Wedding Dress..Private Collection?

I ran out of room...anyway...the bridal shop doesn't want you going anywhere else so they just say private collection and make you think that shop is the only place that will have it. I've tried private label by g. Thinking this woman was mistaken but, no, wasn't it. Anyone have any ideas on how to narrow this down?

Note that these are NOT my words. I found this on a forum:

'Here's what I know about the "Collection" It is a select subset of Jaqueline gowns that are sent to bridal shops but NOT advertised. In fact Jacqueline does not even put thier name inside the dress at all- just the Label "Private Collection" and another tag with the style number size and color.

I too thought that my dress was a Private Label by G dress for about a day untill I double checked the tags- and then confronted my store. After overhearing a heated conversation between sister stores (Involving WHY they let me write down the tag information... It was rather disturbing) I heard one of them slip that they'd "Write down the damn Jacqueline dress and make sure none of the employee's ever made THAT kind of mistake again." I confirmed with the other store undercover that yes, indeed, my dress was the Jacqueline "Private Collection" and not the stores in-house design (Which they were trying to tell me it was)...CONT:

Private Collection dresses are not available for viewing on the internet. There are no publicity shots of them, and stores apparently take a perverse delight in claiming that these dresses are exclusive.

Which is a blatent, total, and horrible LIE.

My "exclusive" dress was available through a DBS represenative at HALF the cost that the bridal shop was selling it for (They were selling it at 600- My DBS quoted me 302) and it turns out that the RETAIL on these silly dresses is even LOWER than what many stores are selling them at. Retail for my dress was approxametly 370$ But since there is no basis for comparison (As they're not on the internet... as they're feeding brides the line that they're exclusive...) I would have accepted the price at any price they gave me.'

http://www.windsorpeak.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=208159

I am not sure if dresses would compare in any way to eyeglassses, but being in optical management a "private collection" was a bunch of different designers that sold their product for a deep discount for one reason or another (last season, discontinued, slightly irregular) and without the brand name label. They would then contract with certain locations to carry them as a "private collection." In actuality there is nothing wrong with them and they are designer items, it's just shops could get them at a discount. The truth is though, that the designers do limit the number of shops in a particular area that are able to carry certain styles, to ensure the shop can keep their reputation for having the "exclusives."

It may be the same, it may not.

Regardless, if you love the dress does it really matter what label it is? No one will care on the wedding day...unless your guests are the fashion industry.

Keep looking in my opinion! If you haven't had a fitting yet do that first

Good luck