Rightyho so everyone knows i went to try my dress on yesterday as it is now a year to go and i want to give myself 12 months to lose the weight also the fact i wanted to try on veils as i hadnt got one yet. Anyway myself and MOH walked into the shop (my dress is all paid for btw!!!) and the person in the shop shocked my MOH and me by saying please dont come in every week to try the dress on as it will get dirty ok i get the dress may get dirty but that is my dress and i own it but 1. shouldnt i be able to try it on whenever i like? 2.As is said to her im not here every week i was last in here trying it on in feb (when i paid for it)and want to try it on feb 2013 when i then have 6 months to go as i need to know how much weight to loose etc. So am i just being stupid or would u be offended too?
CommentAuthorSarahB814
I would prob be offended. Firstly its your dress and secondly you havent been in every week! I could understand her maybe taking you to the side if you were going in every week, maybe if they were busy or something like that, But still there are polite ways to do things when you run a buiness. Should of asked her if she was having a bad day or if she was in the wrong line of work!
CommentAuthorsusan1990
i dont no how i would take it personal maybe she gets alot of people comming in every week to try there dresses on and she was just warning you? did you make an apoinment to go in and try it on? alot of dress shops only like people going in when they have made apointments. i tried my dress on when i ordered it, then i tried it on when my actual dress came in the shop and the only other time ive tried it on is when i went for my first fitting, trying it on again on saturday as its my second fitting, then after that will try it again once more before the big day at my final fitting x
CommentAuthormillz090
what a silly woman.... if you were going in every week than fair enough but you have only been in once, silly cow !! just ignore her chick and you try your dress on as many times as you want as you have paid for it. Was she the manager?
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CommentAuthorLynseyT30
Gosh thats quite bad, I have to make appointments to go in my shop to try my dress on. I nearly had to say something to them the other week as I kept getting conflicting info as to wether my bridesmaid dresses had arrived or not, they first told me ages ago when my dress arrived that the others had to, so I made a big fitting appointment for us all a couple of weeks later to be told my girls dresses were not in yet, so I told everyone that it would be just me going to the fitting, the shop called me the day before my fitting to ask if I could come in 30 minutes earlier, I asked about the girls dresses and the lady said "oh yes we have them here, you need to make them an appointment for a fitting" OMG I could have screemed, I asked why I had not been told and she came back saying that they would have tried to get hold me for deffinate to tell me but I know dam well they haddent, I could have had everyone there with me for a try on but no, we are all going at different times now and my Niece who has now gone to live in Spain with her Dad (comming back for the wedding) hasn't had time before going to have a 2nd fitting after alternations, it's a right old stressy mess and doing my head in, surely wedding shops should know the pressures us brides are under and make it as easy as possible for us lol xx
silly women shouldnt be in a job that involves excited brides to be if she cant undersatnd how important the dress its plus you own it! i think shops should make it as special as pos i mean dresses cost enough dont they x
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CommentAuthorLynseyT30
They certainly do cost enough, my Mum has paid £1100 for my dress and I was shocked to get a bill for alterations for £120, I was not made aware that was extra at the time of ordering lol :-) x
CommentAuthorMrs Ross
@susan1990 yeah i had made an appointment maybe she was just saying but im going to ignore her i think she just says what she thinks and thats it!! but im going to get bm dresses elsewhere i think
CommentAuthorKastobe
If that was the way it was said then it was a bit blunt, but the message is a good one though. I didn't try on my dress until 4 weeks before the wedding and then I had another fitting 2 weeks before the wedding, that is it.
Each time you try a dress on you will leave marks on it so its best to avoid trying the dress on multiple times.
I know of one instance where the bride tried on her dress loads of times, taking up a lot of time at the bridal place and then complained there were marks left on the dress (turned out she wore make up when trying the dress on and it transferred to the dress). I'm guessing your bridal shop is trying to avoid the same situation but could have phrased it a bit better.
CommentAuthorLegoWife
She could have done with asking you how often you were thinking of trying the dress on and then giving her advice based on your answer instead of rudely assuming because you'd come in to try it on you were going to be doing it every week from then on.
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CommentAuthornatalie2614
How rude of her to act like that! And that isnt going in every week! You have every right to be peeved xx
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CommentAuthorLulu1388
I totally agree with the other girls.. you went in once! You want to go back in 6 months for a very good reason! Would also save her and her colleagues alterations if theyre not needed as you've been in to check! I know how hard it is for many brides not to keep trying them on, but at same time as much as I cant wait to get it (in March!!) I know that I need to try it on once or twice in fittings but then that'll be it till W-day! But she could of simply asked when you were planning on coming back and just to give you a little tip about not trying on to many times! she could of done it way more professionally and with manners!!
Good manners definitely don't cost much! but maybe thats why... pricey dress, pricey attitude! x
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CommentAuthorKayleighW36
I haven't read all of this but when I signed for my dress I agreed to trying it on only 4 times.
CommentAuthorFionaR41
My daughter had trouble with the dress we bought in Leeds. We had paid for it and went to collect it only for it to be a smaller size than the one we ordered and was too late to get another one !! when asked if they could alter it the lady in the shop said she would have to ask their head office as they dont usually - they do do alterations and we would have even paid for it to be altered so couldnt understand why they wouldnt. in the end we went to a different shop who managed to let it out. The original shop just couldnt be bothered, they had made the sale and that was it . Needless to say i am not going there for my dress !
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CommentAuthorlizzylou
I'd be cross! She has a point about not keep trying it on as it might get damaged but there is a way to go about telling someone that. Plus, if you've haven't been in every week then I do know what her problem is! I've found that staff in wedding stores vary massively from the absolute most helpful and lovely to down right rude and dismissive! I can't understand owners/managers who don't train their staff properly. I went in one place where the girl spent so much time talking about her self that I was standing around in my pants waiting half the time! Then everytime I said "I'm not sure about/I don't really like...." she replied loudly with "Oh, you've got to have that/Oh you can't do that..." and just ignored everything I said! It was super annoying and needless to say I did not purchase anything from there!
Don't let her bother you, as you said, it's your dress, you've paid for it, you can try it on as much as you like! Still trying to find my dress so fingers crossed i'll be in your position soon!
Lizzy. x
CommentAuthorSam
She really could have said what she said in a nicer more professional way, but she does have a point. At this time she probably doesn't know how many times you'll want to try on the dress, but what she has seen is women try on their dresses multiple times and then complain about them being soiled. Just imagine all the nightmare bridezillas she has to deal with. It doesn't really excuse her behavior but at least it explains it. Maybe for the next time you can arrange an appointment with someone else ;)
