BM Dresses

I am getting married in July 2003 and this past Saturday, I went with a few of my bridesmaids to look at dresses.
I made an appointment at Davids, but my girls were not thrilled with the selection. We were in the area of another shop and decided to check it out. When we walked in, the saleslady told us that we were way too early to be shopping for bridesmaids' dresses.
She told us that we should come back in December because the new styles are not out yet. I was trying to get an early start because I have six girls in two different states.
For those of you getting married in 2003, have you purchased your BM dresses yet? Is it not possible to purchase the dresses before early 2003?
I am just curious as to the timeframes for the purchase of BM dresses. Thanks!

Re: BM Dresses

We are getting married in May of 2003 and will be ordering the dresses in the last week of October. I live in Fl, one Lives in MA, one lives on LI and one lives in NJ so I can understand where you are coming from. What we are doing is having the place ship the dresses to each of the girls and then they will be getting them altered in thier hometown.

Re: BM Dresses

You can definitely wait a little while. Styles for spring/summer 2003 will come out toward the end of this year