Wedding dress LATE. What are my rights?

peachyprice

photome wrote: »

Thats just crazy

seems like the industry is crying out for change, why does it take 6 months?

Because they don't make the dresses until they are ordered. The dress designs change every year, they would leave themselves open to huge losses if they made racks of dresses in all sizes that didn't sell and nobody wanted them the following year because they were 'so last year'.

photome

peachyprice wrote: »

Because they don't make the dresses until they are ordered. The dress designs change every year, they would leave themselves open to huge losses if they made racks of dresses in all sizes that didn't sell and nobody wanted them the following year because they were 'so last year'.

I get that, but why does it take 6 months,

peachyprice

photome wrote: »

I get that, but why does it take 6 months,

There's a lot to making a wedding dress, you can't knock one out in an afternoon (except in China)!

photome

peachyprice wrote: »

There's a lot to making a wedding dress, you can't knock one out in an afternoon (except in China)!

Lol, an afternoon maybe a little quick but theres a huge difference between an afternoon and 6 months

After reading some of these thread it seems many come from China and on the slow ship

unholyangel

photome wrote: »

Lol, an afternoon maybe a little quick but theres a huge difference between an afternoon and 6 months

After reading some of these thread it seems many come from China and on the slow ship

Average lead time is usually around 12-16 weeks I believe - with another 4-8 weeks for alterations.

There could be several reasons it takes so long. Them having to order supplies. Or if its done in a production line type thing then they'd keep all the same style dresses and cut the material/sew/add decoration at the same time - as its quicker than changing and doing 1 dress at a time.

Of course I dont really understand this craze some couples seem to have of spending tens of thousands on their wedding. Not like its going to make their marriage any more successful. Personally I'd prefer to invest it in a really good quality bed (good nights sleep can save on arguments!) or other things that would actually be useful - but thats just me, each to their own and all that.

peachyprice

photome wrote: »

Lol, an afternoon maybe a little quick but theres a huge difference between an afternoon and 6 months

After reading some of these thread it seems many come from China and on the slow ship

They also do batch sewing, so they'll wait until they have say a dozen orders of the same dress them make them all up at the same time, also they'll save up the orders for a particular country and send them all to their local agent for distribution.

nearlyrich

6 months flies by when planning a wedding DD ordered a dress in July with expected delivery by mid January, it arrived in December and it fits perfectly..hope the OP got some answers today.

fluffnutter

peachyprice wrote: »

It's standard practice in the wedding dress industry, they don't just have the dresses all made up ready for people to buy, they have to be ordered and made up to the nearest standard size then altered to an exact fit when they arrive. Average wait is 6 months.

The only way to get a dress quickly is to either have one made by a seamstress, buy a shop sample, or buy truly off the peg from somewhere like Monsoon.

I bought a wedding dress from a wedding dress shop the day I tried it on. It's fancy pants places that take an eternity to make a dress up. 'Average wait is six months' - where did you get that figure from? Not every woman spends years planning her perfect day. I got married six weeks after my husband proposed. In a wedding dress, not something from Monsoon. It's perfectly easy to find a dress without waiting months - all that is just affectation IMO, trying to create fake 'exclusivity'.

Money-Saving-King

photome wrote: »

Thats just crazy

seems like the industry is crying out for change, why does it take 6 months?

Why are you saying the industry is crying out for change?

If you think it's simple then go to a bank, ask for a business loan and change the industry yourself.

If you think it's crying out for change & it's changeable you'd up a billionaire surely?

Pollycat

This thread has really opened my eyes to the whole process of buying a wedding dress.

I thought you just went to a shop, tried a few on and said 'I want that one' and either took it home with you because it fitted, left it for alterations or they ordered one in your size and it was delivered a few weeks later.