Can I be sued for adjusting friends wedding dress?

[Indulgingmum]

I have a "friend" haven't seen her for few years we drifted apart. Her wedding has been cancelled twice once with Covid and once with her mother's sudden death.

Her original dress is toooooo big now she's lost loads of weight.

She contacted me
Out of the blue to ask would I take up her new dress as she hadn't time to get a dressmaker because they are eloping.

I make my own clothes so it's something I am
Able to do. I said yes if you're in a fix.

So she brought me dress said it was from her other friend and its needs turned up. When she tried it on it needed a couple other small things fixed too where it was badly constructed.

I cut 19cm off the dress and hemmed it (4 layers) and spent ages unpicking the back seam and straightening it. I then made a waist sash out of the hem as asked.

She collected the dress two weeks ago. I did this as a favour so no money or anything changed hands.

The brides other friend contacted me on Facebook and said I'd ruined her dress. Said she was going to see a solicitor because it was ruined and she couldn't use it again ( it's a wedding dress made with fairly cheap fabric and wouldn't have cost a lot to start with and was badly constructed) when I gave it back it was in better condition than what I received.

Can she sue me for doing this? As far as I was aware it was the brides to do with as she pleased. I've messaged the bride and she hasn't replied.

The dress owners issue is with the bride not you.

Not a lawyer but has she said on what grounds she is suing you?
Other than the fact she's watched too much American TV

Doing it. As said on what basis is she suing you?

There's no contract
No money has changed hands

I bet they just want to scam some money out of you.

That should say 'I doubt it' not 'doing it'

Of course she can’t. She’s being ridiculous.

No, she is being very silly.

Absolutely not. You acted in good faith. It's the bride who the owner needs to take it up with.

Also no one is going to sue over a cheap dress. She wants you to give her money and thinks scaring you will achieve it. Even taking it to small claims successfully she would get back less than she paid to file.

I'd reply with something like:

Thanks for your message. My instructions came from X, who was the one who chose to alter the dress and handed it over to me. You will have to pursue her for any compensation or legal recourse you feel entitled to.

Please don't contact me again on this matter.

Best wishes.

Tell her to fuck off idiot..and block.

I'm just imagining what Judge Rinder would say about this... have you got before and after photos and evidence of her request on what she wanted altered? I expect he will say you improved it and she took the risk rather than going to a 'professional' dress alteration shop. You did her a favour, that's the risk she took. NEXT!!!

Of course she can't. She sounds like a money grasping cow. Don't respond and block her. Equally block the bride to be. These two sound delightful.

Good luck to her with that case. Block and ignore.

Note that the dress owner didn't make any requests or take the dress to OP, someone else did and OP wasn't even aware of who actually owned it.

OP, don't engage with this person AT ALL or you will encourage the crazy

Ha ha, cheeky fuckery at its finest. And if she's eloping presumably there won't be many people there to see the dress.
Have you tried saying to the friend 'I don't care what you think, bride needs to contact me directly'
Not sure why friend is doing it on the bride's behalf.

Because the friend of the bride is the dress owner, probably her wedding dress that she leant to the bride without realizing the drastic changes it would need to make it wearable by the bride. I am sure the OP did improve the dress but from the owner's point of view it has been changed enormously and obviously she wasn't expecting that. The bride is the CF here, if someone did that to my wedding dress I'd be horrified, but I would go after the person who requested the changes not the seamstress.

Ah, sorry missed that bit, makes more sense now, but yes, bride should have checked with friend

All seems very odd like maybe they set it up ?

Sounds like she needs to take it up with the friend who borrowed the dress. I wouldn’t reply to the message at all. She can speak to a solicitor and they may send a letter to you at her instruction and cost but it doesn’t mean you are liable. Let her waste her money on the solicitor and if they contact you state “I do not know this person and have never been approached by her to make alterations to a dress. Please direct your enquiries to whomever X gave her dress to. I am unable to offer any further assistance in this matter.”

Lol tell her that even half an hour of a solicitors time will cost her more than her dress did in the first place.

If she's going to threaten to sue anyone, surely is the friend she gave the dress to?

Not your circus, not your monkeys.

How did the dress owner get your contact details?

Someone GAVE you that dress.
For what purpose?

The third party nothing to do with you.

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Dear X,
I have had advice about the situation you have with your dress. Your issue is with your friend, and not with me.
It is unfortunate that you and Y, miscommunicated resulting in your current situation, I do hope that the two of you are able to resolve this amicably.

Kind regards,
OP

what @doodleschnoodle said. Then block her and never think of it again.

Who borrows / lend wedding dresses LOL
Is this a thing?
Especially cheap ones for eloping?

These two women are crazy

OP, YABU to even talking to this ‘friend’ that came out of the blue and asked for such favour

Said she was going to see a solicitor because it was ruined and she couldn't use it again

Why would the friend who originally owned the dress want to use it again?
Presumably the friend wore it when she got married and, even if she's remarrying, it would very odd to wear the same dress again.

I agree with all the previous posters who have said that the dress owner's issue is with her friend, not with you, @Indulgingmum. Why would you doubt that your friend was allowed to alter the dress!