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I’m so pleased with my LBD Watercolor dress from Little Black Dress Company. The dress is beautiful and exactly what I wanted, but what really stood out was the amazing service from Harry. I had... See more
1-star review for Little Black Dress Bought a dress, sent it back immediately (didn't even like the quality). They sat on my money for 18 days with zero communication while I chased them. Only got m... See more
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Do not buy from this company unless you are sure of your size etc. Returned my dress over 3 weeks ago my royal mail tracker says they received on the 4th November I have emailed 3 times and no respo... See more
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We are Little Black Dress, home to the world’s finest collection of LBDs and dresses for special occasions. Whether you’re looking for a chic LBD inspired by Coco Chanel, or a glamorous gown fit for the red-carpet elite, you’ll find it at Little Black Dress. Our aim is simple: to make you look and feel a million dollars, whatever your special event.
Contact info
Use Space,, m12 6PN, Manchester, United Kingdom
- 07768326481
- markevans@littleblackdress.co.uk
- www.littleblackdress.co.uk
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Order not received but paid for
I ordered three dresses from this company two of which arrived within a couple of days. There is no sign of the other one. I contacted the company and was told on 15 March they would look into it and respond within 24 hours, however I have heard nothing more from them and my emails are not being delivered. Dispute now raised with paypal
My advice is steer clear of this company
23 March 2021
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Reply from Littleblackdress.co.uk
Hi Nicola, we have responded via email. Your missing item was held at the Royal Mail and is due for delivery today. Please be aware we are still under UK Lockdown and the postal service with The Royal Mail is complying with frontline staff restrictions with delays expected.
Many thanks,
Little Black Dress
Are they still in business???
Daughter ordered a week ago. No confirmation of order, email to their hello@ address bounced back and phone number out of service. Lodged dispute with Paypal.
22 March 2021
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Reply from Littleblackdress.co.uk
Hi there, we're sorry to hear this. Please can you send across your daughter's full name and we can search our database for you. We have checked with Pay Pal and can not see any communications from you. Apologies but our customer service emails were experiencing disruption due to the Microsoft global downtime this week. We're pleased to say we're now back up and running as normal.
Looking forward to hearing from you,
Little Black Dress
No order number or confirmation
Made an order today. But did not receive an order number. Money has been taken out of my bank.
19 March 2021
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Reply from Littleblackdress.co.uk
Hi Emel, We did experience down time on our emails this week due to a global Microsoft disruption. We apologise for the lack of communications. everything is now back running as normal. We are chasing your delivery today and have resent your order confirmation to make sure you have a copy.
Best wishes,
Little Black Dress
Ordered almost one month ago and…
Ordered almost one month ago and followed up recently. No reply, no package. Very disappointing.
2 March 2021
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Reply from Littleblackdress.co.uk
Hi RM, sorry to hear this - can you please send your order ID and we can look into this for you? Just a quick note, international orders are experiencing delays.
But we will be happy to look into this for you urgently,
Thanks,
Customer Team
Good quality and great service
I ordered 3 dresses to see if I would like any of them to wear at a family wedding. Very pleased with the quality and prompt delivery. I chose one to keep which is a perfect fit and very well made. I'm delighted with it. I posted back the other two dresses via Royal Mail one week ago and have the refund in my account already. Good communication by email too. Lovely dresses and great service.
27 February 2021
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Reply from Littleblackdress.co.uk
Hi, thanks for taking the time to say thank you, we really appreciate it. Hope the wedding goes fabulously. Team LBD x
Awful experience with LBD - APPALLING customer service. Terrible communication, bunch of scammers!!!!!
