Apr 28, 2008 11:10 pm US/Central
Bridal Shop Suddenly Closes, Locking Gowns Inside
COLD SPRING, Minn. (WCCO) ―
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Lori's Bridal and Formal Wear in Cold Spring has apparently closed due to the sluggish economy, leaving wedding dresses and gowns locked inside.
CBS
The term "bridezillas" often refers to brides-to-be that get a little too excited before their big day.
Now, some future brides who bought their dresses at a wedding store in Cold Spring have real reason for concern.
Lori's Bridal and Formal Wear has apparently closed due to the sluggish economy, leaving wedding dresses and gowns locked inside.
At least one bride thinks she knows what happened to the store.
"It was the perfect dress, and I just ordered it and I thought everything would be fine," said Rachael Primus.
Primus is five weeks away from the biggest day of her life. Sadly, that day may come and go without the $700 Mori Lee wedding dress she had her eyes on.
"I had called on Wednesday just to make sure I could come in this weekend and get my dress, and they said 'Yeah, just come in any time, you don't need to make an appointment,'" recalled Primus.
When Primus got to Lori's Bridal and Formal Wear on Saturday, she found a locked door and a sign that said the store had closed due to the economy.
"I was very upset. I started crying, and then when we were sitting there and there was a couple of other cars that pulled up too, and everyone was just in shock and disbelief," said Primus.
The sign on the door listed two numbers for future brides to call who have dresses locked inside.
WCCO tried calling the numbers provided, like Primus had already done many times, but every time it went to voicemail.
After not being able to contact anyone, Primus and her sister did some investigating and found that there were outstanding mortgages on the store from two local banks, and after 17 years of business, the owner was no where to be found.
While Primus' dress hangs inside the store, she hangs on to hope that she will be wearing that dress on her wedding day.
"I've had a day and a half to cry about it, so I'm just trying to move on and figure out what I am going to do," resolved Primus.
A local wedding dress designer has offered to give Primus a discount on a new wedding dress, but she is holding out hope the bank will get involved and get her dress out.
She has been advised by an employee of Bremer Bank in St. Cloud to buy a new dress in case the store is not reopened.
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