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In addition to wedding gowns, supply chain disruptions have also affected the arrival of bridesmaid dresses.

New York City-based pediatric nurse practitioner Allyson Tauber, who is scheduled to get married on March 12, 2022, found her wedding dress rather quickly. Once ordered, it arrived in six months as promised and now she is awaiting to begin alterations within the next few months.

But she hasn't had the same luck when it comes to her bridesmaid dresses. She allowed them to pick their dresses from Bella Bridesmaids and had all participants submit orders ahead of time.

However, in September, she received an email titled \"Urgent Production Change for Dessy Fabrics.\" \"I was told that effective immediately, a few fabrics are majorly delayed due to COVID,\" Tauber told \"GMA.\" \"As it turns out, all of the dresses I had chosen were in the affected fabrics.\"

Tauber was given the option to have everyone come in for a fitting and order their dresses within eight days and they would arrive the week before the wedding or they could change fabrics, colors or designers to accommodate what was available.

\"I have finally decided to move forward with a third option -- to cancel my order from Bella Bridesmaid and find my bridesmaid dresses elsewhere,\" she said.

Tauber said she's switched to Anthropologie's bridal service instead.

\"Anthropologie’s BHLDN has been amazing to work with,\" she said. \"I am very excited to have found a place where my bridesmaids can order dresses to try on at home and return them if they want to try another style or size.\"

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A Bella Bridesmaid spokesperson explained to \"GMA\" that Dessy had delays and shortages on a subset of fabrics. However, Dessy is one of many designers that the company carries.

\"We did notify brides the moment we learned of the delay to give them the choice of changing their order or to press forward with potential delays accounted for,\" a Bella Bridesmaid said. \"Because we only focus on bridesmaids and are a franchise of small, female-owned businesses, it's very important for us to carry a variety of dresses, price points, production timelines [and more] to meet our clients' needs.\"

The company confirmed that Bella Bridesmaids can generally meet, or in many cases exceed, most bridesmaid needs as the business has a much larger selection than most of their competition.

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While a great deal of the bridal industry has been impacted by ongoing global chain supplies, some stores, such as New York City's Kleinfeld Bridal, said it has not been intensely affected.

\"We are truly not seeing any issues or hearing of any,\" said a Kleinfeld spokesperson. \"The Kleinfeld merchandising and production teams are in daily constant contact with each of our designers and have not had any delivery issues nor do we foresee this affecting our brides.\"

The brand also highlighted that the store always has sample dresses available to buy straight off the rack.

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Mass bridal retailers, such as David's Bridal, have also reported seeing a 45% increase for in-store purchases versus online likely due to condensed planning and supply chain issues. The company owns its own supply chain and carries over 300,000 gowns in stock in a variety of styles that are ready to go.

With continual major delays globally, experts also suggest shopping through small businesses that carry products made in America.

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