Coronavirus leaves Kansas City bride scrambling to find bridesmaid dresses

A bride-to-be is scrambling to get new bridesmaids dresses after the coronavirus shut down production in China.

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Sydney Patterson never expected to be shopping for bridesmaid dresses two weeks before her wedding. She just found out the dresses her bridesmaids ordered months ago would not be ready in time.

"I got a little panicked," she said.

The company that makes the original dresses told her the coronavirus outbreak in China has halted production.

"Then I just was, like, 'OK. Who the heck do I know? I need to talk to my bridesmaids and start making phone calls,'" Patterson said.

Patterson and her mother went to Gown Gallery in downtown Kansas City, hoping to find a quick solution.

"I’m hoping to find a dress or a few different dresses that the girls can wear and that we can get in all their sizes," Patterson said.

It's an unexpected bump just 15 days before the wedding.

"I wouldn't have thought of it," said Yvonne Patterson, Sydney's mother. "I think that's the biggest surprise to me i, something that's happening in the world impacts a wedding."

Patterson is taking it all in stride.

"Definitely not ideal for the additional stress, but if this is the worst thing that happens that's alright," she said.

Gown Gallery helped Patterson come up with a plan, using dresses they have in stock and working with a designer to make any additional dresses they need.

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