Hi to All MB Brides and Brides-to-be
I¡¦m a bride of MB. I¡¦ve heard so much about MB in this forum and other forum and finally I¡¦ve got personal experience with her to prove what has been said about her. Basically, relationship with designer is very personal despite who u worked with. It really depends on your personalities and luck. If u click, that¡¦s a blessing and it¡¦ll make your preparations a pleasant one, if not, it¡¦ll just add on to your stress level.
I guess I¡¦m just one of the very unfortunate bride who didn¡¦t have a really pleasant encounter with MB. Comments here are very subjective, it¡¦s only for reference for those who are keen to know so that u know what to expect when dealing with her.
1) MB couldn't deliver my evening gown during my first fitting (after a long long wait). I only found out when I've traveled all the way to the shop. So always ask her what's ready for fitting before you travel there (especially brides who are staying faraway from her shop. it was a long journey for me, more than 1/2hr drive.)
2) I've made some alterations for my EG. MB only told me she couldn't get hold of the material of the gown for alterations on the day of my fittings!! So call her way in advance to confirm that she is able to deliver any alterations
3) I've requested a quotation of the alterations of my EG before she proceed with any alterations. I've waited and waited, called her several times to ask for the quotations, and finally she told me not to call her but she'll call me. Unfortunately, she never did and proceeded with the alterations without informing me of the quotes. On the day of fitting, when she asked me how much did she quote me over the phone and I told her she never did. Even though I didn't argue with her since she has already altered the dress and I'll pay her whatever it cost, she INSISTED that I accused her of not quoting me!! (from this, I reckoned she's one who pushed away responsibilities and not willing to accept mistakes that she made) I didn't want to fight over it, since it was a happy occasion for my hubby and myself. So be very careful if u do ask for alterations. Be insistence about obtaining the quotes and don't feel bad about reminding her over and over again. 'coz the alterations charge was quite steep as I could have bought a new dress from Alan Chai.
4) I've requested for a change of makeup artiste for my actual day (after the trial and photoshoot). MB told me the refund would only be about $80. When I spoke to some very popular makeup artistes in the industry, they were shocked! They told me even shops in IMM would refund about $200 or more and $80 wouldn't even be sufficient to pay for my trial makeup. So what they have suggested to me is continue to use her makeup artiste for actual day, but use her for my mum and bridesmaids! That will make my $80 more worth than the refund and re-engage another makeup artiste for myself instead! But at the end I decided not to, as it's MB not being professional and not the makeup artiste. So my advice is if u are not satisfied with the makeup artiste during trial makeup session, don't be shy to tell her to change. Else u will run into such problems later on.
5) Well, the most disastrous among all was that the front seams of my wedding gown burst during my cocktail reception on my wedding day! It was really embarrassing. On the next day, when my mum tried to tell her about what happened to the dress on my wedding day, she screamed at my mum saying that I¡¦ve put on sooo much weight that the dress burst! It has nothing to do with her poor workmanship! Wow, how polite of her!
When I returned her the gown, to my surprise she didn¡¦t offer to compensate or apologize for the embarrassment she has caused me during my wedding, instead demanded me to pay for the alterations!!! This is absurd!
I won¡¦t deny that MB has a good seamstress behind the scene. But it¡¦s not worth dealing with a person who has an attitude problem (even some famous makeup artiste in the industry agrees to it), forgetful, eccentric, afraid of admitting mistakes. The fact is, the main stress of my preparations were from her.
Thank god, my wedding is over, not because I didn¡¦t enjoy the process of preparations or my wedding day but because I do not have to deal with the Margaret anymore.
These are some of the things u could look out for so that u won't run into the same problems as me. So that you'll have a smoother ride with MB.
Having gone through the whole process, I will be glad to provide any advice on anything that I could.
Sheer
