Wow I cant wait to see the law suit on this, this is crazy this poor bride to pay so much money and to think ur getting ur dream dress and have to buy a off the rack dress due to this scammer who knew she was going to get bad media about her so she posts agaisnt the bride to get a jump on her bad dress this is horrible and to post her address online she should go to jail this is also mail fraud so this poor bride better sue to stop this women from doing this to others I feel so sorry for her to have to deal with this on top of everthing she has going on
@noodlepoodlegirl It's deep and dark and way too dramatic for something that's supposed to be as fun as beauty pageants - not to mention expensive! Cheap customs are $400-$500 dollars for a toddler's dress
Honestly as soon as someone says that they open a gofundme because they got "scammed," I automatically know that something with their story is not right.
I'd be suing this lady not only for the cost of the dress but for all the travel fees to get to the fittings and the time wasted. Not to mention defamation to top it all off. This is ludicrous!
That the bride didn't cancel the order 1) when she didn't get swatches, 2) when she didn't get updates, 3) when they refused to do a fitting *after she flew there for one* 4) when the dress wasn't completed on the day the contract specified showed how much she wanted this to work.
I would 100% go after her legally. She committed defamation and also put her and her loved ones' lives at risk by doxxing her. She is a garbage person. Its hard enough out here for small businesses and artists as it is to make money. situations like this poison the well and make it even harder on the actually good businesses to see any success
I honestly hope the bride does because based on the fact she was able to fly back and forth for these fittings, the bride has money. If this designer did this to her, she's definitely done it to poorer women too
Same. Law student here and the whole time I was like PLS FIND LEGAL COUNSEL!! I honestly see so many friends get scammed or lied to by people who CLEARLY DONT KNOW THE LAW. If you dont do your job and you break the contract…. THE CONTRACT IS INVALID AND YOU OWE ME $ + damages PERIOD. I wish more people had access to legal counsel 😔 Sad but we really need to know our rights and know the law.
Here’s my suspicion. The dress was made in China or other country. They ordered it and they were waiting for it to come in so they can do alterations (poorly) and sell it off as their own.
Exactly my thoughts also. I've seen too many videos out there where women order a fabulous looking gown from these selling sites for very little money and it always looks like crap. There are even websites devoted to showing "What I Ordered and What I Got!". It looks like this "designer" inserted herself as a middle man and just ordered these dresses from China and maybe doing a little altering.
My friend ordered a cheap wedding dress from China and the pic was gorgeous but when she got it it was a total mess and looked horrible !! They supposedly made it for her. It was a mess. Luckily it was cheap and she didn’t lose much money. She went out and got a real dress.
Wow I'm a newbie sewing and I can see how horrible that dress is and the price is extortion as well I wudnt pay 1000 for it let alone anything else and wud have found some one more local
That “designer” purposely posted her video that Friday evening imo because she KNEW the bride wouldn’t see it since she told her she’s blocking her until Monday. She figured she would put her story out and since the bride wouldn’t be able to respond for days everyone would believe her and the bride would look “sketchy” by not responding for days. It’s absolutely insane that the brides address, phone number, place of work etc was leaked and that people threatened her, her business and even friend’s businesses. What is wrong with people?? They aren’t even a part of this problem and are threatening someone? Just insane!
Funny thing is that the bride said she didn't actually block the designer, she just said that because you know, bride was needing to focus on her freaking wedding that was going to be the next and not put so much unneeded energy on something that should've been less like pulling teeth then it actually was. So, since the bride didn't actually block the designer, that means the bride probably saw that designers video of lies *right before she was supposed to be walking down the aisle*. Which basically means that this 'designer' went more malicious than malicious probably has ever been in the history of the world to ruin this bride's wedding, life, and even the lives of the bride's family and friends with all the flying monkeys that were sent their way, all for what seems to be the bride saying that they didn't like the dress they had received and that the bride wasn't going to be talking to the designer until Monday so the bride could've somewhat enjoyed her newly married life.
and the fact that she was like the bride is acting shady and not posting any pictures when most people dont get their wedding pictures back until maybe a month or several months later...
I literally hate so much of the human race! This woman needs to pay and literally, criminal charges should be brought against her for doxxing this woman ans sending her minions after her. I'd never ever, even after seeing this loser and what she's done wrong '- go out of my way in my busy ass life and threaten her or try and find out where she lives, phone number etc all because of and for some rando on the internet. I DON'T get it. You have to be a psychopath to do stuff like this.
Even more insane that people get passionately upset about this kind of thing to the point of threatening people, but don't care about homeless people, women's rights, civil rights, tax cuts for the rich, education, etc ...The Social Media Culture is rotting our collective brain.
I think the dress she ended up wearing matched the aesthetics of her wedding so much more. She got married outside, her husband wore jeans and a cowboy hat, and I think her dress matched perfectly. It was simple, elegant, minimalist and form fitting. Even her hair down and flowy went so well. She looked stunning.
I agree 100% I do think her dress turned out to be perfect! She will one day look back and be pleased about her dress…however, I can only imagine how stressful that had to be. It was a dream…she has dreamed about this day her entire life. It is irrelevant that it turned out better, you know what I mean.
What a bunch of bs. Especially to play the "black woman in business" card, knowing full well that people are going to fly to your defense and then scamming people to send their hard earned money to you... That is just absolutely disgusting. Not only scamming the bride but also scamming random people in the internet.
Not to mention she scams black women on a regular basis after updates have come to light. She was just after flying monkeys with that race card and the posts
Before I even heard the brides side I was sussed out by the dressmaker, because she had no problem running her mouth and blasting Riley's handle all over, but never had the balls to stand on her message by showing her face. Her first couple videos she's totally hidden, but Riley isn't. Shady af behavior
Same, showing Riley's face and not her, not showing the end result of the dress, showing a video similar of the dress wore by another customer (I guess), using the race card for rallying people and showing her employees but herself was so shady
Yup. If she isn't showing her have you know she is lying. Also, who sends a dress without getting payment first. Shipping alone would have been over $100.
@@ophelia3401 Exactly, and all shipping places offer INSURANCE for theft (and disaster, and lost shipments). It's so tacky to go online and air this stuff. I bet she claimed the insurance.
You don't use E6000 glue because it stiffens up the fabric and affects the drape. It's only for costumes or craft applications. I suspect that's what is making the fabric stick out from the body and hang so poufy and stiff. One would expect this dress to cost more for the amount of handsewn beading required OR to use beaded lace trim artfully attached. For the record, the amount of beading on this would take a long time--longer than quoted--to do by hand.
You wouldn't even use glue for the beading in a more serious cosplay contest! 😭 To have the audacity to do so with a dress you were paid for thousands of dollars is WILD. And I did better with centering the pleating on my first ever skirt! With 0 training/experience!
Casze is an LLC registered in Georgia. To do business in Miami, they would have to register as a foreign llc with Florida. I checked for their name and was unable to locate it. Which means that business might not be being legally conducted. Also, they have had at least two lawsuits and one BBB complaint - all for breach of contract.
I caught that also...!! What the heck is up with all the corruption and scamming going on in Fulton County Georgia....?!! Apparently the judge's aren't very strict on scam artist in that County, or else there wouldn't be so much corruption going on there.....!!
She ordered a custom dress and they made it look like a fast fashion prom mess. I know she had a dream and it could’ve been a reality but I’m glad she was still able to find a beautiful dress even though it seemed super stressful and last minute Also E-6000 is something I use for costumes and crafting, NOT EXPENSIVE GOWNS. You will ruin your nice fabrics and could feel stiff and scratched. It’s literally an industrial adhesive and gives off fumes
My favorite part is that she immediately voided the contract the second the bride didn’t receive the dress by the date specified on the contract. THEREFORE, the bride has the right to do exactly what she’s doing regarding the dress. Everything that was on that contract is now voided and I hope she rightfully gets her refund
That was my full reaction too. Like if it was legit, you wouldn't need to turn to your followers to get money, you could go after the bride with proof she stole the dress so the gofundme was a massive red flag and turns out the red flag was true.
@@rickimanasseh not the way it works, cops won't do anything, it's a civil matter, you have to take her to small claims Court. Just fyi for the future.
@@cyborgrat that’s not always true. Sad if they don’t do anything. But I’ve been in a similar situation and the police did get involved. Also, a report should always be made because it would aid with the quest of small claims if it goes that far.
Fr. I feel like in the long run she’ll be glad she wore a more classic, timeless dress. She looks beautiful in it. It doesn’t excuse what casze put her through though, she got SCAMMED
I agree. I get the vision behind the original dress, but the one she ended up wearing fits her body type a lot better than the unfinished one. A bit sad it didn't have the pearls/jewels she clearly wanted from the start, but she looked stunning.
Yeah honestly, even if the original idea had been executed well it is generally quite a tacky dress and not timeless at all. The dress she did end up wearing was so lovely!
Also, she manipulated her viewers to be horrible to her when she said "black business owner" and showing her clien was a white woman. She 100% knew people was going to be horrible to her, and send them on her way to do so.
Even the original video from Casze is full of red flags!!! 🚩🚩🚩 Why is the dress a rush order being shipped a few days before the wedding when you said you’ve been working on it for 5 months? You said you wouldn’t come fix the train, but when they went to a seamstress because it wasn’t fitting right, you asked why they didn’t contact you to fix it? You said you spent too much time and money on this and you were done, but you were willing to fly out to try and harass the bride when it’s her wedding weekend? Not to mention doxing someone’s personal info and siccing your followers on them is never a good thing to do, but ESPECIALLY with the huge accusation of “stealing”, when they’ve already paid you THOUSANDS of dollars and the whole situation hasn’t even been resolved yet (they JUST got the dress for the first time like a day before Casze posted the video!) NOT TO MENTION the audacity to be upset the remaining balance wasn’t paid fast enough when the dress itself was delayed multiple times. The irony!
I got married last year and this is a fucking NIGHTMARE. She seems so composed. I honestly think I wouldve caught an assault charge if this had happened to me. I had to get my dress ALTERED last minute and it was STRESSFUL. The fact that she was dealing with this lunacy for months.. i wouldve had panic attacks every night over this.
As a seamstress, I am SWEATING. How do these people have the audacity? I refashioned a dress for a friend's wedding and only charged her for materials, and you can bet your ass the tucks and pleats were all centered!!
same. just looking at the process and fittings and the final dress i cringed so so hard 😭 how is someone not embarrassed to give that kind of work to someone ?
It's been a long time since I have used a seamstress, and I am an amateur at sewing at best, but don't you think she also way under-charged for that? I don't know if you are professionals, but it seems to me that to get something of the quality of the original they showed, $6000 is just not enough. Just all the beading would take ages, like hundreds of man hours...
@@glenn_desert_witch I don't do this kind of work, and of course it looks like they didn't hand bead the skirt overlay, but $6k for an entirely custom hand beaded dress does seem low. That's coture work for off the rack prices. It makes sense that the beads were glued on because that takes time and work.
@@glenn_desert_witch i think they knew that they were just gonna glue on the pearls, which is much faster than actually doing it correctly. that's probably part of why the charge was lower than expected. i also imagine the beads and pearls they used are low quality bc i doubt they put any effort into that when it seemed like a corner they could cut
The E6000 bit made me clutch my cosplay pearls.......I use that glue for cosplay purposes when applying beads and fake gemstones usually, and it makes the fabric sooooooo stiff because when you use it the fabric sort of absorbs the glue. I could not imagine paying $6k for a garment and getting crunchy fabric covered in glued on fake gemstones...no wonder it fit so unflattering 💀 that fabric is stiff in some spots and flowy in others from the glue. Let alone the fact that E6000 isn't always perfect and sometimes gems and such can fall off with an imperfect application.
