Why, oh why does it take FIVE MONTHS for you to make a dress? I know I procrastinated on picking out a bridesmaid dress, but I just decided on my wedding dress! And how could I have picked out the bridesmaid dresses until I knew what I, the bride, was wearing? If I could have foreseen that the salespeople at your bridal salon in Dallas would LAUGH AT ME when I asked, in December, if I could order bridesmaid dresses for my April 4th wedding, I would have ordered them sooner! But, really, how was I supposed to know? You've already designed the dress, and most of you only come out with a handful of dress designs per season (Melissa Sweet, I'm talking to you). You already have the materials and a factory of people to make them. So why does it take five months for a dress to be delivered once it has been ordered?
I have two theories about the cause of such delay:
1) Bridesmaid Dress Manufacturers are Cheap Theory: The manufacturers are cheap and want to wait as long as possible to start production of dresses, so that they can build up a lot of orders and mass produce them at a lower cost.
2) WIC (Wedding Industrial Complex) Conspiracy Theory: The Wedding Industrial Complex wants us to order dresses as soon as we get engaged. They don't want us to think too hard about the high prices or the possibility of shopping around, for, say, evening wear that can multitask as bridesmaid dresses. Instead of letting us have time to compare prices and think about the best option, they want us to make make hurried decisions about dresses more than 6 months before our wedding date!
Here is the dress I fell in love with, the unavailability of which is causing my current strife.
Photo via Brides.comIsn't it cute?! It is a Melissa Sweet design. As a 7-time bridesmaid, I can say that I would definitely wear this again! The sparkles make it a cute party dress--I want to buy one for myself! And it comes in a light blue color called "French Blue" and in a coral color called "Nectar" (see the colors here). I had it all planned out. I was either going to go with this sparkly dress style and have the 'maids choose between Nectar and French Blue, or I was going to stick to one of the colors and have the 'maids choose between several satin strapless styles, like the sparkly number above and these lovelies:
Photos via Brides.comBut, alas, it was not meant to be. Let this be a warning to all procrastinating brides-to-be. On with the search!
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