Katherine was so kind to work with. She was fun and spunky, and although sometimes the progress of my dress at apts was not as far along as promised before, I knew we had time and she would get it done. Unfortunately, the day of my wedding, my... dress fell apart :( The bustle straps broke within 20 minutes of bustling the dress, where at the end of the night my bridesmaids were having to safety pin and create their "own bustle" for me....this was unfortunate as well because the bottom of my dress got so dirty from the bustle falling apart and the dress getting on the ground and having to pin it up. Additionally, the cups sewn it had so few stitches that they literally fell out of place. My dress fit perfectly and required few alterations (no hem even needed), but at the end of the night 1 cup was literally just floating in the dress with no stitches to anchor it for my bust, so I had to keep adjusting it. The other cup had 1 stitch left to anchor it by the end of the night. The trouble that these issues caused were stressful to deal with the day of the wedding, and a disappointment as Katherine is really nice. I am wearing this dress again next year for a 2nd reception overseas for my husband's family and it's so unfortunate to have to pay for more alterations (basically paying for the same service twice now) to be done to wear it again since these did not hold.
My mother also had her dress altered here for the wedding and had extra matching fabric put on the bottom to "extend" the length of her dress with an inside layer. BEFORE the ceremony even began, this extra fabric was fraying and thread was everywhere around her feet, it wasn't hemmed properly. We had to end up tearing this extra piece off of the dress before the wedding even began.
