What is the difference, according to Darius Cordell from buying made to order formal wear vs. off the rack inventory.

Darius Cordell Couture is a fashion designer that focuses mainly in couture evening gowns, mother of the bride dresses, pageant wear and refined marriage ceremony wedding gowns for all sizes of people petite, regular and full figured persons.

Many of our customers come to us and are confused as to how they can find purchase and receive a made to order designer dress without trying it on or beholding it in person.  This article will show you the simplicity of doing just that.  You need to release the off the rack way of thinking and focus on what is is you already know you want for your body type in order for this to make sense.

First thing is since we are the actual designer and not a typical bridal salon your options with us for evening gowns, mother of the bride dresses or wedding gowns are totally different.  With us you can have any one of our garments made however you want with any changes to the actual design.  We also receive custom dresses as well where we will sketch your ideas for blessing or we can work from photos that you put forward to us for examples.

We have worked in this discipline for over ten years.  We have met with and worked with all types of brides, mothers, pageant people and socialites.  From experience we know what works and what does not.  Our clients need to trust us and leave us to walk them through this proven process.  The largest hurdle is when considering a made to order designer gown you can not have an off the rack mindset about the purchase.  For instance most people think they need to try on a dress in order to understand if the cut or design will work for them.  This is not always the case – specially when dealing with custom evening dresses and bridal gowns. 

For example, when you put on your body that ball gown or special occasion dress in the bridal salon many times it will not “fit” or look good on.  The rationality for that is uncomplicated – that off the rack item was not made for you or your particular body shape.   This is why you will hear many people say that formal dress looked great on the hanger but when I tested it on it looked frightful on me.  Well since it was not made specifically for you that is the reason why.  Where as all of our designs can be made to measure according to your exact body shape, size, length and dimensions.  For instance two women who are both size 8 can try on the same exact apparel and it looks fine on one person and not so much on the other.  It could be because of torso length, depth of back, length of neck, bust size, etc…  This is why for formal dresses it is best to have something made for your body rather than picking something off the rack.

What one will ultimately discover is a typical bridal shop will order a size from the designer’s size chart.  They can then have you come in many times and charge you for “fittings”.  Since we are the designer we do not tug you to order from a size chart.  We cut to the chase and permit you to have your bridal  ball gowns or evening dress made to your shape.  Regardless of if you are plus size, petite, special tall or whatsoever – our extensive personal measurement form takes care of all unique sizes and shapes .

So what we tell all of our darius cordell couture customers is to figure out what it is they want and to ask themselves a series of questions.  Ask yourself  what part of my body do I want to blanket?  What part of my figure do I want to show?  What part of my construct do I want the item to be fitted and what part do I want to be lose?  Or have I worn this neck line before, and if so did I like it?  Have I worn a skirt like this before, and if so did I like it?   Once you resolution these questions (forgetting about what the item may look like when you try it on) you can then decide on which item in the picture best meets your personal preferences (either as shown or with changes).   Like some people may like a strapless bridal gown but need a short or long sleeve added to cover a scar.  Or say one person may want a tea length dress or cocktail dress as an alternative of a long skirt – even although the gown is shown as an a-line ball gown skirt.  Whatever the changes you need it is not a problem.   In either case, once you convey to us the style # that meets your specific needs (as shown or with changes) we then make that item for you in your exact measurements.  When the item is complete and your balance is paid we ship the product to you.  A good amount of clients over the past 10 years have been stunned at how well their item fits their body and how pleased they are with their choice.   To go over just a few of their comments please click on the next link for “Darius Cordell customer service” reviews.

Keep in mind there is not a huge deviation from ordering directly from the designer vs. ordering from a typical bridal salon.  You communicate your order request to the bridal store in persona face to face.  Then the bridal store will submit your order info to the designer.  The only difference when you purchase direct mail order is YOU communicate your order request using other forms of efficient communication like email, fax, mail or phone.  The words and their meanings do not change when vocal.  So the same selective information is being communicated.  Then the only other difference is instead of the wedding salon submitting the order info to the designer YOU are submitting it to the designer yourself. 

Once you contact us for more information you will find that we have perfected a system for choosing colours and textiles as well.  In short you can either communicate the color and fabric you want, submit an example or submit the actual yardage.  Giving the consumer these options makes the ordering process much easier and gives the customer many more choices so they can have the dress made like they want and need.

So as you shop or surf the cyberspace for after five evening wear, wedding dresses or other very special black tie dresses please keep this very helpful info in mind.  It will surely provide you with a different outlook on the online buying process when you are ready to move forward.

Meanwhile, we at Darius Cordell Inc truly hope to develop a couture piece for you very soon.

To see our full collection kindly go to Darius Cordell Designs at dariuscordell.com.