ASK US about *YOUR* wedding dress!

Dear Bride-To-Be,

 

We receive lot of wedding dress inquiries and, honestly gals, it is a lot of work to provide a personal response to everybody who asks a question. But that is the way we like to do things here-- 100% PERSONAL! We are a small design studio and we like it that way. We do need your help and cooperation so that it does not become impossible for us to answer each inquiry personally.

Please help us by keeping these things in mind:

Know specifically what style(s) and fabric(s) you think you want before emailing.

Try to narrow down your first inquiry questions to the most important.

Take advantage of the information we have put on the website already to answer questions. Want to know if we have gold fabric? Check our fabric swatches. (Etc.

Please be considerate with regard to how many questions you've asked and how many emails you expect from us. A single wedding dress email can frequently take up to three hours to answer. We ask that you be considerate of our time, and, most of all, please read our answers thoroughly! So often we are called upon to answer the same question or request information bride more than once because someone didn't read the information thoroughly the first time we sent it.

PLEASE CALL and speak directly with the designer! We can cover a lot more territory with you on the telephone that we can cover by composing lengthy emails and you will get also sense of confidence by talking to a human being who you are sure understands.

YOU CAN TALK TO US ON THE PHONE FREE FROM ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD! Click on the "Call Us!" button on the upper left corner of on our home page.

Katherine is an American with an exacting Hollywood costume and Manhattan fashion industry background. Our Bali staff handle the email, consulting with Katherine when there is a customer question requiring Katherine's knowledge or input. We all genuinely care about your being *delighted* with your dress! You are in SUCH good hands. While you will note that our emails are answered by non-native English speakers, there is honestly no need to fear that there may be carelessness or incompetence simply because English is not their first language.

 

 

We would NEVER, EVER ignore you! Please allow a few days for us to answer you, then let us know if you don't hear back from us as we have experienced occasional email loss!

The following is the information we need in order to answer your questions knowledgeably.
Your first and last name:
Your email address: Whoa! Careful!

Where are you (City/ State/Province/Country)?

How did you hear about us?:
* Please state the dress style(s) you have in mind. Kindly refer to The Catalog of Styles and use the correct style name: *
* Please state the COLOR(s) and fabric(s) you have in mind, using the swatch number, if applicable, as shown on our web site fabric choices:
* Since monitors differ, we recommend that you request a swatch of your fabric choice(s)! Specify which fabrics you will need and we'll let you know the cost and your shipping options.

* We will help you stay on budget! We have so many fabric and style options. Let us know, and we will try to make those recommendations that help keep the price of your dress under:
Your wedding dress? Rehearsal dinner? Your sister's wedding? Please enter the purpose of the dress:
What is the date of the wedding?
What is the date by which you need to receive this item (in order to alter if necessary, to buy shoes, etc.)
Preliminary measurements are required.

Please fill in the preliminary size information below.

Don't worry- we will get more and exact measurements from you later. This info is only for the sake of the initial discussion.

There may be more detailed info required before we can give you a firm price quote.

Please use a tape measure and check this link "here" for photos showing you how and where to measure, if unsure.
Please enter your height:
What is your bra size, including cup size?:
Please enter your full bust measurement: (Your bra size is not your full bust measurement.)
Please enter your waist measurement. This is above your belly button at the base of your bottom rib! NOT the same as your jeans waist) :
Please enter the measurement of the widest point around your hips/thighs or derriere:

Please briefly state your questions here, plus any issues such as tattoos to cover (or show off!) and figure concerns, if any. Thanks!

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Inquiry turn-around time :

We have just one full time person to answer email. Some questions require considerable research and discussion, and we have a number of inquiries at any one time. But we'd NEVER, EVER ignore you! Please allow several days for us to answer your question, then let us know if you don't hear back from us as we have experienced occasional email loss!

Price inquiries:

Most Whirlingturban wedding dresses generally are priced between $425 and $2000, plus shipping which is usually around $30-$60. The dresses in our "Prix Fixe Wedding dresses" plus dresses in rayon & cotton prints and ikat cotton dresses tend to be on the lower end of this range while silk dresses with more complex custom-fitting or unique custom design changes- like a skirt or sleeve we haven't done here before- tend to be on the upper end of this range.

Sometimes we will recommend a loaner dress or a toile or test dress be made for you in a more casual fabric in order that we can test your personal pattern. Or we might recommend that a fitting muslin be sent to you and photographed on you with the resulting snapshots emailed to us. These steps add to the cost.

If you provide the fabric, it may or may not reduce the price of the dress; this is determined on a case-by-case basis.

We will not be able to give you more specific quotes than what has been stated above until the details of what you want have been worked out and we have a good bit of knowledge about your personal figure. A personalized estimate that gives you a price more specific than what has been stated here can only occur toward the end of our discussion with you, when both your questions and our questions have been answered.

Dress turn-around time :

There is no short answer to this question. It is dependent upon the style and fabric you want, how busy we are, and how much prep time (pattern and dress form customization) will be required. Wedding dresses take longer than our "regular" custom- made dresses because of the prep time and because more email needs to take place beforehand, etc. We also accept only a limited number of wedding dress projects. If you are extremely easy to fit, if we already have patterns and dress forms here in your size, if the dress style is a bit more informal and fabric doesn't require special handling or a lining, or if the dress is already made an in stock, we might be able to get it to you in as little as 2-3 weeks! However, many of our brides plan with us more than a year in advance when there will be special details to work out or simply to insure that they have booked their construction time in our studio top avoid disappointment. Normally 2 months is the minimum, but book earlier than that if you can in order to avoid finding that we are too busy to make your dress, can't get the fabric you want or don't have time to include the special details you want.

If you have an idea for a wedding dress in a style we do not already make:

Bear in mind that only rarely are we able to make a dress for you in a style we don't already produce.

You will need to have assembled the pictures of your idea in order for us to discuss it with you. Please send photos or very, very clear drawings of each detail you want. Your ideas do not have to be encompassed in just one photo, but visuals for the entire idea have to be sent with your inquiry. If you have a couple of alternatives like "this bodice with either this skirt or this skirt", that's fine. We'd be happy to give you our opinion about which choice we think would work best. Please wait to contact us until you can submit your visuals. Make your inquiry on the form above and then send your visuals as attachments to: wt.info.mindra@gmail.com

Just so you know:

We use more than measurements at Whirlingturban- we study your unique curves and we create a dress form that duplicates them upon which to fit and “build” your dress! We will require body photos to achieve our highly-individualized fit.

See examples of body pics "here" .

We may need to see these before we can answer all your questions. We'll let you know!
 

What did you see on image below?