Woman Furious Designer Delayed Shipping Her Custom Dress to Let a Stranger Wear It Jordan GreeneOctober 17, 2025 at 11:13 PM 0 Ina Art / EyeEm/ Getty Images Stock image of a person sewing a dress One woman took to Reddit to share her recent fashion faux pas The woman explained that she had preordere...
- - Woman Furious Designer Delayed Shipping Her Custom Dress to Let a Stranger Wear It
Jordan GreeneOctober 17, 2025 at 11:13 PM
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One woman took to Reddit to share her recent fashion faux pas
The woman explained that she had preordered a summer dress back in January or February from an independent designer
After experiencing a delay in shipping, she noticed the custom dress being worn by someone else online, posted on the designers social media
One woman took to Reddit to share her recent fashion faux pas — and to ask if she was wrong for feeling upset about it.
In a post on Reddit's Am I the A------ forum, the woman explained that she had preordered a summer dress back in January or February from an independent designer based in another country. The designer only accepted about 20 orders at that time and allowed for minor alterations to each piece.
"I paid in full upfront," she wrote. "It was expected to be done around August since mine had more deviation from the original design. So in my head, it was more of a custom piece."
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In August, she reached out for an update, and the designer told her the dress would be ready in two weeks — around early September. The woman said she had no issue with the delay, knowing the garment was being handmade.
However, later that month, she noticed something odd.
"I saw her post my dress in September — I recognized it from the color and design — but there was no update on shipment," she explained. "I thought maybe it wasn't quite finished yet."
Then, on Oct. 7, she spotted a video interview featuring the designer and saw her dress again. This time, it was being worn by another person for the photoshoot.
"I emailed her about the dress," the Redditor wrote, "and she told me it was ready, but she decided to have it featured in the interview before posting it to me."
The woman admitted she felt "quite upset about the lack of consent."
"It is her creation and design as much as it is my property," she wrote. "It's not some dress off the rack at H&M — I paid for it in full before it was even made. I didn't pay to dress someone else up. I paid to wear it myself."
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She added that she would have had no problem sharing the dress with someone she knew, but didn't feel comfortable knowing a stranger had worn it before her.
"I don't benefit from this at all. The only thing I got was a delay," she said. "The lack of consent made me feel uncomfortable and disrespected as someone who supported her with actual money. Even if the risk of staining or damage is small, it still exists."
The woman ended her post by asking Reddit for advice: "Do you think I own the dress? Am I the a------ for thinking that just because I paid, I own it all? Or do I only own it after it's shipped? Do I have the right to say no if she had asked beforehand?"
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Since posting, people have taken to the comments to share their thoughts on the situation. One person expressed how, if they were in this position, they wouldn't want the dress after someone else wore it. "I would ask for a full refund," they said.
"NTA…you paid for it, it's yours," another person wrote. "If the designer wanted to show it off for the interview she could've put it on a mannequin."
Someone else said, "Upon delivery, post a review and complain wherever possible that she sold you a used and soiled demo for the price of new."
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