Veaul Review

Wednesday, June 7th

2023 Wedding Dress Store Reviews

Veaul

• Thousands of wedding dresses
• Most dresses under $1,000
• 7-day return policy

Veaul is a Chinese-based clothing retailer "with an affordable item for wedding stuff" . The broken English and less-than-great usability of their website immediately made us skeptical. The company was founded in 2014 and offers wedding dresses, bridal accessories, formal dresses, and shoes. Veaul says their website is jointly operated by Meledo Company Limited, a company with almost no background information online. However, some reports have said that the company is linked with many untrustworthy online stores.

Middle-man retailer

Veaul's display of wedding dresses feels overwhelming: there are thousands of them with many different types of pictures. Some photos of dresses are set up in a showroom, some are worn by models, others are on mannequins. It's clear that these dresses aren't all coming from Veaul - they appear to be a go-between matching customers with different retailers from all over.

Thousands of bridal gowns

There doesn't seem to be much rhyme or reason to the organization of the dresses on Veaul's website, so you'll want to use their filter features to narrow down your options. You can select the category of dress, pattern, price, color, hemline, material, silhouette, embellishment, neckline, sleeve and other details to find the style of dress you like best. The sizes of the dresses depend on the design. They all have US and UK sizing, usually ranging from 00-16. For $20 extra, you can provide your exact measurements and have a dress tailored to you.

Big, extravagant wedding dresses

Prices for wedding dresses from Veaul range from $40 - $1,530. In truth, nearly every bridal gown featured on this retailer's site looks like it should easily cost over $1,000. Veaul advertises that they sell "cheap" wedding dresses, but if you're paying cheap prices, there's no way you'll receive a wedding dress that matches what you see on the website. Frankly, all of the styles are huge with nearly every dress having a full, multi-layered skirt and a long train. On top of this, most of them are decked out in lace and embellishments. If you're wanting a more simple, modern wedding dress, you'll likely feel that Veaul offers styles that seem much too extravagant. These types of dresses are what you'd expect at a royal wedding.

Plan weeks in advance

Veaul says each of their dresses is made from scratch. They need 11-13 days to make your gown and then an additional 3-15 days to get your package from their facilities to your home. The cost for shipping depends on the weight of your order, but standard shipping starts at $14.99.

Make quick returns, expect slow refunds

If you need to return your wedding dress and didn't have it tailor-made, you can send it back within 7 days of receiving it. Once your return is processed back at the Veaul facility, it will take around 20 days for you to receive your refund. This seems like a really long time, but it's better than not getting a refund at all, which is what some people have claimed happened to them after trying to send their merchandise back to Veaul.

Not worth the risk

The Better Business Bureau doesn't have a rating for Veaul. They have a few customer reviews online, though. Some say they are happy with their purchase, but others say dresses are roughly and cheaply made and some orders don't show up at all. We don't get great vibes from this company and can't imagine they are making top-of-the-line gowns like they show on their website in 11-13 days for only a few hundred dollars. Dealing with customer service in China and expecting refunds for your returns sounds difficult, so it will be more worth your time to shop at a higher-rated wedding dress retailer with solid customer reviews.