A collection of complaints from a girl who sells dresses

[Crime Scene Scarf]

My former manager told me of working in the Juniors department at Prom time....
The girls would come in, find a dress they liked, take ALL of that dress, every size, into the fitting room, PEE all over the dresses they DIDN'T want, and buy the one they did.
This, it was explained to me, was so no other girl would be able to wear the same dress to her prom.

I am so glad the place I worked was too small for that. We did get girls who seemed to think we had a list of which schools certain dresses were going to be worn to.

Because we'd refuse a sale based on that? "Sorry, but it seems another girl is wearing that dress there. We can't sell you this one."

I swear, nothing brings out entitlement like letting a teenage girl dress up in pretty things.

[ralerin]

Actually, registering the dresses at yuppie upscale bridal shops is common here in the US. They receive a list of the high schools in the area, and when someone purchases a dress, they keep the item number on file along with the name of the school so if another girl wants that same dress to the same prom, they're denied the sale.

The place I went to didn't do that, but it was doubtful that anyone would have my rhinestone covered monstrosity. Most girls at my school went to Boston for their shopping.

I swear, nothing brings out entitlement like letting a teenage girl dress up in pretty things.

Those same teen girls are the ones who dress up in the $26,000 designer wedding dresses and demand $8,000 floral bouquets and who scream that their wedding days are "OMG MY SPECIAL DAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!" and then divorce their husband 6 months later...

[XCashier]

This, it was explained to me, was so no other girl would be able to wear the same dress to her prom.

Disgusting messes and bodily fluids aside, what is the point of getting bent out of shape because another girl/woman is wearing the same dress you are? You don't see men fretting because another guy is wearing the same suit or tuxedo they are.

I never understood this mentality, and I am a woman! Why not just accept that in all likelihood, someone else is going to be wearing the same dress you just bought off the rack, and compliment her for her excellent taste in evening wear?

[Aethian]

I found the perfect wedding dress for the day to get married in...now I just have to get to the stage where the guy wants to be the fiancee...and he's not there yet.

[EvilEmpryss]

Peeing on dresses?!?!

I never had the problem of wearing the same dress because I always added something to the dress after I bought it. I made a shawl, a capelette (sp?), handbags, etc. so that no one else had exactly what I had. Then again, I couldn't care less what anyone else was wearing, 'cuz what I had on made me look hot!

[Rapscallion]

My former manager told me of working in the Juniors department at Prom time....
The girls would come in, find a dress they liked, take ALL of that dress, every size, into the fitting room, PEE all over the dresses they DIDN'T want, and buy the one they did.
This, it was explained to me, was so no other girl would be able to wear the same dress to her prom.

This reminds me of the way the US legal system works. Damage below a certain amount is a misdemeanour, and above it a felony. Isn't this putting them in the felony bracket?

Rapscallion

[Lace Neil Singer]

Why not just accept that in all likelihood, someone else is going to be wearing the same dress you just bought off the rack, and compliment her for her excellent taste in evening wear?

Reminds me of one time at a college party. This girl turned up wearing the exact same denim skirt I had. XD She pitched a total fit, demanding I go home and change. I refused, on the grounds that it was her who was dropping the dummy over it. The kicker? Her skirt was by a poncy designer, and cost £500. My skirt was from New Look, and cost £15. XD She basically spent all that money on an effing LABEL.

[depechemodefan]

The girls would come in, find a dress they liked, take ALL of that dress, every size, into the fitting room, PEE all over the dresses they DIDN'T want, and buy the one they did.
This, it was explained to me, was so no other girl would be able to wear the same dress to her prom.

what a bunch of f#$%ing c^nts.

Grandma made my prom dress. It was knee legnth but had a removable train. I still have it but I don't fit in it and a never wore it after prom because I didn't like it so much.

[EvilEmpryss]

And the wedding dress I'm thinking about getting? $200, only $50 more than the most expensive "dance dress" I bought (wore it to two dances too!).

I can't help but be thrifty!

Never be ashamed of not burying yourself in massive debt for a single life event (which may, in fact, not be the only time you go through that song and dance). When I went looking for my wedding dress, I discovered that the style I wanted was "last season's style". I got a lot of tsk-tsking from the people working at the bridal shops trying to convince me to buy one of the brand new designer models (usually starting at $1000).

I found the perfect dress in the clearance rack shoved way in the back of one store. Brand new, it had all the beads and lace I could ever want, was my size, required *no* alterations, and cost a whopping $85. And it was an Alfred Angelo that originally sold for $850.

Thirteen years later my husband still brags about how little I spent on my wedding dress yet how beautiful I looked in it.

[XCashier]

Never be ashamed of not burying yourself in massive debt for a single life event (which may, in fact, not be the only time you go through that song and dance).

Excellent advice. Just because the celebutantes are shelling out enough money on a single dress to pay rent on a house for a year doesn't mean you have to.

I found the perfect dress in the clearance rack shoved way in the back of one store. Brand new, it had all the beads and lace I could ever want, was my size, required *no* alterations, and cost a whopping $85. And it was an Alfred Angelo that originally sold for $850.

Wow, and I thought I got a good deal! I got my wedding dress at JCPenney Outlet for $150, plus my maid of honor's dress for $50. And we both looked beautiful.

[Andara Bledin]

Then again, I couldn't care less what anyone else was wearing, 'cuz what I had on made me look hot!

I'm sure I'm not the only one that thinks you don't really need a dress to do that.

... btw, I love your avatar pic.

^-.-^

[elsporko]

For my prom I skipped the tuxedo and just went in the same formal suit I wore at funerals.

I wore a white tuxedo with a white top hat, gloves, and a cane

[Megg]

It may just be me, seeing as I come from an era where the prom was unknown and unthought of in my country, but I fail to see the point of spending tons of cash on an effing DRESS.

You are not alone, and I am from Texas, the land of debutantes and frilly dresses. Oh, and big hair.

On a completely unrelated note: elsporko, your avatar is teh win!