my bridal studio

i am going to dedicate one post especially for my bridal studio cos i am so amazed at how they work... tell me what you think of them...

mid-nov:
1) made appointment with the designer to check them out
2) went to visit them and realised that the designer was not around cos he forgot about the appointment. we briefly chatted with the other guy in charge of the place but he couldnt help to advice much as he was not the designer. we took their package details and left
3) went back again to take a second look and this time the designer was there. vin and i were impressed with his attentiveness and friendliness but were taken aback when they told us that the promotion package will be over by end nov instead of end dec, which we were told during our first visit. so we were 'pressured' to sign on the day as we did like their gowns and package more than the other places we went.

mid-dec:
went for first design session. felt that he was not so attentive and seemed to be quite in a hurry and slightly distracted. but as long as he will produce results at the end of the day, i am fine la. so i kept my reservations to myself.

mid-jan:
went for second design session at the new shop. he had a 1 month 'break' to do up his shop. we finalized and confirmed the wedding gown design and could not confirm the evening gown design as he did not have the lace to show us so that we could visualize the effect. he told us that we could meet him by 2 weeks to confirm the design, after he has gotten hold of the lace.

early feb:
after he postponed meeting us twice, finally he had the lace to show us, after being a week late. went to find him with great expectations only to find out that he only got hold of black lace and did not have the many cloths and laces that he earlier said he would get for us to show us. in the end, we settled on a final design for my evening gown and he said that we would do our first fitting by early march as we had to go for our photoshoot on april 7

late feb:
we started following up with him on the status of the gown, if he needs us for further discussions etc but he kept saying that the cloth is not yet ready.

early mar till now:
1) at first he will tell us that it is because i changed the design of the gown late, so he cant get the cloth.
2) after saying that he will get back to me once or twice, but never called, i got irritated with that story so i told him clearly that i already confirmed the designs in early feb, so cant be cos of me... then he say actually it is a problem with the supplier of cloth. THE WHOLE OF SINGAPORE HAS A PROBLEM WITH CLOTH... especially dark colored satin... which in any case, is mine... ya so coincidental right and as if i know if he is saying the truth... any of you deal with cloth suppliers or know the industry???
3) then he says that my cloth was supposed to reach on march 7 (originally should be my first fitting period, hello!!!) then strangely is stuck at the malaysian customs. and he says that it might be due to the mas selamat incident!!!!!!!!! ok loh anything also can say... what can i say right? i am completely at his mercy anyway... =(((

as of today, 2 weeks after the early march that he promised us, after calling him about 3-4 times to 'pressure' him, he agrees to april 22 for our photoshoot. my gowns fabric just arrived yesterday after we called him to check on the status. first fitting he still cannot confirm with us, but i really hope it will be by end of this month. it will then be a 1 month delay from the early march that he had verbally told us long ago.

we need to pray for God's divine favor upon this entire situation...
1) that the designer will stop delaying on us and putting the blame on everyone else
2) that he will not do a horrible job for us and blame it on us for rushing and stressing him
3) that we will have great weather so that we can complete the shoot on april 22 so that we have one less dealing with our designer
4) that when we meet him, he will not be so evasive and tell us all we need to know and help us confirm our hand bouquets, corsages, vin's tuxedo design (yes, he has not started on vin's suit at all), and the many other things we ourselves don't know that we don't know...
5) that he will learn to follow up with us and not always forget about us and make us have to hound him and add to our already long list of to-dos...

after reading all this, what do you think of my bridal studio? leave you with his famous words...

'your wedding is in july right? alot of time la! don't stress me ok!'

ya right, so the couple is supposed to accomodate his schedule and not he accomodate our schedule? then why so many july brides can take their wedding photos in jan/feb but not me? why people can do their first fitting within 2 months of their first design appointment, and ours is 3 months and counting? all we want to do is to finish things early and not be last minute, but as customers paying so much, we are reduced to little puppies, just letting him drag us here and there on a leash...

ok after all these negativities, i want to say that we are still holding firm to God and trusting in Him that He is in control. He put us together, brought us thus far, led us on this path to prepare for our wedding on Jul 12, so He will ensure that everything falls in place!!! =))) so keep us in prayer as we continue on this exciting journey!!!