People like this ruin it for everyone. It’s time to go back to bridal stores and stop with the custom madness. I bought a $700 dress from a bridal store. Tried it, got it altered, went to the store as many times as i wanted to check on it and picked it up two weeks before my wedding. The most smooth and pleasant experience ever.
My sister got a custom dress and it was a nightmare. She spent so much time that day just trying to make sure it stayed on. I definitely think that a bridal store is the better way to go.
@@smilingstingray5537 how awful… buying a dress should be such a highlight, such a bright and positive experience…. I know many brides go for a custom, unusual, unique piece but sometimes getting a dress from the store is just as special and magical. Accessories can be added to make it stand out but honestly spending thousands on a dress and go through hell for it is not worth it.
You can get custom work from professionals with a track record... Sometimes even through a bridal shop. I get wanting custom, but part of the problem is that this bride wanted custom, cheap, and fast... From a company I can't even find with a Google search.
That works fine if you love what most people love at that time, but if not? I wanted a dress without lace. Every single dress around here has lots of lace. I asked so many bridal stores and finally gave up, I wore a compromise dress. But then, the dress was not a priority for me and it would have bothered me to not find even something remotely close to what I wanted if it had been a priority. Also, it can be an issue if you don't have a standard body (for example, I wear a cup G which makes it super hard to find anything that fits; I usually sew my clothes myself because I have no choice).
I get why people go on social media and call someone out but when you put their full name and stuff I feel like that’s putting them in danger cause some people are crazy. They will find out where they work, where they live and send death threats. That’s scary to me.
@hannahgibbs2426 I had someone try blackmailing me and when I wouldn't give in to their demands, they started a feeding frenzy on social media, posted my address, my phone #, and a made up story, and the next thing I knew I was being ruthlessly attacked on social media by complete strangers threatening to kill me, calling in false reports to law enforcement, stalking me, etc to the extent that I had to hire an attorney to go after the primary person, and also a few more people in order to make them somewhat stop dragging me through the mud. I'd gathered a lot of factual evidence regarding what they were doing, I eventually sued them, and a few years after that, they were criminally investigated, and then poof! they disappeared. So yes, posting someone's info with fictional stories can be harmful to whomever is being targeted by a nasty person, or people.
And it doesn't resolve anything. Especially for a business, it just made the vendor look vindictive, which she was, and clearly, by her own narrative, unable to make a deadline.
I'm tired of "black owned, woman owned, queer owned" selling argument because I've never been scammed as much as when trying to support those and tbh as a queer and disabled artist myself it makes me want to cry. Nowadays I'm just checkubg if the business is knows as ethical instead.
In general fubu companies should always be seen as red flags. The actual fubu guy from sharktank is notorious for partnering with literal scammers. If your stuff cant stand on its own merits and you need to sell that i can absolve some guilt, then thats what you were actually selling
Sorry you going through that but It should have always been like that, why we making decisions based on skin color or how we look? Rather than our character. What happen to don’t judge a books by it cover?
@@KAye633 its true. If the only way I can get your patronage is telling you that you're supporting a queer woman, then what I'm selling you is a warm fuzzy feeling.
She should definitely get a lawyer if she wants to see her money back. I’m an attorney, she can take her to small claims court, and she might even be able to succeeded on a defamation claim depending on the state. People on the Internet throw around threats of suing for defamation and they are almost always BS, this is different. I think she has a pretty good chance of winning a defamation suit because there’s evidence that the designers claims damaged business relations of the bride so her amount in damages may be fairly significant.
I was thinking the same thing, I doubt the designer has any money or business insurance so idk if it’d even be worth it to go through court despite the bride having a slam dunk case. Did anyone notice it looked like they got a hotel room for her dress fitting? That’s my guess as to why several fittings were canceled, probably running her “high end design” business out of a crummy apartment.
@@lilcassie777 Absolutely. Remember how the bride was told where they would meet on the day of the fitting, despite having asked over and over? I have no problem with people running businesses out of their apartments. As a matter of fact, most of the seamstresses I have had make me clothing work out of their home, and they often don't exude luxury. You can, however, see that they work there. There have dress forms, fabrics, other projects in various states of completion, an ironing board, a sewing machine (or machines), patterns, notions... You get it, it looks like they do this as their job. This seller clearly did not have such a place, and probably was trying to get a last-minute deal to take the bride to a local hotel or something to hide the fact she did not make it, nor any other clothing.
@Kimberly_Sparkles I'm not saying anything negative about people of any size just incase that's how it came across I'm just saying she looks way heavier in the dress she was sent then the size she looks in the video of the actual wedding pics.
no it's clear what you're saying. the dress was a mess and it made the bride look a mess. not only that it made her look way different than she actually did.
Even more than the size, I think she just looked so frumpy in that dress! I’m so glad that she got a new dress for the wedding, she looked gorgeous in the backup dress.
So something i noticed is that she said they didn't fit it after putting the beads on. Since they glued them, they essentially made it an entirely new fabric. Also, its just poorly made to begin with but when i was a seamstress we ALWAYS did fittings after adding heavy stuff like beading
I just went to David’s bridal. I ordered my dress 10 months in advance and it was shipped to me 2 weeks later. I could never do a custom made dress… my anxiety would not let me and almost 7k ABSOLUTELY NOT!
All the stuff on her site are cheap ali express bellydancing bead panels. This dress wouldn't be possible with those so thats part of the issue. Beyond that, its for sure stock photos
Isabella! I used to be a bridal gown consultant, and my shop did some custom gowns and the owner made mistakes like this. She is now out of business, and honestly, thank god. Before I left, she made me sign a noncompete, which I thought was dumb because she couldn't even compete with the other bridal salons in my state. I was one of the best saleswomen at the shop, and I think she knew if I went to a competitor I would tell everyone how horrible she ran her business and how terribly she treated brides. I didn't have to though because karma got her good. Karma will get this designer, too. No one should treat a Bride like this. They are already under so much stress, and their gown is so important- and needs to be treated as such.
Also, not related to my original comment, but something that is nagging at me from the designers video. She brings up her race and her gender as if that has anything to do with this specific issue, when it does not. We need to support and uplift POC Female Owned businesses, absolutely without a doubt, but to try to use that as a shield for your shitty behavior and bad business practices is disgusting. It could do damage to future businesses of people of these demographics, and is wildly unfair. I hope that this woman doesnt have a negative impact on people in her community, but I think it could negatively influence people who already have a bias just because she said those words in her initial video.
She's a scammer. She thought that she could weaponize her subs, but it makes me glad to know that she's now getting the hate that she was trying to put on to the bride.
As a small business owner, this makes me sick! This hurts us all when there are so many scammy people. This is all kinds of scammy. This lady needs to find a different profession all together and or go to business school.
Exactly! I own my own business and I had to hustle my ass off to do it all myself to ensure I wouldn’t have any issues paying before I hired employees. At the end of the day, I know that for them, they have other job options and if I don’t take care of them, I’m screwed - as my business grew, I can’t do it alone anymore. Even when we’ve had losses and slow periods, they are always paid.
Everyone gets paid before the owner. That's just the way it is in small businesses. Employee pay is just like every other expense. It must be paid. Especially because without employees youd have no business. On top of that I feel like this woman was pushing her being a black small business owner as well as her lying about circumstances to gain as much support as possible. The bride didn't even know what was going on until days later. And the fact that she started a Go Fund Me was super sus even if you think her story was exactly what happened. And why was her GFM amount double then what the dress was worth? What was the other $6k for? Plus her doxxing the bride is disgusting and unlawful n I hope the bride takes her to court. I hope her business suffers. She's an awful human and disrespectful and not professional and she has a victim/entitlement mindset. 😠
That bride is so beautiful and she has a wonderful shape. The "designer" dress is so unflattering on her. It makes her look much bigger than she actually is. Maybe if it were customized to fit her body (as planned), it would've looked great but, her plan B dress looked really elegant.
This seamstress is one giant red flag. 🚩 The stress she caused this bride is unacceptable, even without this diabolically shoddy work. I’m a bridal seamstress and I make wedding dresses. First off, I take 75% deposit BEFORE I EVEN START! Second off, the bride gets the dress (shipped or collected) after the remaining 25% is paid. Simple. No professional seamstress does business like this person. 🤮
I'm sorry but POSTING AND SHARING someone's address/personal info should be a punishable offense by the LAW idc if she WAS a POS who stole the dress you DON'T do that to people! This is what I hate about the Internet no one handles anything like adults, it's "let's go post our grievances on the Internet and let a buncha strangers make the person's life miserable, who cares if we're in the wrong!"
I'm surprised it isn't in the US 😬 What she did would be totally punishable by law where I live - up to a prison sentence, depending on the circumstances.
I agree it should be illegal, but the fact is that everyone's address was in phone books for decades. I don't know how any charges would stand up in court because of that. I think what we actually need is more regulations on the internet, but as soon as someone says the word regulation, the tech bros convince everyone that having regulations is against freedom or whatever.
@@savannah115 not saying you’re wrong, but i feel like the criminal charge would be for sharing personal information with the intent of harm/lack of care to prevent harm, not just posting personal information online
I heard a story about a lady who got a custom wedding dress, the seamstress left pins in without the bride's knowledge. One of the pins worked its way into her leg and completely disappeared. She hadn't felt it because the dress was already uncomfortable. It caused her such pain for over a year that she lost her job and her life basically fell apart. Luckily they eventually figured it out and removed the pin. THIS is exactly why you have to be more professional.
As a former shop owner, I know you can print your own labels. What she did was print it, essentially giving a "dead" shipping #. It's not active until it's actually dropped off. That's also why it got a new lable. Had she dropped it off the day she said she did the weight would've been corrected immediately. She didn't ship it until the 21st. The dress was horrible. She's removed the original posts but she keeps posting a new upgraded version of this dress along with positive reviews. The thing is no one would even know about this had the designer not lied thro her teeth on tictok. This poor girl. The days leading up to her wedding must have been stressful.
that dress she got for 3k looks like party city. unbelievable and it fits her so bad when she’s stunning. she will thank herself in the future for having a simple elegant dress and not trying to work with that bedazzled turd of a dress
She paid nearly 4K! For that??? And she was supposed to pay another 40% so another 2K… I am completely shocked. And she so-called ‘designer’ cancels fittings? That’s already major red flags!
You were trying to give the designer the benefit of the doubt but even her first video had me confused, like "i refused to alter it until they paid me... if they REALLY wanted me to alter it, i wouldve done it without the payment." Girl what?
31:56 I’m in school for clothing construction and this is a great example of how math is a huge part of garment design and construction. This screenshot alone shows several flaws that should not be in a finished wedding dress someone paid $6000 for. The bodice does not appear to fit her properly, it’s also asymmetrical in the back, the belt is crooked, the train is not centered, it may just be the pov but it also looks to have more beading on one side than the other. I’m sure there are several more issues that I am missing. All of those wouldn’t be an issue if the measurements and math were done correctly. Honestly this looks like the product of someone who either does not have much experience in sewing wedding dresses, was not careful with their math or measurements, was careless or rushed through construction.
I realized reading your comment that they mentioned the original measurements were done over Zoom, so probably with the designer instructing the bride and a helper on how to take the measurements needed. I can see that working for a rough estimate of how much time and material would be needed, but it’s hard for me to believe you could actually start work on a dress based on measurements taken by someone with no professional experience.
@@elizabethtangora4353 You'd need at least 2-3 fittings with the first being a rough muslin/mockup to make sure you got the measurements fit right the 2nd of the base dress and the last of the almost complete dress, the errors on that dress should have been caught and corrected at the muslin/mock up phase
@@elizabethtangora4353 I agree. The designer could start the design and the muslin/mock up with those measurements but they shouldn’t start the actual dress. It’s pretty easy for an inexperienced person to take measurements wrong. If they fit a muslin to the bride in person the measurements should’ve been fixed before the actual dress was even started. This whole situation is a great example of why I really don’t think that having a wedding dress made by someone that you have to fly to in order to see them is a good idea.
