2017 brides

[Caratqc]

Ma

i am also a 2017 bride and now looking for gowns. thinking to custom made or get a package to rent gowns. why do you regret the package?
i was reading a blog on horrible experience on made to measure gowns, now feel abit scared. will be helpful if you can share the regrets on the package thanks!

Hi Maggie!

I haven't done any homework and went to BOWS and signed the package at the first booth we went to. It was only after signing that we found out we were kind of conned. The initial quote was 20+k. Vendor was pushing the sales hard on us by saying they'd bring it down to less than a quarter of what was quoted. We thought it was a good deal and thus signed. They didn't even allow us some time to check out other booths first, saying what was proposed will be made invalid.

We went on to other booths to see what's offered, made some comparisons here and there, checked online for reviews to find out that there have been quite a few horrofic experience with this bridal company.

I Guess you really have to do your homework and check for reviews before you even visit any bridal shops to view the gowns.

 

[maggies]

Ma


Hi Maggie!

I haven't done any homework and went to BOWS and signed the package at the first booth we went to. It was only after signing that we found out we were kind of conned. The initial quote was 20+k. Vendor was pushing the sales hard on us by saying they'd bring it down to less than a quarter of what was quoted. We thought it was a good deal and thus signed. They didn't even allow us some time to check out other booths first, saying what was proposed will be made invalid.

We went on to other booths to see what's offered, made some comparisons here and there, checked online for reviews to find out that there have been quite a few horrofic experience with this bridal company.

I Guess you really have to do your homework and check for reviews before you even visit any bridal shops to view the gowns.

Omggg! So horrible! But I thought there is something like a 7 days cooling off period and if you think u got pressured into it, can cancel the contract? Maybe u can try to find out more if this could be done?

Ya I read a few posts that always MUST go try the gowns in the shop to have a feel before signing

 

[GellyMong]

Hi hi!!

I bought a pre-wedding + AD package with a bridal company and am kind of regretting it now. Thinking of getting another AD package with another bridal co. Any recommendations?

You can try those in Tanjong Pagar ones.

 

[Caratqc]

Omggg! So horrible! But I thought there is something like a 7 days cooling off period and if you think u got pressured into it, can cancel the contract? Maybe u can try to find out more if this could be done?

Ya I read a few posts that always MUST go try the gowns in the shop to have a feel before signing

Really there's such a thing???
My receipt states amount is non refundable. And the thing is we stupidly paid in full :/

 

[Caratqc]

You can try those in Tanjong Pagar ones.

Any idea if Z wedding is good? I'm leaning towards that but I've heard some bad reviews about them too so I'm kind of hesitant.

 

[maggies]

Really there's such a thing???
My receipt states amount is non refundable. And the thing is we stupidly paid in full :/

I found this: https://singaporelegaladvice.com/la...ntracts-consumer-protection-fair-trading-act/
Maybe you can call CASE and ask for details?

hope it helps and you get back your money

 

[Aj.tan]

Actually a bit hard cause you need to have evidence that you were being coerced or they used unscrupulous means to make you sign... Good luck anyway!

 

[Cherrypixxie]

hi all! I am a 2017 bride too!
will like to join if there's any chat group

 

[ruachgall]

Ma


Hi Maggie!

I haven't done any homework and went to BOWS and signed the package at the first booth we went to. It was only after signing that we found out we were kind of conned. The initial quote was 20+k. Vendor was pushing the sales hard on us by saying they'd bring it down to less than a quarter of what was quoted. We thought it was a good deal and thus signed. They didn't even allow us some time to check out other booths first, saying what was proposed will be made invalid.

We went on to other booths to see what's offered, made some comparisons here and there, checked online for reviews to find out that there have been quite a few horrofic experience with this bridal company.

I Guess you really have to do your homework and check for reviews before you even visit any bridal shops to view the gowns.

Which bridal shop??

