China gowns and US tiaras and veils
I ordered my daughters dress from ebay seller "zhyabin1987". We found a dress at a bridal store that she liked, sent pictures of that dress, as well as some from the mfg. website, along with all of her measurements and they made it from there - delivered to my CA home for $169. After I ordered this, a friend used the same seller to make her daughter's prom dress. It was a nice dress, though too short for my daughter (who is very tall). Something about the length got lost in the translation. Anyway, the seller agreed to remake it for free - after I shipped it back. During the shipping time, my daughter found another dress on sale (though $400 vs the $169) here at a store - so we cancelled the remake - and the seller refunded my full purchase price! So, we will never know if it would have been correct - but I trust that it would. The prom dress was beautiful. I would use this order overseas method again if you have plenty of time - we started about 4 months in advance and felt pressured when we were down to only 3 months before the wedding when we sent it back. (It took a month for them to make it, vs 4-5 mo. for bridal shops).
We ordered her veil on ebay from a US seller - "Member id decorativepillows" - we stayed in US due to ordering just a few weeks before the wedding. It was beautiful - they added some extras to their design per our request. Fast service, reasonable prices (so much less than bridal stores), and a nice veil!
We ordered her tiara from a different ebayer - "calev*508" - again, reasonable price, great product, very responsive seller - did a good job at following up after delivery to make sure all was well. We had her do the ivory pearls (vs the standard white) and they looked great.
