I had to do this for my son. We attempted to have his suit custom made but when we picked up his suit, it was horrible! I found him the perfect suit LAST MINUTE and had to make adjustments to his dates corsage HOURS before the prom! We make it happen for our kids!!!

Right I wish she had a back up dress, hopefully she can go next year

She was barely able to afford the dress I don’t think she was able to afford a backup dress 🙁

@@erikaf561 true… but when it comes to something as important as prom for your child,you gonna make a way!

She attempted to make a way by working 70hrs a week....I'm sure she exhausted all her expenses

if it was made by hand and the person had to buy all the products plus hours it would take to make that…it’s going to cost a lot more than a dress you bought from the store

That’s you. Not everyone else.

@KatieP Thats why I buy ready made😜

@@raychellelowe8937 Maybe that's why I have money in the bank🤪

That part

exactly

Checkmate. I believe that the judge felt bad for her because she didn't make the prom.

I agree with the other pollster. JM issued a pity judgement. However, as another pollster mentioned, the negative publicity can actually help the defendant.

Agreed. I'm correcting words in my head, as she speaks.

She didn't lie. She texted him on the 7 th he said it was ready he was locked out 😊

Huh?!! R u saying her stories were all over the place starting from the car accident birth?! If so, how so?!

Right

​@Delores Davis you the mana huh?🥴🙃

@@babygroot81 *sigh* Special kind of stupid, huh?!

@@babygroot81 do like your @...

No they shouldn't forfeit the money if they don't come the day of the fitting. That's just simply stupid when you got your money on the line.

​@@tedra6455 exactly. Your money is on the line. Most deposits are non refundable to encourage YOU to do what you are supposed to do. Because it's your money.

She was telling her whole life

*killing me softly with his words * lol

@@DeeDiamond2981 LMAO

Exactly but they make u go there. And definitely didn't want to cause it didn't have anything to do with the gown

Actually the backstory was needed because she went through hell having children due to an accident that was supposed to prevent her from having anymore kids.

Especially when she said that she would pay any amount necessary in order for her daughter to go to the prom which tells me that money didn't matter.

The man was shady. Not real business like. What's two fitting? Especially when you spending that much money. He wasn't timely at all even with her delay of full down payment.

@@tedra6455 boy please….

That was exactly my thought. I didn’t think she would make out as well as she did.

@@tedra6455 bruh. 2 fittings is good. First fitting you see how it feels looks is it tight loose etc let them know second fitting you try it on after the adjustment. If it’s good then they finish if not they fix and you technically have a 3rd fitting day you pick it up once all said and done you try it double check it and at that point you tell them if it’s perfect or not. Have you ever gotten a fitting before ?

I hear ya! And the parents probably rolling around in a beat up vehicle. 🤦🏽‍♀️

@@sherikahunter9435 right my child gone look nice for prom but im not going broke for them

Poor black people 💯

@RCKMSCKM 😂😂😂 Her sayings were " You can't run game on the game warden" and " I can show you better than I can tell you"

Seriously !!! Everything's so different now. Paying the price of a wedding dress for prom. You can still look nice for a reasonable amount. You wear it one time.

I agree. This "negative" press is actualy going to get him more business honestly. Before watching and as the plaintiff did her intro, I assumed he would lose but he should have won. JM made a pity judgment here.

Facts… lady lied about hella details.

@@trav-zm7ix she even had her daughter lying too 🤦🏾‍♀️

Where he went wrong was trying to appease them after she asked for her money back

That's for real.

Why? There is always some safety net for them.

She clearly said she wanted to go all out for her daughter prom

Your name is literally blacknerdygirlsrock babe she said her “introverted daughter who doesn't have many friends” wanted to go to prom so she wanted to go all out, ppl work hard for nice houses cars etc they can barley afford nuns wrong w her working hard for her baby 🫶🏽

Ok!! Could’ve got a dress from Dillards or somewhere, if that’s the case.

Seriously !

Do you think those people know about stock or have a college fund 🤣😂😂😂

I Agree

So very true. You try to hard and it don't turn out at all. Unfortunate for the daughter.

For $1800 she could've gotten a starter car for her daughter. I mean geez

Even though people [especially on KZfaq] like to be woke and P C he was honest and knows not having a man around while growing up he was influenced by just women in his life; to take up sewing, and I appreciate his candor. My brother and I had father and mother. Dads are very influential and good disciplinary figures. besides being attentive.

🙂 I believe he only laid out his background story because the plaintiff laid out her sad background story, other than that if the plaintiff would have went straight into what the case was about I believe the defendant would have did the same... So he did it as a smart tactic to gain equal sympathy like the plaintiff... It was a good move on his part ...lol

She obviously couldn’t afford it to begin with

I got my prom dress made back in the day and my mom had me got me a cheaper back up dress just in case something went wrong with the original dress.

