La Femme

Beautiful dresses the workers are very fast and helpful. they brought me so many options in the 30 mins I was there. Ended up having so many to choose from very beautiful dresses!

Beautiful dresses are all here! The staffs and owner are very helpful. I bought 3 dresses for my wedding here and got many good compliment about dresses!

As a regular downtown shopper I knew Santee Alley in Downtown LA is the prime place to look for all formal occasions, while also getting the best prices. Desperate for a last minute black tie wedding dress, I searched the entire street on a Saturday morning and La Femme had the best selection by far. Sally gave me her complete attention and was very patient throughout my visit. I was extremely happy with the large selection and was won over by the kindness from all the staff. So happy I found a beautiful dress!
Tips:
1.This location has the largest La Femme collection. If you like the dresses found on the official website, this is your place.
2. Make sure to visit the store’s website in advance and write down the catalogue number for each dress you like. There’s catalogues on-​site, but knowing the number will make your visit faster and much easier.
3. If a dress is not currently in the store, they have a warehouse close by and can most likely have it shipped quickly.
4. Keep in mind theses are formal dresses. Expect to spend approximately $ 100-​$ 600 (I subtracted one star since the quality of the dresses are okay considering the prices).

LOVE this store. Bought my first dress here a few weeks ago and ill never go anywhere else. The tall woman with the dark hair was such a huge help to my friend and I. I must have tried on 30 dresses and she was so patient with me. When I finally found something they worked with me on the price, I took a brand new dress home that day. Amazing experience.

Well first of all I got referred to this place by my aunt because one of her co– workers came here to get her dresses. So I decided to check it out with two of my bridesmaids and my Fiancé. Right when we walked in the lady in the front did not give is a very welcoming greeting. Then I asked her if we could check out some dresses then she said ok look in the catalogs and I told her that I already had the style numbers for the dresses so then she checks in the computer in front of her and then she goes to pick out the dresses and I ask her if she had them in nude and blush and some of the dresses she did and some she didn’t so then I asked her if my girls could try them on. One of my girls is a little bit chubby and the lady saw that and right away she says «oh well I know for sure I wouldn’t have any sizes for her and that she would need to lose weight to fit in the dress better.» I was so appalled at what I was hearing! So I decided to check out another store. The employees at this store are very unprofessional!

I had a great experience at la Femme. I went in looking for an evening dress to wear to a wedding. When we walked in the store we were greeted immediately by Sally who was there for all of our needs. I looked through the books and picked out a couple that I liked. She knew the look I was going for so she picked out 5 – 6 other dresses and waited with me while I tried each one on. I knew instantly which one I wanted and when Sally knew I was uncomfortable with the price of $ 375 she worked with me to get it down to something I was willing to pay for. Overall I got the dress I wanted at the price I wanted and was only there for about 30 minutes because of their quick service.

Can you say overpriced?!
I went in looking for a dress to wear to a formal event. But came out empty handed. Sure, they had so many dresses on the racks… But they didn’t have many different sizes/​colors. I asked for a cute dress with an open back in a size 4 in navy blue and I was handed the dress in plum, I didn’t like the color. I specifically asked for the dress in navy blue. While I was trying on the dress I noticed a lot of the beads were falling off and the dress had stains on it The fabric was very cheap. I spoke to the sales woman about the dress and she said it was on sale. I thought great! I’ll get this dress for $ 100 dollars tops…
Boy was I wrong, they were planning to charge me over $ 275.00 plus tax for that ratty dress.
I ended up going to a different boutique and found a brand new dress with no stains or falling beads for a fraction of the price.
La femme? More like La inflation of prices for crappy quality.

Took my daughter to shop for a prom dress at the height of prom season so I was expecting a line and a hurried shopping experience. We arrived at 10am and had to wait a few minutes, but nothing too long. The women working there are busy and dealing with tense customers but I felt they handled it perfectly. The dress selection is great but at this time of year many smaller sizes are out of stock but that is to be expected. My daughter tried on 5 dresses and no one rushed us in fact we took our time and the woman helping us was very patient. We left with a prom dress ($ 300)that my daughter loves, although I have to say there were loose beads and strings on the lace, she is happy. I will shop here again.

