Monday and Cathy was there in her gym clothes. She says, very condescendingly, «Look! I’m here, JUST. FOR. YOU.» As if I was putting her out. After I tried on the dress, they failed to see the mistake and didn’t even apologize. I asked, «How can you not see that it’s too long? The lace on the bottom of the dress is LYING ON THE FLOOR.» She responded as a kindergarten teacher speaks to a 5 year old with the wrong answer: «Honey, if you say it’s too long, then it is, and we are going to fix it.» No apology, and no, «yes, you are absolutely right, we messed up.»
I picked up my dress two days before my wedding. I could not be happier to be done with those people. Go somewhere else. But if you do make the mistake of ordering your dress from here, be sure to ask them to «jack you up.» They just LOVE that phrase.

I wish I could post pictures of my size 6 daughters in the size 14 dresses these people ordered for them. They had to spend 100.00 each to have the dresses remade. My daughter in law, the bride, was half crazy by the time her gown was right. I have never seen a more condescending, unprofessional, ignorant bunch than the people in this shop.
I had two big weddings before dealing with these people and we dealt with Bridal by Lori and it was wonderful.
Run, don’t walk from this place!
It won’t let me post without at least one star, but they don’t deserve even that.

Wow, I’m surprised at some of the other reviews. It’s almost like we visited different stores! My sister recently purchased her wedding dress at Formally Yours, and we had a great experience there. We had been to several stores (maybe 3 or 4) before we visited, and Formally Yours was far and away the best, in my opinion.
I will say that their approach does tend to be more hands-​off, point you in the right direction and answer questions if you have them. This was a big contrast from other places, where we had a personal consultant who brought the dresses in and out and really «managed» our shopping more. I actually preferred the hands-​off approach better, though, because we all felt less like we were being pressured to choose and buy. There was less «salesmanship» in general, I guess.
The dress did need alterations, but again, we really liked the alterations woman. She gave my sister some good suggestions on the alterations, and we just went this Saturday for the second fitting, and the dress was perfect. In fact, even though we bought the bridesmaids dresses somewhere else, I ended up taking my dress in to Formally Yours for my own alterations. We even got some help from the staff in comparing different kinds of jewelry — they did try to sell us some earrings, of course, but again, we didn’t feel pressured (oh, and the earrings were WAY OVERPRICED — just a heads up).
Overall, I’d definitely recommend FY based on our experience there. Maybe one day, I’ll even get to buy my own wedding dress there! :) haha

VERY RUDE STAFF! Don’t waste your time at this place because the staff could care less about you. I think the girls in there hate their job… or at least they act like it.

I live in New York, home to Kleinfeld (SAY YES TO THE DRESS) and the home base for Vera Wang. But my parents live in Lilburn, Georgia, so I thought I’d check out some shops with my mom during a trip home, since I hadn’t found anything I liked in New York. And guess what? A shop in Georgia had something none of the stores in New York had.
Before coming to Formally Yours, I had never heard of the Martina Liana brand, and I’m so happy that Lindsey introduced me to it. My dress was absolutely perfect! I had planned to change into a reception dress, but I didn’t want to take off the gown – I wore it the entire night! Now, I’m finding that tons of bridal shops carry the Martina Liana/​Essence of Australia lines. It’s nice to know that Formally Yours was there first, just in time to show me the perfect dress.
And their seamstress, Lillya, is the best! She turned the one-​shoulder, jeweled strap into a lovely halter, gave the top a deeper sweetheart, and made the dress fit me like a dream.
On one note, although I enjoyed working with Lindsey, the other staff during my dress fittings were a tad cold (except a brunette girl who helped me with the veil – she was nice). Maybe I’m just used to all the wedding kindness I received from other vendors!

Came by this place to look at a bridesmaid dress which I had my eye on online. I came in just as it was closing (I’d say there was about 15 minutes before they closed) and they still let me look around and try on a dress. The dresses were also nicely arranged by colors although I would’ve preferred that they be arranged by style or designer. The salespeople were nice and looked up a dress for me which wasn’t in the store yet. It’s not one of those super trendy boutique bridal stores but it sure seems like there’s a lot of dresses to look through and I would probably come here again to look at more dresses preferably at a time when they’re not closing :)

Purchase your dress somewhere else. The owner here tried to sell me the dress off the rack — it was FOUR sizes too big and had snags and tears everywhere. She offered to take $ 50 off… gee, thanks.
The girls were helpful but had no idea what I wanted and they lacked specialized knowledge pertaining to bridal gowns and accessories as a whole.
I felt like I was a commission point for the owner and an inconvenience to the attendants.