sydney woman Gabrielle* is just weeks out from her wedding with no dress and more than $6000 out of pocket from a terrible ordeal.
The woman, 31, is among nearly 100 victims left out in the cold after wedding company liquidation/news-story/1aff0abef92fbc59ba175800ef2b74fe” target=”_blank” title=”www.news.com.au” data-tgev=”event119″ data-tgev-container=”bodylink” data-tgev-order=”1aff0abef92fbc59ba175800ef2b74fe” data-tgev-label=”finance” data-tgev-metric=”ev”>The Bridal Atelier collapsed into liquidation earlier this week.
News.com.au reported that staff were terminated abruptly on Friday across the boutique’s two stores in Sydney and Melbourne. On Monday, the Melbourne store filed its liquidation papers and the following day the Sydney one did too.
News.com.au understands at least 99 weddings have been impacted – 69 from Sydney and around 30 in Melbourne.
Gabrielle was meant to be starting alterations on her dress next week, so that it would be perfect for when she travels overseas for her big day in mid-August.
Instead, she’s been left scrambling, with just seven weeks to secure a dress to salvage her looming wedding with her future husband, 32, whom she has been in a relationship with for 12 years.
“The dress was $6800. It’s a lot more than I ever planned on spending, which makes it more heartbreaking,” Gabrielle told news.com.au.
She paid in full for the dress in two instalments, in November 2022 and February this year, but has since learned her cash…