Emergency - Coast Mandy dress , size 18

[GreatGooglyMoogly]

My friends wants this to be her wedding dress but despite the website showing it as in stock in size 18, Coast say they don't have any :(. She is distraught, to say the least and nowhere else has it in stock online either. Can anyone think of a way I can get this for her? I'm thinking I will need to phone the stores tomorrow to see if they have one I can go and buy. Aaargh! TIA.

What did TSSDNCOP say ?

Bike it's all in the nickname

I'm not at liberty to say BikeRunSki but the panic is still on for now though she may be able to help.

canyou you are awesome but I suspect the Irish website it having the same problem as the UK one and they don't really have any in stock.

Hope you don't mind but have tweeted them a link to this site

*thread even

The more help the better NotAQueef :)

greatgoogly coast have messaged me asking for my email address so they can help
Shall I just ask if they can advise which stores, if any have the Mandy in an 18 in stock. If none, when will they be back in?

Unless you want to pm your email address and I'll get them to contact ou?

Fingers crossed that I have just bought the dress from a store that is going to send it to me!

Whoop! Please come back & tell us if she likes it - I really need to know.

Does your friend know you are doing this for her? You seem to be a lovely friend.

If it's not ok (hope it is) there's a bit on this morning now (12 noon) about designing your own wedding dress. I've been wondering in & out, think they've just said about £250 made to measure. They look really nice.

Thanks . My friend doesn't usually like dresses but has fallen in love with this one for her wedding so I couldn't let her be disappointed if there was anything I could do about it. She knows that I tried (and failed) to buy one online for her but I don't want to get her hopes up until I am holding it in my hands this time!

Has she tried the size 16? Sizes vary so much between shops, it may fit?

greatgoogly you are lovely. Really Hope she gets it. I feel very involved in this wedding, please let us know how you get on.

Well, there has been a lot of activity and amusement going on today!

I had a message from my friend's sister in Canada telling me that she had (been up at 3am her time) ordered the dress from a Coast shop and hoped it was okay that she was having it sent to me. So I told her that I had ordered one too and she said at least now we have a back up :). Then someone from this thread who shall remain nameless (you know who you are ) let me know that she had put one on hold for me in another shop and that there were two more shops that had it as well just in case! So we could have 5 dresses if we wanted but we should have 2 soon :). The bride now knows all of this and is very happy .

The dress is quite a simple one to copy: It is a basic strapless dress with a lace & chiffon overlay which is caught up at the bottom to create the "bubble effect" at the hem. Perhaps your friend could take it to a seamstress to have it made?

Oops. Should have read the remainder of the thread past page 1

Oh lovely update

great result

One of the dresses has arrived!

Just read the thread. Outcome sounds great!

Bursting to know, does your friend like the dress???

The second dress has arrived! I have compared them and the first looks like it's made better so I shall hopefully get to both a Coast shop and the post office this week so that one can be returned and the other sent to my friend !

What a wonderful friend you are :)