TikToker shares disappointing reveal of $7,000 custom 'nightmare' wedding dress at her final fitting — 2 months before a 500-person wedding

Mara LeightonDec 1, 2022, 23:31 IST

Josephine Pepa/TikTok;@jpepaa

25-year-old Josephine Pepa ordered a $7,000 custom bridal gown for her September wedding.
Ten weeks before the 500-person event, Pepa had the final "nightmare" fitting.

Josephine Pepa, a 25-year-old pharmacist, ordered her dream bridal gown to be custom-made for her September wedding.

But, when she showed up to the final fitting — just ten weeks before 500 guests would arrive in Garden City, New York, to watch her wed 31-year-old Michael Jandovitz — Pepa found a "horrific" dress that didn't match her expectations at all.

Pepa's gown nightmare began when she opted to order a custom wedding gown.

"That's me literally smiling through the pain," Pepa told viewers in a TikTok.Courtesy of Josephine Pepa

But in her final fitting, only the second time she saw the dress in person, Pepa was horrified.

The final fitting, a little over two months away from her wedding, was only the second time the bride had tried on her gown.Courtesy of Josephine Pepa

The gown didn't resemble what she'd asked for, and she didn't think it was well constructed, either.

Pepa said she started hyperventilating in her final dress fitting.Courtesy of Josephine Pepa

With ten weeks to go before her 500-guest wedding, Pepa began her wedding dress search anew.

Ten weeks out from her wedding, Peppa found her actual wedding dress and reception dress which, all in, cost her "twice the amount" of her original gown.Courtesy of Josephine Pepa

In the end, Pepa thinks everything happens for a reason.

Pepa wore a "one-of-a-kind" Marchesa gown.Vanessa Joy/@vanessajoy via Josephine Pepa

As for the wedding, Pepa said it went off without a hitch.

Pepa said the wedding dress fiasco was a "good laugh" in the end.Vanessa Joy/@vanessajoy via Josephine Pepa

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TikToker shares disappointing reveal of $7,000 custom 'nightmare' wedding dress at her final fitting &mdash; 2 months before a 500-person wedding