Wedding Gallery

I went to the St. Louis-​Chippewa st. location. It’s a little off the beaten path, for sure– a huge warehouse in a less than awesome neighborhood. But hey– that’s St. Louis, right? Anyway, the building is huuuuge with a couple different levels, which I thought was pretty cool. It’s super open, spacious, and makes you feel like you have room to breathe/​browse with ease, unlike overcrowded boutiques. My consultant was really helpful and definitely listened to what I wanted. What was even better is that the owner was at the location and she also assisted with helping find the right dress that was perfect for me. She’s an incredibly nice lady, by the way. That being said, I did find «the dress» and at a really reasonable price. I think it’s totally worth checking out.

Me and my soon to be husband went to the Wedding Gallery in French Town on 02/​17/​2015 and I was amazed with both lady’s Dolores and Claudette were wonderful, I cannot think them enough for all there help. I am an older bride so it is a lot harder to find the perfect dress but with there help I did. Thank you so much, you guys are awesome. I couldn’t be happier with this store

The first thing you should know about the Wedding Gallery in St. Charles is that there are two locations separated by bridal budgets. The one location features special occasion dresses & simplistic wedding styles downstairs in addition to couture wedding gowns upstairs. The other location is fully dedicated to wedding dresses for the average bride and I believe most fittings take place at this location too. There was a bit of mix-​up about my appointment back in March 2013, but before long I was in the upstairs dressing room with the owner, Nagwa, my Mother & my Aunt excited to find my perfect dress.
The second thing you want to know is that Nagwa is THE BEST person you could ask to work with in regard to finding the right wedding dress for the biggest day of your life. She is the cutest little Egyptian lady with a discerning eye and is NOT afraid to say what she is thinking. While not every bride can handle such honest input from a stranger, I am telling you — you will thank her for it later. She sees what you see and if she doesn’t see it, she knows how to get you to stop seeing it. Trust me to trust her.
The last thing you should know about the Wedding Gallery is Nagwa’s hand-​picked team. I never thought in a million years I would rely on a group of strangers, individually & collectively, to keep my life together the week of my wedding. But, they did. Long story short — the couture dress I purchased was a one-​of-​a-​kind, exclusive to the Wedding Gallery. Featuring large English tulle floral appliques with centers of pearl & crystal beads and other details including eyelash lace, a modified sweetheart neckline, and Alecon lace accents — my dress was HEAVY & hot and Denver seamstresses refused to alter it. I cannot thank three special ladies enough for keeping me together when I suddenly thought I needed a different dress three days before my wedding day! Ty, Ngoc & Claudette, I owe you one! I am excited to use your dress preservation company to oogle this dress for years to come!

I wish I had read some of these reviews before I made the trek out to St. Charles TWICE for my appts. My first appt started off OK — my consultant was nice and pulled several styles that I requested. When the owner got involved, she began showing me only 1 style that I thought was a possibility, but she basically wouldn’t show me anything else. She also started to pressure me into purchasing that day bc she was «concerned» that it would be tight with ordering and alterations (my wedding was 8 months away). My appt was the last one of the day (there was another appt finishing up beside me), but they basically forced us out the second they were closing. Since they do seem to have a large selection of gowns, the consultant scheduled a follow-​up appt for me to try on a few gowns that caught my eye on the way out.
When I arrived for my follow-​up appt, the gowns I wanted to try on were not available bc they were at a show. I also got a different consultant bc my original consultant was also at the show. If they had known that ahead of time, why did they ask me to come back during that time? I basically had to «start over» with my new consultant instead of just picking up where I left off. Since the gowns I wanted to try on were not available, I basically spent my appt explaining what I was looking for and turning away dresses I had already tried on.
Later that week, my original consultant called to ask me to come back for a 3^rd appt… FAT CHANCE. The 45-​min drive each way was totally not worth it. Also, since none of the gowns have tags so as you’re browsing, you have no idea if the gown you’re looking at falls within your budget or not (until the consultant checks for you). I’m not a fan of any place that won’t share info about the dress with you — I understand taking photos, but to not even tell you who designed the gown? Seems suspicious (although they claim everything is «private label»).

A friend of mine set up an appointment for us to go look for wedding dresses for her. The first was at Wedding Gallery right when it opened on a Saturday morning.
The staff was somewhat friendly upon entering. The took us to the back where we filled out paperwork and described what we were looking for. The sales lady took us back to go through a selection and to pull what we wanted to try on. We were told to sit while the sales lady went in with the bride.
During this time, another bride and her entourage entered and they were assigned 2 – 3 people to work with the 1 bride while we were only serviced by one person. More opinions would have been nice. Once we found one that we liked, to our dislike, there were no tags that told us who the designer was. We were informed that WG removes tags so you cannot find a better deal at another store. This is a big dislike because then you cannot research it online for other options in that style, etc.
The sales lady wrote everything down that we were interested in but beyond that did not go out of her way to make sure we were comfortable, etc.
I would not rule this store out to shop at but hopefully they assign you more than one person for other opinions.

If there were an option to give a place zero stars, I would have chosen that.
I went to the Wedding Gallery with my sister to find a wedding dress. She ranged from a size 14 – 16 depending on the designer. Upon entering the store we were directed to the plus size selection. No one was with us to help look at or pull dresses. We didn’t even know where the fitting rooms were and had to wander around to look at them.
Once we had pulled a few dresses and were ready to try them on, the 2 saleswomen stood outside of the dressing room talking to each other and did not help the bride put on the dresses.
Worst of all, and the final straw, my sister put on a size 12 dress. She did not try to zip it up. She did not even try to hold it closed. It was resting loosely on her hips and stayed up just fine. She really liked it. The saleswoman, instead of giving her information about the dress, told her she needed to take off the dress because she was going to rip it and asked her not to try on any more dresses like that.
My sister started crying. As a general rule, if a saleswoman makes a customer cry, there’s something wrong. I was and still am shocked at the total lack of professionalism, tact, and courtesy that was shown to us by the Wedding Gallery.
Be warned.

I would recommend the Wedding Gallery to anyone! I was referred to them by a friend who said ‘Don’t go there if you want to find your dress right away’. And she was right! Their selection is great. I was really picky with the style that I wanted. The sales woman (Liesl) was incredibly patient with me when I wasn’t sure what about the dress I didn’t like. Based on all the ‘no’ dresses I had been through she pulled a couple of dresses that she thought I would like. Sure enough, she pulled ‘the dress’. They also have a ton of great dresses for girls that are on a budget as well as a wide variety of sizes. My dress came in much earlier than I expected it to. After getting my dress there, I went back to look for bridesmaid dresses only to find they expanded to a new store. Now they have even more Bride dresses in the main store! The new bridesmaid store has a wide selection as well. Again, I found my bridesmaid dresses on the first try. The staffs at both stores have been amazing so far and I believe Liesl has moved to the bridesmaid shop. I cannot say enough good things about Liesl, she even managed to remember our name when we came in the second time. Impressive! They were swamped when we went in to actually order the bridesmaid dresses but they did a great job of juggling all the clients. Great job Wedding Gallery!