Helped us with La Femme Prom dress. Unfortunately, a Chinese company has stolen this designer’s logo and website and offers La Femme dresses online with discounts. They take your $$, miss your deadlines for the event and then send a homemade bad copy or knock off of the dress. (Beware if they want your measurements and say it’s custom ordered. LaFemme’s dresses are pre-​made and there should be a size chart.) We were fooled, received no dress and went to this downtown La Femme location in desperation. Even though there was a line to get in since they won’t allow overcrowding at this popular time of the year, the waiting was well worth it. All of the salespeople and management took great care of us and we left with the dress we had ordered online — very relieved. Thank you for all of your help! :-)

The ladies who work at this store are the most helpful, sweet, and kind people I have had the pleasure of dealing with.
I had been looking for dresses for my bridesmaids that are evening gowns, not «bridesmaid dresses» when I happened upon la femme’s website. I made a list of all the dresses I was interested in (about 15) and called ahead to give them my choices so they could bring them into the store, which they happily did. I worked primarily with Sally and she could not have been easier to deal with!
I came into the store on a Friday afternoon with my Mom and I tried on all the dresses to choose the one I wanted for my ladies. I chose my dress and placed an order for 8 dresses. I got a HUGE discount. As it was, the dress was priced well below retail, but because I ordered so many, the price came down tremendously.
The dresses came in within 2 weeks and after paying in full, I was able to take them home for my bridesmaids to try on. Because they live across the country, Sally said I could let them try the dresses and exchange them for different sizes if need be. While I got most of the sizes correct, two of them needed different sizes. Sally graciously ordered the two new sizes and I came in and exchanged them.
The process could not have been smoother! I would absolutely recommend la femme to my friends and family! My bridesmaids and I are all SO happy with the dress choice!
Thank you La Femme! Thank you Sally!

I took my daughter and two of her friends to La Femme today to shop for prom dresses. This was my first experience at this store. We got there around 10:15am and walked right into the store. As stated in other reviews, they asked us to look through their catalogues and select 5 dresses for each girl. This took a while to do as they have a very extensive and diverse catalogue collection. For me however, this made things a bit easier, as the racks and racks of dresses were a bit overwhelming for this dad! :-)
Once we selected the dresses from the catalogue, Sally, the manager of the store, helped find and bring the dresses to us and over the next hour and a half, the three girls tried on their dresses and each one found their perfect dress (one of the girls had to order their dress and La Femme is shipping it to her house at NO extra cost)! We all left so excited about their dresses. Regarding the staff, Sally was very patient and so great to work with. Once we had selected the dresses, we worked directly with Shalah — who was so kind and understanding of our budget — and also so knowledgeable about the dresses, materials, etc. I always say, treat someone as you would like to be treated. What a pleasure to shop at this store! We were treated so well — we felt valued and important.
If you want a fantastic selection of dresses in all price categories — along with an understanding, efficient and encouraging staff — make sure you stop by La Femme!

I will never go back to this place again. The workers and the owner (or lady in the front) are beyond rude and do not know how to speak with their customers.
I am the type of person who likes to see, feel, and touch the material before i make a choice for a dress. But when i walked into the store they forced their catalogs on me and said i had to choose from that and if they had the dress they would bring it to me. I was annoyed but i looked at the stupid thing and found nothing in it. So i jut ignored them and walked into the dresses and started to pick stuff up that i liked.
One of the workers set up a dressing room for me and handed the first dress to me! I tried it on and didn’t like the fit. As i was about to walk back to change she asked me how much my budget was so i told her $ 200 she rolled her eyes at me and started naming prices for all the dresses i had picked out (all over $ 300). She picked them up and took them away without letting me try anything else on. I couldnt help but laugh at the how unprofessional she was. my sister had planned on spending the same amount on her dress from another store but ended up spending 800 on a dress she really liked and i had no problem doing the same. But requardless of the amount of the money i (or anyone else) is willing to pay for a dress should not be a reason to be mistreated like that. The unprofessional and undertrained workers at this store need to learn how to talk to customers and not to be rude because not only did they loose the money i was willing to spend they got a bad review too.

I recently bought my prom dress from this store, and service was incredible. I tried on many dresses (like 7 – 10) because I wanted to purchase the perfect one. None of the employees seemed annoyed, they always had a smile on their faces and always offered assistance when needed. Sonia, one of the employee, picked out my dress for me and i fell in love! Sally, another employee, helped put on my dresses. Everyone was really kind and I got my dress for a really good price. It’s originally $ 400 online, but I got mine for $ 250, such a steal!!!

