Ballroom Emporium

Perfect service from the entire Team at Ballroom Emporium, special thanks to Lizzie and Kate! I bought my dress for an event on the 22nd November 2018 and I am incredibly pleased with the quality and fit of the dress. I recommend this place to anyone looking to find a beautiful dress and stand out at an event! :)

Most of the staff where so professional, knowledgeable great and lovely :) but one person ( the owner I think ) seemed almost annoyed I was there in the shop. She kept rushing me when I was looking at clothes and gave bad customer service. I ended up leaving early without buying anything as I felt awkward. Which is a shame as they do genuinely beautiful ballgowns and clearly are experts in their field.

Lovely experience! The shop is truly filled with vintage, very well preserved items. They have a wide range of products and the prices vary according to their condition, timeline etc.

From clothing, jewellery, shoes, sunglasses, accessories, formalwear, costumes, prom dresses, casual clothes, ballgowns, top hats, plenty to choose from and for every occasion.

Our interaction with the owner was very pleasant and insightful. We will definitely pop in the next time we're in Oxford as I love a proper vintage shop. I recommend!

Popped in today as my daughter was looking for a dress for an upcoming wedding. We didn't realise you needed an appointment. Carol kindly checked for us and said she could give us some time until the next appointment arrived which was super lovely of her. She advised my daughter of which size rails to choose from and the fitting staff were really helpful. We came out with a perfect dress at a reasonable price. Thank you so much for your kindness in accommodating us today. Highly recommend this store

Thank you to all the staff at Ballroom Emporium for helping to make the whole experience of buying a prom dress happy and stress free. The ladies kindly fitted us in, despite us not having an appointment and within 20 minutes my daughter had the dress she had been hoping for all along! Thank you for all your kindness and enthusiasm. We will definitely be recommending Ballroom Emporium to friends and family.

Absolutely beautiful place with amazing dresses, my daughter is a tiny size 2, and they easily accommodated her tiny frame, they listened to what she wanted, took the time for her to try each dress on (about 5!) then gave honest feedback about each dress whilst showing her more options and ideas, she finally decided on the first dress, they had the patience whilst she tried and pranced about in the dresses!! The amendments that were needed were done by the in-store seamstress to extremely high standards, they even put a loop inside for my daughter to easily move about ect!!

The staff here are extremely helpful and friendly,

I cannot recommend the Ballroom Emporium highly enough! We popped our heads around their door with only a matter of days left before my daughter needed a dress for her prom. Normally an appointment is required to allow customers an individual window to try on frocks, but, despite their schedule being heavily-booked up, they went out of their way to squeeze us in there and then. We were so lucky to be helped by Suzan who is utterly charming and was extremely supportive, discreet and patient (!) throughout the trying-on process. With the dress chosen she continued to facilitate everything for us and managed to absorb us seamlessly (no pun intended) into their busy alteration service. This is a phenomenally busy time of the year for them, but we at no fault felt rushed or pushed, rather welcomed and supported. The evening wear is of a very high quality at a most reasonable price. They whole process was done in just a few days and my daughter is thrilled with the result. (Top) hats off to this fabulous shop - we will be back I am sure!

Expensive, but a good selection of vintage items. In terms of musical instruments in particular, they are incorrectly priced (too expensive for cheap imported models, e.g. cheaply made and RRP sold trumpets, tagged in BE for nearly £100, which is insane haha). That's not meant to be an insult, my family just has a background in music so it stood out to us when we went in. Obviously the store is very much marketed to Oxford's bougie/rich side, which is disappointing but not surprising. Other than that, I've bought lovely clothes from this shop (on a budget of course).