alli_esq
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hahaha! I actually couldn''t fit into most of the samples I tried on...but really, they had pretty slim pickins by the time I got there, anyway, and the dresses I loved were not part of their sample sale (there was one that was part of the Anne Barge trunk show, and a Jim Hjelm that wasn''t on sale at all)...Date: 11/4/2008 12:26:32 PM
Author: pocahontas
Alli, you look gorgeous! The dress is beautiful and very flattering! I can''t even believe you were worried about the sample saleYou have a fabulous figure so no worries about that and to think you got a bunch of us hating the wedding dress industry - lol
What the SA told me (and I agree) is that you''re not really saving money buying a sample. You still have to pay for cleaning and often repairs, which can make up the difference of what you would save. She told me that samples really are good for people who are getting married very soon and don''t have time to order the dress--I''m not getting married for another year+, so I was really in no rush. She did give me a slight discount because it was the day of the sample sale, but I am ordering a new dress.
A good friend of mine did go to their sample sale and found a $9,000 dress for about $4,500 (still considerably more than my budget, of course)--but hers was a cancellation, meaning that the girl who ordered the dress either called off her wedding or bought a different dress. It had already been altered, so it was about a size 2 street size, which is my friend''s size. If you can find a dress like that, you''re in much better shape financially; they are more desperate to get rid of it, so they''ll negotiate the price more.
And please, don''t stop hating the bridal industry just for me
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