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Bizarre Dress Requests

Okay, I hate to threadjack, so here's a new one.

Odd requests from work:

The most recent (and maybe it's just weird to me) is the mothers wanting bridesmaid dresses.  I mean, I get that Jim Hjelm looks great on you, but shouldn't you be going for our dubbed "Hot Mom" dress instead?  I mean, really, you're not exactly a spring chicken.

The other day an older lady came in looking for a dress for a formal wedding.  She made a beeline for our prom dresses.  Her favorite?  A backless low cut missing the dress beneath the boobs.  She had to have been 40, size 14 and short.  Yikes.  We didn't have the dress in stock in her size, and the wedding is like 2 weeks from now.  We need 3 months to get a dress.

We had a girl pass out during a fitting.  She kept telling the seamstress to pull her dress tighter and tighter until she passed out.  And then, when she came back for her second fitting, the dress was still too loose for her.  I had a hard time zipping it up.

A lot of girls seem to not realize that two months before your wedding is not a good time to start looking for a dress.  We need 4-6 months to order, and then at least a month for alterations, but we prefer a 2-3 month window.  That way we can ensure that everything is done right and well.

I realize this is like the ONE day in your entire life you get to be beyond ridiculous, but so far, these bitches be crazy.
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Re: Bizarre Dress Requests

  • edited December 2011
    I have a horrible scary dress story... I'm going to PM you about it since it's personal. :(
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  • edited December 2011
    I almost passed out getting my prom dress hemmed. (In my defense, it was really warm in the store and I hadn't eaten much that day.)
  • peekaboo2011peekaboo2011 member
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    edited December 2011
    :( 

    I wish I worked in Tucson and had been able to do your dress for you lovely.  You wouldn't have had a horrible scary story.  I'd have made it pretty phenomenal.  

    Seriously, I would love to be able to work one of you girls at some point.  It would MAKE my life.
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  • edited December 2011
    Peek YGPM
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    edited December 2011
    Nursey, you've got one back :)
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    edited December 2011
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    Lunar, I don't get it...
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    edited December 2011
    It's from the Valentine's episode of Charlie Brown- everyone else is getting valentine's day cards and Charlie Brown is waiting for one. :)
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  • alanna91alanna91 member
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    edited December 2011
    Holy guacamole. A backless low cut dress for a formal wedding?

    Did it look like this?

    'Cause I mean, atleast it's black. That makes it more formal than the same dress in hot pink right?!
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    edited December 2011

    32008A.jpg

     

    But short...

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  • marleylikeairmarleylikeair member
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    edited December 2011
    Peek, I can't see your picture! It just pops up as a question mark! Now I really wanna see a pic of this dress. Got a link?

    I was at a wedding a couple years ago where the bride had one attendant: her mom. It was weird. I don't know if the dress was technically a bridesmaid dress or not, but it looked like one.
  • edited December 2011
    In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/special-topic-wedding-boards_not-engaged-yet_bizarre-dress-requests?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Special%20Topic%20Wedding%20BoardsForum:136Discussion:bd70bf0c-aee7-4f2c-85be-9ba30824ec3ePost:be43404e-2755-436f-a489-c8b8656f4dbf">Bizarre Dress Requests</a>:
    [QUOTE]I realize this is like the ONE day in your entire life you get to be beyond ridiculous, but so far, these bitches be crazy.
    Posted by peekaboo2011[/QUOTE]

    Unfortunately for you it's the crazy ones that end up getting married/divorced 2 or 3 times in their lives, so I'm sure you'll be catching some repeat offenders! 
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  • edited December 2011
    I literally did a spit take looking at that dress Peek, did she say she was going to a wedding or a brothel?! 
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    edited December 2011
    In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/special-topic-wedding-boards_not-engaged-yet_bizarre-dress-requests?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Special%20Topic%20Wedding%20BoardsForum:136Discussion:bd70bf0c-aee7-4f2c-85be-9ba30824ec3ePost:e33d57e2-49d4-4962-955c-0cd96d269b08">Re: Bizarre Dress Requests</a>:
    [QUOTE]I literally did a spit take looking at that dress Peek, did she say she was going to a wedding or a brothel?! 
    Posted by Sparrow87[/QUOTE]

