Adrianna Papell

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New York
1 review
18 helpful votes
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Spend a lot for poor quality
November 6, 2019

I bought the Off the Shoulder Floral Sequin Dress and after one wear, the majority of beads came off - the dress is now a "one time use" disposable piece unfortunately. After back and forth with customer service where they initially led me on to think they would fix the dress or cover the costs to fix, they quickly backed away and are offering ZERO compensation here. Keep in mind this is after weeks of communication with customer service where they had me get estimates from tailors on repair costs and such. Ultimately, I end up with no replacement, no fixes, no discount/refund, etc. For a $350 purchase, I find the quality and customer service to be not acceptable.

Date of experience: November 6, 2019
Canada
1 review
11 helpful votes
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Jumpsuits
July 31, 2019

I recently bought a beautiful off the shoulders black jumpsuit. I live in Canada and I received it within 2 weeks. I should have bought a size smaller from a 12 to a 10 but the length is perfect for me at 5'10". I am just adding a rhinestone belt to make it smaller on the waist. Quality is magnificent. Last week I saw a polkadot jumpsuit on sale final sale. Got it a week later... Again magnificent quality and fit is superb. Can't wait to wear these to 3 weddings this summer. Online shopping can be scary, but adrianna papell's merchandise is top quality! This is my new go to website for beautiful garments!

Date of experience: July 30, 2019
Australia
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Gorgeous dress-exactly as shown
July 30, 2019

Hi there
I am in Australia and apart from a glitch in communications with Adrianna Papell on-line, this is a great site.
My dress is even better than I'd hoped and fits perfectly.
A really, really great experience.
Delivery was pretty slow though so don't order and hope for a quick arrival.
Mind you, as I said, I am in Australia and the order took about 3.5 weeks to arrive.
Very happy with my purchase.

Date of experience: July 30, 2019
New York
4 reviews
42 helpful votes
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Beautiful gown but not well made.
July 16, 2019

I was excited to receive my full length gown which looked very nice but as soon as I opened the gown from the plastic, there were beads all over my floor. I will still wear it since it was dirt cheap and looks nice but it is going to be annoying having beads fall all over my house since I tried shaking the excess off, but feel more beads will likely fall off as I wear the gown. That's why I gave a three star review. Five stars for appearance but minus two for the way the beads are falling off.

Date of experience: July 16, 2019
Virginia
1 review
15 helpful votes
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I rarely write reviews, but I had to give my two cents after I read so many bad reviews of this website. Based on my experience I found the website easy to navigate, with a large selection of quality dresses at a reasonable price. I ordered 3 dresses to try on for my daughter's wedding (free shipping!). I received 3 dresses within a week of ordering. Unfortunately, they sent me 2 of the same dresses and one that I ordered was missing. After a phone call to AP, they sent me a no-cost return label for the duplicate dress. Once I had a Fed Ex tracking number for that return, I called them and they over-nighted the dress that I did not receive. During every phone call, the representative was courteous and assisted with my problem. They have a 30-day (from date of order delivery date) full refund policy which make sit easy to try on multiple dresses and return the unwanted dresses. I would definitely recommend this website.

Date of experience: July 3, 2019
North Carolina
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Absolutely stunning
June 13, 2019

The moment I tried the dress on I fell in love! Thank you for making me feel beautiful on my daughters wedding day. The dress was perfect and came exactly like I ordered in perfect time! I will be ordering from you again! My new stop for style...

Date of experience: June 13, 2019
Pennsylvania
2 reviews
12 helpful votes
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Outstanding customer service and personal service. Kudos to Peter who made it happen for me. The shawl I purchased is absolutely beautiful, I was desperate to receive it the very next day, which was a Friday. According to the representative, items purchased after 1 PM go on next days delivery, so it would not have been delivered until Monday. As they don't deliver on weekends. Being sensitive to my concern, I was shocked to see it in my driveway the very next day. Peter made a special effort to get it out on Thursdays delivery. The scarf is beautiful, and I wore it on the weekend and received several compliments. I read all these negative reviews and I'm shocked. I received a completely opposite customer service experience. I highly recommend this company to anyone!

