Canadian Brides - they’ve launched Azazie Canada!
Just got an email - azazie.ca! It says that they’ve got better shipping rates and no duty costs now! So exciting!!
And this puts me in a dilemma!
We’d decided for my wedding that we would do David’s Bridal for my girls, because we want to do one colour, multiple styles for our bridal party and David’s can make that pretty easy - plus, I like that they have actual stores where you can go try stuff on. But the colour we chose (Apple) is a little brighter red than I would have liked, and their dresses aren’t super inexpensive. But that was the decision we’d made, and are set to go dress shopping with my girls in January or February!
But now! With the launch of Azazie Canada, I’m conflicted! Their dresses appear to be a bit less expensive than David’s, but with shipping & the try-at-home program, it might wind up equaling out. I’m uncertain whether the try-at-home program for Canada is better now than it was before - I know before, only some of their dresses were options for us. But their Burgundy looks more like the red colour I’d envisioned my girls wearing. Gah! I’m conflicted now!!
Thoughts on using Azazie with the launch of the new Canadian site, Canadian brides? Or, American (or other!) brides who have used Azazie - can you go into detail about their try-at-home program?
Posted Jul 3, 2019, 5:12 PM UTC
I don't understand the dilemma. There's nothing stopping you from doing both. You have 6 or7 months before you were going to try on dresses at David's Bridal.
You have plenty of time to schedule a try on get together at your home with the Azazie dresses ( which, by the way, also offers custom sizing, so no need for expensive alterations).
Yeah, the custom sizing is definitely a plus!! My girls are decently spread out, so I won’t be able to get all of them to a try-on party at my house unfortunately. (I could get some of them, though.) I mostly just don’t want to put them through a whole rigmarole of options and decisions - I want to keep it easy for them!!
I guess maybe my first step would be to actually order Azazie’s Burgundy swatch so I could compare it irl to David’s Apple. In photos the swatch looks like the perfect colour, but having them both to compare would likely be really helpful.
When you are looking at swatches,keep in mind that a sheer fabric like chiffon needs to be folded in three to see its' true color.
That’s helpful, thank you! I did discover that David’s Apple is lighter in person vs the swatch by being able to see one in the store. (The Apple swatch is exactly the shade I’d envisioned, sigh! Just not their dresses!) I’ll keep that in mind about the fabric and definitely consider seeing if Azazie has a clearance dress in the colour I want to see what that’s like in real life, too. :)
The swatches I have from Azazie are pretty great, a substantial size (a rectangle a little bigger than my palm) and they're stacked so the chiffon is over the lining colour. The different fabrics also seem to be mostly very well matched.
OP I think ordering a swatch might be your first step, see if it's the red you envisioned :)