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Buyer Beware! Don’t get lured in by “unbelievable” deals. They might be tempting, but can lead to disaster. Source: Brides Magazine
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Don’t get scammed by counterfeit wedding gown retailers online. Know the facts prior to making the most important fashion decision of your life. Here are a few tips to help you be aware of your...
View ArticleBrides Magazine Wants Its App to Take on Wedding Dress Counterfeiters
The latest update to Brides magazine’s Wedding Genius app is designed to help brides and wedding planners identify counterfeit goods, which cost the bridal industry millions each year. The magazine...
View ArticleThat Most Important Dress, or at Least a Look-Alike
When she discovered that her wedding gowns were being knocked off in China and sold online, Elizabeth Dye felt both frustrated and flattered. A Web site was offering to make her $1,300 For Emily gown,...
View ArticleNew EU Law Clamps Down On Fake Goods
Click on the picture to view the BBC News video! A change in European law means that customs now have the right to seize and destroy fake goods bought from outside Europe. The BBC’s Dominic...
View ArticleScammers Target Prom-Goers With Fake Designer Dresses
Click on the picture to view the Today video! A new warning for high school girls and their parents: With prom coming up, there are scammers targeting teens, and ruining their big night. We’ve told...
View ArticleWedding Dresses Online: Here Comes the Fakes
Click on the picture for the full video! Every year, more than 600,000 fake wedding dresses are bought online. Brides think they’re getting the real deal for the big day, but what they’re getting...
View ArticleKnockoffs Hurt Firms, Workers and Customers
About 50,000 New Jersey brides will wed this year, spending roughly $2.1 billion on their weddings. That’s equivalent to the size of the entire economy of the Cayman Islands. Most in the wedding...
View ArticleSay Yes To The Dress, But No To The Fake
Shoppers fill their arms with wedding dresses at Filene’s Basement during a ”Running of the Brides” bridal dress sale in New York February 5, 2010. Christine Stachurski said yes to the dress – and...
View ArticleConsumer Alert: The Downside of Ordering Online
A teen who ordered a prom dress online says that when it arrived, it was the wrong size and poorly made. Pat Foran reports. Click on the image or go here to watch the video.
View ArticleGown Shoppers Get Burned By Knockoff Dresses
The New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs has issued a consumer alert aimed at anyone shopping for a formal gown. Click on the image or go here to watch the video.
View ArticleSen. Menendez Cracks Down On Counterfeit Wedding And Prom Gowns Entering US
Sen. Menendez proposes legislation to curb flow of counterfeit dresses into U.S. (Credit: Sen. Menendez’s Office) CALDWELL, N.J. (CBSNewYork) – U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez is proposing legislation to...
View ArticleA Bride-to-Be Purchased a Gown Online – She Got This Instead!
A bride-to-be in Kansas purchased a gown online and it turned out to be counterfeit Mori Lee bridal gown. The gown was so awful that the bride had to purchase a gown off the rack at a local bridal...
View ArticleSome Discount Clothes Look Stylish Online – But Cheap and Shoddy On You
Lindsay Ferrier, a blogger and mother of two from Nashville, Tennessee, was tempted by great-looking clothes she spotted at low prices on Facebook, so she bought some. But when they arrived in the...
View ArticleBeware the Online Discount Wedding Dresses
Angry brides share knock-off nightmares after buying gowns that looked stunning online but are HIDEOUS in real life. Given the high price tag of wedding dresses in boutiques and department stores, it’s...
View Article15 Wedding Dresses Ordered Online That Look Nothing Like The Real Thing
While online shopping is always risky, buying a wedding dress online may be biggest gamble of them all. Still, many brides-to-be will scour the internet in search of tempting discounts or convincing...
View ArticleHow to Buy a Cheap Wedding Dress (Without Getting Ripped Off)
Congratulations! You’re engaged! The easy part is over–you found someone to spend the rest of your life with–now you have just few short months to plan a wedding, and perhaps most importantly, find a...
View ArticleWhat the Fake?!? Buyer Beware!
Don’t get scammed by counterfeit wedding gown retailers online.
View ArticleCounterfeit Bridal Gowns
This is a must see PSA for anyone planning a wedding. It features Jim Verraros, Vice President of Bridal Expo Chicago + Milwaukee luxury bridal shows speaking truthfully about brides who are suckered...
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