Would you go to NJ..... (UPDATED!!!)

Original post by ellie424

Nov 13, 2009 02:45 PM

....to try on a wedding gown???

I like this one Paloma Blanca gown...however...I called all of the LI stores that carry this designer and they do not have a sample in their store. Sooo..I started calling NJ stores. I finally found 1 store that has the sample...but it's in Parsippany, NJ!!! It's about 1 hour and 20 mins from my house. My mom said that if I really wanted to try it on she would go with me. I don't know if it's worth it though to travel to NJ just to try on one gown.

What would you do? Would you go to NJ to try on one dress you like??

Here are some pics of the dress.

UPDATE: Sooooo...my mom and I took the trip to NJ today! It was raining and I hate driving in the rain and we got a little lost....but the trip was sooooo worth it!!!! I absolutely love the dress!!! It looked so beautiful and the sample fit perfectly on me (which is great bc the lady at the store said that she would be willing to sell the sample to me if we want the sample). My mom also loved the dress and started tearing up when she saw me in it. She said that the trip was definitely worth it. It was the first wedding dress that I have tried on...ever.....I tried on some others there but this one is my fav. I couldn't take pics because they don't let you until you say you're going to buy it.

I'm going dress shopping again tomorrow (in LI) and will try on others that I love...but as of right now this one is DEF in the running!!! yayy!!

jm2010 Posted: Nov 13, 2009 03:32 PM

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GO!

i went to Babylon last night (from Brooklyn, almost 2 hrs for my FSIL to drive and meet me) to try a dress ... now i just have to decide if i want it! ...

KTnChris Posted: Nov 13, 2009 03:56 PM

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i would definitely go. you don't want to always think what if or maybe.

BellaBride27 Posted: Nov 13, 2009 04:00 PM

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Go! you should definitely go and see the dress

FutureLW Posted: Nov 13, 2009 04:49 PM

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You should go check it out! If you end up loving it you will save on tax getting it from NJ!

ellie424 Posted: Nov 13, 2009 05:56 PM

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Thanks girls! I made an appointment with the NJ store for tomorrow afternoon!!!!

cynn81 Posted: Nov 13, 2009 07:31 PM

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Posted by ellie424

....to try on a wedding gown???

I like this one Paloma Blanca gown...however...I called all of the LI stores that carry this designer and they do not have a sample in their store. Sooo..I started calling NJ stores. I finally found 1 store that has the sample...but it's in Parsippany, NJ!!! It's about 1 hour and 20 mins from my house. My mom said that if I really wanted to try it on she would go with me. I don't know if it's worth it though to travel to NJ just to try on one gown.

What would you do? Would you go to NJ to try on one dress you like??

Here are some pics of the dress.

AAWWW, its so pretty. I would def go to NJ to try on any dress!!!

latinaj Posted: Nov 13, 2009 07:34 PM

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i'm from jersey! is this at park ave bridal?

Elisabeth524 Posted: Nov 13, 2009 07:41 PM

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I have an appointment November 28th in CT (3 hours away!!) to try on a dress that has been haunting me since the summer. It's the closest place I have found that carries it! My mom, 2 aunts and cousin (MOH) and I are just going to make a girls road trip out of it! =) So I definitely say go try on your dress!

This is a picture of the dress I'm going to try on =)

Elisabeth524 Posted: Nov 13, 2009 07:42 PM

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Ooops I don't think it posted!

AugustBridein09 Posted: Nov 13, 2009 08:18 PM

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Sure, I would...I went there to look at RH too

leeza81 Posted: Nov 13, 2009 08:32 PM

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Def. do it!!!! I got florida tax on my gown!!!! it really helps :)

ellie424 Posted: Nov 13, 2009 09:04 PM

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Posted by latinaj

i'm from jersey! is this at park ave bridal?

No..it's actually Lingerie and Bridal by Lisa in Parsippany NJ. They are the closest store to where I live that has a sample of the dress in the store.

MarjorieFrank Posted: Nov 13, 2009 10:01 PM

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I think you should go. If you don't try it on it will always be in the back of your mind, wondering about it.

Nina1010 Posted: Nov 13, 2009 10:45 PM

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I would...you do not want dress regret or the What ifs...

Jna2010 Posted: Nov 13, 2009 11:06 PM

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Posted by little j

Posted by FutureJOC

sure would. I drove an hour to CT to try on a dress because they were the only ones that carried it. Granted it wound up not being the dress but at least I can get it out of my mind.

DO IT!

me too..i drove 2 hours to conneticut!! LOLOL.

but i actually did wind up getting THAT DRESS...just ordered it from NYC

janis i thought of you when i read this! lol see so worth it!

to the OP..... definitiely!

JessNicole7EM Posted: Nov 14, 2009 01:21 AM

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I personally wouldn't go unless I could come up with something else to do in NJ while I was there.

And not to be pessimistic but if you do love the dress you will have to take multiple trips to NJ - to look at it, to make sure it fits when it comes in, pick it up, etc.

I would look around here first. Unless you make a day of it - maybe go shopping with your mom while you're there and take advantage of the no tax.

MrsInglima Posted: Nov 14, 2009 06:57 AM

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If you love the dress that much, you'll regret not trying it on. And if you buy it, you don't have to get it altered at the store and constantly schlep back and forth. I would definitely go.

cavvento Posted: Nov 14, 2009 10:40 AM

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I definitely would. Jersey really isn't THAT far; it takes me an hour sometimes to go 20 miles within LI! Make it a nice day out wiht your mom!

ETA: If you find that you love it, you could ask any salon in LI that carries that line to order that particular style for you; no need to schlep back and forth to Jersey more than the once!

little34 Posted: Nov 14, 2009 01:17 PM

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yes...that is not unheard of...but you can always call a bridal shop on LI that carries that designer and they can have it shipped to the store for you to try on...that is what Bridal Reflections in carle place did for me...they didn't carry the dress that I wanted but they carried other dresses from that designer so they borrowed it from the designer.