Awful experience with LBD - ordered dresses worth £1600 which I returned to them due to poor quality and some sizes not fitting. Called several times and was told I should wait coz refunds are processed by individual brands and lady also said she would look into it and get back to me - NEVER heard back!!!! Tried to call several times after initial contact to no avail. Sent emails which were ignored - received some of my refund but not all of it; I lost about £400-600. I would NEVER recommend doing any sort of business with them they are crooks and scammers!!!! When I was having trouble getting my refund I came and read reviews on here and on FB and my heart sank - soooo many bad reviews; i wish I had come here before placing such a big order but their website looks so professional and convincing - don’t be fooled. Do not - I REPEAT - do not order from them - customer service is appalling snd you will be lucky to get a refund!!!!
13 February 2021
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Reply from Littleblackdress.co.uk
Regai, on further research with records from the old company, we can see this is about an order from October 2019? Unfortunately, the former company, The Black Dress Company(UK) Ltd went into administration due to Covid-19 last May. UK law dictates all debt goes through an administrator which is Cowgills, Chorley New Road, Bolton. Please contact them for legal advice.
However, please note Little Black Dress has been bought by new owners. We are shipping, refunding and operating as business as usual.
We will flag any future Trust Pilot reviews from yourself as legally harmful .
Little Black Dress
Do not recomend.
Kept my money, never received the dress for months. EVENTUALLY got my money back but the customer service was awful. I thought they had gone under and I lost £600
9 February 2021
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Reply from Littleblackdress.co.uk
Rebecca Evans, glad to see you got your money back. The old company you are referring to did go into administration. Like many over the past year, the challenges of COVID were too great.
Fashion Ventures now owns Little Black Dress and it is running successfully, saving jobs and bringing premium dresses to everyone.
Little Black Dress Customer Team
Give me my money back
Please respond to my emails - I ordered on 11th January, received one email to confirm my order and now nothing! I am in the process of charge back because you have not been in contact. I have no Spam or junk emails from you so please do not claim you have sent any
28 January 2021
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Reply from Littleblackdress.co.uk
Hi there,
We're sorry to read this review. Please send us some form of identification, your name and order number and we can look into this for you. We are replying to all our emails, albeit a little delayed due to COVID restrictions resulting in fewer frontline staff.
But you have left a review on a dashboard anonymously.
Send your name and order number to hello@littleblackdress.co.uk and we can try to help you.
Best wishes,
Little Black Dress
Please resend the email you claimed you…
Please resend the email you claimed you sent on 3.12.20. Nothing in my junk email.
I did not make the purchase using Klarna. I paid with my credit card.
Please make the refund back to my credit card!
27 January 2021
Unprompted review
Reply from Littleblackdress.co.uk
Here is the copy of the email we have records of sending on December 3, 2020 at 13.00hrs. Apologies for this being sent on a public forum for everyone to see. It was sent to Mizah Rahim
Email Mizah.rahim@mizzian.com
We have attempted to send it privately to your email address many times, on a few occasions this has bounced back. We can also see spam Trust Pilot messages from yourself. If you are referring to a different order than the one below, please send your order number you are referring to. But we can confirm you paid using the Klarna Payment Gateway and you will need to take this further with them.
Copy of email sent to Mizah Rahim
Hi Mizah,
Firstly hope you are well at this difficult time. Thanks for your prompt on Trust Pilot and we apologise for the delay in responding to you. We can see your old records with The Black Dress Company (UK) Ltd that you paid for your order 2100101583 via the old Klarna payment gateway.
Unfortunately, the new company Fashion Ventures no longer has a Klarna gateway. But Klarna are working alongside administrators across the UK to offer payment protection.
As you can expect, many retailers have been going through various restructure and closures.
If you have any further questions or concerns regarding your Klarna transaction, please contact the Klarna team on one of the following channels below.
Please note that the Klarna team will need to see proof of receipt of postage back to the brand of the item, so please have this to hand. We are unable to provide confirmation that the order was returned because our records do not show this. Due to the March lockdown, many warehouses and non essential businesses closed their doors. Your order may have been sent back but we have no records to show this as you did not use our Tracked Returns Service.
Please contact Klarna on the following channels.