She had red bottoms! I can’t believe this. I hope she’s in medical school!

Momma dropped the ball

It was her fault....especially if the momma working 70 hrs a week. She looks old enough to have handled her on business and paid for it herself.

​@@sundaymiles8856🔥🔥

She looks so sad l feel her disappointment

At the end of the day the day he mess up her big day your right got to feel sorry for the daughter

I said the same thing…$900 I think NOT!!!

Yes! Prom is very important for girls First Step into Adulthood

Exactly not handling their business 🤣🤣this why I don’t deal with people always trying to get over

Mannn i had a dress custom made and it ended up being horrible. My mom took me to the mall a week before and convinced me to go into a dress shop. She picked out a dress that i would’ve never waved but it was BEAUTIFUL. I loved it and 5 years later i just bought my dress to compete in Miss Illinois USA. They should’ve just bit the bullet and got something off the rack

@@jair7327 I’m glad everything worked out for you! Atleast you still had a week to find a dress! They definitely should’ve given themselves a week-2 weeks to find another dress once they noticed things weren’t working out for them.

This is exactly what my mom did for me. She drove me around to all the boutiques until I found the one. Such a great memory

Right 😂😂

Exactly!

It's easter and cost less to Just buy a dress

Literally crazy !!! Why didn’t she have a backup dress ? She knew that was way too close!

@@laurensimonee I woulda been a nervous wreck 😂👗I need my dress 2-3 months in advance! Not 2-3 hours!

@@mrshappilymarried1 exactly lol have the mf in a vault ! These people crazy

@@laurensimonee 😂😅😁😅🤣😂under lock 🔐 and key!!

😂🤣🤣🤣🤣

So, the man is too. That's why he had to pay $1500.

It was his fault. May 9 and 13 was still not enough time to make sure the dress was right. He full of BS. I'm glad she got $1500. Maybe it taught her a lesson to not try to go all out necessarily.

u can bet that’s what happened. she probably went to that prom.

Because the dress still messed up. So yeah she paid late but he got all his money and the end result was not correct. And he had the final fitting for the day before he was supposed to give it to them? & then still didn’t have it ready until 4 days after that date. Granted they supposedly didn’t show to fitting but like you should’ve been prepared for the date in your contract that you keep bringing up

He gave it Bec the girl missed her prom and she can never get that back

Fake ass red bottoms

She cried twice he had to rule in her favor I also told the assistant I wanted her to win the money even if I did win the case. Truthfully I won the case she took the money. If I woulda won she would loss out on what she needed which was the money

Different times

@@AuthenticallyAubree Yes! the times are different, but many of today parents are investing too much money on excess materialism for their children, and they can't hardly eat and make ends meet week in and week and out, and not enough money on education. Often it's because their are trying to live their life bi-curiously through their children lives. Now that's a fact.

@@TimeisNeutral ** vicariously… but I agree. I’m an early 90s baby. It doesn’t take a 2k dress to have a good time in my opinion but we literally live in a different day and age where the teens wear designer to school. Def the parents fault for children deciding clothes and shoes is what’s important.

Yes i went to macys too was the best decision

Ain't nothing different about the times you gotta live within your means at all times . It's always a cheaper option .

Girl relax 😂😂 u just want to follow him because he is a popular dress maker, u know damn well I won't be buying one ..

No, she got the right amount of money back. And it was mom and designer fault she did get to go to her prom. Poor business relationship.

I don’t think they lied about that at all. Firstly, he is the one that said they had multiple fittings in his text msg. Which clearly means that there was more than the one fitting on the 13th. Explaining that text by saying she tried it on 3 times on the 13th goes against common sense and logic. Secondly, there was a discussion about photography and makeup. The follow up text msg from him about the photographer and makeup artist was before the 13th but after the 9th. So that conversation had to have taken place on the 9th when she was there. He didn’t even give an answer to that. When else could that conversation have taken place, if not at a fitting previous to the 13th? Thirdly, it doesn’t matter if they had 10 fittings or 1 fitting, the issue with the train/hook has nothing to do with the dress being too tight or not, it should never have fallen off/ripped. One more fitting wouldn’t have stopped that train from coming off. I don’t even think the leg part ripping had anything to do with the fitting of the dress. If the dress was too tight, it would have ripped in other areas. The defendant said himself, that on the 13th, the dress fit well. Didn’t he also claim that she tried it on “3 times” on the 13th? So if it was too tight or didn’t fit correctly, they would have noticed then. So it didn’t rip because it was too tight and they didn’t go to enough fittings, it ripped because it was poor workmanship because of a rush job. Even if the plaintiff didn’t pay the deposit until it was past due, he is a professional and should have said that he didn’t have enough time to create a good quality dress. He chose to take the money and continue to make the dress. He also could have at any point, wrote a text stating that they had missed however many fittings so he couldn’t fulfil his end of the contract due to their actions or that he can’t guarantee a good quality made dress due to them not showing up for fittings and allow them to decide that they are willing to take that risk. Overall, the amount of fittings had nothing to do with the dress ripping, especially since he stated that it fit fine and if he were to be believed, she tried it on 3 times in one fitting. So it clearly wasn’t too tight.

