This was my first experience ordering any desi dress online! I was very nervous, but after going down the rabbit hole looking all over for the right lehenga, I finally settled on this lehenga from Lashkaraa. I really wanted a tissue lehenga to wear to an upcoming wedding reception.
I had no idea what to expect and missed the "custom measurements" tab completely and therefore accidentally inserted a few wrong measurements. I ordered the lehenga on November 13, and received a "stitching update" email from their customer support on November 15 noting that their tailor believed a few of the measurements could be off. The recommendations I received were:
1. adjusting the blouse length from 12 inches to 13 inches. [Adjusted]
2. adjusting the front neck depth from 5.5 inches to 8 inches. [Adjusted -- I really should have followed the measuring guide]
3. adjusting the shoulder width from 6 inches to 14 inches. [I really, really should have followed the measuring guide. But I did not adjust to 14 inches. I measured at 17 inches.]
4. adjusting the around waist from 32 inches to 31 inches. [Adjusted]
5. adjusting the around hips from 34 inches to 39 inches. [Adjusted]
6. adjusting the skirt length from 38 inches to 40 inches. [Adjusted to 39 inches]
The gave me 24 hours to respond either accepting or rejecting the proposed measurements. I emailed back agreeing to most of the adjustments, however noted that my shoulders would need to be 17 inches [this is after I measured based…