 

[pikachuuu]

Hi all, just wanted to ask
1. how far advance did your wedding coordinator reach out to you to start the wedding banquet arrangements?
2. what is the timeline for pre-wedding photoshoot as well? like when will you start confirming your gowns for photoshoot and actual day?

Thanks!

no idea for 1.
but for 2. it depends on where you are having your PW shoot. I am going to have mine in Korea, so they have a minimum timeline of 3-6 months for them to give us the hardcopy (albums and frames). Your bridal shop should advice you on the confirmation of gowns be it for photoshoot or AD

 

[GellyMong]

hi all! I am a 2017 bride too!
will like to join if there's any chat group

Which month?

 

[GellyMong]

Any idea if Z wedding is good? I'm leaning towards that but I've heard some bad reviews about them too so I'm kind of hesitant.

Hi there, I actually signed with Bliss Bridal Creation. U might want to go there and see if u like their package.

 

[Caratqc]

I found this: https://singaporelegaladvice.com/la...ntracts-consumer-protection-fair-trading-act/
Maybe you can call CASE and ask for details?

hope it helps and you get back your money

OMGOSH!! Thanks so much! I called CASE and they advised to speak to them. Failing which, I could go to CASE to report.

 

[Caratqc]

Hi there, I actually signed with Bliss Bridal Creation. U might want to go there and see if u like their package.

Okie thanks!

 

[maggies]

OMGOSH!! Thanks so much! I called CASE and they advised to speak to them. Failing which, I could go to CASE to report.

yay glad to know there's something you can try to do, rather than just paid the money and be unhappy. Money hard to earn leh! hahaa

 

[Caratqc]

yay glad to know there's something you can try to do, rather than just paid the money and be unhappy. Money hard to earn leh! hahaa

Ya! Super heart pain. Thought I just have to suck it up. Thanks again!

 

[dorvino]

Ya! Super heart pain. Thought I just have to suck it up. Thanks again!

Ya! Don't think we should just suck it up. I feel damn sucks about the horrible Swaggers Couture cheating my money like this too (blog here)! And definitely I am going to Small Claims tribunals to complain against him!
You know yesterday, my fiance saw him in the shop and went up to him and want to settle the issue. The horrible man said "Go and sue me la!" Really angry!!
Does he even have a conscience?!?!

Anyways girls, now I need to look for gowns for my AD since his gowns really so ugly. Mega roll eyes.

I went to a few like Divine Couture, Silhouette the Atelier and both have BEAUTIFUL gowns! But on the expensive side. I went to The Gown Warehouse before when I was rushing about trying to find a gown before flying to Paris for the shoot, I feel its quite nice too and affordable. The gown eventually i rented to go Paris is from Alisha and Lace. They have nice gowns too. So I guess these are some shops you can check out.

And now I totally will advise, unless you know the designer very well, and saw a few designs he/ she made and you LOVE them. If not, don't go for MTM. OTR is better, what you see is what you get. No surprise if it turned out fugly

 

[Caratqc]

Ya! Don't think we should just suck it up. I feel damn sucks about the horrible Swaggers Couture cheating my money like this too (blog here)! And definitely I am going to Small Claims tribunals to complain against him!
You know yesterday, my fiance saw him in the shop and went up to him and want to settle the issue. The horrible man said "Go and sue me la!" Really angry!!
Does he even have a conscience?!?!

Anyways girls, now I need to look for gowns for my AD since his gowns really so ugly. Mega roll eyes.

I went to a few like Divine Couture, Silhouette the Atelier and both have BEAUTIFUL gowns! But on the expensive side. I went to The Gown Warehouse before when I was rushing about trying to find a gown before flying to Paris for the shoot, I feel its quite nice too and affordable. The gown eventually i rented to go Paris is from Alisha and Lace. They have nice gowns too. So I guess these are some shops you can check out.

