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February 2024 by Tamara K.
Loved, loved, loved my experience trying on dresses at Belle Atelier! Lauren's sense of shape for your figure is unbeatable, and she's overall a delight to work with. Highly recommend!
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February 2024 by Brooke Loucks
I was referred to Belle Atelier for complicated alterations on a luxury garment and was immediately welcomed like family. While the work was precision perfect (and continues to be each time I go back), more memorable was the feeling that no detail was insignificant and that I felt like they cared as much about me as a person as they did about the work that they would do for me as a client. So grateful to have stumbled across this amazing team.
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February 2024 by Rachel Perley
Excellent service, quality and attention to detail. Extremely helpful and knowledgeable staff. Giselle is lovely and they all do their absolute best to make you feel comfortable and at home while providing incredible services along the way. I had a wonderful experience and scored my dream wedding dress. If you’re looking for a boutique bridal shop, RUN DON’T WALK, this is your place!
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February 2024 by Corban Lott
A beautifully curated bridal shop where you’re sure to find the perfect dress.
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February 2024 by Katie Quagliano
I can’t say enough good things about my experience at Belle Atelier. My consultant, Lauren, was absolutely incredible and made the entire process so seamless and enjoyable. From the get-go, I felt as though she really understood my vision and helped me find a dress that is beyond my wildest expectations. The thought, care, and time that the Belle Atelier team puts in to making each bride’s experience so special is truly one of a kind. If you’re a Chicago bride, this is THE place to find your dream dress.
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February 2024 by Ann Lee
After quite a few bridal appointments in Chicago, Belle Atelier was the most organized and focused. Their website well represents the options they have available in the store. Their selection is curated and the shop itself is kept meticulously. They have thought of every detail down to having different sizes and heel heights of white pumps in the store. Lauren was my bridal consultant and she was fantastic. She was completely honest about the good and the bad, was a wizard in pinning and clipping in the dresses to envision how they would fit after tailoring, she even had me sit down and cross my legs to make sure the fabric sat perfectly. Also appreciated when she directed my bridal crew on the angles of photos to take! I never felt pressured, she had great suggestions and she clearly knew what she was doing. I have not made my final decision, but I will be back to try on one of my top favorites!
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January 2024 by Kitt Wolfenden
I used Belle Atelier to tailor my wedding dress, as the shop I purchased my dress from doesn't offer alterations. Everything was good - I really enjoyed working with their head tailor, who I thought was wonderful - up until what was supposed to be my final fitting, 9 days before my wedding. When I put the dress on, it still had dozens of pins in it. The tailor was confused but then realized, they’d forgotten to finish my dress! They hadn’t cut or hemmed it, they hadn’t cut or hemmed my veil, etc. A whole slew of items on the checklist were not checked off. No problem - she took everything off me and rushed to the back room, saying she’d finish it all right then. She brought the dress back, and we realized that in her hurry, she had cut an entire layer of my dress significantly too short. Again, this is 9 days before my wedding… and the dress that I had ordered months prior, that was custom made and then shipped to the US from Israel … is now too short. Not great! Very thankfully, they did have a bolt of the exact fabric from the designer on hand, so they were able to remove and then replace the entire dress layer, but that was obviously incredibly stressful and meant I spent a lot more time at the tailor than intended. Instead of apologizing, the staff kept telling me to “trust the process,” and even seemed proud of themselves when the new layer was put in - “see, our tailors work miracles!” OK, but they shouldn’t have to… the miracle was only required due to multiple errors. The worst was when I returned the next week, the day before my wedding, to do a “final” dress fitting, for real - the owner didn’t welcome me in with any acknowledgment of what happened, let alone an apology - she just brusquely told me to come in and then to put my dress on. When I asked her if she was aware of what had happened (given I knew she had been out sick the week before) she snapped that of course she knows everything that happens in her shop, and then she yelled, “what do you want from me?” An apology and a discount would have been nice! But no, she just yelled at me the day before my wedding… it was such a bad experience that was so unnecessary.
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January 2024 by Nora Graham
Lauren was so incredibly supportive and kind in helping me find a dress that is quite possibly the one! She listened carefully to what I liked and didn’t like and didn’t push anything on me. I was nervous about the process and she calmed my nerves. Thank you Lauren!!
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September 2023 by Courtney
I worked with Lauren as my stylist, she helped me not only with trusting the process but also finding my dream gown. Lauren gave wonderful veil and accessory recommendations and was attentive to my vision of how I wanted to look and feel. We worked quickly and efficiently together to narrow down our selections and I couldn’t be happier with my choice of dress! Lauren was especially thoughtful in taking wonderful photos and videos of me in the gown so that I could get a true sense of how the dress would be captured and how it would feel throughout the day, and with our remaining time even let me see what the dress would look like in natural lighting by allowing me outdoors to capture a few more photos as our ceremony will be also outdoors in the Napa sun. I’m so excited to work with the workroom at Belle soon to customize the smaller details of fit and feel but to summarize I’ve loved my experience with Belle Altelier and cannot thank Lauren enough for helping me find my dream gown. Thank you Lauren!
