I have the book and decided to whip it out again and write down some of the key points. I wanted to share the info for those of you who may still need to book vendors and are looking to stay within a tight budget...here ya go
BRIDAL GOWNS
basically it talks about how so many high end designers are importing their goods from china and why pay XXXXX amount of dollars when you can just pay x...here are some sources to find bridal gowns directly from the manufacturers
on ebay: China-EKT, Blue-catalog, antzinternational, jeffliu8000
*NOTE: as per bridal bargains... the hardest bm gowns to alter are mori lee, bill levkoff, jessica mcclintock and bari jay due to the lack of seam allowance so make sure if you go with this designer your girls allow enough room for it to be TAKEN IN because if it needs to be let out it could be a problem.