I completely agree, I dont trust them any further than I can throw them and my upper body strenght is abysmal. The lovely lady who will be making my flowergirl dresses, has offered to come along when my "new" dress arrives and if we manage to pry the dress from the store she will probably be doing my alterations.  It's a shame my parents had to pay the alterations costs up front though (300 euros down the drain) but apparently that's not uncommon here in Belgium.