Advice for future brides re: ordering your dresses
Hiya girls,
So yesterday, I get this lovely little letter dated May 13, 2005 from the bridal shoppe down here in Manassas, Virginia. The letter read that as of May 13, 2005, the bridal shoppe will be closing their doors. They said they had tried to contact the girls whose dresses had come in to pick them up but that they still had girls dresses in their store and were sorry but they would have to contact the designer to get their dress. They arranged with boutiques around the area to 'cover' those of us who've already ordered dresses but now I have to find out whether this other place with accept my contract (aka. price) of my dress that I made with the Bridal Shoppe and I know they are also adding additional expenses for shipping and handling even though its a mere 20 minutes down the road.
So my advice is this. I am getting married in December and started looking for dresses in January and with all that is going on, I have no idea now when my dress is actually going in but luckily I have a six month period of leeway. So, make sure to order things early so that you always have a plan B. I never thought the dress shop would close but they have and even said that a lot of dress shops wouldn't even arrange for brides to pick their dresses up elsewhere, they would just close their doors and that would be it. Ugh!
So yesterday, I get this lovely little letter dated May 13, 2005 from the bridal shoppe down here in Manassas, Virginia. The letter read that as of May 13, 2005, the bridal shoppe will be closing their doors. They said they had tried to contact the girls whose dresses had come in to pick them up but that they still had girls dresses in their store and were sorry but they would have to contact the designer to get their dress. They arranged with boutiques around the area to 'cover' those of us who've already ordered dresses but now I have to find out whether this other place with accept my contract (aka. price) of my dress that I made with the Bridal Shoppe and I know they are also adding additional expenses for shipping and handling even though its a mere 20 minutes down the road.
So my advice is this. I am getting married in December and started looking for dresses in January and with all that is going on, I have no idea now when my dress is actually going in but luckily I have a six month period of leeway. So, make sure to order things early so that you always have a plan B. I never thought the dress shop would close but they have and even said that a lot of dress shops wouldn't even arrange for brides to pick their dresses up elsewhere, they would just close their doors and that would be it. Ugh!
