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My daughter's formal dress had to have this exact change, It was a designer bridesmaid dress and my daughter between ordering and getting dress had started working at McDonalds and sampled too much of what she was selling. :) I took it to an alterations shop, and they did it in a week. It did cost a bit, but it was an easy fix, and looked perfect, you would never have known it wasn't the original design.

I did wonder when she said that. I mean I'm no seamstress but I can sew and I used to make little dresses by hand for my daughter when she was small (am also not bad at invisible mending). My first thought was that even I could manage to take out a zip and replace it with some lacing, even if it did make me sweat a bit! It wouldn't take me seven weeks either.

All of my prom dresses got switched to a corset back… the seamstress said it was the easiest thing to do and doesn’t take up much time

The only thing I can think of is they put all the eyelets in by hand instead of using an eyelet tape, but even then it seemed an extreme reaction.

How much more does it cost to do an alteration like that?

it sounded like they chopped up the audio for drama, and the woman was actually telling them it's quite a big job so it's going to cost more money.

Cynthia C that is assuming that is the only thing they are doing most likely they have other dresses.

Exactly. Easy peasy alteration. I did it in less than an hour on a dress. You can buy a corset kit for $50 or less on ebay or amazon. You dont even have to take the zip out unless you want to. Pin the couple pieces in place, run the sewing machine over them a couple times, done. Im not a pro seamstress, but its easy enough to do, and there are tutorial vids online.

Granny T true but are you going to use a tutorial video for your wedding dress plus they have other customers maybe there’s a schedule that the seamstress is following

@@missondo4887 Lol. Yes. I designed and made my own wedding dress 25 years ago. A couple years ago I used the corset kit and tutorial to put it into a (too large) gorgeous wedding gown I got on ebay for my daughter. I also used online video tutorials to see exactly how to alter a few other parts of the dress. I love watching SYTTD but most people I know cant or wont spend thousands on a wedding dress. $1,500 originally dress (new! Just discontinued.) for $40 on ebay, absolutely. Doing a few alterations myself after careful study of tutorials, no problem. :)

Its probably edited. Plus putting a corset back costs alot of money, so that's probably what she was talking about

I’m sure you know a Bridal gown has much more structure and many more layers than a regular dress. And the bride called herself fat at the very beginning and said she had gained a lot of weight so why are you blaming the seamstress for trying to help her out? Yes, labor is not free. No one told the bride to add extra weight. I know sometimes gaining weight can sneak up on a person...believe me I know...but unless there is a medical condition, isn’t that the bride’s responsibility?

Uh, the bride admitted she gained weight and had concern. And 30 minutes? No. That’s a major alteration when they have to basically redesign the structure of the dress. Also, she’s not the only bride. There’s a reason 7 wks isn’t a long time.

@@user-xx7pg3vw9k she's not just the seamstress, she's the OWNER of the shop and the designer of the "Dando London" line of dresses.

@@achanwahn you don't redesign the structure of the dress to do a corset, you're just changing the closure

I lost my baby weight very quickly with the first baby. After that, not so easy. :-( Regardless of wants or hopes, it seems when it comes to, say, celebrities or royal mothers, the focus is, How soon after giving birth will she look again as if she had never been pregnant in the first place? :-( And that's where trouble comes in IMO.

42 jade that’ll do it hahaha

She looks gorgeous, nothing wrong with her figure.

Christina Ödvall Lundberg i thought the same! She just has a bit of bad posture, maybe because she feels self conscious, dunno why because she looks so pretty

@@thekingsdaughter4233 I think so-called "celebrities"---I don't believe in such things, them just being attention-seeking ordinary people---must have a lot of surgery after their babies. Cher, for instance, was back to her "normal" shape within just three or four weeks of her two kids being born, and that isn't at all natural.

Υou are funny LOL

@@lenaannis8787 thank you!

they dont see it often... but to be honest that whole comment and reaction was unprofessional... it felt like an expectation of her to try to lose weight... he wouldnt have said it to a smaller lady...but bless her heart for standing her ground.

Maybe because 90% of the girls always say nagative things about themselves? Sad but true :(

They probably encounter lots of brides who weren't even pregnant but are so focused on looking "picture perfect" that they are doing even crazy (and) unhealthy things to achieve that. So the, No I'm fine as is, is one for the books. ETA: but yes, a reaction more considered "professional" would be nice, regardless. One of my teachers used to say, From a certain age on, you are responsible for your facial expressions!

Because it’s rare !!! When I went to try my wedding dress I was trying to lose my last 20 pounds after my baby and my dress was a little tight so I told them I’m gonna loose weight so the shouldn’t worry and they said I don’t need to and with a corset it will be fine I end up losing the weight anyways but canceled the wedding due to corona virus ..... so yeah it’s unusual to love your self with the changes your body makes after a baby so for her to feeling that way she is pretty awesome I wish I felt that way

Yess they were so surprised!

I actually find him friendly and kind, I can see why you would think him as a fake person, however, I don't see him as a rude one.

His extra politeness seems unnatural to me. Apart from that, he is sometimes in fact rude, but a good laughter after those comments shades them away

If you see other SYTTD... You can figure out if the bride is not feeling the dress... Then they don't unnecessarily ask the question and pressurise the bride.. but David has done this in a lot of episodes, his words "off to the dressing room" is kind of rude with that eye expression...

@@sonalkarn29 it's almost like you stole words from my mouth.

@@sonalkarn29 I dont like him he always seems in a rush as well Like its a crime for a bride to try to many dresses

I thought the same, you take out the sipper, and install hemps for the tread, it's not a huge job.. I guess they either are heavily booked, so not really any available time for it, or they are making it seem like a huge job, and take a bit more cash for it..