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June 2023 by Sarah Bowman
I can confidently say that I had the most welcoming and comforting experience with Belle Atelier. Though I didn’t say yes to the dress at this salon, I couldn’t help but to write a review for the amazing Lauren! Lauren made my girlfriends and I feel right at home. I loved that she allowed us to sift through and pull our own selection of gowns to try as well as a selection of her own that fit the criteria I gave her perfectly. She made me feel completely comfortable in my own skin, and my bridesmaids also raved about the calming and pleasant experience she created for us. She was also extremely knowledgeable about the designers, materials the gowns were curated with, and details that made each stand apart from the others.I was additionally extremely impressed with the cleanliness/care of the gowns in comparison to other salons I visited. It spoke volumes of the attention to detail this salon has in creating a luxury experience for their brides.A big thank you to the Belle Atelier team!
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April 2023 by Elizabeth Johnson
I had the most amazing experience with Giselle. She helped me pick a beautiful Vivienne Westwood gown and made a custom skirt. I feel like when wedding dress shopping, there's a lot of pressure to find "the perfect dress" and insecurities with trying on sample sizes and so on. This was the 5th place I went to in Chicago and by far the best. A plus is that she's great with difficult moms!
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April 2023 by Scarlett S.
If you're looking for a queer-inclusive, body positive and trans* friendly bridal shop with an amazing selection, then you've found it! When it came to finding the right dress, they were the only shop that not only curated styles for us, but also let us roam through the racks ourselves. Their stylists are AMAZING. They helped me find my dream dress; sleek / minimal and form fitting - something I NEVER thought I'd be able to pull off in a "plus sized" body. But like magic, they did it! Additionally, they helped my fiancé find a BEAUTIFUL gown that flattered her "male shaped" body, having her leave the store feeling more beautiful and gender affirmed then ever! We had a really difficult time finding a bridal shop that could tailor to both our needs, but they did! In terms if experience, you'll absolutely love it. You walk in and feel so special greeted by your name on their sign and champagne. They accommodated having two brides shop together by giving us a large dressing room and helping us curate our looks at the same time so they looked fabulous together. As two brides, we had a large group of people with us (untraditionally) and the shop was extremely accommodating and had enough space for both of us to have a mom and MOH with us. Other shops traditionally limit you to 2 guests only (including the bride) So this was extremely helpful! They continued to help us beyond just our in-store-shopping experience. When my fiancé fell in love with a dress we couldn't afford, the manager (without us even asking) reached out to the designer herself to ask if they could give us a discount on it. It made us feel like so much more then just another customer, but so cared for and thought of. They were not pushy at all with the sale of the dress, even letting us come back a second time at no charge, when we had second thoughts! They continued to guide us through our dress shopping journey, keeping our needs and boundaries in mind. We really appreciated it. We've worked with 19 vendors and visited 11 dress shops while planning our weddings. Belle was by far the best one. They are kind, accomplished, inclusive and thoughtful. You will not regret your experience there. We both encourage you to make your first stop for dress shopping at Belle! Also our family did us dirty with these candids lol!! I promise we were happy, even if we dont look it. The photos attached are the un-altered try ons!
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April 2023 by Kate C.
There is a reason both my sister and I bought our dresses at Belle Atelier. I could write a very long review, but suffice it to say, the dresses here are unbeatable, and the staff could not be lovelier or more knowledgeable. I would give more stars if I could, and I can't wait to wear my dress this winter.
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March 2023 by Brenna Stanton
I can't recommend Belle Atelier enough. I was visiting from San Francisco and made an appointment with them since they have such an amazing selection of designers that I was having a hard time finding in one place in California. They were incredible to work with, the studio is just beautiful and Lauren & Giselle were wonderful! In hindsight, I should have skipped the previous 5 appointments and gone straight to Belle where I ended up finding my dream dress.
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March 2023 by Scarlett Strickland
As two queer women (one of us being trans) we’ve never felt more comfortable!! We were able to dress together in a nice big room where Lauren helped us pick out the most flattering outfits for my plus sized body while also helping us find the perfect cohesive look. We felt safe, happy and very welcomed! When we needed a second round of dress try-on’s we were welcomed and immediately remembered. It’s been such a wonderful and inclusive experience. I cannot recommend this store enough. PLEASE consider going if you are queer, plus sized or trans (or anyone else!) you will not regret the experience. ♥️
