Jessica McClintock Outlet, San Francisco

Great Prices, Cute Dresses and well, it's AWESOME!

Be careful where you get your directions from because 15th street is very long and you don't want to end up on the wrong block! Follow the directions from their website or from the voice recording for the outlet. We had incredible amount of success, 4 gorgeous dresses for 100 dollars! That is a savings of nearly 80+%!!! Going in late March, we seemed to hit the season change because all the spring dresses were 50% off the ticketed price already. Also, we found a dress on the damaged rack (for 5 bucks!!!) that only needed some restitching of the zipper. So, when you go, be prepared to search, but you probably will end up with something for your occasion and maybe something extra :) Overall, we were impressed by the selection and the low low low prices.

I liked the prises.Because I am getting married and I found a nice dress for one of my bridesmaid.And I would like to come back next week and buy for the rest of my bridesmaids.Tank you very much it made my life easier.

So I bought my wedding dress here and I think it took me all of 20 minutes of trying on dresses to pick it out. Take your friends (I had my Soon to be mother-in-law and sister-in-law) because it's hard to do it with out them. I was there around 10am when it opened and there was only one other girl there so it was nice to have the place to myself. Try on everything because you never know what you'll like, plus it's fun to see some of the crazy dresses. If you can take what you'll be wearing underneath. My dress was a little dirty (mostly makeup) but it all came out easy. My dress was a 2 piece (I mixed and matched) and it was around $50 each. A great deal!

So many dresses, so little time and not enough money... I wanted almost every dress that I picked up. I tried on about 15 dresses and decided to buy only four because I'm on a tight budget. But I couldn't believe that I was able to buy four dresses for under $90. That's like getting a no brand name at Forever 21. I was there on a Friday afternoon so there was no one else in the dressing room. It was so nice to be able to try on every dress without other women staring at me. I practically had the whole place to myself. No one to fight over the dresses and size. The attendent was so sweet and helpful. I will definitely go back if I need a new dress.

I like that everything is discounted, possible up to 80%- depending on the promotion. I came with 9 girls looking for the exact same dress for a cotillion and we all were able to find the exact same style/ color for a fraction of the retail price. The dressing room can be cramped depending on the customer flow of that day, but there's mirrors all around to look at yourself when trying something on. It can get pretty stuffy in the one-room dressing room but The point of coming is to find a good deal on a dress! Not a perfect dressing room! We were in and out of there and got what we needed. Its great. I love it and I love the dress I bought. Its simple but it makes it versatile for other occasions to wear a formal dress. I also like it cuz the location of the outlet is secluded so everyone who's shopping here is shopping for something specific and not just dropping by. If ur looking for something thats not there, I definitely recommend calling Jessica McClintock Inc. to order over the phone. It could take up to 3 weeks so allow yourself some time.

The other reviewers who complained there were not enough dresses obviously weren't there at the right time! It's an outlet, which means it's full of second runs and slightly (or majorly)damaged dresses and their inventory is going to ebb and flow with the seasons. I just went (end of January) and found almost the exact wedding dress I'd been picturing all my life, in my size (a 20!!), in near perfect condition (looks like it was a shop sample, some dust inside the hem and light stains on the edges of the underarms) for $66.50!! BUT!!completely by chance, I hit at the start of prom season on the Friday before a sale weekend when their inventory was highest. So give it a shot, and call them to ask about sale and peak inventory times! It's worth the effort for a shot at a $800.00 bridal gown for $66.50

The most important thing you can do is to come here with friends. 1. The neighborhood is not safe for teenage girls to wander around in, and 2. you need someone with you in the dressing room (it's exactly that--a single dressing room partitioned by a curtain) to zip you up. The selection of dresses is nice, but because it's an outlet, you can expect lots of the dresses to be damaged (sometimes repairable, other times, not). I was pleasantly surprised to pay only 10% of the retail price on two of my dresses. However, I found that lots of the dresses were very "generic" in style--it seemed that there were lots of straight-hanging dresses in twenty different colors. That's okay if you want bridesmaids' dresses, but a little plain for prom or winter formal. All in all, it is a great place to find bargains, if you're willing to try on at least 20 dresses in a roomfull of frenzied women.

The location was quite tiny compared to the previous locations. I was looking for more choices. I was in this store for no more than 20 minutes. I remember the previous locations to be larger and I was shopping for hours! Still, there were good bargains.