![]() ![]() “I worked so much overtime just to pay for that. Taylor said she thinks it’s unlikely she’ll get her deposit back. Taylor had paid for most of it and was going to complete the purchase when the dress was ready this fall, she said.Īfter learning the company had shut down, she tried calling different stores and rushed to one in Ontario because the phone number still worked, only to see a rack of dresses inside the locked doors, she said. So they came and shopped with us.”įor Redlands bride-to-be Brenda Taylor, 37, the frustration and disappointment have led her to consider canceling her July wedding next summer.Īfter looking for a dress for a year, she finally found one at Alfred Angelo’s Riverside store that she liked and that came in her size – the Jasmine gown from the Disney collection. “We had a couple walk in the door who had gone to an Alfred Angelo store in Brea by the Brea Mall, and they said that store was no longer able to order dresses - everything in the store was discounted. “We kind of got wind about it last weekend,” she said. ![]() Tory Dean, a manager with The Dresser Bridal Couture shop in Fullerton, said she figured something was up before the stores abruptly closed. Redmond told the Sun-Sentinel in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., that she will work with a court-appointed trustee to release bridal dresses being held by the stores. In a telephone interview, she said had received more than 3,500 emails from panicked brides. Redmond with the Miami, Fla.-based law firm Stearns Weaver Miller Weissler Alhadeff&Sitterson. “I don’t know what I’m going to do.”īrides or bridal parties who have been impacted by the sudden closures have been advised to contact attorney Patricia A. “I’m really trying to stay calm, but all the money we put into these dresses,” Mejia said. The retailer, known for its Disney-themed designs, also has partnerships with some 1,400 retailers. stores as it filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy. She wondered why someone from the store didn’t call her Thursday when they were still open.Īlfred Angelo, one of the world’s largest manufacturers and retailers of wedding gowns, closed all 60 of its U.S. She tried the phone numbers listed on a memo taped to the shop door, but only got recordings. “You better go see if you can get your dress.” Mejia was in disbelief when she got a 6 a.m. text from her mother. Her $1,800 dress, a strapless white gown with a full skirt and beaded bodice, was paid for and at the shop to be pressed for her wedding Saturday, July 15. It does not store any personal data.Bride-to-be Darlene Mejia, 27, was waiting nervously Friday morning outside the closed Alfred Angelo store at Tyler Street and Magnolia Avenue in Riverside. The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Performance". This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Other. The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Necessary". The cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category "Functional". The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Analytics". These cookies ensure basic functionalities and security features of the website, anonymously. Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. ![]()
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