Lainee Meg Bridal

I was very surprised by some of the negative reviews I read before posting my own. I had a wonderful experience at Lainee Meg. I went in to browse back in October and once I learned that the price point was in my budget I made an appointment to try on for the following week. The woman who helped me was very nice and knowledgeable. I did not feel rushed or pressured into buying anything. She told me to keep an open mind about styles and reminded me that the dresses look different on the hanger than they do on. She was 100% right. She suggested I try one particular dress she thought would compliment my body type. At this point I had tried on 4 or 5 other dresses I had picked on my own and I just didn’t love them (I wanted that «OMG this is my dress» moment). I’m so glad I listened to her. I fell in love with the dress she picked out and purchased it. I moved out of state since purchasing my dress and had no issues getting it shipped to my house. I received my dress 6 months later and it’s even more gorgeous than I remember!

I picked up my dress (A MONTH ahead of schedule)! Jen was there this time! I was so happy to get to work with her from start to finish. My dress (Essense of Australia) is so much prettier than I remembered. I didn’t want to take it off! As a size 26 bride with an odd shape (extreme pear.) I loved LaineeMeg. They have a plus size shop now that I’ve never been to, but if Zerlinda is running it. you know it’ll be great. I’m so thankful to everyone there for providing such a great experience. I’m going to refer EVERYONE in the area to them.

Met this company at the Seattle Wedding Show yesterday, I was there with my mom just looking at the styles and familiarizing ourselves with different bridal shops in the area. I will never go to Lainee Meg Bridal. The salesperson was incredibly rude and the first thing she says is «check out our plus size store!» — I reply jokingly saying «are you trying to tell me something?» but inside I was incredibly hurt, embarrassed and upset. Keep in mind I’m a healthy, average size bride. I thought shopping for wedding dresses was supposed to be the best time of your life where you feel gorgeous and beautiful at whatever size you are. I hope they treat future shoppers with respect unlike the treatment I received for my quick 3-​min first impression.

I only had 6 months to plan my wedding, so I was dress shopping a little late for my summer 2015 wedding. I requested the appointment online and enjoyed filling out the dress questionnaire. My appointment was late afternoon after work so my mother and I were the only ones there. The shop is very beautiful inside. My appointment was no fuss; I didn’t have tons of other people with me and I wasn’t making this an all day affair. I narrowed it down to two dresses. I’m very happy the shop let my mother take a couple pictures because those really showed me which dress was the most flattering. SHOPPER TIP: Always take pictures of you in the dress. It helps you see things more objectively and you can reference them later to show your event designer, photographer, etc. Since I didn’t have time to custom order a dress, the consultant limited my search and looked up each dress I liked in the system to see if it could be delivered in time. The shop consultant even helped me through some dress regret I had later on. The emails the shop sent were professional and didn’t feel like spam in any way; they were well timed.
My wedding pictures were amazing and the dress looked very flattering on my frame. I was very happy with the shop and my wedding dress. Thank you Lainee Meg.

Beautiful dresses, beautiful shop and wonderful staff! Everyone was so kind and helpful. The first dress I tried on was the one!

The gal who helped us was very pregnant and very exhausted I think. I felt basically rushed, you could tell we were on a time schedule. Also, a lot of things I thought were skipped over. Accessories, veil? No. Payment was another debacle. We were charged 3 times for the dress, and when I called to discuss the matter I was shut down. Later when they realized it was in fact their error, the woman said «I feel bad because I basically just blew you off.» A+ for honesty, but maybe a bit of an over share?

I bought my wedding dress here. It was the first place I visited and by far the best experience I had. I absolutely fell in love with one of their dresses and they helped me to customize it to make it special for me. Great service and my dress was done ahead of schedule. I would recommend to anyone I know.

Lainee Meg is amazing! The owner and consultant that I worked with made me feel so special and were extremely helpful. You can tell they really know their stuff… they instantly understood the style I was looking for and even picked up on my mannerisms and emotions each time I put a dress on, which really helped me make my decision. They put no pressure on you and are very accommodating. Not to mention the free mimosa’s:) Wonderful experience and this is where I will be buying my dress!

