Thanks to the site ‘Borrow Me,’ brides-to-be can shop for a wedding dress without
leaving home. For $35.00 per dress (includes roundtrip shipping) you can borrow
a dress for 48 hours. No longer do you have to battle the crowds.
Have a ‘Home Dress Party’ and invite family and friends to
help you choose. You’ll even be able to skype and consult with a personal
stylist.
I think if you’re a girl who has a good idea of what type
dress you want, this is a great service. However, if you’re the girl who tries
on ten dresses when shopping and picks the original, this may not be for you –
unless money is no object. It adds up… quickly. Also, if you’ll need to try on
multiple dresses, then you’ll need to do so way in advance as the back and
forth shipping will take time.
Since the package is transported via mail, my question is –
who pays if it’s lost in the mail? And what if at your ‘Home Dress Party’
(where wine is served) someone spills red wine on you. Who pays? The person who
spilt the wine? The dress company? Or, will you be liable, like a customer in a
china shop where the policy is – ‘you break it, you buy it.’
Also, since you’re not in a showroom with an attendant
supervising, your little sister, the one who borrowed (and stretched out) your
sweaters without asking, when you were teenagers, will want to try it on. She always
resented you for getting the new, pretty clothes first and that she got the
hand-me-downs. But, that’s a different story for another day. You let her try
it on and gasp when you hear the rip.
Who pays? You? Your sister? This could cause more friction in an already
contemptuous relationship. She may step down from the job of bridesmaid. Bye the
way, the site also sells bridesmaid dresses.
Shopping for a wedding gown with my daughter was quite an
experience. At one shop she told the attendant she wanted a ‘simple dress with
no frills.’ The guy must have heard ‘I want a Gone With the Wind’ dress. Each
dress got bigger and heavier. One dress was so big I had to look inside for my
daughter. I didn’t see her; but, I swear I saw clowns doing acrobatics. Wearing
a 10 pound dress on your wedding day may be challenging and tiring, but I
imagine the clowns are there to help.