Another silly wedding news item, a bridesmaid is told to lose 20 pounds by her seamstress. It was supposed to be a joke, so says the store owner, who makes sure to mention that the seamstress has her own separate business, though she does some tailoring for his shop. The bridesmaid was upset enough to publicize her public humiliation even more by telling the press; I guess that’s her revenge. It’s unclear whether she was getting fitted for a dress order or if she was being fitted into a dress she had already ordered. For some reason the bridal industry didn’t shift along with other clothing manufacturers when size designations were adjusted downwards (“yesterday’s size 16 is now a size 10 or 12“). So a woman going into a bridal salon unprepared for the old style sizing is usually in for a shock. Since I’d been fitted for bridesmaid dresses several times, I was prepared to hear my wedding gown size as “just a number”. But anyone who doesn’t know about the difference or refuses to acknowledge it (it happens!), may be in danger of provoking a scene like the one the aforementioned bridesmaid went through. Was the seamstress out of line or was the bridesmaid too sensitive? It’s impossible to make the call from the outside. (via Obscure Store)