Most dresses created for the wedding industry run about 2 "sizes" smaller. Assholes.
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Aims - Sep 01, 2010 2:48:53 pm PDT #914 of 30000
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Steph L. - Sep 01, 2010 2:49:06 pm PDT #915 of 30000
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Buffistas are better than the birds in Cinderella for trimming finding a pretty pretty dress for a pretty pretty sj!
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Anne W. - Sep 01, 2010 2:49:29 pm PDT #916 of 30000
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
Most dresses created for the wedding industry run about 2 "sizes" smaller. Assholes.
Why the hell would they do that?
sj - Sep 01, 2010 2:54:22 pm PDT #917 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Most dresses created for the wedding industry run about 2 "sizes" smaller. Assholes.
Why the hell would they do that?
To make sure you feel as awful as possible after a day of dress shopping? It's the only think I can think of.
Trudy Booth - Sep 01, 2010 2:56:58 pm PDT #918 of 30000
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I'm pretty sure they do it to make you feel like shit so you'll spend more money in a frantic attempt to make it all ok.
Aims - Sep 01, 2010 2:59:46 pm PDT #919 of 30000
Shit's all sorts of different now.
And then there's what I like to call the Fat Chick Surcharge. Ordering over a size 18? Oh that'll be a $30-$150 surcharge for all of the extra fabric we'll need to fit your giant ass/hips/belly/thighs/head that you will then pay $50-$175 having altered to fit you properly, thereby cutting away all the fabric you just paid for.
I repeat: Assholes.
I used to dream of opening a bridal store where none of the dresses had sizes in them. Only my employees knew what size anyone needs/wants/buys.
sj - Sep 01, 2010 3:00:37 pm PDT #920 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I'm pretty sure they do it to make you feel like shit so you'll spend more money in a frantic attempt to make it all ok.
That didn't work on me but combined with some very rude sales people, it did make me sort of homicidal.
Cass - Sep 01, 2010 3:05:25 pm PDT #921 of 30000
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
Why the hell would they do that?
I kinda wonder if they just didn't go for the sizing fluidity that most clothes have. Not that it makes shopping fun.
JZ - Sep 01, 2010 3:06:42 pm PDT #922 of 30000
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Aims - Sep 01, 2010 3:08:49 pm PDT #923 of 30000
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Honestly? I think the bridal industry never changed with the rest of the ready-to-wear sizing. It seems like they are still sizing according to the measurements that originated ... well, I don't know when. A long time ago. Yore. It was in the Days of Yore that the sizes originated. And through evolution, it has become the days of Yore never gonna fit into a 12 again.
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