I'm not getting married until April of next year, so my dilemma isn't a complete disaster, I guess I'm just more sad about it than anything else...PS To make a very long story, short...I bought a dress that does not fit properly at all and after trying it on this last time, I'm just over the dress all together....
In January I called a fairly nice bridal shop I had seen in my neighborhood and asked when the best time to look at dresses would be. I explained my wedding wasn't until April of 2017 but I had heard they had limited appointments so didn't know if I should have scheduled this far in advance. I was told they did book fairly quickly but they had an opening the end of that week I could come in for. So, of course I went ahead and jumped on it.
I got there and tried a few dresses, finding one that I really loved. It had a vintage feel and was so light compared to all the other dresses I looked at, so again, I jumped on it....my bad decision. I was measured and told repeatedly that I was getting my own custom Alfred Angelo gown that they would have to sew. About the time they brought out the sizing chart, I realized that was not the case and I was really being measured for their standard sizes, which was fine. The dress attendant told me that with my measurements she suggested I get a size 8. I told her that I was so close to a size 6 and with there still being over a year until my wedding I thought I should get a size 6. She continued to say the size 8 was best, so I went along with it, knowing that if I did get into a size 6 I could have the dress altered. Well after three weeks my dress arrived, and I went to try it on....it was like wearing a potato sack, it hung off of me everywhere, I was so disappointed at the look of the dress in general. I wrote a nice review a few days later and said that everything was great, but I was disappointed with how large the dress was after being told that was my suggested size. I luckily enough was contacted by the manager and told that I could come in to try the dress on for them. I did so, and the entire time I was there, everyone was extremely rude. I was greeted and told to put my dress on, when I came out, no one was there to greet me and I (not exaggerating) stood on the pedestal for 20 minutes waiting for someone while they helped "new customers." After I had my daughter go get someone for me, I was told that the dress was baggy in the chest but I would need to lose 1 to 2 inches from my waist to squeeze into a size 6. I told her, that was fine, I really wanted a size 6.
So lucky for me, they did take back my size 8 and ordered me a size 6...4 months later I get the size 6 in. Wonderful...I had worked hard these 4 months and measured myself weekly to make sure I could fit into their sizing guide, size 6.
I get to the store and try my new size 6 on which I am expecting to not fit at all, since I went on vacation the week before to meet with our caterers and ate way too much food there, but I measured my waist before I left the house so I was pretty sure I'd make it...but low and behold the dress is way too big again. It is over an inch too big in the waist and the chest is sagging forward too. I do not have a small chest btw, I'm a 34 D.
Now, if youve made it through my large rants and are finally like...get to the point, you can just go have it sized....
That is what I plan on doing, but after seeing the dress on me being so saggy and looking at the $600 in alterations they want to charge me to fix it....I dont even want the dress, plus after trying it on twice (once in store and once at home, it is already ripped at the top). But now I feel stuck with it because the store wont take it back or exchange it and I dont even want to deal with them anyway...and my fiancee already paid for it in full, so I dont want to tell him I dont like it and want another one...
So at this point I'm going to have to save up more money to have the dress cut the way I want it to look...