Beware of after purchase service with creme couture!i
I visited Creme Couture in the fall of last year with my daughter, as she is getting married June 2026. We thought she found the perfect dress, and the purchasing experience was great. Michelle, the owner, took my daughter‘s measurements and told us that she ordered the appropriate size of dress. She said that my daughter‘s measurements were between two sizes, so she ordered up to the next size. We trusted her, as she is the seamstress, as well as the owner. We signed the contract based on that. As per required, we paid in full when the dress was ordered. The dress came in, hugely oversized! I am sure that this is a scam, because crème couture would make a lot of money from such extensive alterations. When my daughter initially picked up the dress, she expressed concerns that the dress was so huge. However, she was told that she signed a contract and would have to take the dress. My daughter lives in Toronto, so she didn’t want to go to Creme Courure for alterations., As the drive is not convenient. Also, why trust them with the alterations when they made such a terrible error in ordering the wrong dress size?
She took the dress to a seamstress in Toronto, and she refused to do the alterations as the whole dress needed to be taken apart and remade. She then took it to another seamstress, and so far it has taken her 23 hours to take apart the dress and resize it, at a cost of $80 an hour.! This seamstress said that the dress had to be decreased by FOUR dress sizes! Four sizes is not the same as being between two sizes and ordering up to the next size. The Toronto seamstress said that it would have been cheaper and much quicker to have a custom dress zone from scratch. The worst part is, my daughter called crème couture and told them about the situation. They said to bring the dress to crème couture on a Thursday and they would take a look at it. My daughter works downtown Toronto and wasn’t able to go with that assigned time. So she asked if she did bring the dress back to crème couture for alterations, would there be some consideration/discount in their alteration fees, due to the fact that the dress was ordered far too large. They said absolutely not as she had signed a contract. My daughter then asked if they would be able to provide her with an estimate of the alterations that would be needed. Once again they said no, they were not able to do that. Now, if Kim couture did order a half size up, as they said, they did, the alterations would be very minor. And they should have been able to give an estimate because they do alterations, as well as sales, and they should have an idea of alteration costs.
I feel they should have offered to order the correct size dress when my daughter picked up the dress in the store. It was. THEIR error. They are supposed to be the experts and be able to take accurate measurements. But they told her that she must take this dress. Then, they could have reimbursed much of the alteration cost, but crème couture said absolutely not. This is pathetic after purchase service. I am disgusted by these business practices. I do believe that the dress was ordered in such a huge size, so that the alteration cost would be high and crème couture would benefit from doing these alterations. Otherwise, I have no idea why they would be so inaccurate in their measurements. I want to let you know that this could happen to you if you deal with this business. Thankfully, I have been able to save some brides from going there. Some of my friends have daughters that are getting married this year, and they were going to go to crème couture, based on our great purchasing experience. Now they have heard this horror story, and the fact that my daughter has paid double for her wedding dress. We are one week away from the wedding, and the dress is still being worked on. However, crème couture has caused a lot of stress and additional costs, as well as demonstrating what a poor business they are to deal with. My daughter had actually written a very glowing review from her purchasing experience. We never expected this to be the outcome. BUYERS BEWARE!!