So experienced seamstress here. You're mostly right. Probably the biggest "where did this go wrong" is that if you look, the fitting was done before she added the beading. Even if you used heat set beads or sewed them in, its going to change the fit. The fact its e6000 means this was like taking a knit to make the mockup and making the final product out of a couch fabric. Btw if anyone is wondering what to do if you have a similar vision, use heat set jems, do the bulk of the beading prior to sewing, fit it before you do the edges of the panels, and then add the last of them as alast step. Or just use prebeaded fabric.
I learned that crossing state lines to purchase a custom item that is so important is a BAD idea. There has to be a dress designer or seamstress near her who could give her what she wanted. I’m very sorry the bride went through this. To the designer; you better make this right for the bride. Federal investigators love prosecuting scammers.
Right? Business owners know that if someone tries to get away with not paying something, you go to the bank/claims court. You deal with it swiftly and efficiently. But we all know why she didn’t take the legal route 🙄
Storytime: I was 23 and bought my dress at a highly-regarded bridal boutique in the SF Bay Area and she was known to be a skilled tailor. When I received my dress after it was ordered, it came in later than expected and 2 weeks from my wedding date. I paid more on the alterations than my dress and I was told that was normal but she’s also the best. I didn’t have anyone to advocate for me and I didn’t know that I could speak up. But my cups were stitched onto my dress (instead of in the lining). It was visible in most of my wedding photos and she had to edit it out. I wish I spoke up about it. And to make it worse, my friend found a tailor who charged 5x less (literally) and made the same alterations that I wanted and it looked exactly how I expected . Ugh the ptsd….weddings give me nightmares now. They love exploiting and taking advantage of women.
Just a small piece of advice here, for the bride if you want a custom made dress for a wedding please look for designers in your own area or state you live in. Saves a lot of hassle and pain in the long run.
@@kylamcclain1080 From my knowledge there was another girl that ordered a birthday dress from Casaze that was ment to be a bodycon glitter covered dress but the pictures of the dress where ATROCIOUS😱 She was so mad. I think there was another woman that bought a dress for prom and it was wacky looking from what I remember it was lopsided.
This woman needs to sue this designer! 1. Breach of contract 2. The dress is absolutely not what she ordered. 3. She was put under immense stresss on the day of her wedding due to getting doxxed Absolutely awful
Any of the dress designers at bridal salons usually take anywhere from 9 months to a year to make a dress. Why did that dress maker think she could make that dress in 6 months? That dress screams rush job.
Absolutely! Even ordering a premade dress is considered a rush job if it’s ordered less than six months before a wedding. At least mine was, and I ordered it five months and three weeks before my wedding. And I had to pay in full before I was even permitted to do the first fitting. This whole situation is an entire mess
Have both worked in bridal AND have bought my own wedding gown... it's widely thought you purchase even a premade dress a minimum of 9 months prior, as anything less than 6 months is considered a rush job. 9 months works for us to order and even reorder if the size ends up not working, as well as leaves room for alterations. I had to pay half to order the dress in April, and got it that October and had to pay the other half before I could pick it up The fact that this "designer" said she could handmake and handbead that dress in under 6 months is insane
@@TheRonnieaj wow, 5 months is a rush job for a dress that’s already made? Why? It seems like more than enough time to make adjustments for me. I thought 1 week would be a rush job 😅
It takes a lot of maturity to be sitting this calm after that designer has riled up such a big storm. My short-tempered self would be riling up a bigger storm on her😅
This poor girl. She deserves a whole new wedding. What was supposed to be her happiest day ended up stressful and overly difficult. My heart goes out to her. I hope she can finally begin to enjoy early married life now that she has cleared up this situation.
I like how the designer said they were going to handle it off screen but she’s the one who started defaming this poor bride to begin with? Only when the receipts come out does she want to take it offline……
I knew something was off when her video had no screenshots, no evidence, and no contracts shown. Just a video of her doxing the bride’s name. We need to stop attacking people and wait to hear both sides.
Yes, the people jumping to defend the seamstress after a simple talking video in which she doesn’t show her face and provides exactly 0 evidence need some time outside, maybe touch some grass? Smell some flowers? Like. The seamstress is obviously at fault, but those people sending hate just for the hell of it are the real fucking problem. Even if you saw the video and trusted her, why would you insert yourself in this situation by sending messages to the bride? Support the seamstress’ business by buying something, or donate to her gofundme, sure, but why in the fuck would you send hate messages to another human being for a situation you have no involvement in? Are people insane?
I make custom wedding gowns, and I did not even know what E600 was until I started making custom dance costumes! Wedding gown=no glue, dance costumes=heck yes!
I hope thé bridé sues!! Not only did the designer scam her and cause extreme emotional distress, she publicly slandered her and got her DOXED ?? can’t imagine the stress that poor bride went through
I am baffled that ANYONE would find a wedding dress designer on TickyTocky!!! The ‘designer’ didn’t even show her face after DOXXING this bride & trying to ruin not just her day, but her whole family!!
I don’t get how you are having issues with the whole stealing money/scam part. The “designer “ is trying to say she didn’t get paid and that she sent the dress without being paid and sent it in good will. The reality was the bride sent 60% payment already so she didn’t “ not pay” like the “designer “ is saying. She didn’t pay the remaining balance for a dress she was planning to not use and return. That’s NOT the same thing she’s claiming. She used that narrative to get money from people for her GFM and get people to attack the bride.
Not agreeing with the decisions of the dress maker, but 60% is not a payment. Like if someone paid for a gaming console but then stole the game cartridges, they still stole and need to pay for the other 40%. That’s almost half the amount unpaid!
@@alfredfreedomjones5105 she still left out the points for why she didn’t receive the full payment AND that the bride had not even responded yet before making her video and then still doubled down when the bride requested a refund in return for the dress. That’s not theft. Nice try. But that’s not theft.
yea you should never pay the balance if you don't feel their job is finished. Like if you pay a tradesmen to paint your house and you aren't happy. If you already paid everything they won't come back and fix their mistakes.
@@alfredfreedomjones5105 so if you hired someone and they broke contract by being late, incomplete and not on what was agreed in the contract you would then willingly pay the remaining 40%?
Oh you barely scratched the surface with this designer. The bride was actually incorrect, the GoFundMe was not taken down at the time of Reilly’s response, and if it was, it was quickly placed back up. A fellow RUclipsr checked, and it was still going. The designer has also had more past customers come out since this situation hit social media. With other women telling their stories of being scammed. As well as someone who knows the designer’s business model, of having the designs drawn up by someone else. The designer purchasing them and selling the design to customers.while the actual making of the dress including the beadwork, is outsourced and shipped to basic sweatshops. Where help is hired for a low wage, and then shipped back to the designer. This person goes on to say the designer doesn’t really actually sew, and doesn’t design the dresses herself. This would probably be the reason why she refuses to go out to the bride, and fix the dress. This point of the designer fixing the dress or not, was one point I was most confused about. Seeing as how the mother of the bride asked the designer to come out. The designer says no. Then turns around and tells her audience, if they would have only let me know, or sent me pictures, and kept in contact. I would have gladly fixed this. They did ask the designer. They asked her twice, and she refused both times. So how did she think to gain any sympathy for straight just lying about working with the customer in order to get the last 40% of her money? There was a ton of information that came out after Reilly made a response video. The designer is a scam artist who is not even paying her employees, and is asking her followers for money for who knows what. Not to mention the designer basically showed up to the bride’s city to get this dress back, but was going on live and commenting online to whip her audience into a frenzy. While the designer and her audience were threatening to physically assault the bride. This was a lot and that scammer did way too much! I don’t think the bride was in the wrong in any of this, and had every right to threaten calling the police.
@@Grimaceschaos06 THIS! Thank you for this context! I had a suspicion from the “designer”’s delays/inability to provide better photos or FT with the bride in between fittings that the dress must have been one of those gowns purchased from Temu or AliExpress or something and then badly altered to look more “custom.” The final product confirmed it. I bet that the dress JUST came in on that last day that the bride flew in for her fitting in Miami 🤦🏻♀️ also the E600 “beadwork” should have been the biggest red flag 🚩🚩🚩- no $6K gown should have glue in its construction 🥴
Being a small business owner myself and having pretty much this same situation happen to me, I totally feel for this person. We small business owners work SO hard trying to maintain a perfect reputation but there’s always that one person that tries to dismantle all of our hard work after we bent over backwards for them. I’m not surprised the person who tried to hurt her business was someone who claimed to do the same type of work as her; same as my situation. The really sad part is most people will believe the lies without even needing an ounce of proof. That’s why I always keep receipts of everything. And I’ve never addressed it online because I don’t want to be seen as trying to start drama.
First red flag noticed from the very beginning; as a business owner - NO ONE sends product to clients WITHOUT BEING PAID. No one. If they do, they’re either 1) stupid or 2) not in business for very long. Her first mistake was saying she willingly sent a product without payment and took it on “faith” that the client would pay afterwards and then was upset about it.
I ordered custom sneakers from an instagram "designer". I paid $500, never received the shoes. I was incredibly patient and courteous in my exchanges, 3 months after I was supposed to receive them. They ghosted me. Fortunately, I got my money back after filing a dispute with my bank. That was $500. I could not imagine dropping $3K and not receiving what was asked. THAT WOULD RUIN ME FINANCIALLY FOR A YEAR. Shoes and wedding dresses are not the same, but I am fully with the bride and how well she handled the situation. I am mistrusting of any tiktok and instagram "designers". Please support local established designers in your area with credentials and reviews! Dont chase the social media trending designers. NOT. WORTH. IT.
Personally what i think is happening since this is occuring alot. is These people are not designers they are trying to pass as designers and outsource the dress to locale workshops. Hence why they dont look anything like what they promised.
Yeah, none of this is in any way professional. The pricing is too low, the original dress doesn't seem to have been designed by the dressmaker (or she would have made something at least approximately the same), the communication is batshit, the delivery time pretty short...
This is what I believe too, except that I think they're getting stuff off Temu or some other cheap Chinese drop-shipping service. That would explain the wonky timing - the order wasn't delivered as quickly as she thought it would be. It would also explain why the skirt seemed to line up at the fitting and then was suddenly many inches off center. The "designer" probably has several of the same cheap, Made In China skirts on hand and forgot which one she was passing off as her work.
@@deathblade909 oh definitely! I started sewing 32 years ago, (when it was dorky, lol) and the social media out here with young women whipping out elaborate, perfectly tailored, garments made from extremely slippery, difficult to needle, expensive fabrics is just ABSURD. I'm, NO, it takes years and years and generally requires tons of space and expensive equipment to do that well. Like, naaah....this ain't real. I'm not saying they're ALL faked - but I'm guessing most of them are at least heavily exaggerated.
Originally, I assumed your previous “wedding dress drama” video was about THIS drama. Imagine my shock when I watched your video and learned that there was a DIFFERENT yet very similar wedding dress conundrum playing out in the same time period with two completely different parties.
Am I right about this? The price of the dress was a red flag for me. That much hand beading should've been more expensive. I would think 10k at least. I think this designer knew how much labor it would be and that it wouldn't be possible in 6 months at that price, but lowballed this bride to get the contract. Clearly a scammer from the beginning. I feel so bad for the bride. She's the one who deserves a go fund me.
This is why I also thought the bride didn't want to pay full price and was willing to fly down to Miami. Normally people will go far for a hefty but guaranteed personal job/product. Not to pay less!!
@@bleepbloopbop she seems to know a lot about dresses and has a personal seamstress. I'd bet money based on her knowledge that she's from pageants. It's not really victim blaming, just a psa that that's too cheap for that work
Because people know they can charge out the wazoo for wedding stuff, as other business do it all the time. And if anything goes 'wrong' or somebody threatens to keep something from you, they think you'll just panic and pay or else you'll be scrambling to find something that you love as much as what you would've gotten.