Date of experience: May 11, 2019
California
2 reviews
16 helpful votes
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I love Adrianna Papell dresses. I wore one for my daughters wedding and I found several others I really like. BUT Never order directly from them. Order from Nordstrom or any other store who carries them.
I had found a dress I thought I loved for a special event, ordered it but after careful consideration I decided to return it. First of all do it quickly - you only have 30 days. Then when you ship it back for $6.95 you will never hear from anyone again. I got confirmation from FEDEX that it was received so I tried to follow up on my refund. Multiple phone calls were not even answered. Emails were not responded to. Finally I found another email to contact someone who wasn't even related to returns. She got involved and I got my refund. It took almost two weeks. Absolutely ridiculous. If I ever buy another Adrianna Papell dress it will not be from their website.

Date of experience: March 8, 2019
Michigan
1 review
16 helpful votes
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Poor customer service
February 1, 2019

The customer service does not work with the customer. I wanted to return my dress and purchase another. Because I needed the dress for my son's wedding, I asked if I could purchase another dress and receive credit from my original purchase instead of merchandise credit. Also the second dress was only available in 2 sizes. The customer service said it wasn't the same financially, so they wouldn't work with me. To me, that is poor customer service.

Date of experience: February 1, 2019
Illinois
1 review
5 helpful votes
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Horrible customer service
August 17, 2018

The customers service is terrible. They're lying about the returns. Think twice before buying anything from them

Date of experience: August 17, 2018
Malaysia
1 review
16 helpful votes
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Loose beads, loose threads
August 10, 2018

I have to say that I love the dress, it took less than a month to arrive and I'm happy with that! Unfortunately, when I opened up the plastic, there were so many sequins falls off! It is normal for sequins to fall off from a full-on sequin dress but this is way out of normal. I look closely on the threads and the workmanship is so bad that all threads are left hanging, no dead knot. My mom have to scan through the dress and fix it! It's expensive for what it is. I would definitely not recommend it unless they improve their workmanship.

Date of experience: August 10, 2018
GB
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Stay away
June 27, 2018

I have tried to cancel a dress for my daughter. There is zero communication, no dress and no Refund.

Date of experience: June 27, 2018
Massachusetts
2 reviews
4 helpful votes
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May 15, 2018
Updated review

Finally got my return label... past due the date, I could return the dresses for a refund. Used one return label and taped two boxes together. After multiple phone calls to the company, I saw a refund for all the dresses on my pay pal... that same day I get a call from the company that none of the dresses have been returned? I told them about the credit and the customer service rep said that was impossible... the saga continues

Date of experience: May 15, 2018
Horrible customer service
April 30, 2018
Previous review

I purchased several dresses from Adrianna Papell for my daughter's wedding. Nothing fit too big or too small. Tried to print a return label but the site said I had no account and no email address could be found... even though I received multiple emails from them. Customer service is closed on weekends. Finally reached customer service. Took forever to straighten it out, still not quite finished, the person has to check with his supervisor because I need two return labels for one order even though they came in two separate boxes... are you kidding me. I still have to stick with the 30-day return even after all this...

Date of experience: April 30, 2018
Illinois
1 review
18 helpful votes
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Mother of the bride
March 13, 2018

This company does not stand by its product! I ordered my dress from here and 8 bridesmaid dresses. ALL of them had beads falling off. Full strands even before the ceremony. When I reached out to them they said that they gave a bag of beads with the gowns. Are you kidding me? The day of my daughters wedding before the wedding I am supposed to so on beads. They offered me 10% off my next purchase. I would never order from them again. Customer service is rude! And try to write a review on their page, the send an email to you saying that they will not post your reviews.

Date of experience: March 13, 2018
Australia
1 review
14 helpful votes
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Appalling.
November 9, 2017

Ordered a dress from AP for my wedding and it arrived with beading missing from the front of the dress. Even though the dress was defective the company would not return it as it was a final sale item and I received a long string of patronising emails from one of the worst customer service departments I have ever encountered. I wish I had read the reviews here before ordering and will be actively warning friends and family away from this awful company.

Date of experience: November 9, 2017
Michigan
1 review
3 helpful votes
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Very bad customer service
October 31, 2017

DO NOT buy from their website directly. Especially the sale section. I am getting stuck with a merchandise credit on an item that did not have "final sale" on the item description page. I called customer service and no one could help me understand why I am not getting a refund to my credit card. There is no manager onsite apparently after 5 pm, which is when most people can call because it is after work. Then the customer service rep. Said corporate issues the refunds, but would not give me their information to call them directly. In the market retailers are in today, based on the customer service I received, Adrianna Papell will lose all their customers.

