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So sorry you had to postpone. i would get the dress now and pick it up and store it at home and have it altered closer to your new date

First, I'm so sorry about your postponement. We also made that decision so I know how difficult it must have been.

Second, I would HIGHLY recommend picking up the dress and taking it home. You never know what might happen with the dress boutique in the coming months and that is a long time for them to hold a dress. I'm sure they would be fine, but it's much better to be safe than sorry. You can always return there for alterations or go elsewhere.

Paying for it and picking it up now seems like a good idea. This way you've got the dress and alterations can be done closer to the date. While it might suck to pay for alterations included in the price and not need them, to me the peace of mind knowing I had the dress would be worth it.

View quoted message Oh gotcha!! Yeah that seems super strange that they want her to pre-pay for alterations without knowing what those will be / if they’ll even be necessary!

View quoted message I want to ask the store if remaining amount can be paid off next year because majority of that is alterations she needs to be pay but our wedding isn't for a whole nother year now and she may not even need alterations done

View quoted message My friend doesn't wanna pay her the balance though until she knows for sure that she'll be needing alterations. I'm going to try to ask if remaining balance can be held off until next year but when my friend called it sounded like they really wanted the balance to be paid off

If I were you, I would pay the remaining and take the dress home. You never know what could happen! Then when you're ready to do the alterations, you can take it in and get it done

To be honest if I were her I’d want pay the remaining balance and take the dress home with me. Sometimes these shops work with seamstresses who aren’t really all that great with alterations.


This gives her the option to take the dress anywhere she would like to have it altered!
Unless the price of dress included alterations but that is unusual for Bridesmaid dresses.

Hmm.. if I were your MOH I’d probably just pay the balance now and then leave the unaltered dress at the shop until next year so they can ensure proper storage etc.!! Unless she’s for some reason really keen to have it in her possession ASAP (eg if the shop has been sketchy or unresponsive, you don’t trust them to store it properly, etc.)


Good luck girl!!

It sounds like either way, the boutique needs to be paid the remainder of the dress’ worth now, so it’s really up to you and her. Could she pick up the dress, then return to the boutique next year for fittings? If there haven’t been complaints, I’d stick with their alterations since a good sewer is hard to find

The postponement date will allow your MOH to get her alterations next year since she paid the deposit. It seems right if the boutique is willing to hold off until next year until she can come in.