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mrbee    March 5, 2005   New York City, New York

This was unexpected - Weddingbee Classifieds was in the New York Times today!

One bride more conscious of her pocketbook than of what others think is Lauren Rathmann, who crowed about her secondhand gown "success story" on a bridal message board. "I found my dream dress at a bridal salon, but it was way out of my price range," said Ms. Rathmann, 31, a mechanical engineer from Rockville, Md., who married last June. "Money was tight and I couldn't, in good conscience, justify paying a premium for a designer gown. But after experiencing the dress, nothing else even compared. So I started stalking the style number online."

She soon found the exact Jim Hjelm dress being sold by another size 2 bride with similar measurements on the weddingbee.com classifieds. It was 40 percent off the original price of $3,100. "The dress fit so well, I'm pretty sure I could play the stunt double for the previous owner if she were to star in an action flick!" she said.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/01/fashion/weddings/01fieldnotes.html

Thanks for the shoutout!  It looks like the quote is from our very own Weddingbee user, MrsPomegranate!  But woah... look at the original quote from the Weddingbee message boards:

I actually found my dream dress at a bridal salon but it was way out of my price range.  After experiencing THE dress, nothing else even compared.  I couldn't, in good conscience, pay full price so I started stalking the style number online.

and compare it to the version in the article:

"I found my dream dress at a bridal salon, but it was way out of my price range," said Ms. Rathmann, 31, a mechanical engineer from Rockville, Md., who married last June. "Money was tight and I couldn't, in good conscience, justify paying a premium for a designer gown. But after experiencing the dress, nothing else even compared. So I started stalking the style number online."

It looks like the quote was pretty heavily edited!  I hope they cleared the edits with you, MrsPomegranate!

Speaking of the Weddingbee Classifieds... have you ever used them before?  How did they work for you?