Worst service in the world! I walked in to check it out cause I’ve heard good things, and right when I walked in, no one greeted me and the store is confusing. Everything is all stacked up so it’s hard to see their selection. I was looking at one dress, and I asked the last with short hair if they had a size 2, she straight out said 500 dollars. And she looked at me funny. Definitely not comin back

Worth the line great selection and don’t worry about the price they will wheel and deal! My daughter is happy and will look great on her prom night.

Prom was only a few weeks away so I was in a whole «I need a dress asap» mood.
I was searching up stores to go at Fashion District and La Femme was one of them. So the review:
Outside: Le Femme is in the Fashion District and that’s in Downtown LA. So it was not in the prettiest environment. The whole street had many clothes/​dress to sale but it really just looks like an American version of China town.
The Wait: Most dress store around La Femme or at least down the street was not that packed and had a variety of dress too. But I decided to go to La Femmer first and today, there was a line that lasted for half an hour. The store inside was so packed that they could only let people in when people inside came out. Pretty hectic.
Inside: ROWS OF DRESSES! HOLLA! Lol. So there are a lot of dress but there is a pro and con to it.
–pro: 1) Lots of dress and a lot of variety.
–con: 1) There are no dressing rooms. You have to change in that back of the rows of dresses on the wall. You will know when you go. But even though there are a lot of dresses blocking your naked body, it still feels uncomfortable. And imagine some guy trying to reach a dress that is on the row above the place you’re changing at. AWKWARD and SCARY.
2) You will not know the price of the dress. And because it was so busy, to find a dress size, you gotta ask for help which is difficult because there are no worker attires there. So it does get confusing and each tome we asked a worker there, they would tell you to ask someone else.
The service: Customer service here is not really good at all. Seriously. They value the dress more than the customer.

The price: Get ready to spend around $ 200 or more.
Overall: Did not buy a dress at all. Went down the street and bought a dress/​bag/​and accessory for less than $ 150.

Terrible customer service. The lady who is inside was very unprofessional with the vocalubary and tone of voice to ask me and my family to move. Catalogs were returned and we just walked out.

Yesterday I took my daughter shopping for her winter formal at school. I was told Santee St would be a great place to find a dress. After doing some web searches I discovered La Femme and was actually quite excited to take my daughter here.
The website showed 16 magazine and lots of stars who have used their dresses.
My first reaction with walking into the store was, «wow!» Lots and lots of dresses! So many to choose from it was almost overwhelming! (But in a good way! Who doesn’t like selection!?) the sales person who helped us was very nice, and trying her best to help us and 3 other customers… They really need more help in this place, the staff really seem to be stretched too thin. I can see why some people didn’t have good experiences here.
Looking around at the dresses I noticed a few things; the quality of the material wasn’t that great, polyester to be exact. The construction of the dresses were «ehhhh ok» some dresses def needed some repair. The sales lady told me the crystals and lace on the dresses were hand stitched, however upon a closer look, they were mostly glued on, and the lace was actually more of a appliqué, and lastly there were no prices on the tags, so I inquired about the dress prices with the first employee I could find. I was starring at a thousand dresses and had no idea the price of an average dress in this store. Turns out the lady I was speaking to about the prices was the owner of the store. We discussed my price point, which was a very fairly generous one I may add. The owner waved her hand in a downward motion and said, «ohh, you’re fine!» My worry was that my daughter would find a dress she loved and it was over our agreed amount to spend.
As my daughter had dresses pulled, I would ask the price of each one and write it down. Since they were all different, I wanted to make sure they ALL were within our price range. They normally allow 4 dresses per customer, but the owner allowed us to pull however many my daughter wanted.
While I was standing there watching my daughter looking for dresses, I noticed lots of price negotiating happening with other customers. As a matter of fact, there was one beautiful girl who was in love with a dress, her mom was told the dress was $ 400. Sadly, the mother couldn’t afford it and they had to pass. 30 mins later, I heard the SAME sales lady tell another woman who ask how much that same dress was and the sales lady told her $ 600.
As my daughter started the fun of trying on dresses, and I, a first time mom getting to take my daughter dress shopping for her very first formal, it was a very happy mother/​daughter day. My daughter emerged from the dressing room with her 3^rd dress, the look on her face was priceless, she was in love! This is it! This is THE dress.
After my daughter was dressed, we walked up front where the owner was and where her dress was taken. The owner then tells me the dress my daughter wants is $ 150 OVER the price she had originally told me. I was floored, are you kidding me? I was very very careful, writing the prices I was told when the dresses were pulled!
I didn’t want my daughter to get upset so I pulled the owner aside and spoke to her. I showed her the prices that I wrote down that SHE told me. She was not budging. She told me how nice the dress is and that it’s a «new arrival» I responded with… It’s nice and it’s polyester. She told me the many hours the seamstress spent «hand making» the lace detail on the top… I responded with, it’s a machine made appliqué. (And a serious appilque, almost could qualify for a patch on a jacket if you wanted it) also it was glued on, not stitched. I could not in a million years spend that much money on a polyester dress. There were however dresses there that I could understand being that much, but that particular dress my daughter wanted, no.
I felt completely taken advantage of. She saw my daughter in love with the dress and jacked up the price. Whether or not I could afforded that price is not the issue, I had enough cash on me. At this point, it wasn’t the price, it was the principal. They make up prices as they go along and the quality of the dresses do not justify the prices.
The dress styles are cute, but the quality is poor.
We ended up leaving without the dress, and I will never return nor recommend this store to anyone.
On a good note, 8 stores and and hour and a half later my daughter ended up finding a dress, nearly exact to the one at La Femme for $ 100 … $ 300 under our budget.
So… My recommendation. Skip La Femme and hit the stores around them. If those stores don’t have your dress, they can order it for a fraction of the price of La Femme.
Sincerely… Janell