    <div>Her godson/nephew's super formal wedding.</div><div>
    </div><div>And that's what I said.</div>
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  • edited December 2011
    To each her own I suppose... 
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  • alanna91alanna91 member
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    edited December 2011
    Notice the dress is called the "Xcite 32008"
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    edited December 2011
    In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/special-topic-wedding-boards_not-engaged-yet_bizarre-dress-requests?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Special%20Topic%20Wedding%20BoardsForum:136Discussion:bd70bf0c-aee7-4f2c-85be-9ba30824ec3ePost:a163367e-e4b5-4654-90dd-c47beac8652c">Re: Bizarre Dress Requests</a>:
    [QUOTE]<a href="http://www.cbslimited.com/xcite-prom-dress-32008.htm" rel='nofollow'>http://www.cbslimited.com/xcite-prom-dress-32008.htm</a>
    Posted by peekaboo2011[/QUOTE]

    <div>EW. I'm surprised the salon even carries something like that!</div>
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    edited December 2011
    In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/special-topic-wedding-boards_not-engaged-yet_bizarre-dress-requests?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Special%20Topic%20Wedding%20BoardsForum:136Discussion:bd70bf0c-aee7-4f2c-85be-9ba30824ec3ePost:e08289fa-17f1-4492-acea-3b890f9c1312">Re: Bizarre Dress Requests</a>:
    [QUOTE]In Response to Re: Bizarre Dress Requests : EW. I'm surprised the salon even carries something like that!
    Posted by marleylikeair[/QUOTE]

    <div>It's a new thing.  We decided to try the prom dress line...and they didn't sell very well.  So now we're stuck with them :(</div>
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  • edited December 2011
    If you've got it flaunt it Buggle!  Size 30 is the new size 6.

    EDIT: I should probably make it clear that I'm not calling you a size 30, I'm just imagining that thought running through this woman's mind! 

    And I should probably re-read posts before I post them at 2am. 
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  • lilphillips14lilphillips14 member
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    edited December 2011
    I'm a bigger girl, (no size 30, thank God) but I'm average (can still define my waist from my breasts and hips and see my toes and all that) and I still can't imagine wearing that dress to prom. Please, bigger/average girls...embrace being healthy (emphasis on healthy) and beautiful, but don't be delusional.

    Also, I can't imagine my mother wearing that, or my very well toned, beautiful aunt. Ladies (the BSC ones)....match your age and your size with your dress please. Oi. 
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  • becunning2becunning2 member
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    Yep, if i had a daughter, she sure as heck wouldn't be allowed to wear that dress.  And I'd die of shame if my mother showed up to a formal occasion in it.  Luckily for me, my mom has a grip of sense.  The back of that dress bothers me immensely--it makes me think of her booty crack the way it goes up the back.  O.o
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    edited December 2011
    To be honest, it's probably too new for me to be jaded.  But I have tried really hard to keep it professional with these women.

    We had a girl in for her fitting the other day and she wasn't communicating well with the seamstress.  Generally, we aren't supposed to be in the room with the bride and seamstress during the fitting, just because they want space to do their thing.  Well, bride's mom came out and got me just in time for the bride to start sobbing.  I never said a word, but got her a glass of water and some kleenex and just stood there.  She was such a sweet girl who was far too stressed.  I gave her a hug as she left, and then got reamed for being over with the seamstress.  When I explained the situation, I was told I did the right thing...but it was rough.

    Liv,  I honestly have no idea how long I'll be working here.  I've applied for some unpaid internships, and I'm working on the applications for some government jobs.  If FI gets a job outside of the DC area, I'll pack up and leave with him.  I mean, worst case scenario is that I work bridal there.  :)
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  • edited December 2011
    In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/special-topic-wedding-boards_not-engaged-yet_bizarre-dress-requests?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Special%20Topic%20Wedding%20BoardsForum:136Discussion:bd70bf0c-aee7-4f2c-85be-9ba30824ec3ePost:11c02da6-56b1-40ec-bd96-eafd544beb0b">Re: Bizarre Dress Requests</a>:
    [QUOTE]Peek, <strong>I want to shadow you for a day on your job</strong>. I love watching BSC unfold. I was watching Amsale Girls last night as I was trying to fall asleep, and it made me think of you and your new job. Can you kind of laugh about things like this or does it super annoy you? Or is the job too new to be jaded quite yet? ;) How about this? When, someday, BF puts a ring on it, I'll come down to DC and try on dresses at your store. You'll still be working there in March 2012, right? (I think that is when Shoes said I was getting engaged, but I can't remember exactly!)
    Posted by LivLeighton[/QUOTE]

