mmmbop
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Aug 7, 2007
Bridesmaid dress shopping was easy. Suit rentals? Not so much.
We went to Men's Warehouse. This really appealed to us since the one delivers to Disney. We were pretty set with everything. So we thought. We had decided on colors that somewhat matched. We decided on a suit style. We were told to wait for an upcoming bridal show to receive a coupon.
Adam and i started doubting the BM dress colors and we went back to AA, and asked to see the swatch. And we were right - we had the wrong shade of blue! The women there are amazing and cut a piece of the swatch so we can take it home and do with it what we needed. Amazing.
When we went back to MW and were ready to put down a deposit, I asked about seeing a sample in the solid form. I was told that this was not possible - that what the sample was, is how it comes. There is no changing it.
I believe the blue came as a paisley pattern, the green came in large stripes and the pink came in small stripes. Three completely different patterns. I started freaking out. The woman helping us asked about BM dresses. We told her they had the same dress, but one was green and one was blue. She said something to the effect of, "your BM dresses aren't the same, so why do you care if these patterns aren't the same?" And we left.
We decided to go to Joseph A Bank, since their colors should match Alfred Angelo's. and they do! But they don't deliver to Disney. And it appears as if the closest one is about half an hour away.
Yikes.
So we went out to Donyelle's that weekend, just to visit. Donyelle being Donyelle asked how planning was going. We told her of the troubles we were having and went with us to a MW by her. We were told the same thing - the patterns will not match.
Argh.
So I remembered that Carolyn Allen's does suit rentals as well. Lo and behold, they have the style that Adam really liked from Jos A Bank, and had the vest/tie collection that matches the BM dresses!
For a couple of weeks, Adam was really protesting it though. He was worried about stuff not fitting, blah blah. I kept pushing that a) colors match! B) CA wouldn't come so highly recommended if they weren't reputable. After we talked about how they will have a fitting, and after nagging him so long, he agreed to go through CA which made me so happy. No more worrying about renting a car and driving and trying to find jos a bank.
We went to Men's Warehouse. This really appealed to us since the one delivers to Disney. We were pretty set with everything. So we thought. We had decided on colors that somewhat matched. We decided on a suit style. We were told to wait for an upcoming bridal show to receive a coupon.
Adam and i started doubting the BM dress colors and we went back to AA, and asked to see the swatch. And we were right - we had the wrong shade of blue! The women there are amazing and cut a piece of the swatch so we can take it home and do with it what we needed. Amazing.
When we went back to MW and were ready to put down a deposit, I asked about seeing a sample in the solid form. I was told that this was not possible - that what the sample was, is how it comes. There is no changing it.
I believe the blue came as a paisley pattern, the green came in large stripes and the pink came in small stripes. Three completely different patterns. I started freaking out. The woman helping us asked about BM dresses. We told her they had the same dress, but one was green and one was blue. She said something to the effect of, "your BM dresses aren't the same, so why do you care if these patterns aren't the same?" And we left.
We decided to go to Joseph A Bank, since their colors should match Alfred Angelo's. and they do! But they don't deliver to Disney. And it appears as if the closest one is about half an hour away.
Yikes.
So we went out to Donyelle's that weekend, just to visit. Donyelle being Donyelle asked how planning was going. We told her of the troubles we were having and went with us to a MW by her. We were told the same thing - the patterns will not match.
Argh.
So I remembered that Carolyn Allen's does suit rentals as well. Lo and behold, they have the style that Adam really liked from Jos A Bank, and had the vest/tie collection that matches the BM dresses!
For a couple of weeks, Adam was really protesting it though. He was worried about stuff not fitting, blah blah. I kept pushing that a) colors match! B) CA wouldn't come so highly recommended if they weren't reputable. After we talked about how they will have a fitting, and after nagging him so long, he agreed to go through CA which made me so happy. No more worrying about renting a car and driving and trying to find jos a bank.