Luckily, McKenzie said, she has some sweet bridesmaids who have set up other bridal appointments for her, and she'll begin her search this weekend. Now, just two months before her black tie wedding, she's out the deposit on her $1,200 dress, and starting over with hopes of finding that dream dress, again. McKenzie said she reached out to the store's attorneys, who told her they had received 7,000 emails but could not guarantee a resolution.
My fiance got out of the car, went to the door," McKenzie said. But McKenzie said her world was turned upside down on Friday, when she heard the business was permanently closing its doors - leaving customers in the dark. She found her dream dress, put down a deposit and put in the order right away. "(I) did the whole thing with the veil and a belt and the accessories," McKenzie said. "I didn't realize that the last song was an original and at the end of it, he proposed."įour years in a relationship turned into months of planning and then a day of bliss - trying on dresses at the bridal mega-chain Alfred Angelo. "I was helping him with the event, promoting the event," she said. When her boyfriend of four years solidified his love before their friends and family, McKenzie described it as a day like none other. So it definitely throws it off with what I had in mind." "I have to start all over again," McKenzie said. Ty McKenzie said she's upset because the closing has also overshadowed the joy of planning her wedding. Many brides-to-be took to social media to express their frustration and hope that they could still get their dresses. The sudden closing has created more bridezillas than usual. The dress retailer, which has 60 stores nationwide and sells at 1,400 other locations, has its headquarters in Delray Beach. Her story, just like thousands of other women's, comes just days after Alfred Angelo Bridal stores nationwide closed with zero warning.Īlfred Angelo Bridal filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy liquidation in Florida on Friday. – Talk about adding to the stress of planning a wedding.Ī Jacksonville bride-to-be told News4Jax on Wednesday that she has to start the search for the perfect wedding dress all over again - just two months before her big day. I Do, I Do Bridal in Gaithersburg, Maryland, said they heard all about this from a bride and their customers are also left in limbo.Īn employee at another location told us over the phone that they are expecting some sort of statement to be put online at around noon Friday and it will hopefully provide some more answers for these brides who do not know where their gowns and dresses are.JACKSONVILLE, Fla. There was no answer at any of their listed phone numbers, even for the hundreds of smaller wedding stores that they supply dresses for. Their website still advertises a sale to make room for the fall inventory. In the meantime, there has been no official statement from Alfred Angelo. It was pure dedication to their trade because they learned Thursday morning that they no longer have a job. The employees at the Springfield location stayed late trying to ship out any dresses that have been paid for, but customers did not come back to retrieve. They have not provided any further details, but one bride sent us a photo of a sign posted on the store's door saying it was closed. Police in Henrico County confirm there was an incident at the Alfred Angelo store in the Richmond area. I guess somebody showed up, kind of like how I feel right now - a little bit frantic." "The chances of us getting our dresses and getting our money back - who knows? Right now, I'm like, 'Do I start looking for another dress? Am I out a thousand dollars?' What kind of business practice is this? One of the saleswomen inside told me that in the Richmond store, they had to close at 4 because there was an assault. "Then I just got the news that I was not hoping for," Rayner said. She found out all about this while watching FOX 5 News at the gym Thursday evening and immediately headed over to the Springfield store. "How this all kind of rolled out sounds like a complete mess," said bride-to-be Manuela Rayner. We have spent a lot of time and money and it's a big deal." It's only a dress.' Then the more I thought about it, this was the dress. "She was in tears," this Maryland mother said about her daughter. For one couple from Baltimore, when their daughter's wedding gown was nowhere to be found, they drove to Springfield because they heard this shop had a similar style on display.
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