That’s what I did, and under 6 months was considered a rush then. And I had two alterations done, corseting and cups put in, the bottom and train refinished to accommodate my height, everything. But I’d do that every day of the week before I dealt with this. On a side note, this is what happened to one of my bridesmaids. I let them pick their own dresses and two had theirs made. One person went in for alterations and EVERYTHING was off-centered. She ended up buying a dress the morning of the wedding 😳
Just do it! Scout for a dress you like and then get it altered. That’s what my grandmother did for her wedding and she looked gorgeous. Nobody noticed or cared that the dress wasn’t made from scratch, most people don’t notice those things. It’ll be much cheaper on the budget, too.
@@AshaGlenn I bought a sample dress from David’s Bridal, and I had a great experience! Thankfully I didn’t need any alterations, and bet it was used it only cost 400.00!
Well after getting harassed yeah she needed to tell her side I wouldn’t stay silent she actually was kind i swear i would take the clown dress maker to court $3000 for something i didint wear and her harassing me on social media yeah noo
Honestly, as someone who does custom apparel 6000 is not enough for a dress like that. That designer should have known better. If you look at legitimate designers, they're charging twice that for the same type of dress.
Casze: "I'll post receipts" *instead posts a gofundme* Client: *Here is my CVS receipt worth of proof, and also Im not hiding my face* YIKES! I got anxious about sticker designs I was commissioned to make, and it wasn't even for something as important for a wedding 😭 I delivered it on time, but there was a mistake and I PANICKED, my client was the sweetest about it and still tipped me. It was an easy fix but still, I lost years off my life that day 😅 How are there people charging THOUSANDS and not only have the audacity to not deliver but to then try to blame the client?! Absolutely insane!
Because, unfortunately, it is part of the culture in the US that somehow everyone can start (and keep) a business. Some business owners act downright entitled. I remember a few years ago when workers started to complain about low wages, and business owners were responding with "I can't pay more than that, or I would go under." Bro, if you cannot afford to pay your workers competitive wages, you are already failing -- your business plan is not sound. If your business cannot pay employees because of one failed project, you clearly don't have enough working capital. Under-capitalization is the main reason businesses fail, and, yeah, that means that the dream of owning a business is inaccessible to most. In this case, you can see how entitled this designer is, putting a customer on blast without a single receipt, starting a GFM by arguing she is ruined by this thing, and cannot afford to pay her employees...
Yes, it’s an unbelievably risky thing to do. There is nothing you can do if you’re not within driving distance of your designer. In person, you would be doing regular fittings and you’d know if your dress isn’t ready way before a total disaster happens. I can’t believe people do this online.
Professional here: DO NOT GET a CUSTOM GOWN ONLINE! Unless it’s a simple, plain slip dress, or a very well known and vetted designer. Everything you see online can be fake. Commissioning the most important dress of a lifetime from someone you cannot see in person regularly, without flying, is a very RISKY purchase. And if you do, the very FIRST red flag should be the time you bail out. This bride kept going back for more ridiculous behavior from the designer instead of realizing she’d been duped by a con artist. This designer is not a designer. So many of these people are not professionally trained and have no idea what they are doing. Buyer beware. Nice pictures on Instagram can easily be faked.
I feel like that's an unpopular opinion, at least with gen Z brides nowadays but I so agree with you. I would never ever do that. Maybe I would buy a ready made dress from an online seller that I can find plenty of proof of being legit and high quality but I'd never put in thousands of euros into some random newcomer business. This is honestly what happens when children are raised with a "you can do anything" mindset with no ifs and buts. Running your own business comes with responsibility and you need way more skill than you think to satisfy costumers' needs (that rise exponentially with the price tag of your products).
@@Shirumoonold man yells at cloud. Gen Z isn’t stupid, and this isn’t an unpopular opinion. You just needed an excuse to talk shit about young people, didn’t you?
The bride is way braver than I. I would have had a BREAKDOWN. The dress she ended up wearing was gorgeous and she looked beautiful! I hope she had a perfect wedding day!
First off, it floors me how this woman has to defend herself in public. This issue should just be between the designer and herself and yet, here she is having to explain herself. Second, the moral of the story, don't buy a dress from a designer on tiktok. Just saying. 🙂
I swear that i saw another tiktoker that had a very bad experience she had with a prom dress that she wanted made for her, poor girl even paid with her own money and ended up with a horrible dress, and a ruined prom.. Someone correct me if im wrong but i think it was the same designer.
@@tarandondesigns6956 A girl who had ordered a prom dress and it wa sthe same thing: missed fittings and an end product that didn't look anything at all like what the girl - who paid for the dress herself; she worked hard to achieve her prom dream - had commissioned. Her video didn't get much traction though for some reason and I don't remember where I saw it. Absolutely lovely young girl with perfectably reasonable demands; this was not a pampered princess pouting over nothing.
When this designer started with " black woman owned business " thing. That explains that the story is different than she tells. People should stop using their race, color, or ethnicity for being excused from their mistakes or crimes.
Don't worry about the hair. I have a major cowlick on the top of my hair that my hairstylist has a vendetta against. She's done my hair since I was 10 and is still fighting this same piece of hair.
There seems to be a whole generation of people who grew up watching Project Runway and now thinking they can make $ selling clothes like a reality contestant with a decade of experience, safety pins, and a lot of glue.
I sew, went to school for design, and love bridal. I have made two family members' dresses. There are so many reasons I never tried to start a business, you have to know your limits, especially if you are getting paid.
Yes! I bake and make cakes that are delicious but I can’t decorate. I made cakes that didn’t need to be decorated they had like ganache or nuts or coconut, etc on them, but made them for friends. I would never go beyond what ai KNOW I can do …especially for money!
Why does this dress looks like it’s made from one of my African aunties friend that was cheaply made from Nigeria and was surprised that it looked horrible when we only paid $25 for it 😭✋
@@aesinam I mean, this is the bridal equivalent of $25. That is easily a $20K dress (the original), if not far more than that. I would not be surprised for a dress like that to cost $60-100K.
Get an attorney who does contract law and go after her for the full refund, defamation of character, liable, etc. This looks like a "seamstress" who is in way over her head and only saw dollar signs. This bride is lovely and I hope she finds some financial reimbursement for this fiasco
This is crazyyyyyyy. I bought a 187$ dress from some sketchy website and it was absolutely beautiful. Even the seamstress who took it in said it was made really well. It was beaded, mermaid, lacy and so pretty. This dress is absolutely awful in so many ways 🥴
Ahh I had a small mishap with my wedding dress (they shipped it in the wrong color), and as it was just over 3 months to my wedding date I had to go to another shop and find one I could take off the rack. That was stressful and I still had a few months, I can't imagine looking for one 2 DAYS before my wedding!
I feel so bad for her.. can you imagine what she went through when she tried it on before the wedding and it looked like that 🤯😢 I would've been in so much distress and crying my eyes out 😣 But I'm so happy that she managed to find another one. I hope she felt as beautiful as she looked on her big day
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Wow I cant wait to see the law suit on this, this is crazy this poor bride to pay so much money and to think ur getting ur dream dress and have to buy a off the rack dress due to this scammer who knew she was going to get bad media about her so she posts agaisnt the bride to get a jump on her bad dress this is horrible and to post her address online she should go to jail this is also mail fraud so this poor bride better sue to stop this women from doing this to others I feel so sorry for her to have to deal with this on top of everthing she has going on
@@IsabellaLanter If you want a trip, go research pageant designers...lol
@@kdotsonrayRabbithole, here we come! 😂👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
@noodlepoodlegirl It's deep and dark and way too dramatic for something that's supposed to be as fun as beauty pageants - not to mention expensive! Cheap customs are $400-$500 dollars for a toddler's dress
As soon as I knew she started the gofundme, I knew she was up to no good. I didn't think real business owners did that...
They don't....
Real luxury designers don’t glue rhinestones on their clothes either….much less TOXIC glue
business owners makes room for losses….
Exactly! And the fact that she wanted people to donate for emotional distress on top of it, no legitimate business owner would do that.
Honestly as soon as someone says that they open a gofundme because they got "scammed," I automatically know that something with their story is not right.
I'd be suing this lady not only for the cost of the dress but for all the travel fees to get to the fittings and the time wasted. Not to mention defamation to top it all off. This is ludicrous!
@melinau9681 Don't forget she doxxed her, which is illegal.
That the bride didn't cancel the order 1) when she didn't get swatches, 2) when she didn't get updates, 3) when they refused to do a fitting *after she flew there for one* 4) when the dress wasn't completed on the day the contract specified showed how much she wanted this to work.
Not to mention fraud, she IS NOT A DESIGNER!!!
I would 100% go after her legally. She committed defamation and also put her and her loved ones' lives at risk by doxxing her. She is a garbage person. Its hard enough out here for small businesses and artists as it is to make money. situations like this poison the well and make it even harder on the actually good businesses to see any success
I honestly hope the bride does because based on the fact she was able to fly back and forth for these fittings, the bride has money. If this designer did this to her, she's definitely done it to poorer women too
Same. Law student here and the whole time I was like PLS FIND LEGAL COUNSEL!! I honestly see so many friends get scammed or lied to by people who CLEARLY DONT KNOW THE LAW. If you dont do your job and you break the contract…. THE CONTRACT IS INVALID AND YOU OWE ME $ + damages PERIOD. I wish more people had access to legal counsel 😔 Sad but we really need to know our rights and know the law.
@@jesseperkins9669 I agree!
Scammers will scam, I can’t believe the designer didn’t collect 100% of dress fees before shipping.
@@jesseperkins9669 FACTS!!!
Here’s my suspicion. The dress was made in China or other country. They ordered it and they were waiting for it to come in so they can do alterations (poorly) and sell it off as their own.
Exactly my thoughts also.
I've seen too many videos out there where women order a fabulous looking gown from these selling sites for very little money and it always looks like crap.
There are even websites devoted to showing "What I Ordered and What I Got!".
It looks like this "designer" inserted herself as a middle man and just ordered these dresses from China and maybe doing a little altering.
My friend ordered a cheap wedding dress from China and the pic was gorgeous but when she got it it was a total mess and looked horrible !! They supposedly made it for her. It was a mess. Luckily it was cheap and she didn’t lose much money. She went out and got a real dress.
That’s exactly what I think. At least parts of it.
Wow I'm a newbie sewing and I can see how horrible that dress is and the price is extortion as well I wudnt pay 1000 for it let alone anything else and wud have found some one more local
@@SamanthaFule my thoughts too
That “designer” purposely posted her video that Friday evening imo because she KNEW the bride wouldn’t see it since she told her she’s blocking her until Monday. She figured she would put her story out and since the bride wouldn’t be able to respond for days everyone would believe her and the bride would look “sketchy” by not responding for days.
It’s absolutely insane that the brides address, phone number, place of work etc was leaked and that people threatened her, her business and even friend’s businesses. What is wrong with people?? They aren’t even a part of this problem and are threatening someone? Just insane!
Funny thing is that the bride said she didn't actually block the designer, she just said that because you know, bride was needing to focus on her freaking wedding that was going to be the next and not put so much unneeded energy on something that should've been less like pulling teeth then it actually was. So, since the bride didn't actually block the designer, that means the bride probably saw that designers video of lies *right before she was supposed to be walking down the aisle*. Which basically means that this 'designer' went more malicious than malicious probably has ever been in the history of the world to ruin this bride's wedding, life, and even the lives of the bride's family and friends with all the flying monkeys that were sent their way, all for what seems to be the bride saying that they didn't like the dress they had received and that the bride wasn't going to be talking to the designer until Monday so the bride could've somewhat enjoyed her newly married life.
and the fact that she was like the bride is acting shady and not posting any pictures when most people dont get their wedding pictures back until maybe a month or several months later...
