Retro Stage

I had to wait a while to get this 1950s-style, strawberry-print dress. It's pretty but runs small. Order one or 2 sizes up. You can always get a tailor to take it in if it arrives too big.

It's attractive overall & I got compliments when I wore it.

One dress never arrived and I was never credited for it or had a replacement send. The dresses I did receive were so tiny the sizing is crazy I am an a American size 12 I ordered an XXXL and it was still tight. Another XXXL was too big. We had to make them work but because of iffy sizes hard returns or exchanges not knowing if you will get it or not. I would not order from here again. The dresses we got were very pretty and looked good to wear for our event one time. Just a surprise with each order.

It took a lot of back and forth as they didn't have the dress I wanted in stock and didn't send me an order confirmation. Eventually, I was able to order a similar dress in a different colour. The sizing was a little off and I needed to get it adjusted but the dress was good quality material and not super expensive.
Their customer service could use some work though. They took for too long to get back to you and were really abrupt via email.

I ordered 2 dresses and shoes to match. All their clothing came from China which was an initial bad sign. I get the clothes in after a month and found myself disappointed by the quality of the fabric. All the fabric for the dresses was cheap costume quality. On the plus side, the clothing did appear like the images did, but the fabric and stitching was sad to look at. I got nice fabric boots with fluff on them and the cut of the fluffy accessorizing the boots was not clean and saw excess protruding out from where it was stitched in. It is definitely expensive compared to the actual quality you receive. As excited as I was to finally afford to gift myself their products, I unfortunately do not believe I will order from there again...

I ordered three dresses from this site on May 9th, it is now July 2nd and I have only received two dresses. The other dress is still coming even though I paid for fast shipping. The dresses themselves are lovely and fit me perfectly, but one dress came with a broken zipper. Luckily I know how to replace a zipper but I would be pissed if I didn't! The fabric on first impression felt very cheap. You can tell not much effort went into making these dresses with decent quality. I don't think I'm going to order from here again.

After a little bit of back and forth, they did let me send my dress back (I had to pay for shipping, but it was an in-state CA address so it didn't cost much). They have refunded me. I just wish the process wasn't so stressful. But I appreciate them accepting my return!

Little cap came today, looks great. Still waiting on the 2 dresses i ordered. Hopefully they will be here before the wedding in March.

Ordered swim suits in March, it said they shipped on the 31st, still haven't gotten them and can't get tracker to work.

Update: as of may 3rd I got them and they are nice quality and fit well, it just took forever

I placed my order on February 19th assured delivery in 7 to 10 days. The Gala was on March 8th and the dress arrived on March 12th.

That said, my experience was a bit hit-and-miss. I ordered 2 versions of this dress - the first color didn't suit me. The second pattern was adorable, the dress is extremely flattering, BUT the bust seams were sewn all wrong. The pleating over the bust was tucked unevenly into the sides, and resulted in a really weird puckering effect on each side of my breasts. Very odd.

It's kind of hard to see in pictures with the pattern, but the second dress definitely has a flaw. Sending it back (sigh).

I think it is important to support American companies, I did not realize this brand drop ships directly from China, as soon as I realized this I sent them an email to cancel my order, they waited until just after my package shipped to tell me it cannot be canceled once it is shipped. My order came in two parts, the first came promptly, the second was 3 days late after waiting for nearly 2 weeks. The quality of the items are so so, see through, kinda costume-like, but they are pretty. I don't plan to return, however it needs to be mentioned this company ships directly from China and the quality is as such, slow shipping, and I don't anticipate these items lasting a long time.

I finally received my dress I ordered Dec 5 to wear on NYE on Dec 31! Talk about the 11th hour. I love retro-stage's dresses. I have bought 3. Glamourous. Well-made. My problem is with their non-existent customer service. Have a phone # that works. Have a link to online chat assistance. Let customers know you are shipping from China & not the US. Transparency is key. These dresses are worth the wait, but you have to let your customers know there will be a wait. I will buy more dresses from you. I'll just plan far in advance. Thank you!

I received the wrong dress, twice... and it was the same wrong dress, twice... which means it was probably a technical error... the dress(es) that I received we're poor quality, which was unfortunate because the material of the dress that I had ordered looked great! However, I can't review that particular dress since I never received it...

I had all of the documentation, packaging, receipts, communication from PayPal, etc... so I was able to access and send all of the information that the Retro Stage service center asked for. The communication was fast and consistent, which I greatly appreciated.

My first review was a 1. My second and updated review (this one) is a 3. My reasoning for a 3 is because of initially receiving the wrong dress, which was low quality, and my initial communication with the company combined with the fact that all other communication was extremely prompt and I received a refund AND I offered to send the dresses back to which they said to keep them... I will be donating them.