Most gowns are not sitting on a rack in your size. They are cut to order after you buy, which is why we ask brides to start shopping eight to twelve months before the wedding - enough time to order, receive, and then alter the dress.
Alterations alone typically need two to three months, scheduled in a few fittings rather than one. That timeline is not a suggestion so much as how the gown actually gets made - rushing it does not usually make it faster, it makes it more expensive.
Closer than that is still workable, not a problem to apologize for. Inside six months we move you to rush-cut gowns from a shorter list of designers. Inside three months, we shop only sample sale and off-the-rack stock, sized as close as we can and altered the rest of the way. Both routes end in a real dress, on time.