Yup, classic Friday News Dump
I literally hate so much of the human race! This woman needs to pay and literally, criminal charges should be brought against her for doxxing this woman ans sending her minions after her. I'd never ever, even after seeing this loser and what she's done wrong '- go out of my way in my busy ass life and threaten her or try and find out where she lives, phone number etc all because of and for some rando on the internet. I DON'T get it. You have to be a psychopath to do stuff like this.
Even more insane that people get passionately upset about this kind of thing to the point of threatening people, but don't care about homeless people, women's rights, civil rights, tax cuts for the rich, education, etc ...The Social Media Culture is rotting our collective brain.
I think the dress she ended up wearing matched the aesthetics of her wedding so much more. She got married outside, her husband wore jeans and a cowboy hat, and I think her dress matched perfectly. It was simple, elegant, minimalist and form fitting. Even her hair down and flowy went so well. She looked stunning.
@@LolitaBonitaaa she really did look beautiful! I hope she had a wonderful wedding day and felt as beautiful as she looked
I agree 100% I do think her dress turned out to be perfect! She will one day look back and be pleased about her dress…however, I can only imagine how stressful that had to be. It was a dream…she has dreamed about this day her entire life. It is irrelevant that it turned out better, you know what I mean.
Oh men lol imagine knowing your wife is spending $6,000 on her wedding outfit and you wear bluejeans.
@@caitlinb They might have changed the theme last minute,who knows
@@caitlinbThey clearly were okay !
I dont normally recomend sueing poeple but I hope that bride sues the heck out of this supposed designer
Agree
She definitely can sue for her money back plus she deserves for the B💩 she had to go through with
She should sue her for not complying with her contract and the trips she had to take to florida
Get punitive damages too!!!❤️
This bride has a clear-cut case of slander/defamation now. She was accused of a crime.
What a bunch of bs. Especially to play the "black woman in business" card, knowing full well that people are going to fly to your defense and then scamming people to send their hard earned money to you... That is just absolutely disgusting. Not only scamming the bride but also scamming random people in the internet.
Made me sick before I listened to the rest, which screamed RED FLAG all over !
@@Pinkpinkybear that's what made me raise an eyebrow and know she wasn't telling the truth.
@@moonwitch1 yes that was so disgusting. I can't believe she really did that, all just for being greedy and scamming money. 😔
@@simplybrianna8122 yeah same here, I immediately was thinking like oh my goodness she is lying thru her teeth.
Not to mention she scams black women on a regular basis after updates have come to light. She was just after flying monkeys with that race card and the posts
Before I even heard the brides side I was sussed out by the dressmaker, because she had no problem running her mouth and blasting Riley's handle all over, but never had the balls to stand on her message by showing her face. Her first couple videos she's totally hidden, but Riley isn't. Shady af behavior
Same, showing Riley's face and not her, not showing the end result of the dress, showing a video similar of the dress wore by another customer (I guess), using the race card for rallying people and showing her employees but herself was so shady
Yup. If she isn't showing her have you know she is lying. Also, who sends a dress without getting payment first. Shipping alone would have been over $100.
My thoughts also! I thought why is this lady not showing her face 🙈very sus! 🚩🚩🚩
@@ophelia3401 Exactly, and all shipping places offer INSURANCE for theft (and disaster, and lost shipments). It's so tacky to go online and air this stuff. I bet she claimed the insurance.
Exactly. When Markie did a video about this, that was the first thing I said.
I saw a comment from the designer posted thirty minutes ago saying she would never refund Raylee. This just needs to go to court
You don't use E6000 glue because it stiffens up the fabric and affects the drape. It's only for costumes or craft applications. I suspect that's what is making the fabric stick out from the body and hang so poufy and stiff.
One would expect this dress to cost more for the amount of handsewn beading required OR to use beaded lace trim artfully attached. For the record, the amount of beading on this would take a long time--longer than quoted--to do by hand.
@@Kimberly_Sparkles I was literally thinking the dress looked like a costume! Interesting choice on the designers part.
That was my first thought too. You aren't getting hand sewn rhinestones/beading for that low a price in that fast a time. No way no how.
You wouldn't even use glue for the beading in a more serious cosplay contest! 😭
To have the audacity to do so with a dress you were paid for thousands of dollars is WILD. And I did better with centering the pleating on my first ever skirt! With 0 training/experience!
I thought the 12k from the go fund me seemed more the price range… 6 was shockingly low
She also did state earlier in the video video that she did not even ask for all of those beads either though
Casze is an LLC registered in Georgia. To do business in Miami, they would have to register as a foreign llc with Florida. I checked for their name and was unable to locate it. Which means that business might not be being legally conducted.
Also, they have had at least two lawsuits and one BBB complaint - all for breach of contract.
I caught that also...!! What the heck is up with all the corruption and scamming going on in Fulton County Georgia....?!! Apparently the judge's aren't very strict on scam artist in that County, or else there wouldn't be so much corruption going on there.....!!
She ordered a custom dress and they made it look like a fast fashion prom mess. I know she had a dream and it could’ve been a reality but I’m glad she was still able to find a beautiful dress even though it seemed super stressful and last minute
Also E-6000 is something I use for costumes and crafting, NOT EXPENSIVE GOWNS. You will ruin your nice fabrics and could feel stiff and scratched. It’s literally an industrial adhesive and gives off fumes
Great for some jewellery but it takes forever to stand isn't a fabric glue.
My favorite part is that she immediately voided the contract the second the bride didn’t receive the dress by the date specified on the contract. THEREFORE, the bride has the right to do exactly what she’s doing regarding the dress. Everything that was on that contract is now voided and I hope she rightfully gets her refund
@@sageherring8622 Refund plus damages.
At first when the dress maker said she started a go fund me I was thinking “why not take her to small claims?” Now I know why, cause knows she F up!
That was my full reaction too. Like if it was legit, you wouldn't need to turn to your followers to get money, you could go after the bride with proof she stole the dress so the gofundme was a massive red flag and turns out the red flag was true.
True business owners will bite the bullet then take it to court. Not crowd source!! That doesn't look good in court.
I kept yelling at the screen, “call the police? She stole the dress! What are you doing?!” 😂 yeeah, she broke the contract. She couldn’t call lol
@@rickimanasseh not the way it works, cops won't do anything, it's a civil matter, you have to take her to small claims Court.
Just fyi for the future.
@@cyborgrat that’s not always true. Sad if they don’t do anything. But I’ve been in a similar situation and the police did get involved.
Also, a report should always be made because it would aid with the quest of small claims if it goes that far.
The fact that the designer doesn't show her face in the story telling video was a red flag.
the dress she ended up wearing looks so much better than the casze dress.
Fr. I feel like in the long run she’ll be glad she wore a more classic, timeless dress. She looks beautiful in it. It doesn’t excuse what casze put her through though, she got SCAMMED
I agree. It was classy and looked amazing on her.
Yes! She dodged several thousand cheap crystal-and-glue bullets
I agree. I get the vision behind the original dress, but the one she ended up wearing fits her body type a lot better than the unfinished one. A bit sad it didn't have the pearls/jewels she clearly wanted from the start, but she looked stunning.
Yeah honestly, even if the original idea had been executed well it is generally quite a tacky dress and not timeless at all. The dress she did end up wearing was so lovely!
Also, she manipulated her viewers to be horrible to her when she said "black business owner" and showing her clien was a white woman. She 100% knew people was going to be horrible to her, and send them on her way to do so.
I don’t believe she would’ve said that if her client wasn’t white.
Even the original video from Casze is full of red flags!!! 🚩🚩🚩
Why is the dress a rush order being shipped a few days before the wedding when you said you’ve been working on it for 5 months?
You said you wouldn’t come fix the train, but when they went to a seamstress because it wasn’t fitting right, you asked why they didn’t contact you to fix it?
You said you spent too much time and money on this and you were done, but you were willing to fly out to try and harass the bride when it’s her wedding weekend?
Not to mention doxing someone’s personal info and siccing your followers on them is never a good thing to do, but ESPECIALLY with the huge accusation of “stealing”, when they’ve already paid you THOUSANDS of dollars and the whole situation hasn’t even been resolved yet (they JUST got the dress for the first time like a day before Casze posted the video!)
NOT TO MENTION the audacity to be upset the remaining balance wasn’t paid fast enough when the dress itself was delayed multiple times. The irony!
@koiyasurvivedoxxing is rarely ok but in this case it’s wrong
@@leannewalker1422 imo doxxing is never ok. People are so unhinged these days, no idea what someone is willing to do for retaliation or even clout.
AND she asked for so much more money for the GoFundMe like 🤯 the sheer audacity
ALL of this!! 🚩 🚩 🚩 The story didn’t make sense to begin with and thinking about showing up to a customer’s house unannounced is simply unhinged.
Also why you doing a video of all we seeing is your ceiling??
And business owners need to stop going to TT usually means no good
I got married last year and this is a fucking NIGHTMARE. She seems so composed. I honestly think I wouldve caught an assault charge if this had happened to me. I had to get my dress ALTERED last minute and it was STRESSFUL. The fact that she was dealing with this lunacy for months.. i wouldve had panic attacks every night over this.
@@Melissamms right and a go fund me to get my ass out of jail…
As a seamstress, I am SWEATING. How do these people have the audacity? I refashioned a dress for a friend's wedding and only charged her for materials, and you can bet your ass the tucks and pleats were all centered!!
same. just looking at the process and fittings and the final dress i cringed so so hard 😭 how is someone not embarrassed to give that kind of work to someone ?
It's been a long time since I have used a seamstress, and I am an amateur at sewing at best, but don't you think she also way under-charged for that? I don't know if you are professionals, but it seems to me that to get something of the quality of the original they showed, $6000 is just not enough. Just all the beading would take ages, like hundreds of man hours...
@@glenn_desert_witch I don't do this kind of work, and of course it looks like they didn't hand bead the skirt overlay, but $6k for an entirely custom hand beaded dress does seem low. That's coture work for off the rack prices. It makes sense that the beads were glued on because that takes time and work.
@@RCZeta919 yesss i feel like symmetry is the bare minimum😭
@@glenn_desert_witch i think they knew that they were just gonna glue on the pearls, which is much faster than actually doing it correctly. that's probably part of why the charge was lower than expected. i also imagine the beads and pearls they used are low quality bc i doubt they put any effort into that when it seemed like a corner they could cut
The E6000 bit made me clutch my cosplay pearls.......I use that glue for cosplay purposes when applying beads and fake gemstones usually, and it makes the fabric sooooooo stiff because when you use it the fabric sort of absorbs the glue. I could not imagine paying $6k for a garment and getting crunchy fabric covered in glued on fake gemstones...no wonder it fit so unflattering 💀 that fabric is stiff in some spots and flowy in others from the glue. Let alone the fact that E6000 isn't always perfect and sometimes gems and such can fall off with an imperfect application.
People like this ruin it for everyone. It’s time to go back to bridal stores and stop with the custom madness. I bought a $700 dress from a bridal store. Tried it, got it altered, went to the store as many times as i wanted to check on it and picked it up two weeks before my wedding. The most smooth and pleasant experience ever.
Same and I agree
My sister got a custom dress and it was a nightmare. She spent so much time that day just trying to make sure it stayed on. I definitely think that a bridal store is the better way to go.
@@smilingstingray5537 how awful… buying a dress should be such a highlight, such a bright and positive experience…. I know many brides go for a custom, unusual, unique piece but sometimes getting a dress from the store is just as special and magical. Accessories can be added to make it stand out but honestly spending thousands on a dress and go through hell for it is not worth it.
You can get custom work from professionals with a track record... Sometimes even through a bridal shop. I get wanting custom, but part of the problem is that this bride wanted custom, cheap, and fast... From a company I can't even find with a Google search.
