A BARNSLEY bridal shop came to the rescue as a bride-to-be was left without a dress.
Laura Ridings had seen advice on a money-saving website to search for dresses on eBay to help cut costs.
She ordered two bridesmaid dresses from Hong Kong for her fiancé Christopher's daughters Becky, 14, and Bethany, 12, which arrived without problem.
But her made-to-measure, white, strapless wedding dress did not. She received an email saying that the all-important dress wouldn't be ready until August.
Laura, from Dodworth, said: "I could have cried, it was an awful feeling. I was upset with it being so close and thought it might be left without a dress.
"I was mad - we'd sent the wedding date. That's the last thing you want to be worrying about. I'll never order anything so important off eBay again.
After receiving the email three weeks before the big day, she went to Olivia's not expecting to be able to afford a dress.
But they found her an ivory discontinued dress which had been customised with sequins, chiffon and diamante.
Laura has not received her money back for the eBay dress and has opened a case with the auction website.
Laura, 24, wore her new dress and married Christopher, 37, at Barnsley Register Office on July 6.
