And some other very rude comments.
I went to a salon that one of my close friends recommended to try on dresses, as she found her wedding dress there and had loved her consultant. When I arrived, my consultant asked me to please wait because she was finishing up with another client. I ended up waiting about 30 minutes, but I didn't mind, because I figured that meant she gave each client her utmost attention.
Well, after we did introductions, the consultant found out my wedding was a year away. She said, "Hasn't anyone told you the proper time to get a wedding dress?" I must have looked befuddled (likely because of her tone), and she said, "You're way too early. You'll find a dress you love now, then you'll get fat before the wedding at then it won't fit anymore."
I was absolutely floored she would say that, but kept my cool, and said, "Actually, I've been this size, weight, and shoe size since middle school. I don't think it'll be changing within the next year." She replied snarkily, "Well, you never know, do you?"
I then showed her pictures of dresses I really liked (IE, long sleeves, ballgowns) and she proceeded to pull everything but those styles (sleeveless, mermaid style fit...). Finally after the 4th dress, I asked, "Do you maybe have something with sleeves?" She said she did, so we tried that dress, but I hated the drop waist on it. I told her so, and she replied, "Well, you'll have to tolerate it for the next dress I chose, because it has a drop waist too. You should just try and like it."
She also kept putting clips on the dress after we had already walked out to show my party, which was awkward to hold my dress up in the bust and have it be slipping around slightly while she fumbled with the clips. I asked if we could maybe do the clips in the dressing room, and she told me, "Hey sweetie, I know how to do my job, it's okay," with a little laugh.
When my party would offer their opinion on the dress, she would chime in with comments like, "Yeah, you're right, that really does look awful on her!" or "No groom wants to see a bride with a tummy pooch like that."
She cut our appt off half an hour early (which I was thankful for at that point), and told me that I should try coming back closer to my wedding date, reminding me again that "I'll know what size you'll actually be then." It just felt so impersonal and awful, it put me off shopping for a while. Hope I'm not the only one with horror stories like this.
