Amour Wedding Studio

Great customer service. I was able to call 30min before and booked an appointment. It’s about $ 650 to rent a wedding dress or $ 1000 to rent a Chinese dress, Wedding dress and evening dress. They have a wide range of selection. They are more than happy to help you try on dresses and help you out. The only thing is they are limited with the type of alterations they can do.

It’s a bit hard to make a comparative rating for these kind of services as it’s not as if I’ve had previous experience in this field (har har har). But I have to say that this place is wonderful and is an excellent one-​stop shop, just as their website advertises. Everything for our wedding was smooth and meticulously coordinated, from start to finish. And given the batshit crazyness that ended up causing difficulties during our wedding day (UNRELATED to Amour), I can now confidently say that Amour was responsible for the smoothest components of our day: the provision of excellent rental gowns, the makeup service, and OMG the photography.
We purchased a package which included rental of 3 dresses (given that ours was going to be a Chinese wedding) and accessories + veil, whole day photography service, a same-​day slide show to be played at the reception, and a printed book. While at the time of my typing the book isn’t ready yet, I have to say that we were floored by the quality of all the other components of this package. And all for a very reasonable price!
The dress was beautiful and Linda (one of the owners) made sure that we had everything we needed while having multiple fittings and browsing sessions that all went smoothly. The photography was also really awesome, with Dennis (the other owner) being personally involved in our day and took some awesome artsy accessories shots, along with many candid ones, so that he wasn’t just some schmo who says «stand in a line and smile» before taking the shots. The photography was amazing, and resulted in very natural shots instead of choreographed ones.
What’s even more was that, due to the utter mismanagement of our reception procedures by Crown Prince (I’ll have to write more about that later), there was nobody to guide us on how to properly do the tea ceremony, cut the cake, or pour the champagne. Dennis took the bull by the horns and quickly gave us instructions step-​by-​step throughout the whole thing, while simulatenously keeping in mind what are the best angles for pictures. I have to repeat, nobody from the restaurant helped us, but Dennis stepped up and did. THIS WAS NOT HIS JOB. But his helpfulness saved many a precious memory and for this, we are very grateful.
One additional point: It was a cold and windy day, and for the outdoor shots many of the bridesmaids were wondering if they should take off their coats because it would make for a better picture. Dennis kindly said to keep them on, because it’s not worth it if someone got sick just because of pictures. And he took the pics in a way that still made it beautiful and cheerful, with the jackets being a cute touch of the shots, instead of detracting from them. This is MASTERFUL stuff.
Job well done, Amour. We’re very happy that you were a part of our most special day. Here’s a virtual toast for you guys.

I got engaged recently & just started to look for Chinese bridal studios to do our (fiancé & I) pre wedding photos. This is normally a asian trend where you & ur beloved will have the opportunity to select a certain package, normally 2 bridal gowns, an evening gown & photographed in an indoor (backgrounds) or outdoor setting. Some ppl find it a little fake (cuz u are photoshopped a bit) but we wanted to experience this as it’s not something you can do everyday. The pics will then be used at the wedding reception, hang at home, etc. You will get a hardcover book, cd of pics, etc.
I selected Amour as my final choice as they were very pleasant to deal with. Joanne was very calm & wasn’t pushy at all. I got a pretty good deal imho as I changed my package a bit & will get 4 change of outfits: D 2 bridal gowns, 1 evening gown & 1 traditional Chinese outfit. I also liked the quality of their photos & backdrops (i prefer indoor photos… yes it fake but it’s awesome lol). Honestly… the best place to do this sort of thing woudl be in taiwan. Sadly, there is nothing in the same league in Toronto. But it’s good enough unless you want to fly to Asia.
I will have my photoshoot soon & will see how they are: D But so far it’s been a great experience. The gowns they carry are San Patrick, jasmine, Private label by G, Ella Rosa, etc.
They have other packages too where you can rent an evening gown, bridal gown & traditional Chinese outfit for $ 1000 or so. Again, this will most likely benefit an asian bride as there are usually a few dress changes during the reception, tea ceremony, etc. I believe they said they would rent bridal gowns for $ 600. Amour also takes photos on your wedding day. I think the photographer is good. However, I am finicky & prefer to have photos in a photojournalistic manner & they don’t really do that sort of thing. If you don’t care and only like point and shoot this is the way to go.