Warning to all girls buying dresses from US!!

what a nightmare-hope you get it sorted.

You could try PM-ing Blossom through her profile on here. Got my BM dresses through her but they are forever yours.

Thanks Donna, I will try anything at the moment. xx

OMG how awful! I really hope you get it sorted soon ?

Try going to dessy directly with your complaint - or find another retailer in the UK that may be able to help. there is a store finder here: https://dessy.com/storefinder/ you may find that if you ring round there will be the right size and colour somewhere in stock that you can get - if its miles from where you are I'm sure there will be a hitcher nearby who would be willing to pick it up for you and send it on...

Otherwise go through ebay and second hand dress sites and see if you can find the dress to match. If its just the bottom half can it be let out? it may mean adding some extra material but one of the dessy retailers from the above link may be able to help you with matching material. Erm, can't think of anything else! Hope you get it sorted!

Hi Loobyg thats awful i really feel for you and your poor bridesmaid GlitzyHIB on here stocks Dessy she is based in Northern Ireland if you would like i can email her and she if she could help you out??

I dont think dessy will help as the uk companies are tryign to stop all shipping from the US to the UK and will probably say the same to you as HOB did. find your local dessy stockist and see if they can help i would assume you must have used a local shop as a changing room to try them on to see if they suited before buying from USA so maybe go back there and see if they can do anything to help ,[personally i wouldnt though i would think i wasnt good enough for the original order why should i help now] i dont stock dessy but some suppliers can do a double double rush cut but the dress will cost you double normal uk price if they offer this.

Hope you get this sorted xx

I just read my post back and it sounded horrible and i didnt mean it to sound like that but i know i wouldnt want the added stress at this time of year of a short order dress as its too manic iyswim . i would ring every dessy stockist in the uk and see if they ahve a sample but i also think dessy mark their samples with the word sample too so i dont think this is going to work

Hey Sept Bride2008! If you need me to check anything out up here in Edinburgh I would be delighted to if it helps you out. I'm a 16 -18 and can try a sample on or something

I bought one of my bridesmaid dresses from the US (Alfred Angelo) and had no problems, sorry to hear that you are having trouble.

We were told not to go by the sizes but to use the measurements. I had a quick look at the Dessy chart - what size did you order based on that chart? Did you measure her compared to that?

Is it possible to alter the bottom, take it out in any way?

TG

Thanks girls for all of your comments. Texasgirl I used the chart so it was definitely made wrong, hips were 37-38 inches which is between a UK 10-12 so definitely at fault. I have spent the day e mailing 50 stockists of Dessy dresses from their websites, no-one has the dress but will order with no guarantee of it arriving on time and having to pay a fortune for it. Have spoken to Dessy in the US and they were not really interested and told me to take it up with House of Brides and I have already done that but they couldnt care less, but I dont really care as long as I get it sorted! Anyway I spoke to my dressmaker who said if I get some fabric she can make a whole new skirt so I have ordered some from the Dessy website which arrives within 2-3 weeks. Fingers crossed it all works out OK!! xx