Find online or in mag, where to find in store?

pennylane5309

Okay so I find dresses I love online through the designer or in a magazine ad but how do you find a store that has THAT dress to try on? The ones I call or visit have the designer but not necessarily the dress. They want to put me in "similar styles" which is fine, but when it comes down to it i want to try on the dress I saw and loved. How do I find these dresses??Thanks!Emily

mbcdefg

Call stores in your area who carry that designer, and ask if they carry that specific gown. Or call the designer's office and ask which stores in your area carry that sample. Or see if they have a trunk show coming up (they usually have a lot more of their samples than the salon will carry). Even if the salon says they don't have it, bring a picture with you anyway. I inquired about a dress by name at one salon and they said they didn't carry it, so I showed the saleswoman the stock photo to ask if they had anything similar. Then she said, "Oh, THAT one! Yeah, we have that." She was confused because the salon used a different labeling system than the designer's names. I also knew to ask at that salon because, once I saw the website picture and knew I wanted to try it on, I remembered that a girl on my local board had worn the same dress. From there, I looked in her bio and found the review for the salon where she'd purchased it, and sure enough they had it in stock and I wound up buying it. So show your local board a picture of what you want and ask if any of them have seen that particular dress during their own shopping experiences.

pennylane5309

Thanks! I also decided I'm not going to necessarily try to track down the dresses I've seen because they are probably expensive and I really need to cut back on costs.