    <div>Ditto to that one! </div>
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    edited December 2011
    In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/special-topic-wedding-boards_not-engaged-yet_bizarre-dress-requests?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Special%20Topic%20Wedding%20BoardsForum:136Discussion:bd70bf0c-aee7-4f2c-85be-9ba30824ec3ePost:cdd40afb-2d6e-4b05-9b08-f652fc6972a1">Re: Bizarre Dress Requests</a>:
    [QUOTE]Gawwwwd. A 40 year old size 14 woman wanted to wear THAT? I wouldn't let my so far non-existant but probably hot and flat stomached teenaged daughter wear that to prom. And she wanted to wear it to a WEDDING? She was actually one of the mothers?! I am mortified for her child and FIL. And I am speechless. How did you not absolutely bust out laughing at her?! Seriously, I want to know! ETA: Why is that dress even MADE in anything above a size, like, 10? Come to think of it, I watched an episode of Drop Dead Diva the other day (new netflix obsession) with that same topic, a store that didn't sell anything above a certain size. But seriously, it comes in a size 30? What size 30 person would wear that?! O.O
    Posted by buggle2[/QUOTE]


    Ew, ew, ew- that dress...ew...on an older lady....ew!

    Oh...but I LOVE Drop Dead Diva!!! Is the new season on yet? Do you think it will also be online?
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    edited December 2011
    In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/special-topic-wedding-boards_not-engaged-yet_bizarre-dress-requests?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Special Topic Wedding BoardsForum:136Discussion:bd70bf0c-aee7-4f2c-85be-9ba30824ec3ePost:b4dc38f6-2d63-468f-836b-aaafe62b9570">Re: Bizarre Dress Requests</a>:
    [QUOTE]:(  I wish I worked in Tucson and had been able to do your dress for you lovely.  You wouldn't have had a horrible scary story.  I'd have made it pretty phenomenal.   Seriously, I would love to be able to work one of you girls at some point.  It would MAKE my life.
    Posted by peekaboo2011[/QUOTE]

    I'll keep this in mind if you're still doing this by the time it rolls around for me.... My dad lives in Philly, and they have sooo much better selection and options than my podunk town. :) I'd love to go back to that area to find my dress when the time comes...and DC isn't that far from Philly!
  • edited December 2011
    In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/special-topic-wedding-boards_not-engaged-yet_bizarre-dress-requests?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Special%20Topic%20Wedding%20BoardsForum:136Discussion:bd70bf0c-aee7-4f2c-85be-9ba30824ec3ePost:b4dc38f6-2d63-468f-836b-aaafe62b9570">Re: Bizarre Dress Requests</a>:
    [QUOTE]:(  I wish I worked in Tucson and had been able to do your dress for you lovely.  You wouldn't have had a horrible scary story.  I'd have made it pretty phenomenal.   Seriously, I would love to be able to work one of you girls at some point.  It would MAKE my life.
    Posted by peekaboo2011[/QUOTE]


    Thank you so much. Wouldn't it have been so fun to meet and pick dresses together!?
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  • leia1979leia1979 member
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    edited December 2011
    I'm sure there's a lot of craziness, but I will say we had a hard time finding a dress for my mom. They were either really bland and matronly or so young/hoochie that I wouldn't wear them.  Honestly, some of the bridesmaids dresses wouldn't be bad for my mom, but we just shopped at the mall. The ones my BMs got are nice (long Belsoie dresses).
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    edited December 2011
    Peek thanks for the morning laugh, I've seen one too many fall chickens trying to fit into spring chicken dresses. 
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