Date of experience: October 31, 2017
Indiana
1 review
4 helpful votes
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Mother of the Groom
October 11, 2017

I purchased an Adrianna Papell beaded gown for my sons wedding, and it was absolutely gorgeous. However, after wearing the gown approximately 10 hours, when I changed out of it and laid it on the bed (I never hung it up as the beading made it so heavy I feared it would stretch out), I noticed numerous COMPLETE lines of beading missing. I was hoping to shorten the gown for use later, sell it to someone who would appreciate, or donate it to a cleaners who collects gowns for high schoolers attending a prom that cant afford to buy new (the dress is a size 8). After contacting Adrianna Papell, they told me I could either get ahold of the company I purchased it from (they would do nothing as I purchased the gown November, 2016 for my sons wedding September, 2017). I also would not expect the store selling THEIR brand of clothing to do anything since Adrianna Papell is the manufacturer. They told me they could possibly send more beads as the little bag attached when I purchased the dress would in no way cover the number missing, but I felt this would be ridiculous as I figured more of the originals would continue to drop off if worn again. They then explained that bead loss should be expected if the dress is worn. WHAT?!?!? I did not buy the dress to look at it on a hanger! BUYER BEWARE! The original price of this dress was $369, and it barely made it through one wearing. It is basically trashed. I wish I could give a negative rating because they dont even deserve a 1! No stars from this girl!

Date of experience: October 11, 2017
New York
1 review
18 helpful votes
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Adrianna Pappel site Sucks
May 30, 2017

I ordered a dress three weeks ago! Havent received anything upto date and the order number i have doesnt go through! My account was charged and haven't received anything from them than a yuck customer service!
If you really care for the money u struggle to get, avoid loosing it to this site. If u have lots to waste and dont care about your money worth, feel free to shop with AP. Am not done with you!

Date of experience: May 30, 2017
Washington
1 review
4 helpful votes
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Don't purchase from Adrianna Papell!
May 16, 2017

This past Friday night I ordered 2 dresses during their 75% off flash sale. I was very excited to receive the dresses as I was hoping to wear as bridesmaid dresses. Yesterday (Monday) I received an email saying the order was cancelled due to a billing issue. I was very confused as I've never had problems ordering online before. I called Adrianna and was told that even though it showed my transaction went thru when I placed the order, when Adrianna tried to collect the money my bank "withheld" the money. I was extremely confused at this point and called chase bank. They informed me the payment was pending and the order could not have been canceled because of them. I called Adrianna back and informed them what my bank said, at this point another girl told me that the order was actually cancelled because my shipping address could not be verified (so they lied to me initially I guess) she claimed I was called to verify my shipping address (it was different from billing), I didn't answer and so they cancelled the order. This makes no sense to me 1. Why do they need to verify the address?! It was my school address 2. Why would they only call to verify once? No voicemail was left and no email was sent asking me to confirm my address. 3. Why did they lie initially? I asked for a manager and was told I would get a call back. A few hours passed and no call so I called back. They must have put notes on my account because right away I was told that the manager was on the phone and either way both dresses I initially ordered were no longer available. I asked for corporate and was told they will call me within 24-48 hours. I'm incredibly frustrated and after reading the reviews here I realize Adrianna Papell is not a good business to deal with.

Date of experience: May 16, 2017
Maryland
2 reviews
20 helpful votes
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After receiving a dress a week after the promised date, which I needed for an event that had passed, I was told I could return it for a refund. Once it finally got processed for return they never notified me and never gave me a refund. After a month of hearing nothing and no responses to my emails I called and they said they received it but I could only get a store credit. This is NOT what they said when I called to return it - it was their fault the shipping was delayed because they didn't process it on time so they said they would give me a refund minus the shipping cost. They refused to give me a refund so I just took a credit. They said I'd get it by email.

Over 2 weeks later I still had not received the credit. I called AGAIN and they said I'd be getting it. 2 weeks LATER I still did not have it! I called AGAIN and finally they gave it to me! I didn't even want to order anything from them again but at least I could get something for my money. Now, a month after I've tried to use my credit they issued and when I went through the site it said it is INVALID and/or has already been used!?! I haven't even tried to use it before! I emailed them a few days ago and nothing! Now I've been on hold for 25 mins waiting to speak to someone. They are the ABSOLUTE WORST! I swear, save yourself and NEVER order through them! If you absolutely must have their dress, go through a department store, at least you'll get customer service.

Date of experience: May 10, 2017