I came into this shop after shopping at Davids Bridal and wanted to get away from the big box bridal styles and try a more intimate boutique. I came here specifically because their store front window advertises «plus size bridal» so I was thinking great! I went in and was greeted by a nice gal who was going to help me with my fitting. We rounded the corner to the fitting area and there was LOADS of people there and we were in the middle of the room, I totally felt like I was on display to more than just my loved ones that came with me. The gal pointed out the wall and said «these are the ones that will… fit you.» It’s okay to say plus size baby, I accept who I am. She also made a point to note that the other rack wouldnt fit me… gee thanks.
I picked out a few dresses with the little shower rings that they give you and they were lovely. Once she took me into the fitting room, she handed me the dress to slip into and she would be back. Well I dont know if anyone has ever tried getting in a ballgown by yourself, but it is not an easy task. I had to have my mom come in and help me because the gal was no where to be found. The next dress she tried to put me in was a very fitted mermaid which i specifically said absolutely NO to. She convinced me to try on different styles because I dont know what they look like until I try. She tried squeezing it over my butt and said «oops this isnt going to work with that booty.» This made me feel absolutely lovely about myself (kidding). And I felt a bit «told ya so» after that. I know my body better than anyone, after all. I called my mom into the fitting area and broke down in tears, this was going horribly. My mom didn’t want to me be upset, so we gathered our things and left the shop.
Additionally, I was shopping here on a hot august day and they have no AC. Putting those big wedding dresses on, I was SWEATING MY ASS OFF.
Overall, they claim to accomodate plus size bridal but this is absolutely not the case. They were rude, insensitive and incredibly pushy to make a sale. I definitely will not reccomend this place to ANYONE.

I was so excited to come in to this bridal shop, I always see the pretty dresses in the glass window when I shop on first street. As I shopped here, I had my sister and my mom with me, my experience could have been better, the gal that was helping me was sort of rude. I had picked out the dresses I wanted to try on and she put a few back and told me «I put some dresses back because I knew they weren’t your style and you wouldn’t like them.» almost felt like I was rushed. when we were done trying on the dresses she was sitting in her office and we weren’t sure if that was the end of the appointment because she had not closed the conversation with a «ok great we have your dresses and sizes set up.» like you would normally expect. overall I was disappointed and hope that other brides experiences here are much better then mine was.

I have to say looking for a wedding dress is so overwhelming and was sending me on a verge of an anxiety attack. I walked into this cute shop and didn’t even know where to start. Mel was amazing! She was patient, listened to me, she was honest, she was so professional, friendly, and easing going! Not once did I feel pressured or feel like she was telling me dresses were beautiful just so she could sell a dress! I truly felt like I went there with absolutely no idea what I was doing and she walked me through every step. I have never met her and it totally felt like I was trying on dresses with one of my friends! I recommend every bride to go here! It was the perfect experience to finding the perfect dress!

Overall my experience with laineemeg bridal was great! I was able to find a beautiful dress for around $ 1800 and had a wonderful time sipping champagne and trying dresses on. I have worked in customer service before and therefore did not mind the few minor ordering problems I had since everything was fixed before my wedding date. I also used some of their preferred vendors and had a wonderful experience. This is absolutely the quaint hometown experience I was looking for and the owner was very nice and accommodating!

I cannot say thank you enough to Zerlinda. I am a very anxious and indecisive person and she made this such an incredible and easy experience.
Welcomed by a beautiful winter window display. The boutique is beautiful, well lit and clean. Coming into the appointment, I was not sure of what style I wanted. Zerlinda’s suggestions for my body type/​venue/​time of year/​price point made sense and I went on my way to picking my favorites.
In the dressing room I was to step into the dresses and she would help zip me up and adjust as necessary. I was in awe of how beautiful each gown was and finally found the style I wanted and narrowed it down to two. Zerlinda is truly an expert in her field, she was very knowledgeable about each dress, designer, how it would photograph and how I would feel with it towards the end of the night. I was finally able to make a decision and was very excited that the process was painless and so easy!
Thank you for such a wonderful and memorable experience!