That works fine if you love what most people love at that time, but if not? I wanted a dress without lace. Every single dress around here has lots of lace. I asked so many bridal stores and finally gave up, I wore a compromise dress. But then, the dress was not a priority for me and it would have bothered me to not find even something remotely close to what I wanted if it had been a priority.
Also, it can be an issue if you don't have a standard body (for example, I wear a cup G which makes it super hard to find anything that fits; I usually sew my clothes myself because I have no choice).
She…Bride.. needs to hire an attorney and Sue for defamation and for ruining her wedding day. I would!! Poor thing…
I get why people go on social media and call someone out but when you put their full name and stuff I feel like that’s putting them in danger cause some people are crazy. They will find out where they work, where they live and send death threats. That’s scary to me.
@hannahgibbs2426 I had someone try blackmailing me and when I wouldn't give in to their demands, they started a feeding frenzy on social media, posted my address, my phone #, and a made up story, and the next thing I knew I was being ruthlessly attacked on social media by complete strangers threatening to kill me, calling in false reports to law enforcement, stalking me, etc to the extent that I had to hire an attorney to go after the primary person, and also a few more people in order to make them somewhat stop dragging me through the mud. I'd gathered a lot of factual evidence regarding what they were doing, I eventually sued them, and a few years after that, they were criminally investigated, and then poof! they disappeared.
So yes, posting someone's info with fictional stories can be harmful to whomever is being targeted by a nasty person, or people.
If it’s scary, then they should have done what they were supposed to do!!!☹️☹️☹️☹️
@@lilydiallo594 you dense? It was the victim's address plastered all over social media.
And it doesn't resolve anything. Especially for a business, it just made the vendor look vindictive, which she was, and clearly, by her own narrative, unable to make a deadline.
I'm tired of "black owned, woman owned, queer owned" selling argument because I've never been scammed as much as when trying to support those and tbh as a queer and disabled artist myself it makes me want to cry. Nowadays I'm just checkubg if the business is knows as ethical instead.
In general fubu companies should always be seen as red flags.
The actual fubu guy from sharktank is notorious for partnering with literal scammers.
If your stuff cant stand on its own merits and you need to sell that i can absolve some guilt, then thats what you were actually selling
Scammers ruined that, they ruin everything
Sorry you going through that but It should have always been like that, why we making decisions based on skin color or how we look? Rather than our character. What happen to don’t judge a books by it cover?
@@dismurrart6648now that’s unnecessary
@@KAye633 its true. If the only way I can get your patronage is telling you that you're supporting a queer woman, then what I'm selling you is a warm fuzzy feeling.
She should definitely get a lawyer if she wants to see her money back. I’m an attorney, she can take her to small claims court, and she might even be able to succeeded on a defamation claim depending on the state. People on the Internet throw around threats of suing for defamation and they are almost always BS, this is different. I think she has a pretty good chance of winning a defamation suit because there’s evidence that the designers claims damaged business relations of the bride so her amount in damages may be fairly significant.
Yeah. The problem is likely that the "designer" doesn't have any money to get from her... This screams low rent fraud.
@@glenn_desert_witch very true. It’s one thing to win a lawsuit, it’s another thing to actually get paid.
I was thinking the same thing, I doubt the designer has any money or business insurance so idk if it’d even be worth it to go through court despite the bride having a slam dunk case. Did anyone notice it looked like they got a hotel room for her dress fitting? That’s my guess as to why several fittings were canceled, probably running her “high end design” business out of a crummy apartment.
@@lilcassie777 Absolutely. Remember how the bride was told where they would meet on the day of the fitting, despite having asked over and over?
I have no problem with people running businesses out of their apartments. As a matter of fact, most of the seamstresses I have had make me clothing work out of their home, and they often don't exude luxury. You can, however, see that they work there. There have dress forms, fabrics, other projects in various states of completion, an ironing board, a sewing machine (or machines), patterns, notions... You get it, it looks like they do this as their job. This seller clearly did not have such a place, and probably was trying to get a last-minute deal to take the bride to a local hotel or something to hide the fact she did not make it, nor any other clothing.
That dress added like 50lbs to this girl wtf happened!
She looked like a 16/18 in that dress.
@Kimberly_Sparkles I'm not saying anything negative about people of any size just incase that's how it came across I'm just saying she looks way heavier in the dress she was sent then the size she looks in the video of the actual wedding pics.
no it's clear what you're saying. the dress was a mess and it made the bride look a mess. not only that it made her look way different than she actually did.
Even more than the size, I think she just looked so frumpy in that dress! I’m so glad that she got a new dress for the wedding, she looked gorgeous in the backup dress.
So something i noticed is that she said they didn't fit it after putting the beads on. Since they glued them, they essentially made it an entirely new fabric.
Also, its just poorly made to begin with but when i was a seamstress we ALWAYS did fittings after adding heavy stuff like beading
I just went to David’s bridal. I ordered my dress 10 months in advance and it was shipped to me 2 weeks later. I could never do a custom made dress… my anxiety would not let me and almost 7k ABSOLUTELY NOT!
she’s for sure drop-shipping this stuff, not making it herself. this and another of her dresses look like the shein version of the originals!
All the stuff on her site are cheap ali express bellydancing bead panels. This dress wouldn't be possible with those so thats part of the issue. Beyond that, its for sure stock photos
YEP
When you hear 3 months delivery time my allarms would be ringing. Typical shipping time from China.
That's why no fitting, blurring videos, delays...
Isabella! I used to be a bridal gown consultant, and my shop did some custom gowns and the owner made mistakes like this. She is now out of business, and honestly, thank god. Before I left, she made me sign a noncompete, which I thought was dumb because she couldn't even compete with the other bridal salons in my state. I was one of the best saleswomen at the shop, and I think she knew if I went to a competitor I would tell everyone how horrible she ran her business and how terribly she treated brides. I didn't have to though because karma got her good. Karma will get this designer, too. No one should treat a Bride like this. They are already under so much stress, and their gown is so important- and needs to be treated as such.
Also, not related to my original comment, but something that is nagging at me from the designers video. She brings up her race and her gender as if that has anything to do with this specific issue, when it does not. We need to support and uplift POC Female Owned businesses, absolutely without a doubt, but to try to use that as a shield for your shitty behavior and bad business practices is disgusting. It could do damage to future businesses of people of these demographics, and is wildly unfair. I hope that this woman doesnt have a negative impact on people in her community, but I think it could negatively influence people who already have a bias just because she said those words in her initial video.
She's a scammer. She thought that she could weaponize her subs, but it makes me glad to know that she's now getting the hate that she was trying to put on to the bride.
@@noneofyobiznizz9516 she DID weaponize them
As a small business owner, this makes me sick! This hurts us all when there are so many scammy people. This is all kinds of scammy. This lady needs to find a different profession all together and or go to business school.
My father owns his own business and sometimes customers take longer to pay him than they should. That never impacts when his employees get paid.
Exactly! I own my own business and I had to hustle my ass off to do it all myself to ensure I wouldn’t have any issues paying before I hired employees. At the end of the day, I know that for them, they have other job options and if I don’t take care of them, I’m screwed - as my business grew, I can’t do it alone anymore. Even when we’ve had losses and slow periods, they are always paid.
Everyone gets paid before the owner. That's just the way it is in small businesses. Employee pay is just like every other expense. It must be paid. Especially because without employees youd have no business. On top of that I feel like this woman was pushing her being a black small business owner as well as her lying about circumstances to gain as much support as possible. The bride didn't even know what was going on until days later. And the fact that she started a Go Fund Me was super sus even if you think her story was exactly what happened. And why was her GFM amount double then what the dress was worth? What was the other $6k for? Plus her doxxing the bride is disgusting and unlawful n I hope the bride takes her to court. I hope her business suffers. She's an awful human and disrespectful and not professional and she has a victim/entitlement mindset. 😠
That bride is so beautiful and she has a wonderful shape. The "designer" dress is so unflattering on her. It makes her look much bigger than she actually is. Maybe if it were customized to fit her body (as planned), it would've looked great but, her plan B dress looked really elegant.
If I was a dress designer, I would be EMBARASSED to have sent that monstrosity to a bride and then to ask her to pay for it!
@@charlottetooth1457 She probably was, which is why she refused to send updates and tried so hard to make the bride out to be the villain!
This seamstress is one giant red flag. 🚩 The stress she caused this bride is unacceptable, even without this diabolically shoddy work. I’m a bridal seamstress and I make wedding dresses. First off, I take 75% deposit BEFORE I EVEN START! Second off, the bride gets the dress (shipped or collected) after the remaining 25% is paid. Simple. No professional seamstress does business like this person. 🤮
More like gluestress
I'm sorry but POSTING AND SHARING someone's address/personal info should be a punishable offense by the LAW idc if she WAS a POS who stole the dress you DON'T do that to people! This is what I hate about the Internet no one handles anything like adults, it's "let's go post our grievances on the Internet and let a buncha strangers make the person's life miserable, who cares if we're in the wrong!"
A legit business if wronged would take customer to claims court
I'm surprised it isn't in the US 😬
What she did would be totally punishable by law where I live - up to a prison sentence, depending on the circumstances.
Sounds like Heart Made of Gold. That’s what they do.
I agree it should be illegal, but the fact is that everyone's address was in phone books for decades. I don't know how any charges would stand up in court because of that.
I think what we actually need is more regulations on the internet, but as soon as someone says the word regulation, the tech bros convince everyone that having regulations is against freedom or whatever.
@@savannah115 not saying you’re wrong, but i feel like the criminal charge would be for sharing personal information with the intent of harm/lack of care to prevent harm, not just posting personal information online
I heard a story about a lady who got a custom wedding dress, the seamstress left pins in without the bride's knowledge. One of the pins worked its way into her leg and completely disappeared. She hadn't felt it because the dress was already uncomfortable. It caused her such pain for over a year that she lost her job and her life basically fell apart. Luckily they eventually figured it out and removed the pin. THIS is exactly why you have to be more professional.
She completely butchered that dress. The one the bride ended up having to buy was beautiful and looked amazing on her.
Once the 2nd fitting was cancelled, she should've asked for her money back because the contract is already broken by the designer at that point.
Making a go fund me for this is WILD 😂
That's how you know it is a scam!
As a former shop owner, I know you can print your own labels. What she did was print it, essentially giving a "dead" shipping #. It's not active until it's actually dropped off. That's also why it got a new lable. Had she dropped it off the day she said she did the weight would've been corrected immediately. She didn't ship it until the 21st. The dress was horrible. She's removed the original posts but she keeps posting a new upgraded version of this dress along with positive reviews. The thing is no one would even know about this had the designer not lied thro her teeth on tictok. This poor girl. The days leading up to her wedding must have been stressful.
that dress she got for 3k looks like party city. unbelievable and it fits her so bad when she’s stunning. she will thank herself in the future for having a simple elegant dress and not trying to work with that bedazzled turd of a dress
it’s giving tacky russian wedding
@@sarahi1149 Which is a totally legitimate vibe IF done well.
You just insulted Party City😂
She paid nearly 4K! For that??? And she was supposed to pay another 40% so another 2K… I am completely shocked. And she so-called ‘designer’ cancels fittings? That’s already major red flags!
The original dress was giving my bug fat gypsy wedding - so tacky.
The one she wore for her wedding was gorgeous.
You were trying to give the designer the benefit of the doubt but even her first video had me confused, like "i refused to alter it until they paid me... if they REALLY wanted me to alter it, i wouldve done it without the payment." Girl what?
31:56 I’m in school for clothing construction and this is a great example of how math is a huge part of garment design and construction. This screenshot alone shows several flaws that should not be in a finished wedding dress someone paid $6000 for. The bodice does not appear to fit her properly, it’s also asymmetrical in the back, the belt is crooked, the train is not centered, it may just be the pov but it also looks to have more beading on one side than the other. I’m sure there are several more issues that I am missing. All of those wouldn’t be an issue if the measurements and math were done correctly. Honestly this looks like the product of someone who either does not have much experience in sewing wedding dresses, was not careful with their math or measurements, was careless or rushed through construction.
