We purchased our bridesmaids dresses from Formally...

We purchased our bridesmaids dresses from Formally Yours for my sisters wedding and I was very disappointed. When we got there for our scheduled appointment we were not greeted very kindly. We were taken to the bridesmaid dresses and were given a teenager to help us pick a dress out. The two bridesmaid were a bigger size than most of the sample dresses that they had so it was hard to determine what would look nice on our body type and we were told we would have to do the best we could to get the dresses on. It would have helped if we had a more experienced person that kind of knew what dress type would work best. When we finally picked a dress after trying on what seemed like every dress they had and then came time to pick he color. They didn't have anything that would show us what shade of red the dress would be in the material that it came in. We also didn't know that there would be no back to the dress as we told the girl helping us that we would need to be able to wear a bra with it. Since the dress didn't fit the way it was supposed to on us we didn't realize this. We go to pay for the dresses and I was told to order a dress size that was 3 sizes bigger than my dress size. I told them that it was three sizes different and they just said that is what the book says to order based on the measurements that they took. Since I haven't ordered a bridesmaid dress before I assumed that they knew what they were talking about and went ahead and placed the order. We were not told how long it would take to get the dresses in but it would be in time for the wedding. We got the dresses almost a month before the wedding which isn't much time when you have to get your dress altered. I was almost in tears when I got my dress because it didn't fit at all. I used Bella to alter my dress and it wasn't the best job. The first time I tried the dress on for Bella it was at the Formally Yours store and I heard the gasp from the FY employee at the front desk. I had to meet with her multiple times and the last time I was in her shop for the final fitting she wasn't even there. Her sister and a few other ladies were there and had her on the phone. They told her that the dress fit like a glove. It did not. It was still big on me and the part that I had her add on the back so that I could wear a bra looked terrible. I had to take it that day because it was to close to the wedding date to have any more alterations done on the dress. I paid more for alteration than I did for the actual dress. If I had just gone ahead and ordered that size I normally wear it would have fit fine. Be careful when they recommend the size to order. I would not use Bella for alterations.