DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — New developments have occured in the Alfred Angelo bridal shutdown.
Alfred Angelo bridal stores closed nationwide on Friday, and people were showing up at various locations only to find the doors were locked and no one was answering the phone.
Earlier Monday, Channel 2's Audrey Washington stopped by the home of a seamstress, Petal Williams, helping many brides-to-be who were left scrambling after the sudden, nationwide closure.
Washington learned that some of the dresses that went out for alterations were with Williams, who said that those dresses will be altered and returned to the customers.
Washington was the only reporter working to track down the dresses.
While some were found with Williams, there are still several other dresses fully paid for but nowhere to be found.
Williams now has a lot on her to-do list because minutes after the Alfred Angelo bridal debacle, her phone started to ring, nonstop.
“I reached out to all my clients and I let them know that I would be handling all their alterations, not to panic, not to worry,” Williams told Washington.
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Washington was told that many of the customers who had their gowns sent out for alterations shouldn’t worry, because those gowns are being tailored and will be returned on time.
“We can’t go back to the store,” Williams told Washington. “We can’t do anything at the store.”
Only Channel 2 Action News was there as shop employees in Dunwoody brought out gown after gown and then stuffed them into their personal vehicles last week.
Washington asked the employees, “Can you tell us what’s going to happen with the dresses? What about the brides?”
But there was no word on where the dresses, which were not given to contractors like Williams, were to be taken.
“I told them that even if I never get paid for it, that’s fine,” Williams said. “It’s just the moral thing to do, so I know my clients will be taken care of.”
Still, many customers are now out thousands of dollars and without a wedding gown.
Consumer experts said that customers can always dispute the charge for the wedding dress with their credit card company.
Washington’s calls to the bankruptcy attorney for Alfred Angelo were not returned.
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