And now I totally will advise, unless you know the designer very well, and saw a few designs he/ she made and you LOVE them. If not, don't go for MTM. OTR is better, what you see is what you get. No surprise if it turned out fugly

WA, that guy. Should totally sue him.
My Friend recommended Rico. They don't hard sell and price is reasonable. Package was 3k for pre-wedding + AD if not wrong (2 years ago). You might want to check them out too.

 

[Tingzcrown]

i cannot stress further on importance of doing research ! because i'm one btb who actually sign up for 3 bridal shop due to "hard selling, not keeping promise merchant, what i wanted"

 

[Caratqc]

Did u ask for/ manage to get any refund?

 

[mrsgrey]

hi all. any recommendations for AD videographer who can do same day edit express highlights? thx

 

[Cherrypixxie]

Which month?

Hi GellyMong in Nov when's yours?

 

[Cherrypixxie]

Any fun and inexpensive photobooth to share?

 

[GellyMong]

Hi GellyMong in Nov when's yours?

I'm in Dec

 

[Mtmt14]

Hi all! I'm new here. Any June 2017 brides? Would like to know the experience of btb who have done their pre-wedding photoshoot in Korea. Thanks!

 

[Pacobaby]

Hows the arrangement on photography and videography? Hire both under 1 roof or separately?

 

[sheltieslove]

anyone has any recmendations for buffet lunch?
looking at around 120 pax.. hopefully not too expensive

 

[Thinkwx]

Hi All,
I'm also a Dec 2017 BTB.

In a dilemma now, the wedding date (Calculated by Master Long) i chose is not an auspicious date accordingly to the Lunar Calendar.

What would you all do?

 

[thesheryl]

Hi All,
I'm also a Dec 2017 BTB.

In a dilemma now, the wedding date (Calculated by Master Long) i chose is not an auspicious date accordingly to the Lunar Calendar.

What would you all do?

Think it depends on how much u believe in the "auspicious" dates.

If the specific date u chose has more meaning for you (ie. Anniversary date, etc), just go ahead as after all its you and your hubs wedding the memories are yours to keep, and it's up to you how you want your marriage to work out. Just my POV.

 

[JuzDream]

Hi All,
I'm also a Dec 2017 BTB.

In a dilemma now, the wedding date (Calculated by Master Long) i chose is not an auspicious date accordingly to the Lunar Calendar.

What would you all do?

I would still follow Master Long date coz is based on ba zi which is more accurate

 

[Thinkwx]

Think it depends on how much u believe in the "auspicious" dates.

If the specific date u chose has more meaning for you (ie. Anniversary date, etc), just go ahead as after all its you and your hubs wedding the memories are yours to keep, and it's up to you how you want your marriage to work out. Just my POV.

Thesheryl: Thanks for your POV. In the end it's still a date after all and it all depends on our efforts to keep the marriage going Appreciate it! Prolly should stick by the date we picked because we won some lottery with the wedding date too

 

[Thinkwx]

I would still follow Master Long date coz is based on ba zi which is more accurate

JuzDream: Thanks for your re-assurance! Cause the lunar calendar said that one of the zodiac clashes with my future MIL.

 

[cloudyiee]

Hello BTBs! Anyone taking ala carte for pre-wedding shoot? Any recommendations?

 

[jxuanxxx]

Hello everyone..
happen to chance upon this forum..
Im a dec btb (still waiting for my dates)
I have booked Yvonne creative over at BOWS 2 weeks back.. are they good? Anyone has engaged them as well??

 

[eang18]

Hello BTBs! Anyone taking ala carte for pre-wedding shoot? Any recommendations?

Hi! We are doing ala carte pws with John Lim Photography ... love the way he capture expressions... very natural ... it's really unlike the conventional "poses" you can view his work on facebook and instagram... cheers!

 

[thesheryl]

Hello BTBs! Anyone taking ala carte for pre-wedding shoot? Any recommendations?

Hi! I'm doing ala carte PWS too, with Knottin Visuals. U hv any specific budget in mind?

