I have a dress that I purchased back in August and I really loved it. It's all lace mermaid style but it was two sizes too big. I purchased it for $300 so with alterations, I was going to be well under budget (so I thought).
I started my alterations in September. I've had 6 fittings since then with another one coming up on Monday. The last appointment did not go so well. They had to alter the boning in the bust area and it hasn't been done right. It looks like there is a peak sticking out in the middle of my boob! There's some other issues with the bust area as well and I was so frustrated because they have tried to fix it over the last three fittings and everytime, it isn't done. Also, the satin under the lace is bunching up in the torso area and it looks horrible. It also looks like there is a pooch of fabric right around my lower abdomen and then it's too tight around my hips. They said that all it will be fixed, but they've been saying that since the second fitting. I also had them turn it from a zip up to a lace up. At the last fitting, the panel was coming undone. It seems like they are blaming the fit on my body type (I have a pretty large chest which has always made things difficult) because they were trying to come up with ways to comoflauge the imperfections instead of fixing them.
I'm to the point to where I don't even want this dress anymore. The alterations are costing me almost $700 and the dress doesn't even look like I imagined it in my head. I just want to leave it there and start over. I need to figure this out soon because I do not want to pay rush fees to get a dress. And I am basically out the money because I don't think that this dress will even be in good enough condition to sell it to another bride. This whole situation is making me feel like we should have just eloped and not done the big huge wedding.
Thanks for letting me vent.