Please have your order number to hand including your Klarna reference and explain that The Black Dress Company (UK) Ltd no longer exists.
In App chat
Phone: 0808 189 3333
Email: customer@klarna.co.uk
https://www.klarna.com/uk/
The Customer Service Team
Little Black Dress
Shocking Customer Service
The customer service here is shocking! I spent hundreds of pounds on bridesmaid dresses, when they arrived 1 was missing even though I was charged for them all. I received a reply to my query on the 11th January but since then no further correspondence despite several email chases. The phone number provided for them is always out of service so now I am left it a difficult situation with no help or solution! i appreciate that they are probably working with minimal staff levels due to the pandemic but this is not acceptable
21 January 2021
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Reply from Littleblackdress.co.uk
Amanda, we apologise for the time delay. Looking at this order we can see that a size 18 has not been shipped and we have been in touch with the designer. These dresses are individually made to order and are not from a fast fashion warehouse. We do say that Saint A designs can take over 10 days to allow make up and distribution across the UK. During COVID restrictions, delays are being experienced.
We will keep you posted, please whitelist our email address to allow us to communicate without going into your spam filter. We will update you shortly on the outcomes. Again, sorry for any inconvenience caused.
Best wishes,
Little Black Dress
like several others i returned a dress…
like several others i returned a dress March 2020. i have contacted regarding refund many times and given the COVID excuse. this is "stealing" customers money. disgusting customer services "non existent". even with proof of postage from royal mail that they have received package. only site i have had this trouble with. They should hang their heads in shame. nothing more than theft!!! and needs to be exposed.
20 January 2021
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Reply from Littleblackdress.co.uk
Barbara, we're sorry to hear your anger but you are referring to a company that no longer exists. The old company ceased trading and legally our hands are tied. Looking at the records, we can see you paid with Klarna. Have you tried contacting Klarna because purchases are covered subject to conditions? If you drop us an email we can share options on ways which might help.
Email us on hello@littleblackdress.co.uk
COVID is not an excuse. It is a globally devastating pandemic which has created much hardship costing the livelihoods and often lives of many. If we can help, we will do our up most to do so. But we are not ashamed of our business or the way in which we conduct ourselves as we strive to do the right thing.
Customer Service Team
Postage reimbursement
Hi,
Order no 2300103233
Thank you for your response I submitted my paypal details regarding my postage reimbursement but still didn't get a reply. Can you help me on this matter.
Update- i received my refund
18 January 2021
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Reply from Littleblackdress.co.uk
Hey Aysenur, we have received your request for the £4.10 refund and will be processing this for you this next 48 hours,
Best wishes and stay safe,
Little Black Dress
It has been a week now still no update…
It has been a week now still no update on my order 2300103604 can you please tell me when its actually going to be delivered it should have been delivered in 2-5 days
I haven’t received any mail
18 December 2020
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Reply from Littleblackdress.co.uk
HI Tugii, We apologise for the delay. We can see you are sending Trust Pilot messages every half and hour and this is not helping us respond to your query. Please communicate to us via our email hello@littleblackdress.co.uk
We repeat our advise given 54 minutes ago. We can see this parcel is awaiting delivery by the Royal Mail and a tracking number has been sent to you on your personal email. We will not disclose this information on a public forum to protect your identity. Please check your emails.
Please be aware the Royal Mail are reporting exceptionally high demand this Christmas due to an increase in online shopping and a shortage of frontline staff due to COVID. This experience is being reported across the courier network in the UK. We apologise for this delay but rest assured, your parcel has been received and is awaiting scheduling.
Best wishes,
Team LBDx
I’d look for another website.
I have tried calling, although no one seems to be available despite am calling during their specified working hours. I have emailed and no response from anyone. I just want to know where my order is as I have placed my order nearly 2 weeks ago! I understand all companies are running behind communication is key at these times, and I have received nothing.