Neither. Use that money to build legacy

I didn't get it then (in high school) and don't get it now.

me neither because $900 is too much for a prom dress

All 3 of my daughters had a prom budget. I'm not working OT especially 70 hrs for a prom. But to each.......👍🏼

right! put that money towards the childs college.

Amen 🙏🏾

i think her backstory was a bit relevant because it gives insight as to why she was willing to do that much and pay that much money for her daughter

Absolutely ridiculous. Intelligent parents WITH money have their priorities right.@@jameiliajones7811

No, $1500 was exactly right in my opinion.

I agree …they didn’t meet commitments so once he said he don’t start till half payment received ….they breached contract

instead buy a bible and learn reverence for the Lord's name.

Money was spent on red bottoms!

Yes!! Normally he would have been made a decision 😂

🤣😂😂😂😂

Omg thank you. I did get frustrated we had to cut in the middle of taping cause he know he was lieing

@@heathersuehorton oh I could tell body language never lies

the dress was 1800 the deposit was 900 she only paid 500 on the day they met and then the other 400 a few days later by may 13 the money was paid in full. he said they fitted at least 3 times on may 13. I dont care what nobody says a 1800 dress should not rip because you sit down

@@jameiliajones7811 thanks yeah, I was confused about the total cost but I didn't wanna watch it again lol too much shady business going on for me.

Tackiness all around.

Yes something was off with the mom.. not being mean.

She literally said at the beginning she was in a terrible car accident. It was so bad that she couldn’t walk or talk, which indicates that she had a severe brain injury. She’s not slow 💀

So very true. I totally agree with you.

That’s because there was a fitting on the 13th. I don’t think they showed up on the 9th. They couldn’t give any details about it.

I agree they did too

The defendant even said several fittings..then he tried to clean it up by saying on the 13th.Kelise was showing the FB texts with the defendants cousin because they were in the living room of the defendants house on the 9th and relaying messages back and forth between the defendant and the cousin to set dates for hair and make up..They were there on the 9th.

@@jamesstewart522 I think they did give details. They said exactly which parts of the dress were not sewn together at the time, said he gave her shorts to wear, that they went after the mum finished work, and the messages the girl was relaying to her cousins about the dress while she was at the fitting

I was not and I was nervous

THIS gentleman? I'm telling you this get up is hideous. my opinion.

I feel for the young girl, but there is no way that dress fit her.

Right! basically came to court for nothing.

1) the dress ripped right before going so like there wasn’t time to get a new dress so I mean I wouldn’t choose to go either. 2) The date can still go without a date 3) Just bc someone is an introvert doesn’t mean they can’t like sparkles and over the top dresses. Maybe she wanted to get out of her comfort zone.

The dress ripped a little when putting on her shoes but it prolly wasnt that bad...remember she had the shorts on..then when she was getting out of the car the train started detaching from the dress exposing her bottom..this young lady was probably mortified. He said lets get started as I know how proms are...just to wait two weeks later.What is the point of taking ANY money if the process is not going to be started.I know what the contract states, but common sense says that there was a verbal agreement that he would start she would finish the deposit in two weeks and he finish the dress the 9th would be the first fitting...they were running late on the 9th...he texted. .they called him back telling him that they were in the way..they got there the dress wasnt ready enough for her to fit...On the 14th it was rushed and not sewn properly and ruined the prom day. He prolly had too much going on. The plaintiffs arent articulating well but Judge Mathis can see what happened. The nail in the coffin was the defendant admitting to fault, by stating that he would fix the dress...make up and hair do over and a photo shoot...why do all that if no fault. All parties learned from this.

Did you see the daughter's nails? She picked that dress. I also don't think she had a date bc her mom was driving her there. The dress seems like overcompensation for gong alone.

He did and thank u so much because we found out that we weren't the only one. And I couldn't even present that as evidence

@@heathersuehortonThat's a Shame, Sad & Selfish. Remember' fret not, What GOES Around COMES Around.

@@Random_Identityhe did say she tried it on 3 times the day before.

Exactly they didn't show the picture where she had a whole lot of room in the front but not the back

I totally agree and truly believe that's why she got the $1500 back.

$1500 Because! He still didn't do it in enough time. May 9 May 13 is the same difference..

They shouldn't have, he treats that court like it's a game show.

Thank u cause he did. And my daughter had to miss prom

Prom is more important

The mom wasn’t explaining anything well

Hell yes! And more!