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Dress Drama (LONG VENT)

As y'all know I've had a seamstress on the mainland make my & my BMs dresses. And you know I wasn't totally thrilled with the outcome of mine, but I thought it would pass and I tweaked some things to love it. Well today I went shopping for my wedding day lingerie and took my dress with me. When I started trying on stuff the first thing I hear out of my fitter's mouth is "OMG, there's something wrong with your dress!". So FMIL looks, and there is a big run across my butt and a hole by the zipper!!! I don't know how that happened, since I haven't pulled out my dress since I got it, and I've been really gentle. Then my fitter (she used to work at a bridal shop) started pointing out all these other things that were wrong with my dress. Oy! Not only is my dress falling apart, but the BMs dresses were all wrong! One was waaaaaaaay too big, the other waaaaaaay too small. I am so over this whole dress thing already.But, lucky for us I found a seamstress here to help us, but I'm kinda freaking out since we only have 6 weeks. And since I wasn't going to wear the jacket, I think I might see if the new seamstress can use the lace for the top of my dress. I'm pretty much going to change this whole dress now. And I'm feeling super bad because my mom has had to work with the seamstress and let her know that the dresses have not worked out. I know it's not the easiest thing to do since no one wants to give negative feedback to someone. Especially on dresses for a wedding!The craziest part is, even though I'm frustrated I'm not totally in panic mode. I'm just kinda tired about the whole thing. I want this to end. I kinda knew something was wrong when I wasn't totally feeling my dress when I tried it on. Oh well. I just hope everything works out and all the girls look fantastic. Including myself. :)On a good note, I finally tracked down some big numbers, found some orange rhinestones, and had my first appointment with my DOC. And tomorrow is my H/M trial! Hooray!Thank you for letting me vent. :)

Re: Dress Drama (LONG VENT)

  • edited December 2011
    wow, that is the most calm vent ever!  sorry to hear things didn't really work out with your dress, but kudos for being so level-headed about it.  with a positive attitude like that, i'm sure everything will work out fine :)
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  • edited December 2011
    I had the same dramam with my dress because I had it made by a seamstress in Australia, but I too foudn an amazing seamstress and she has been so freaking wonderful and fixed everything and for cheap....I think seamstresses are like wedding angels!!!
  • edited December 2011
    Oooh!  I feel you on the seamstress drama!  The same thing pretty much happened to me when I tried to have my dress made.  At least yours is salvageable... I tried taking mine to another seamstress to "fix" it and she said she couldn't because the original person did the cut all wrong...  and none of my BM dresses fit either...But yay for getting/finding all the other stuff!  Have fun at your H&M trial tomorriow!  :)
  • edited December 2011
    awww! well you do sound very calm!!! I hope everything works out okay for you! I'm sorry for the stress :( Hopefully this will be the only glitch and everything else is absolutely perfect!
  • LilSwtAzynLilSwtAzyn member
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    edited December 2011
    so sorry.. dress drama sucks. mucho knottie vibes too you.. i'm sure at the end of it everything will be beautiful and perfect
    Planning BIO! / Halekulani / Aug 29 2009
  • edited December 2011
    Sorry for all the stress, but you are handling it VERY well. I'm sure your new seamstress will be able to work wonders and you will love your dress more than ever! I hope everything works out for you soon! Have fun doing your H/M trial tomm!
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  • diorgrl8diorgrl8 member
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    edited December 2011
    first off, you are awesome for taking it all in stride! i would have been a wreck ;)I'm sure a good seamstress can work some magic on those dresses! And congrats on all the checks off your list! I hear ya on just "wanting it all to be over with"....we are putting off so much important things we should be getting for our new house just to focus on wedding plans....and frankly, i will be relieved once we're done :) and we are just getting antsy to be married...Hang in there girl!
  • JanineRMJanineRM member
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    edited December 2011
    Thank your for all the well wishes. Honestly, I am so tired of the whole situation which is why I'm not too worked up. I had been worked up about it several months ago, but it has been one thing after the other, so I am kinda over it. And to add to everything we found two holes in my veil today. It looks like it wasn't sewn on completely in a couple places. Just another thing to add to the list. I'm just hoping the local seamstress can handle everything. And if she can't, I might have to go and look for a whole new dress again. Now THAT part starts freaking me out. Because then we are dealing with time and money and we are getting short on both. :-/
  • maui2011maui2011 member
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    edited December 2011
    I`m so sorry that the saga continues...i really hope your new seamstress can do her majic.  As a last resort, hopefully you can get a good deal on a sample dress. J.
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