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Annette Mega, co-owner of Princess Bride of Duluth, says she’s been working hard to get previously ordered wedding dresses to her customers, despite the store’s recent closure and bankruptcy.“I am trying to work with everyone,” an emotional Mega told the News Tribune this week. “I would never intentionally hurt any bride, ever.”While many of the more than 80 customers who are affected fear they’ve lost out on their deposits and their dresses, a group of customers were all smiles when they picked up their Maggie Sottero dresses at the store a few days ago.Beth Johnson of Proctor picked up her daughter’s dress late Friday afternoon. And while she was there, she said six others picked up their dresses.“There were quite a few brides and everybody was so excited, so happy,” Johnson said.Fifteen of the designer brand dresses were picked up, with two more to be delivered to customers, Mega said.The store at 1709 Mall Drive closed abruptly in early January, with the landlord posting an eviction notice on the door. That same week, Mega and Princess Bride filed for Chapter 13 bankruptcy in U.S. District Court in Duluth. It listed $260,000 in assets and nearly $460,000 in liabilities, including $32,and when she married she asked guests to make donations in lieu of gifts, raising £150,000 for Wholesale Cheap New Arrival Bateau Ball Gown Elegant Tulle Applique A-line Wedding Dress.000 owed to the landlord. The other co-owner, Laurie Mathews, will file separately, Mega said. 

The bankruptcy file lists about 100 creditors that appear to be customers. News of the apparent plight of brides-to-be who had ordered dresses from the store prompted a Duluth woman to set up a Facebook page last week to match wedding dress donations with brides-to-be who are in a bind, out money and their dresses and hard-pressed to replace them.But since the store closed, Mega says she’s been on the phone calling her bridal customers to keep them updated and calling manufacturers in attempts to arrange for orders to be completed and dresses delivered. Typically, the balance on the dresses is paid when customers pick them up months after they’re ordered.Johnson’s daughter, Marie LeSavage, who lives in California but plans to marry in Duluth in July, had ordered her Maggie Sottero dress last summer. She had paid $740 on the dress and veil. With taxes, the total came to $1,545.and far from diminishing her ambition, the birth of Lavinia has added a Wholesale Cheap Satin strapless applique beaded mermaid wedding dresses ED5685.Mega worked out an arrangement with the company that makes the higher end Maggie Sottero dresses. Her customers who had ordered a Maggie Sottero dress and made down payments could prepay the remaining balance to an account set up at US Bank. Then the dresses would be delivered to Mega on — coincidentally — Valentine’s Day.“I know it’s a very negative situation for a lot of people,” LeSavage said. “I want people to know that Annette did try to get all the brides their dresses. Unfortunately, not everybody could get their dresses, but Annette worked very hard to do that for us.They increase in value, making them Wholesale Cheap Taffeta Beaded High Halter Layered Tulle Flowers Crystal Sexy A-line Wedding Dresses investment.”Mega, who insists the eviction was done illegally, said she was allowed continued access to the store through last weekend, though the store never reopened.LeSavage, who had previously picked up her bridal veil, took Mega’s offer to get her dress, after confirming it was “for real” with Mega’s attorney.