Hey all!

I have been following everyone's posts and as I was SO excited to use Milly a few months ago, I am not getting a little anxious about it now.  I do, however, have a year and a half until my wedding date, so I am confident that time is not an issue (if I start now!) but I am worried about communication (as most of you experience problems with with them) and maybe technical skill with such a complicated dress.  (See photos).

The dress is a mixure of both silk organza (which they have) and silk tulle (which they do NOT have).  I would like to use both fabrics as I have tried this dress on and love love love that it is mainly tulle with silk overlays.  I have found a great deal online for tulle, but not ONLY has Milly ensured me that I will need 66 yards (what in the WORLD?!?!) but that I can purchase it myself and mail it to them to use.  I am wondering if anyone else has done this before.  And thoughts on them making this dress?  Has anyone done or seen them make the Vera Wang Diana?  

Thanks!

Yes, Milly has had fabric shipped from a bride and used it to make a gown (she is in the group if you look, I can't remember the name). I believe the bride was happy with the quality of the dress, just not the size of the bustline. The amount of fabric they asked for is a lot but there is a lot of fabric on that dress and they need extra for changes or mistakes. They have done a dress like this, there are two on there website you can check out. Smart to order now because it seems that November-March are pretty much a wash for them.

yeah, it might have been snowyflake who sent Milly fabric.

after my experience with Milly, I really can't recommend them any longer.  For the longest time I really supported them and always took their side whenever brides on this forum complained about their dress.  Hell, I don't even have my dress and it was paid for in January and my wedding is 11 weeks away.

Sorry i can't help, but OMG 66 yards?!

Double post

Vera Wang gowns are to die for. I love love love your dress. Good luck!

Yep, it was me who sent Milly fabric for my dress.  I sent them 5 yards of silk tulle.  I found the tulle from an online vendor for $55 a yard.  I wouldn't use silk tulle if they require 66 yards of it.  That would set you back $3,300!  If you're even considering going down this route, why not just by the dress second hand?  I saw your dress on www.preownedweddingdresses.com for $5,000.

If the fabrics and and detail are important to you, you should try to buy the dress second hand because Milly will not be able to make an exact duplicate for you.  

Given all the recent complaints on the site about Milly, I would think twice about using them too.  It seems they just don't have the capacity to deal with all the orders now, leading to poor customer service and poor quality.  They seem to have become a victim of their own success.

Ditto what Snowyflake advised.

I have considered purchasing the dress second hand, which is not out of the question, but it is still incredibly expensive (I had seen the one on Preowned wedding dresses AND Once Wed...most likely the same seller).  I suppose the dress has not be purchased by many people just yet to find it from different sellers.  Also, I just ordered a sample of silk tulle from Fabric.com for $1 a yard!!!!!  So the extra cost of $70 for silk tulle is not that bad at all.  I do have plenty of time to have Milly do it, which makes me comfortable, and I am not looking for a spot on replica, but pretty dern close.  It does make me feel a little bit better as well that if the dress does not come out how I expect that I would have time to make magic happen and find another one and would only loose half of the cost ($300) from Milly's guarantee.  I feel like for a total of $700 as opposed to $700 it is a gamble worth taking.....

Any four ladies wanna go in on the real dress?  HAHAHAHAH.  

& snowflake, they sent me photos of your test dress when I asked if they had done the Diana for anyone yet.  Not the Diana, but GORGEOUS!  From the photos it appears they are really doing an amazing job!

Also, regarding the 66 yards of fabric, I think that if I were asking for the ENTIRE dress to be made of silk tulle, which I am not.  I think that was a communication error.  Regardless, I can not wait to get the sample of it in the mail, I hope it doesn't look or feel like it is a $1 a yard!  It said SILK TULLE and looked legit online so let's cross our fingers!