I went on Veterans’ Day, so the street parking was free! Otherwise, street meters or public lots/​structures are your options.
From the moment I walked in, I was greeted & walked/​talked with about the nature of my visit. I was sat down & offered look books in order to ease the stress of actually finding a dress in here because there are so many sizes & styles to go through!
I had an idea of what dress I had in mind. I pulled it up on my phone & she immediately knew the style number, where it was, the best color for me & even what size I was!
I was impressed. She patiently searched & waited for me to try on every dress my style needs desired. She zipped, snapped & adjusted the dresses to fit my body the way it should.
Since I had the dress pulled up online from one of their vendors, she even price matched the dress for me! This made a $ 41 difference; I found the dress on
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I’m really glad I decided to go in & try it on here instead of ordering online. The dress I would have ordered would have been a size 4 (based on the website’s measurements & help from their over-​the-​phone assistant). I purchased a size 0 in the store! Thanks La Femme, for helping me be the belle of the Marine’s Ball! Xx

I agree with Michelle C., there is almost no customer service but look past that. This place has hundreds (yes, HUNDREDS) of prom dresses. I am almost positive they only carry the designer La Femme (hence the name: P) so go on the designers website to browse before going to the store. Dresses here start at $ 350 and go up to around $ 700…bring cash and you just might get a better deal.
Here’s the deal:
–walk in, grab a book and choose which styles you want to see
–let one of the ladies working know which ones you’d like to try on and they will grab it for you
–walk to the back with one of the ladies and try on your gown
I came around 3pm on saturday afternoon (3−24−12) and it was pretty crowded with many girls with mom, sister, best friend, and grandma in tow – no joke, so it gets pretty hot in there. Be prepared for glares from other girls who think they are all that and a bag of cheetos.
While i was there i did not like that the two ladies near the dressing rooms were very rude. The older lady (not the one in the front counter) was just a plain beeotch. The next lady was very rude as well… i asked for a particular size and was handed a smaller one and when it didnt fit she said «IT DOESN’T FIT!».umm hello, i’m well aware of that.
While i was in the dressing room pretty much in my birthday suit 2 different ladies on seperate times barged right in to take the dress i was taking off.
They still get 4 stars because
–the elderly lady in the front gave me a $ 50 discount if i bought that day since i was ready to walk out (much cheaper than buying online and paying for shipping and the time you spend waiting around for the delivery man)
–the short young-​ish light skin lady was very very sweet
–they have soooooo many dresses to choose from.