Re: Tense bride
Ughh it happened with me toooo!!! I had specially gone to Karachi to chose a dress and finalize everything at least 6 months before my wedding & Mina Hasan had assured me that it would be ready 1st week of Decemeber so I paid her and came back! In the next few months whenever I would follow up with her I just got an ‘ok’ as a reply so I COMPLETELY was ****in in my pants by November end when I had seen zilch from her. The second week of December when I reached there and I visited her, she told me she hasn’t started my dress because she thought I would lose weight (cuz I had mentioned it in passing 6months back that I’m trying) so she started taking my measurements all over again to start my bridal on 7th december & my wedding was on 21st December! Everyone in my family kept asking me where is ur dress & I would keep saying I’m getting married in my PJs (I truly believed this would happen) finally I got my dress 3 days before the wedding but it still needed a days worth of alteration & thank lord not more!!! No doubt it was just as I wanted it to be but all that stress just killed me everyday..
So based on my experience, here are a few pointers for you..
Schedule backwards from the date of delivery every important pitstop with her (e.g skype check of the quality of kaam, progress of the outfit etc) while u give her time to breath and do her work be very firm with her!
Send someone to check up on the progress of ur dress too, designers tend to take long distance orders lightly & prioritize local orders (Cuz the local customers keep troubling them)
Keep ur cool! She has to be an exceptional bit*h to not deliver ur outfit on time which I’m sure she is not if she has come recommended
If people ask u about the progress of ur dress, smile and say it’s coming along (no more details)
Lastly good luck & focus ur energy thinking of something else! Hope u get it sooonnn though!
I second that… wish you didn’t pay the full thing up front so you could leverage that!! Good luck and focus on what is in your hands (i.e. cake, center pieces, shoes, makeup, etc..)!!