“I want a wedding dress but I want to be able to wear it again”.

Yes we hear this one a lot, customers who want the glamorous feel and be able to create the “wow” factor but they cannot justify spending money on a wedding dress as they want to be able to wear it again for parties or clubbing and they need the money to block pave their drive. Now don’t get me wrong I don’t mind this as I can see their point of course its as important to block pave your drive as it is to get married, however, it does baffle me when they come to choose styles …

“So you would like to be able to wear it again so you would like a dress without a train?”

Bride - “Oh yes I really want a train, it wouldn’t be a wedding dress without one”

“Oh ok, but you probably don’t want white or ivory then”

Bride - “Well I have toyed with the idea of colours but really do want an ivory dress”
Bride – “Oh and I would like a lot of sparkle on the bodice and skirt too”

So let me get this straight you want a full wedding gown with train and all the weddingy trimmings but you want to be able to wear it again for clubbing… purlease. Don’t get me wrong I do understand wedding dresses are expensive things but please ladies if you want to wear it again don’t get huffy when we suggest you try a cheaper shop. You cant expect me to provide you with a “miracle wonder woman dress” that looks like a mile mannered wedding gown one minute and if you spin on the spot it changes miraculously to a knee length red evening frock.

Bride – “Maybe I could dye it afterwards?”

You really don’t see enough full-length evening gowns with full length cathedral trains do you. Beautifully dyed in a mucky pink because there wasn’t enough red dye in the washing machine to cover the whole dress and with patches of darker pink round stains where “Uncle John” spilt his lager over you at the reception Disco. And don’t forget all those lovely crystals and beads you insisted on having which are now either hanging off by threads or coloured a lovely shade of cerise.