If you can’t send my order then let me know, as I need a refund. If I don’t hear anything back from the LBD, am assuming this just a scam, and I’d have to take it with my bank. It’s ridiculous this lack of communication yet the company still has time to promote and edit their website for the black friday deals.
UPDATE: LBD replied asking me to send my order details. I did using their contact us email found on their website. Whilst that is my 4th email to them, it makes make question where my other enquiries have floated off to.
1 December 2020
Unprompted review
Reply from Littleblackdress.co.uk
Hi again, we will be looking into our Contact Us e-form to ensure it is working correctly. Apologies if this message has been missed and thanks for flagging this to us. Can you please send your details including your full name and order number to hello@littleblackdress.co.uk
This is our main Customer email and is monitored regularly.
Our team are working remotely and we are experiencing delayed response times, so we thank you for your patience.
As soon as we receive your identification, we can urgently chase this order for you.
Customer Team
Dreadful
I wish I had read these reviews before I ordered from LBD, now I am concerned .
I too have had no tracking reference , sent them a fb message but no reply as yet.
It really is the worst company for communication I have ever used.
26 November 2020
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Reply from Littleblackdress.co.uk
Hi Ireane, we're here to help. We can see your order placed a few days ago is with the Royal Mail at your local sorting office awaiting delivery. Apologies in the delay getting back to you with tracking. Our FB message is directing customers to our customer team who are picking up emails remotely at hello@littleblackdress.co.uk
Due to COVID there has been a delay in response times. Old Trust pilot messages on this dashboard refer to an old business which closed in May 2020.
We are now a new business, supporting local boutiques and we are dispatching as heroically and as speedily as we can during these difficult times. Thanks for your patience in this matter.
Thank you and take care,
Customer Team at Little Black Dress
Little Lies is the coolest company I’ve…
Little Lies is the coolest company I’ve found in a long time. If you’re into rock/boho/70s vibes they have something for you, along with some amazing jewellery and accessories. Everything arrives wonderfully packaged and the customer service has been great. I just wish the shop was nearer to me as I’d never leave!
20 November 2020
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Hello,
Hello,
If you are back trading again can I have the refund that you owe me for TWO dresses that i returned to you back in March????
Look forward to hearing from you.
I would like to add that i did get a reply to my original review however Paypal will not cover the cost if the goods were delivered and returned, they will only cover the cost if the goods were lost in the post.
So i am still out of pocket.
Carla Press
27 October 2020
Unprompted review
Placed an order on the 17th September…
Placed an order on the 17th September and still not received, tried contact via phone and email with no success. I just want to know where my order is...
Still haven't received after being told my dresses have been posted. I have also not received any tracking number like I was promised..
30 September 2020
Unprompted review
Reply from Littleblackdress.co.uk
Hi Joss, apologies for the delay. We've replied on your private email to say we had been waiting for one of the dresses to be hand made and have been assured the designer has now dispatched your order. Tracking will be sent shortly.
We're sorry for the inconvenience caused,
Little Black Dress
I placed my order over a week ago and…
I placed my order over a week ago and it has still not arrived. Can someone please get I touch with me from the company and give me tracking details etc...
25 September 2020
Unprompted review
Please contact me with an update on my order
I ordered two pairs of jeans two weeks ago and I am still waiting to receive them. I have tried calling, no reply, I have sent emails, no reply. Will my goods ever be dispatched? I needed them for tomorrow so if they are not going to arrive please cancel my order and refund my money.
I understand Little Black dress stopped trading in may and was rescued and restarted trading, but if people don’t receive their goods what is the point you might just as well cease trading completely and stop cheating customers
Please contact me
24 September 2020
Unprompted review
Reply from Littleblackdress.co.uk
Hi Jacqui, firstly, we apologise for the delay. We are pleased to say your items are out for delivery with the Royal Mail and we have sent you a tracking code via email. We're sorry for any inconvenience caused.
Best wishes
Little Black Dress
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