Split in ‘Dress’

WEDDING gown designer and “Say Yes to the Dress” star Hayley Paige has been banned from using her own name and socialmedia accounts in a bitter dispute with her bosses. She broke down in tears Monday as she announced in a video online that she quit her role as head designer at JLM Couture. She said she was shut out of her Instagram account with 1.1 million followers after JLM chief Joseph Murphy went to court to get an emergency restraining order. Paige — real name Hayley Paige Gutman — told fans on a new Instagram account, “This decision comes on the heels of a year-and-a-halflong legal battle to negotiate a new contract with bridal design house JLM Couture, one that has resulted in them suing me and convincing a court to grant them temporary control and access over my Instagram account as well as my TikTok and Pinterest.” Paige, who has nine lines with JLM, claimed, “JLM is demanding the right to permanently use my name in the promotion of their products, even after we’re no longer working together.” The court papers were filed in New York federal court on Dec. 14. A rep for JLM Couture told us: “After Hayley stopped posting JLM content and deprived the company access to the account, we brought the matter before the court . . . We respect the judge’s decision that JLM should have temporary control over the company site and feel the process was fair and equitable. Joe continues to hold Hayley in high regard and hopes to resolve their differences.”