The main reason this store is a one star is mainly because of their disrespectful customer service. Because of the terrible experience I had, I’ll break it down to fully explain.
GREETNG: When we got there, there was a friendly lady who greeted us and went to get our consultant. While we were waiting, we were looking around at potential dresses. The consultant, Jen, came out and introduced herself. From the moment we got there, she wasn’t as excited as other bridal salon’s have been during a fitting. She took us to another room to explain how it would go, gave us a couple rings so we could put them on the dresses I wanted to try on, and let us on our way to pick some out. Once that was done, it was time to try on dresses.
FITTING: The way they do their fitting is that they leave you in the room and make you put on the dress yourself. When you are ready, then they come in to help zip up the dress. This is fine, but it made me feel like I was alone in the fitting. Once I had the dress on, I walked out in front of the mirror to show my friends. One thing that stood out was that the consultant, Jen, DIDN’T TALK TO ME ABOUT ANY OF THE DRESSES I TRIED ON. Usually other bridal salons would talk about the fabric, specifics about the dress, but a lot of the times at Laineemeg, THE CONSULTANT WALKED AWAY. There was one time I was talking about what I liked or didn’t like about the dress but realized Jen, the consultant, LEFT THE ROOM. This happened multiple times and left me to wonder about the dresses I was trying on. I didn’t feel comfortable talking about the dresses because Jen didn’t seem so excited about anything I was trying on. The entire appointment felt like she could care less about me finding the dress of my dreams. She was literally only there to zip up the dresses.
DRESSES: There was one dress that I wanted to try on which was in the window of the store! I actually flew into town and after my sister mentioned seeing the dress at LaineeMag, I had to go try it on! We asked if we could try it on and Jen told us that she couldn’t take it off because of the Holidays. This didn’t make ANY sense, why show a dress in the window if you aren’t going to let a bride try it on? She mentioned that she would ask the manager, but then never mentioned it again until we asked. We asked her and she said no, they won’t be able to take it off. After being SUPER disappointed, we asked again and she went to FINALLY ask the manager. The manager, and the consultant Jen came out and they BOTH told me that I wouldn’t like the dress. I felt like they were both trying to sway me away from trying on a dress that I wanted to try on. At that point I felt so defeated and disrespected that I told them I was done with the appointment and didn’t want to try on any more dresses. Even after telling the manager that I didn’t want to try it on she took it off the mannequin only after she realized I was pretty upset and disappointed.
END OF APPT: Towards the end of the appointment, the manager took lead of the appointment without telling me why the consultant wasn’t there. I finally asked and she said she’s pregnant… okay? I felt like the entire time they were giving me excuses.
OVERALL: I’ve been to two other bridal salons and have never ever experienced being so disappointed. As a bride to be, you want to feel welcomed and ready to try on and hopefully find the dress of your dreams. If you don’t care about customer service, then come here since they have beautiful dresses. However, if you want the entire experience, I wouldn’t recommend coming here. I felt like the people are rude, not welcoming, and unhelpful. I did, however, find a dress that I loved but I won’t be buying it here because of the experience.

I have to give two stars, not because the dressers aren’t beautiful, and not because my experience picking out my dress wasn’t fun and special. They are knowledgable and helpful and I liked several dresses. However, I ordered my dress in JUNE… and here it is November 21 and my dress still isn’t in. My wedding date was December 31! I’ve been told twice that it would be coming the first of November… still no call. The only reason I’m not freaking out is because unfortunately I called off my wedding in September… but they don’t know that and I find this service ridiculous. Now reading other reviews I see other similar experiences, which is sad because they have great dresses at reasonable prices. Think twice and stay on top of them if you buy through them!

