{"id":2154,"date":"2015-06-19T23:18:00","date_gmt":"2015-06-20T04:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/foreverbride.com\/inspiration\/wedding-inspiration\/online-wedding-dress-scams-what-you-need-to-know\/"},"modified":"2019-11-01T11:10:02","modified_gmt":"2019-11-01T16:10:02","slug":"online-wedding-dress-scams-what-you-need-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pearl.davidsbridal.com\/inspiration\/fashion\/online-wedding-dress-scams-what-you-need-know\/","title":{"rendered":"Online Wedding Dress Scams: What You Need To Know"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With so many different costs and elements included in planning a wedding, it&#8217;s understandable why a bride would want to save some time and money by buying a wedding dress online. Heck, the world wide web is a feast for our eyes when it comes to beautiful images of wedding dresses. More than ever, women are buying their dress online, but unfortunately it&#8217;s rarely a happy ending. We talked with premium Forever Bride vendor, The Wedding Connection, to get the answers to all your questions about buying online. <\/p>\n<p>1. Is buying a wedding dress online safe? It&#8217;s safe in the regards that you will end up with a dress. It&#8217;s not safe in the regards that the dress you thought you bought online might not look like the dress that arrives to your house. Maybe 5% of the time the bride is happy with her purchase however the 95% of the other time it&#8217;s a disaster.<\/p>\n<p>2. Are there any warning signs to keep in mind when shopping online for dresses? Google &#8220;dresses bought online&#8221;. That should be your warning sign right there. Look into their reviews and read everything you can about the site you choose to order from.<\/p>\n<p>3. What advice do you have for brides considering buying a dress online? Is it worth it? Honestly, it&#8217;s not worth buying online. We have heard too many terrible and unfortunate stories about brides who choose to go this route. More than likely you&#8217;ll end up spending more money either in a lot of alterations or buying a whole new wedding gown.<\/p>\n<p>4. What are some of the outcomes you&#8217;ve seen from buying a wedding dress online? Meg, owner of The Wedding Connection, has seen a dress bought online in person. What was sent was a replica and not the actual designer&#8217;s dress. The lace was completely different when comparing them side by side. It was wrinkled, flimsy and cheap compared to the hard, thick textured lace we sell in store.<\/p>\n<p>Below, you can see the dress viewed online and purchased on the left. To the right, you can see the dress that was received. There&#8217;s a plethora of photos like this on the internet, simply search &#8220;online wedding dress shopping&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The overwhelming consensus? Take the extra time and spend the extra money to get a dress you love the first time around because the resulting headache isn&#8217;t worth it. If you have more questions, The Wedding Connection is a wonderful resource. Visit any one of these wonderful vendors to start the journey to find your dream wedding dress and save money with their exclusive Forever Bride deals: Heartstrings Bridal, Raffin&Atilde;&copy; Bridal, Inspire Bridal Boutique, Xandy&#8217;s Bridal House, I Do-Two Bridal &amp; Consigment, Bella Bridal Boutique, Che Bella, The White Room and The Wedding Connection.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pearl-blog.s3.amazonaws.com\/oldblog\/online_wedding_dress_fraud.jpg\" alt=\"online_wedding_dress_fraud.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"1191\"><\/p>\n<p>Happy dress shopping!<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With so many different costs and elements included in planning a wedding, it\u2019s understandable why a bride would want to save some time and money by buying a wedding dress online. Heck, the world wide web is a feast for our eyes when it comes to beautiful images of wedding dresses. More than ever, women are buying their dress online, but unfortunately it\u2019s rarely a happy ending. We talked with premium Forever Bride vendor, The Wedding Connection, to get the answers on Online Wedding Dress Scams: What You Need To Know<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[693,692,691],"dipi_cpt_category":[],"fb_article_type":[2],"class_list":["post-2154","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fashion","tag-dress-scam","tag-order-online","tag-wedding-gown","fb_article_type-blog"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is 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