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FGH from Towson, Formal Dresses After a neighbor told us about the sale in Towson, MD, my daughter and I were debating whether or not to go. She had exactly a year until her wedding and wasn't in a real rush, but she's been looking. She had found a gown she loved, but it was over our budget. We eventually planned to go early with some helpers, but as the day approached no one else could go, and even my daughter had to work in the morning. We then decided to take the 40 minute ride when she got off from work, just to see what the sale was like. We figured that if we thought it was worth it, we could always go to the next sale in Short Prom Dresses on August 1. We left at 1:30 in the afternoon, got lost, and didn't make it to the Towson store until after 3. We fully expected to walk in and find a few dresses and lots of empty racks. Wrong! There were lots of racks and they were loaded with gowns. The store was no more crowded than a typical day at Marshall's---still some brides trying on gowns in the aisles, but plenty of room to maneuver. My daughter does not like to "shop", but we knew what style she was interested in. She told me to take one side of the aisle and she took the other and we quickly went through hundreds of gowns. She's about a size 4-6 and we didn't find much in those sizes but figured if it was close, it could be altered. We found about four gowns that she would consider, but one was very close to what she'd been looking for. That gown was a size 10, so we went to see the seamstress that was on duty and she told us that fitting it to her would not be a problem and even the changes that my daughter wanted could be done by a professional seamstress. Even with alterations,nike max, the gown's price should be within our budget. We looked it over very carefully and couldn't find a thing wrong. It didn't even need to be cleaned! The label, Long Prom Dresses didn't mean anything to us, but the tag and an employee told us that the gown's original price was. We decided to buy it for, thinking that if she found a "more perfect" gown, we could always sell it on Ebay. The only
thing I noticed after we brought it home was that the label had been sewn in by hand over a place in the lining where a label of a different shape had been removed. I'm not sure what that means, but even if Angel Q. is not the original designer, the dress is gorgeous and comparable to the ones we've seen like it in bridal shops for a whole lot more. So, I guess you'd say that instead of "running with the brides", we "cruised with the brides" and still wound up with a beautiful gown that we think is definitely worth the we paid.