One of my best friends got her wedding dress here and I went along with her when she picked it out and for her first fitting and we also got our bridesmaid dresses here. It was a good experience when she picked her dress; there were 6 of us including the bride and they served us cupcakes and champagne and the girl helping her seemed to do a good job and she found her dress after only trying on a few. She said her dress came in really quickly and her first fitting went well, too and she got all of her alterations done through the lady that does them at Lainneemeg.
Unfortunately things didn’t go quite as smoothly with our bridesmaid dresses. She had 7 bridesmaids and 6 of us went to pick them out in April (her wedding is the beginning of October); we settled on a charcoal strapless chiffon dress with a braided bodice. One of the bridesmaids took a really long time to go in and order her dress, I think it took her almost 6 weeks to finally go in and get measured and I think they were waiting to send the order off to the designer until they were able to order her dress along with the rest of them.
The bride and I work together and about 3 weeks ago (3 weeks before the wedding) I mentioned to her that I still hadn’t been called by the dress shop. She called them and they told her the owner would have to call her back (scary!) She called her back a few minutes later and told her «I don’t want you to panic, but the designer never made your bridesmaid dresses.» What?! 3 weeks before the wedding and this is just being noticed? She said that the designer never fulfilled the order but that it was ultimately her fault and she would make it right.
She ordered a replacement dress which is similar but not the same as the dress we all choose. I think we realized that the dresses hadn’t been ordered on a Wednesday or Thursday and they were able to get this replacement dress in the following Tuesday and we were all able to go in for alterations and I got my dress yesterday and her wedding is tomorrow.
But the whole experience has been stressful for everyone involved, especially the bride. We were all concerned that the dress would be the wrong color, that it wouldn’t fit someone since it was from a totally different designer, that we wouldn’t have enough time for alterations (and one of the bridesmaids is 9 months pregnant and all of us needed to at least have the dress hemmed.) The owner also ordered the original dress, but wasn’t able to get it in until October 1^st or something, way too late for 7 of us to get alterations and everything.
The owner also didn’t make us pay the remaining balance on our dress which was 40%. I’m not sure if the dress we ended up with was more or less expensive than the original one. I think that they should have noticed that the dresses hadn’t arrived sooner, maybe then we would have had time to get the original dress in time for the wedding and I think everyone would be a little bit more comfortable. But the owner did get us a similar dress in time for the wedding.
In the end we all have matching dresses that are similar in color to the original and they fit all of us. We’re all mostly satisfied with the dress, though I think everyone likes the original dress quite a bit more than the one we ended up with.
I’m now engaged and I’m still deciding whether or not to look for a wedding dress at Laineemeg. My friend did have a pretty good experience getting her wedding dress, so I’m considering it despite the problems we had with the bridesmaid dresses. Especially since I saw a dress I really loved at my last fitting. My advice would be to stay in contact with the shop frequently to verify that your order has been placed and also try to get an idea of when the order will come in so you can stay on top of them if it’s late so this doesn’t happen to someone else.

Like every other Newlywed, I should have written this much sooner– but life flies by! I was married last year and I had THE BEST experience with Lainee Meg Bridal. So much so that a dear friend has an appointment there this week! I tried on MANY dresses at several places with no luck. I started the dress hunt with an exact style/​cut in mind that fit a certain look/​theme. I thought it would be easier due to the fact that I had a clear idea of what I wanted. Man, was I wrong!!! The other places had a large selection but nothing that really felt special or unique. I pretty much looked like every other bride.
On a whim, My sister-​in-​law and I made an appointment at Lainee Meg for the purpose of seeing what they had– I knew they carried a designer’s line that i had been eyeing that I didn’t see anywhere else. I never thought I was going to walk out with my dress!!! We show up and the attention was all on me– as the Bride, it’s exactly what you look for. Let’s be honest here! It is a boutique style shop in Historic Snohomish, and is absolutely charming! Excellent décor, great selection of accessories, and some really unique bridal shoes that were HOT (Tiffany blue pumps anyone? Full bling? They had it!)!! Anyways, they were warm and welcoming. It’s overwhelming going through the process with so many dresses– they were calm, smiling, and supportive through it all!
They give you hanger tags to mark the dresses you are interested in trying as you look through their inventory. I was surprised that we were choosing so many to try! Their inventory at the time was absolutely stunning. It was nowhere near what I had been seeing before! Very few of the common/​typical styles and it seemed they carried unique designers who design dresses with a lot of detail, personal touches, and quality fabrics!!!
The layout of the boutique is perfect! The main room has beautifully merchandised accessories, their racks of gowns, shoes, and the main dressing room. It has a sitting area with armchairs and a couch, a bridal pedestal, and huge mirrors! Everything I could have asked for! They also have a neighboring room with a dressing room, couch, and mirrors for a second bride– not as epic but also nice. I had alterations done in there and it was perfect. Private with my guests and alterations gal, but didn’t take away from any bride that was trying gowns in the main area. Very separate and personalized.
I wet through the gowns, lo and behold the last one was IT! The girls were very very helpful as my gown actually had 2 layers (a sexy fitted dress underneath for reception, and a lace overlay with train and sleeves for reception) and an insane amount of buttons. Small little buttons on both layers. Painstaking. Moving on– I said yes to the dress! It was so different with details like none I had seen before. I wanted to WOW people and it did the job!
I also need to add a bit about their service: It was fantastic! I also didn’t expect to be buying a dress right then, so they squeezed me in right at opening the very next day to allow me to try it on again at the shop to show my mom and sister for the same experience with them, even though i had technically already put down the deposit. That in itself had shown me that they cared for my experience and wanted to make their Brides feel truly special! I will forever send others there! I hope they’re still in business If I ever decide to do a vow renewal ceremony in the future!
Quick plus: You can make a cute day of it if you’ve never been to historic snohomish. Antique shops, home décor shops, little boutiques, and excellent small restaurants!