I realized reading your comment that they mentioned the original measurements were done over Zoom, so probably with the designer instructing the bride and a helper on how to take the measurements needed. I can see that working for a rough estimate of how much time and material would be needed, but it’s hard for me to believe you could actually start work on a dress based on measurements taken by someone with no professional experience.
@@elizabethtangora4353 You'd need at least 2-3 fittings with the first being a rough muslin/mockup to make sure you got the measurements fit right the 2nd of the base dress and the last of the almost complete dress, the errors on that dress should have been caught and corrected at the muslin/mock up phase
@@rebeccaabram2312all of this!!! Exactly!!
@@elizabethtangora4353 I agree. The designer could start the design and the muslin/mock up with those measurements but they shouldn’t start the actual dress. It’s pretty easy for an inexperienced person to take measurements wrong. If they fit a muslin to the bride in person the measurements should’ve been fixed before the actual dress was even started. This whole situation is a great example of why I really don’t think that having a wedding dress made by someone that you have to fly to in order to see them is a good idea.
So experienced seamstress here. You're mostly right. Probably the biggest "where did this go wrong" is that if you look, the fitting was done before she added the beading.
Even if you used heat set beads or sewed them in, its going to change the fit.
The fact its e6000 means this was like taking a knit to make the mockup and making the final product out of a couch fabric.
Btw if anyone is wondering what to do if you have a similar vision, use heat set jems, do the bulk of the beading prior to sewing, fit it before you do the edges of the panels, and then add the last of them as alast step.
Or just use prebeaded fabric.
I learned that crossing state lines to purchase a custom item that is so important is a BAD idea. There has to be a dress designer or seamstress near her who could give her what she wanted. I’m very sorry the bride went through this.
To the designer; you better make this right for the bride. Federal investigators love prosecuting scammers.
If you had proof of theft you'd go to court not tiktok😊
Right? Business owners know that if someone tries to get away with not paying something, you go to the bank/claims court. You deal with it swiftly and efficiently. But we all know why she didn’t take the legal route 🙄
Storytime: I was 23 and bought my dress at a highly-regarded bridal boutique in the SF Bay Area and she was known to be a skilled tailor. When I received my dress after it was ordered, it came in later than expected and 2 weeks from my wedding date. I paid more on the alterations than my dress and I was told that was normal but she’s also the best.
I didn’t have anyone to advocate for me and I didn’t know that I could speak up. But my cups were stitched onto my dress (instead of in the lining). It was visible in most of my wedding photos and she had to edit it out.
I wish I spoke up about it. And to make it worse, my friend found a tailor who charged 5x less (literally) and made the same alterations that I wanted and it looked exactly how I expected . Ugh the ptsd….weddings give me nightmares now. They love exploiting and taking advantage of women.
Ugh that's awful. Goes to show there have always been wedding scammers and not just now online.
I will never understand why people LIE knowing damn well the other person has the receipts like you can’t be THAT stupid
I mean, clearly it worked at least a little bit, since money was sent to her GFM and a ton of people went to do her dirty work harassing the bride....
Just a small piece of advice here, for the bride if you want a custom made dress for a wedding please look for designers in your own area or state you live in. Saves a lot of hassle and pain in the long run.
There are more people that came out about Casaze Isabella😭 It gets worse
Please share!!!
@@kylamcclain1080 From my knowledge there was another girl that ordered a birthday dress from Casaze that was ment to be a bodycon glitter covered dress but the pictures of the dress where ATROCIOUS😱 She was so mad. I think there was another woman that bought a dress for prom and it was wacky looking from what I remember it was lopsided.
@@kylamcclain1080she scammed a black lady and a teenager too
This woman needs to sue this designer!
1. Breach of contract
2. The dress is absolutely not what she ordered.
3. She was put under immense stresss on the day of her wedding due to getting doxxed
Absolutely awful
Any of the dress designers at bridal salons usually take anywhere from 9 months to a year to make a dress. Why did that dress maker think she could make that dress in 6 months? That dress screams rush job.
Absolutely! Even ordering a premade dress is considered a rush job if it’s ordered less than six months before a wedding. At least mine was, and I ordered it five months and three weeks before my wedding. And I had to pay in full before I was even permitted to do the first fitting. This whole situation is an entire mess
Glue
Have both worked in bridal AND have bought my own wedding gown... it's widely thought you purchase even a premade dress a minimum of 9 months prior, as anything less than 6 months is considered a rush job. 9 months works for us to order and even reorder if the size ends up not working, as well as leaves room for alterations. I had to pay half to order the dress in April, and got it that October and had to pay the other half before I could pick it up The fact that this "designer" said she could handmake and handbead that dress in under 6 months is insane
@@TheRonnieaj wow, 5 months is a rush job for a dress that’s already made? Why? It seems like more than enough time to make adjustments for me. I thought 1 week would be a rush job 😅
She’s a scammer 😂
It takes a lot of maturity to be sitting this calm after that designer has riled up such a big storm. My short-tempered self would be riling up a bigger storm on her😅
The way there’s more than one tiktok wedding dress drama going on 😭
@koiyasurviveWhat’s that about? (God I’m so glad I’m old and married! The level of scamming these days is out of pocket 😭😭😭)
No comments about the video, just wanna shout out your PFP because wild Mana-Sama spotted ❤
@@tarrastemen YAAA❤️
This poor girl. She deserves a whole new wedding. What was supposed to be her happiest day ended up stressful and overly difficult. My heart goes out to her. I hope she can finally begin to enjoy early married life now that she has cleared up this situation.
Bride needs to sue for defamation, designer violated the contract but went online & said the bride stole the dress & got her doxxed, so f'd up.
I like how the designer said they were going to handle it off screen but she’s the one who started defaming this poor bride to begin with? Only when the receipts come out does she want to take it offline……
I knew something was off when her video had no screenshots, no evidence, and no contracts shown. Just a video of her doxing the bride’s name. We need to stop attacking people and wait to hear both sides.
She made sure to drop her husband's name too just so shed never be able to escape with her name change
Exactly, what a mess 😂
Yes, the people jumping to defend the seamstress after a simple talking video in which she doesn’t show her face and provides exactly 0 evidence need some time outside, maybe touch some grass? Smell some flowers? Like. The seamstress is obviously at fault, but those people sending hate just for the hell of it are the real fucking problem. Even if you saw the video and trusted her, why would you insert yourself in this situation by sending messages to the bride? Support the seamstress’ business by buying something, or donate to her gofundme, sure, but why in the fuck would you send hate messages to another human being for a situation you have no involvement in? Are people insane?
I make custom wedding gowns, and I did not even know what E600 was until I started making custom dance costumes! Wedding gown=no glue, dance costumes=heck yes!
@@littlefamily1093 well, to be fair the dress looked like a dance costume.
I hope thé bridé sues!! Not only did the designer scam her and cause extreme emotional distress, she publicly slandered her and got her DOXED ?? can’t imagine the stress that poor bride went through
I am baffled that ANYONE would find a wedding dress designer on TickyTocky!!! The ‘designer’ didn’t even show her face after DOXXING this bride & trying to ruin not just her day, but her whole family!!
I don’t get how you are having issues with the whole stealing money/scam part.
The “designer “ is trying to say she didn’t get paid and that she sent the dress without being paid and sent it in good will.
The reality was the bride sent 60% payment already so she didn’t “ not pay” like the “designer “ is saying. She didn’t pay the remaining balance for a dress she was planning to not use and return. That’s NOT the same thing she’s claiming. She used that narrative to get money from people for her GFM and get people to attack the bride.
Not agreeing with the decisions of the dress maker, but 60% is not a payment. Like if someone paid for a gaming console but then stole the game cartridges, they still stole and need to pay for the other 40%. That’s almost half the amount unpaid!
@@alfredfreedomjones5105 she still left out the points for why she didn’t receive the full payment AND that the bride had not even responded yet before making her video and then still doubled down when the bride requested a refund in return for the dress. That’s not theft. Nice try. But that’s not theft.
yea you should never pay the balance if you don't feel their job is finished.
Like if you pay a tradesmen to paint your house and you aren't happy. If you already paid everything they won't come back and fix their mistakes.
@@alfredfreedomjones5105 so if you hired someone and they broke contract by being late, incomplete and not on what was agreed in the contract you would then willingly pay the remaining 40%?
@@sarah-seww-creative hm good point, probably not
And this is why we all need both versions of the story to make good judgment.
Oh you barely scratched the surface with this designer. The bride was actually incorrect, the GoFundMe was not taken down at the time of Reilly’s response, and if it was, it was quickly placed back up. A fellow RUclipsr checked, and it was still going.
The designer has also had more past customers come out since this situation hit social media. With other women telling their stories of being scammed. As well as someone who knows the designer’s business model, of having the designs drawn up by someone else. The designer purchasing them and selling the design to customers.while the actual making of the dress including the beadwork, is outsourced and shipped to basic sweatshops. Where help is hired for a low wage, and then shipped back to the designer. This person goes on to say the designer doesn’t really actually sew, and doesn’t design the dresses herself. This would probably be the reason why she refuses to go out to the bride, and fix the dress.
This point of the designer fixing the dress or not, was one point I was most confused about. Seeing as how the mother of the bride asked the designer to come out. The designer says no. Then turns around and tells her audience, if they would have only let me know, or sent me pictures, and kept in contact. I would have gladly fixed this. They did ask the designer. They asked her twice, and she refused both times. So how did she think to gain any sympathy for straight just lying about working with the customer in order to get the last 40% of her money?
There was a ton of information that came out after Reilly made a response video. The designer is a scam artist who is not even paying her employees, and is asking her followers for money for who knows what. Not to mention the designer basically showed up to the bride’s city to get this dress back, but was going on live and commenting online to whip her audience into a frenzy. While the designer and her audience were threatening to physically assault the bride. This was a lot and that scammer did way too much! I don’t think the bride was in the wrong in any of this, and had every right to threaten calling the police.
@@Grimaceschaos06 THIS! Thank you for this context! I had a suspicion from the “designer”’s delays/inability to provide better photos or FT with the bride in between fittings that the dress must have been one of those gowns purchased from
Temu or AliExpress or something and then badly altered to look more “custom.” The final product confirmed it.
I bet that the dress JUST came in on that last day that the bride flew in for her fitting in Miami 🤦🏻♀️ also the E600 “beadwork” should have been the biggest red flag 🚩🚩🚩- no $6K gown should have glue in its construction 🥴
Being a small business owner myself and having pretty much this same situation happen to me, I totally feel for this person. We small business owners work SO hard trying to maintain a perfect reputation but there’s always that one person that tries to dismantle all of our hard work after we bent over backwards for them. I’m not surprised the person who tried to hurt her business was someone who claimed to do the same type of work as her; same as my situation. The really sad part is most people will believe the lies without even needing an ounce of proof. That’s why I always keep receipts of everything. And I’ve never addressed it online because I don’t want to be seen as trying to start drama.
Don’t trust someone who says they can create something waaaay faster than everyone else says it takes.
Cheap, fast, good. Pick two.
First red flag noticed from the very beginning; as a business owner - NO ONE sends product to clients WITHOUT BEING PAID. No one. If they do, they’re either 1) stupid or 2) not in business for very long.
Her first mistake was saying she willingly sent a product without payment and took it on “faith” that the client would pay afterwards and then was upset about it.
@@fourlittlebirds6166 that was the signal to me that this wasn’t legit.
I ordered custom sneakers from an instagram "designer". I paid $500, never received the shoes. I was incredibly patient and courteous in my exchanges, 3 months after I was supposed to receive them. They ghosted me. Fortunately, I got my money back after filing a dispute with my bank.
