A bride's worst nightmare

Published: 8:18PM Monday February 02, 2009

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Imagine this: you are a bride whose wedding is just a few weeks away, and you are down to fine-tuning all the details. The venue is sorted, the cake has been ordered, and you have paid up for the all-important wedding dress.

While most brides worry about their groom getting a glimpse of the dress before the big day, Close Up has found a couple of brides-to-be for whom that simply is not possible. Why? Because the dressmaker they paid their money to has disappeared, meaning they cannot even see their dresses themselves.

Michael Holland speaks to two women whose dreams of a fairytale wedding have floated off into thin air.

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