I visited a total of four bridal stores (3 downtown Seattle + Laineemeg) while on a wedding dress shopping mission in Seattle and Laineemeg was the best experience, hands down, and where I found my dress!
What really made this shop stand out from the «big name» places downtown was the super comfortable atmosphere, how knowledgeable and helpful Zerlinda was, and their amazing dresses for a very reasonable price point. Their shop is small in a great way– both times I was there I was the only bride. They have bridesmaids/​formal wear in separate area of the shop, but it seems like they only book one bride at once which is really nice for feeling comfortable and checking yourself out in the big mirror!
I had a very small budget, and they never made me feel like I didn’t have enough to spend– a big change from some of the other places I visited. When you start your appointment, they give you an opportunity to pick out any dresses you like, but the dress I ended up loving was actually one Zerlinda pulled after I tried a few that were beautiful, but just not perfect for my shape.
Definitely worth the drive to Snohomish, especially if you want a one-​on-​one experience and a super friendly environment for trying on dresses.

I went to several highly reviewed shops in Seattle before ending up at LaineeMeg. The other shops were okay, but none had the fantastic selection of dresses or the calm and inviting atmosphere that LaineeMeg had. This shop also had by far the best staff.
They have fewer dresses than some of the other shops, which makes it nice because then you only see the best selection. I appreciated that we didn’t have to dig through stuffed racks crammed with dresses, and that when you tell the team what you like, they help give suggestions.
This shop also doesn’t try to stack in tons of appointments all at once, which is nice so that you don’t get the peanut gallery (some other girl’s family telling you what they like/​hate about your dress).
Also appreciated being able to take pictures (it’s amazing that other places won’t let you!), and I really liked the knowledgeable owner and her fun personality. I bought my dress here and one of my friends also just bought a dress a few months after me. Both of us are very pleased with the shop, dress selection, and the service we received.

1 lace dress was of exceptional quality. Not much variety. A lot of their dresses were outdated but definitely of higher quality than a chain like David’s Bridal. Poor customer service. I clicked 3 dollar signs because I feel as if they were a bit pricey for what they were. No parking.
Me and my girlfriends live South of Seattle but the Bride-​to-​Be was recommended by one of her girlfriends to make the lengthy trip way out to Snohomish just to try out dresses here. She was told that they took great care of her friends and even welcomed them to a champagne and chocolate dipped strawberries and cupcake treats. This had us all excited, especially since this was the first dress shop trip we were making.
I pictured this to be a glamorous little boutique filled with gorgeous gowns, wall to wall carpeting and fancy soft seating to enjoy our champagne and chocolate dipped strawberries and cupcakes. We were rudely mistaken.
Yes, it’s a quaint little shop but it didn’t seem as if they had tons of dresses available. Secondly, thank god there were just the three of us because there were only 2 chairs with an ottoman for each. At one point, i was sitting on one of their ottomans. Not comfortable whatsoever. No champagne. No chocolate dipped strawberries. No cupcakes. (did i forget to mention, there must’ve have been 3 cupcake boutiques within a 1 mile radius. yes, ONE)
All of their dresses were EXTREMELY large, which i guess is good, but at the same time, they had to use pillows to stuff on the backs of the dress in order for them to fit properly. It just looked hideous from behind and was hard to imagine how the dress would look. They also tried to accessorize with different hideous belts that just did not go whatsoever. I feel as if the ladies who were employed here should at least have had a minimum degree in apparel and merchandising because they do NOT know what compliments each other. They also didn’t have any suggestions at all for us. They just showed us what we put the litlte ‘rings’ on that showed the dresses we wanted to try on. (These little ‘rings’ by the way, were beige shower curtain rings. how classy) Bridesmaid dresses were even more outdated than the wedding dresses. It was SO difficult to try them on next to the bride, without being distracted by the type of design or uncomplimenting shape it had.
One last thing, on our way out as she filled out her card to write down the names of the dresses we were interested in, they had the nerve to ask for her name! This was quite appalling. This was definitely the worst waste of gas and mileage ever used to find a wedding dress ever and I’m glad to say that the Bride-​to-​Be will not be purchasing her gown through them.