"Imagine a bride walking into a bridal gown boutique to be told that there’d be nothing there to fit her? (She) (I walked out.) Why wouldn’t the assistant search the earth, to help find me the dress? And, then get it tailored to fit? Bridal boutiques aren’t selling dresses. They’re selling (insults) glamour. Unfortunately, many brides tell the same hurt tale. And, they aren’t going to make an expensive purchase after being harangued for not being the perfect size ten. They’re going to cross the road".
This is an extract from Social media guru, Dawn Bird's blog from Sensei- Learning and Performance, Business training.
http://www.sensei-winbeforehand.co.uk/
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I have also experienced something similar. While working along with a bride,(lets call her Nicole), to create her magical gown, we paid a few visits to the 'higher end' boutiques to get a feel for the best shape to suit. Nicole is a tall, beautiful regular size 12. Small by today's standard. I can't tell you how many times we were told "We have nothing in 'your' size", or sometimes the look from the sales assistant (that's all they are by the way) was enough to make us want to crawl in to the corner in fear. This is meant to be the best time of your life, a wonderful experience to kick start the celebration of marriage, not to give you even more insecurities than you already have. And lets face it, we women are the best hands down at being insecure about ourselves without any help from crabid old spinster sales assistants!!
Phew! that felt good!
While Nicole was trying to squeeze into the size 6 sample (the only size available) I noticed a young, very size 6 woman standing in front of the giant mirror with an expression that said 'I'm so over this'. Not a great start!
She looked like she needed a Fairy Godmother, should have gone to see LizieNellie for her prefect wedding dress of course!!
Ta Ta till next time,
LizieNellie.
Your Modern Fairy Godmother.