 

[karenngkh31]

I am a Dec BTB. i just booked my venue at holiday inn OCC. Is there any whats apps chat group for Dec BTB?

Hi, i'm a BTB with holidayinn OCC as well in dec 2017

 

[Kennethkzy]

Hi everyone,.

After deciding for some time, we decide to go for my dream wedding for our bridal package. We also took up their pre wedding package. Not sure how it will turn out but will share their review once we finish!

We also engage a wedding videography company for our actual day and pre wedding, video but however we are letting go this videography package as we need to change our wedding date and they can't make it on our new date.

Eventhough they can't film it for us but after meeting them, they are a bunch of very nice and sincere people doing nice wedding video for couples and they are quite different from the ones I met. That's what make me want to engage them in the first place.

Those who are interested, you can pm or email me for information! [email protected]

pm me [email protected] for the detail

 

[Kennethkzy]

Hi, i'm a BTB with holidayinn OCC as well in dec 2017

same same holiday inn o c

 

[cloudyiee]

Hi! We are doing ala carte pws with John Lim Photography ... love the way he capture expressions... very natural ... it's really unlike the conventional "poses" you can view his work on facebook and instagram... cheers!

I'm intending to have my own PG for pws and ad too. Any recommendations on bridal rental etc?

 

[cloudyiee]

Hi! I'm doing ala carte PWS too, with Knottin Visuals. U hv any specific budget in mind?

Hi! I'm also doing pws and ad with a PG of my choice. I'm just puzzled on bridal rental and mua etc.... Able to advise?

 

[quintyn]

Hi! I'm also doing pws and ad with a PG of my choice. I'm just puzzled on bridal rental and mua etc.... Able to advise?

The bridal studios can still do that for you but not sure if they can provide mua tho, no harm asking i think they can still provide!

 

[OJLA]

Hi everyone,.

After deciding for some time, we decide to go for my dream wedding for our bridal package. We also took up their pre wedding package. Not sure how it will turn out but will share their review once we finish!

We also engage a wedding videography company for our actual day and pre wedding, video but however we are letting go this videography package as we need to change our wedding date and they can't make it on our new date.

Eventhough they can't film it for us but after meeting them, they are a bunch of very nice and sincere people doing nice wedding video for couples and they are quite different from the ones I met. That's what make me want to engage them in the first place.

Those who are interested, you can pm or email me for information! [email protected]

Hello! Can pm me? Im looking for affordable vg.

 

[mmmmm]

anyone holding dinner at capella? appreciate if anyone has info on the latest minimum spending or minimum tables for the grand ballroom. thanks in advance!

 

[thesheryl]

Hi! I'm also doing pws and ad with a PG of my choice. I'm just puzzled on bridal rental and mua etc.... Able to advise?

I think u can still go to bridal stores for a package that excludes pg vg. For me I'm juz gonna rent gowns from a standalone designer, also considering to visit gown warehouse. Make up artists shud be easy to find dependent on what u like. Can try autelier make up too

 

[pikachuuu]

if you go TGW autelier makeup is part of the package (except the founder)

 

[thesheryl]

if you go TGW autelier makeup is part of the package (except the founder)

Ohh! Thanks for the tip! Will check it out

 

[pikachuuu]

Ohh! Thanks for the tip! Will check it out

Dependent on their schedule!

 

[eang18]

I'm intending to have my own PG for pws and ad too. Any recommendations on bridal rental etc?

We decided to sign with Rico for the gowns, MUA for prewedshoot and AD as we love the princessy style and no-pressure feel with the consultants... they also allow us to try some of the gowns to get a feel on how it looks ... was quite a nice experience

 

[eang18]

The bridal studios can still do that for you but not sure if they can provide mua tho, no harm asking i think they can still provide!

They should still be able to provide MUA in the contract ... nowadays ... most bridal have itemized rates ... so just pick n choose what u need ... cheers!