That was $500. I could not imagine dropping $3K and not receiving what was asked. THAT WOULD RUIN ME FINANCIALLY FOR A YEAR. Shoes and wedding dresses are not the same, but I am fully with the bride and how well she handled the situation.
I am mistrusting of any tiktok and instagram "designers". Please support local established designers in your area with credentials and reviews! Dont chase the social media trending designers. NOT. WORTH. IT.
Personally what i think is happening since this is occuring alot. is These people are not designers they are trying to pass as designers and outsource the dress to locale workshops. Hence why they dont look anything like what they promised.
Yeah, none of this is in any way professional. The pricing is too low, the original dress doesn't seem to have been designed by the dressmaker (or she would have made something at least approximately the same), the communication is batshit, the delivery time pretty short...
This is what I believe too, except that I think they're getting stuff off Temu or some other cheap Chinese drop-shipping service. That would explain the wonky timing - the order wasn't delivered as quickly as she thought it would be. It would also explain why the skirt seemed to line up at the fitting and then was suddenly many inches off center. The "designer" probably has several of the same cheap, Made In China skirts on hand and forgot which one she was passing off as her work.
@@LaCommentaireYES! I was thinking the same thing!
@@deathblade909 oh definitely! I started sewing 32 years ago, (when it was dorky, lol) and the social media out here with young women whipping out elaborate, perfectly tailored, garments made from extremely slippery, difficult to needle, expensive fabrics is just ABSURD. I'm, NO, it takes years and years and generally requires tons of space and expensive equipment to do that well. Like, naaah....this ain't real. I'm not saying they're ALL faked - but I'm guessing most of them are at least heavily exaggerated.
Originally, I assumed your previous “wedding dress drama” video was about THIS drama. Imagine my shock when I watched your video and learned that there was a DIFFERENT yet very similar wedding dress conundrum playing out in the same time period with two completely different parties.
Am I right about this? The price of the dress was a red flag for me. That much hand beading should've been more expensive. I would think 10k at least. I think this designer knew how much labor it would be and that it wouldn't be possible in 6 months at that price, but lowballed this bride to get the contract. Clearly a scammer from the beginning. I feel so bad for the bride. She's the one who deserves a go fund me.
This is why I also thought the bride didn't want to pay full price and was willing to fly down to Miami. Normally people will go far for a hefty but guaranteed personal job/product. Not to pay less!!
So that much labor would be hundreds of hours. 10k plus easily because it needs to be custom done.
You're absolutely right.
Maybe the bride didn’t know 🤷♀️ I honestly wouldn’t have known lol. Let’s not blame the doxxed victim here
@@bleepbloopbop she seems to know a lot about dresses and has a personal seamstress. I'd bet money based on her knowledge that she's from pageants.
It's not really victim blaming, just a psa that that's too cheap for that work
37:22Take her to court. Sue for breach of contract,false advertising, harassment & defamation of character , and emotional distress.
How is there this many wedding dress scammers...😂😂😭😭 damn I'm just gonna go to the store for mine
Because people know they can charge out the wazoo for wedding stuff, as other business do it all the time. And if anything goes 'wrong' or somebody threatens to keep something from you, they think you'll just panic and pay or else you'll be scrambling to find something that you love as much as what you would've gotten.
That’s what I did, and under 6 months was considered a rush then. And I had two alterations done, corseting and cups put in, the bottom and train refinished to accommodate my height, everything. But I’d do that every day of the week before I dealt with this.
On a side note, this is what happened to one of my bridesmaids. I let them pick their own dresses and two had theirs made. One person went in for alterations and EVERYTHING was off-centered. She ended up buying a dress the morning of the wedding 😳
I had no issues with David's Bridal 😂.
Just do it! Scout for a dress you like and then get it altered. That’s what my grandmother did for her wedding and she looked gorgeous. Nobody noticed or cared that the dress wasn’t made from scratch, most people don’t notice those things. It’ll be much cheaper on the budget, too.
@@AshaGlenn I bought a sample dress from David’s Bridal, and I had a great experience! Thankfully I didn’t need any alterations, and bet it was used it only cost 400.00!
It’s very clear that the ‘designer’ didn’t even make the original inspo dress.
“We’re going to handle this offline” after she put it online and caused all of this
Fr though
Well after getting harassed yeah she needed to tell her side I wouldn’t stay silent she actually was kind i swear i would take the clown dress maker to court $3000 for something i didint wear and her harassing me on social media yeah noo
she caused nothing
i'm sorry.. did we watch the same video??
@@MysticalBlueRse are you referring to the client or the woman who made the dress?
Honestly, as someone who does custom apparel 6000 is not enough for a dress like that. That designer should have known better. If you look at legitimate designers, they're charging twice that for the same type of dress.
Casze: "I'll post receipts" *instead posts a gofundme*
Client: *Here is my CVS receipt worth of proof, and also Im not hiding my face*
YIKES!
I got anxious about sticker designs I was commissioned to make, and it wasn't even for something as important for a wedding 😭 I delivered it on time, but there was a mistake and I PANICKED, my client was the sweetest about it and still tipped me. It was an easy fix but still, I lost years off my life that day 😅
How are there people charging THOUSANDS and not only have the audacity to not deliver but to then try to blame the client?! Absolutely insane!
Because, unfortunately, it is part of the culture in the US that somehow everyone can start (and keep) a business. Some business owners act downright entitled. I remember a few years ago when workers started to complain about low wages, and business owners were responding with "I can't pay more than that, or I would go under." Bro, if you cannot afford to pay your workers competitive wages, you are already failing -- your business plan is not sound. If your business cannot pay employees because of one failed project, you clearly don't have enough working capital. Under-capitalization is the main reason businesses fail, and, yeah, that means that the dream of owning a business is inaccessible to most.
In this case, you can see how entitled this designer is, putting a customer on blast without a single receipt, starting a GFM by arguing she is ruined by this thing, and cannot afford to pay her employees...
They only care about themselves, thsys how.
I hope the bride sues for slander, cost of the 2nd wedding dress she was forced to buy, and anything her layer can find.
Genuinely amazed anyone users these amateur online wedding dress makers for such a monumental occasion.
Yes, it’s an unbelievably risky thing to do. There is nothing you can do if you’re not within driving distance of your designer. In person, you would be doing regular fittings and you’d know if your dress isn’t ready way before a total disaster happens. I can’t believe people do this online.
Professional here: DO NOT GET a CUSTOM GOWN ONLINE! Unless it’s a simple, plain slip dress, or a very well known and vetted designer. Everything you see online can be fake. Commissioning the most important dress of a lifetime from someone you cannot see in person regularly, without flying, is a very RISKY purchase. And if you do, the very FIRST red flag should be the time you bail out. This bride kept going back for more ridiculous behavior from the designer instead of realizing she’d been duped by a con artist. This designer is not a designer. So many of these people are not professionally trained and have no idea what they are doing. Buyer beware. Nice pictures on Instagram can easily be faked.
Omg seriously!!!!!!!!!!
I feel like that's an unpopular opinion, at least with gen Z brides nowadays but I so agree with you. I would never ever do that. Maybe I would buy a ready made dress from an online seller that I can find plenty of proof of being legit and high quality but I'd never put in thousands of euros into some random newcomer business. This is honestly what happens when children are raised with a "you can do anything" mindset with no ifs and buts. Running your own business comes with responsibility and you need way more skill than you think to satisfy costumers' needs (that rise exponentially with the price tag of your products).
@@Shirumoonold man yells at cloud. Gen Z isn’t stupid, and this isn’t an unpopular opinion. You just needed an excuse to talk shit about young people, didn’t you?
The bride is way braver than I. I would have had a BREAKDOWN. The dress she ended up wearing was gorgeous and she looked beautiful! I hope she had a perfect wedding day!
First off, it floors me how this woman has to defend herself in public. This issue should just be between the designer and herself and yet, here she is having to explain herself. Second, the moral of the story, don't buy a dress from a designer on tiktok. Just saying. 🙂
The designer sat talking at a camera but the bride came with RECEIPTS!! Literally! 😂
I don't understand getting a custom dress from a distance. Find a designer that's accessible so you can get fitted.
I agree
She flew there to be fitted, the woman cancelled last minute.
"Games being played"... she said that like, 500 times
I swear that i saw another tiktoker that had a very bad experience she had with a prom dress that she wanted made for her, poor girl even paid with her own money and ended up with a horrible dress, and a ruined prom.. Someone correct me if im wrong but i think it was the same designer.
I saw that too. She treated that girl like dirt, probably because she thought she could steamroll over a teenager
Wait. Who was the teenager that was being steam rolled??
@@tarandondesigns6956 A girl who had ordered a prom dress and it wa sthe same thing: missed fittings and an end product that didn't look anything at all like what the girl - who paid for the dress herself; she worked hard to achieve her prom dream - had commissioned. Her video didn't get much traction though for some reason and I don't remember where I saw it.
Absolutely lovely young girl with perfectably reasonable demands; this was not a pampered princess pouting over nothing.
When this designer started with " black woman owned business " thing. That explains that the story is different than she tells. People should stop using their race, color, or ethnicity for being excused from their mistakes or crimes.
Don't worry about the hair. I have a major cowlick on the top of my hair that my hairstylist has a vendetta against. She's done my hair since I was 10 and is still fighting this same piece of hair.
@@holybell000 😂😂😂
There seems to be a whole generation of people who grew up watching Project Runway and now thinking they can make $ selling clothes like a reality contestant with a decade of experience, safety pins, and a lot of glue.
As a diy girlie and someone who sews (I work at a quilt store lmao) THE FACE I MADE WHEN SHE SAID THEY WERE GLUED ON WITH E6000. LIKE WHAAAAAAAT
I sew, went to school for design, and love bridal. I have made two family members' dresses. There are so many reasons I never tried to start a business, you have to know your limits, especially if you are getting paid.
Yes! I bake and make cakes that are delicious but I can’t decorate. I made cakes that didn’t need to be decorated they had like ganache or nuts or coconut, etc on them, but made them for friends. I would never go beyond what ai KNOW I can do …especially for money!
Why does this dress looks like it’s made from one of my African aunties friend that was cheaply made from Nigeria and was surprised that it looked horrible when we only paid $25 for it 😭✋
That totally fits the vibe especially since the beads were glued on lmao. Literally a DIY in the worst sense possible.
I’m crying 😭
Lol I know what you mean. At least you know what to expect paying $25 hahahaha
@@aesinam I mean, this is the bridal equivalent of $25. That is easily a $20K dress (the original), if not far more than that. I would not be surprised for a dress like that to cost $60-100K.
Get an attorney who does contract law and go after her for the full refund, defamation of character, liable, etc. This looks like a "seamstress" who is in way over her head and only saw dollar signs. This bride is lovely and I hope she finds some financial reimbursement for this fiasco
The bride should sue the "designer" for defamation, doxxing her info and ruined wedding
This is crazyyyyyyy. I bought a 187$ dress from some sketchy website and it was absolutely beautiful. Even the seamstress who took it in said it was made really well. It was beaded, mermaid, lacy and so pretty. This dress is absolutely awful in so many ways 🥴
Ahh I had a small mishap with my wedding dress (they shipped it in the wrong color), and as it was just over 3 months to my wedding date I had to go to another shop and find one I could take off the rack. That was stressful and I still had a few months, I can't imagine looking for one 2 DAYS before my wedding!
She was a gorgeous bride. And it sucks she had to deal with a person like that scammer.
I feel so bad for her.. can you imagine what she went through when she tried it on before the wedding and it looked like that 🤯😢 I would've been in so much distress and crying my eyes out 😣 But I'm so happy that she managed to find another one. I hope she felt as beautiful as she looked on her big day
2:10 the f is that camera angle? Showing the other party's face but not her own is sketchy af