I ordered my BM dressed based on the measurements from netbride.
My SIL & my Sister both are about the same size, NORMALLY my sister wears a 5 and my SIL a 3.
According to the ‘chart’ they wear 8’s.
“Buy larger, cut down” blah blab blah so I did.
Guess what?? They are ALL too large. So much large it will cost nearly $100 to fix the damned dresses! The dresses themselves were $101!!!!!! What the F am I supposed to do now. SIL is only in town until tomorrow (going back to school) and god knows my sister in IOWA doesn’t really have a whole lot of options.
Lets add insult to injury - I haven’t hear a WORD from my MOH for over a month. The “I swear I’m there for you” crap forced Jim & I to agree to just pay for her dress and see what’s what.
Well not a WORD. There are less than 60 days to my wedding and my MOH’s dress is sitting in our room.
AARRRRRGH!
Im thinking I may just have to go to some store and buy them fancy red dresses and be done with this crap and eat the cost. I can’t expect them to pay for another dress. So.. questions are
- How do I find Bill Levkoff gowns off the rack, if possible - How do I sell brand new Bill Levkoff gowns? - Why me?
MrsBrad
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I am sure they can be altered fine with the right seamstress. It just seems to me that buying new dresses would cost as much as altering the old. I think the suggestions above about a seamstress working from home is the way to go. I am using one for my gown and she is a lot more affordable.
MamanDaddyof2
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i would try to sell them on ebay
mms
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Bridesmaids dresses are such a scam! The size charts are total BS and you always end up having to buy some ridiculously huge dress. The dress companies must be in collusion with the bridal salons, so that you first overpay for the dresses, then have to pay even more for alterations. So they both win. I have learned to NOT order the size that I am according to the size chart, even if the person in the salon is swearing to me that the dress won't fit. In general I think people can go down 2 sizes and be fine.
Sorry, I don't have any advice, just commiserating. BM dress companies suck.
HearzBellz
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Posted by Xelindrya
- How do I find Bill Levkoff gowns off the rack, if possible - How do I sell brand new Bill Levkoff gowns? - Why me?
1 - call some salons & see if there ar any coming trunk shows or sample sales....also check ouyt the bill levkoff website.
2- you can try to sell them here or on Ebay, or maybe even on craigslist.org.....also see if you can post in FIT's student webpage...alot of photography and fashion students need stuff like that for projects.
3 - i don't know, why you...some ridiculous vengeful force in the universe....at least that's what I tell myself
jvs77
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I would definitely try to get some quotes from other seamstresses before you try to find replacement dresses. From what I've learned, it is relatively easy to make dresses smaller, but nearly impossible to make them bigger. My gown was a sample and needed to be taken in a lot (I'm a twig, who wishes I wasn't a twig), but thanks to my fantastic seamstress, it fits me like a glove now! She's in Queens, if that's convient for you let me know and I'll give you her contact info.
Best of luck!!
bride04
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i had the same problem with my bill levkoff bm dresses being too large and i ordered from netbride too. i wonder if the online size chart is different from the ones the bridal salons have. every single girls dress was way too big. my little sister who is 12 (but is the size of a 7 or 8 year old) ordered a size 3. we knew it would be big on her, but figured we'd just get it altered so she could have the same dress. needless to say, it needed A LOT of alterations, but i don't think it cost anywhere near $100! That's ridiculous! My mom brought her dress to a european tailor in huntington (on 110 across from the big h shopping center-kmart, home depot). the tailor said why didn't you get a smaller dress? anyway, when it was done, it looked perfect on her. i'll find out more from my mom if you're interested, but i'd check around for prices on the alterations
