I had the unfortunate experience of working with G...

I had the unfortunate experience of working with Gabriela at Jaehee Bridal Atelier as my first experience dress shopping. I left with a sinking feeling in my stomach and expected dress shopping would continue to be a painful, miserable experience. As a first time bride, I hoped to find a consultant who would be helpful and willing to make suggestions, but Gabriela was anything but helpful or courteous. She was very short with me, spent most of the time focusing on what wouldn't work, and kept reiterating that I needed to find a dress quickly (3 other salons told me that I had a solid 3 week cushion before I needed to order). I left feeling fat (I'm a street size 6), picky, and demoralized because I thought I'd never find a dress that would work. Luckily, my experience at another salon was quite the opposite. I found 3 dresses I liked in 1/2 hour and we smiled and laughed the entire time and popped a bottle of champagne at the end when I found a dress that I love. My lesson learned: Finding a dress can be a fun experience or a miserable one and who you work with as your bridal consultant largely determines this. If you want to feel rushed and have someone who is negative with little industry knowledge of suggestions, Gabriela is your girl. If you would like dress shopping to be a positive experience, look elsewhere.