As many as 300 brides will be without wedding gowns for their big day after a major bridal boutique went into liquidation without warning yesterday, Herald Sun has reported.
Distraught brides-to-be and their frantic mothers descended on Brides of Melbourne in Bourke St to find the doors locked and dream dresses worth thousands of dollars no longer theirs.
Most reacted with anger, shock and tears that months of meticulous planning, painstaking shopping and saving had amounted to nothing. Due to walk down the aisle in four months, Nicole Morgan said her dream day would be ruined without the $2600 ivory Princess gown she had almost paid for.
“All I have of my dream gown is the receipt,” Ms Morgan said. “I have my jewellery, my shoes, the veil but no wedding dress.”
Sixteen staff were sacked when Brides of Melbourne went to the wall owing about $1 million, and unsecured creditors were warned they were unlikely to get a cent back.
The appointed liquidator confirmed that Melbourne City Formal Wear Pty Ltd, trading as Brides of Melbourne, went into liquidation yesterday.
