Dress Disaster
My non-local wedding (13 hr drive, 2 hr plane ride) is in 6 weeks. I am a dress size 2. I found my dream dress 9 months ago in a size 14. Since August, I have been led to believe it was receiving extensive alterations, to be ready by next week. Today, I just found out it is still untouched.
After searching FAR and wide, I found my dream wedding dress (that is no longer made by the designer since 2020) at a small, local, one-woman owned bridal shop. Her name is Francesca and she has owned the shop for 40 years. Her seamstress friend, Kylie, has been her business partner and worked out of her shop for 38 years. Yes, I questioned if I’m crazy trying to make a size 14 into a 2. BUT, Kylie the seamstress has has HUNDREDS of raving, 5-star reviews saying how talented, experienced and uniquely skilled she is with her one-of-a-kind, impossible-to-do, wedding dress alterations. In February 2024, Kylie sees me in the dress and KNOWS she can make it work. She gives me an itemized list of each detailed alteration and each time-consuming skill that each part of the dress requires. I pay for my dress in full to Francesca, and receive an alterations estimate from Kylie.
In August 2024, I arrive for my first “pinning”. Kylie, the talented seamstress, starts to work her magic. I am required to pay for the alterations in full (they all line up with her original estimate). I leave my dress with them at the shop. It has been there for TWO AND A HALF MONTHS. They schedule me for my second-to-last, but maybe last, fitting for 6 days from now.
Tonight, I receive a phone from the bridal shop owner, Francesca: “Hello, Kylie and I no longer work together. But, don’t worry! I have a new seamstress. When can you come in for her to re-pin you in your dress? We can probably still have it ready for your original appointment in 6 days!” Me: (in dissociative shock) “Why would she have to re-pin my dress?” Francesca: “Well, because your dress has not been touched yet. But, if you make it in this Friday, we can probably still have it altered for you by your appointment in 6 days!”
WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK!?!?
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