Special day hinges on dress arriving in time

Shelley Reymond's wedding dress was lost in the mail.

A bride-to-be is on tenterhooks hoping a replacement dress will arrive in time for her big day.

With just over a fortnight to go, Shelley Reymond still has no idea of the whereabouts of her wedding dress, which was misplaced by a courier company last month while en route from China.

Despite an appeal to Northern Advocate readers asking for information about the missing garment, no one came forward, although two women offered spare wedding dresses to Ms Reymond, one of which was unworn.

She said she was touched by the gesture and planned to contact both women.

Ms Reymond had ordered another dress from the same Chinese manufacturer, but said she would need a contingency plan if it did not arrive in time.

The dress made it to Whangarei before disappearing and the courier had no idea what happened to it despite someone having signed for it on delivery. Ms Reymond did not want to name the company as she felt it would reflect badly on it, when it was likely to be an individual driver's fault.

"The person had signed it to look like my name and the name was signed correctly. Because my name has an unusual spelling the person would have had to look at the name on the box," Ms Reymond said.

She said the incident had cost her two days off work for stress.

The courier company will reimburse Ms Reymond $330 for the cost of the original dress.

Ms Reymond and fiance Anthony Head appealed for the person who had the dress to come forward, though said they were not overly hopeful.