You're absolutely right -- I could put a corset in myself -- you don't have to re-design the whole dress !

That lady is just an actor I think, she has been on other episodes and has no idea what is going on. I would also put boning in the front of that dress it just isn’t built up enough for her body. Lacing or not its going to crumple.

@@AmandaBoysenberry the graphic said she was the owner of the salon

@@AmandaBoysenberry that "actor" is the store owner and designer, Christine Dando (Dando of London). But she just "might" be playing up the drama a bit for the camera.... :-)

Lola Reh oh man you are right. I don’t know what’s going on there. Maybe she is just awkward. She definitely doesn’t seem to have any idea what needs to happen for the alterations. You don’t really have to know that stuff to be a designer though.

But remember they have other dresses to alternate. Maybe it doesn’t take long, but they might be busy

Yeah she's the owner of the shop and a designer herself but I don't think she's actually in charge of alterations. You wouldn't know she was an owner by her unprofessional attitude though!

KK you certainly sound like you know what you’re talking about. That’s very interesting that designers allow for letting a gown out by so much. That should reassure a lot of brides to be reading your comment. Thanks for sharing that info...

"That lady" is Christine Dando, the designer of that gown, and the owner of that store, among a couple of others she owns. She IS a seamstress, and the girl shouldn't have put on weight! She already had the dress, so why wasn't she being careful about her diet???

Curious: does that allowance remain after initial fittings/alterations?

@@jb6712 my guess is she's in her first trimester and isn't wanting to announce it at that moment.

Keep on loving your body mama. U just brought a whole beautiful human on earth that’s something We are supposed to be proud of

Currently growing a baby-- loving the changes (: Ill pay what evers due for my prayers to be answered

It’s okay if you struggle with what you see in the mirror, sister. We all do. Just take it one day at a time. You ARE worthy. You ARE beautiful. 🎉

@@shevahauser1780 congrats!

Carrot Girl & the other comments, so positive, so kind, so loving 💖. Get it ladies! Self love is not selfish ❣️

Maybe it is just a show put on for tv. Adding a bit more exitement. Also, if you make the customer feel it is a big deal, you can always charge more 😁

I now wonder if that is a way of saying, We can do it, but it's gonna cost ya! :-\ Not that it would happen for me, but watching this would put me off considering her store. :-(

@@thekingsdaughter4233 Of course it is going to cost extra, and if they have to do it in a hurry, it is going to cost extra extra. If they have lot of work in a queue, they might have to make someone work overtime to get this kind of "last minute changes" done.

@@Susirajantakaa costing extra is one thing (and she was acting like that in a case when the shop messed up, and _she_ should have paid to fix the problem!). Paying an arm and a leg is something else, as is trying to intimidate or discourage the customer.

So its her problem that the bride gained weight?

I was given the option of a corset or zippered back for my dress. While the corset allows for an on the day fit, I went with zipper as I think it looks better with my particular dress (and having seen the corset version online afterwards I’m glad I chose zip!). I had alterations done 3 weeks before the wedding so it should fit perfectly. It is hard though because when I went shopping I was told to allow 6 months for the dress to be delivered, and then alterations... which is a long time! I then had to postpone my wedding so I was relieved when I went to the fitting and it still fit nicely, after ordering it over 12 months ago!

I really don't understand the zippers either. It seems like a cheap closure for something so expensive. I hate that all those buttons are always fake. But I do have to say, fit wise it wouldn't be a problem for me, my weight doesn't fluctuate and I imagine that there are more women like me.

I love the look of corset backs on other people, but for some reason for my own dress choice they reminded me of can-can girls and loose women in period films. I couldn't get past it and preferred a zipper for myself.

I agree! I had a corset back and knew there was no other way for me! But I did lose more than 3 stone before my wedding!

I’m not a fan of the look of a corset back. If they could hide the lacing somehow, I’d be ok with it. But for me it’s distracting.

That's an unfortunate choice of words you made; an ALTERCATION is a disagreement, typically noisy, often in a public place. She was there for an ALTERATION--one letter makes a huge difference!--not for a noisy disagreement!

@@jb6712 Clearly unintentionally misspelled.

@@jb6712 relax it’s a simple mistake she doesn’t need a whole lecture on grammar

Would a corset back have taken any longer than a normal “letting out” alteration? Because I would assume it would be less work - unless they have to do both?

@@renownedbandanawearer1345 so typically it depends on the dress itself. Letting out a dress is always a lot more detailed work. If it’s a simple satin dress with no bead work or ruching, it could be a similar time to add a corset and let a dress out. The process to add a corset is usually as simple as removing the zipper and buttons, adding the corset panel, maybe adding matching lace to the panel and attaching the loops. When a dress is let out (if it can be let out) you have to go through the different layers of fabric to let it out on both sides at the existing seams. You then have to rework the top layer to match up, attaching the lace or beadwork to fill in the new gap. Usually the beadwork has to be done by hand. I remember watching one of my sweet seamstress friends work for hours and barely make 2in x 2in’s of progress and she had over 25 years of experience. Letting out a dress is actually pretty complicated and it’s why seamstresses are under appreciated angels

let's not forget that looking like you just had a baby is not a bad thing at all, that sounds a lot like a backhanded compliment to me

sensationalnana it was not a backhanded complements. The bride acknowledged she recently had a child and she did not want a dress that emphasized what she perceived to be a “baby belly”. Regardless of the dress or any choice of clothing she wore, I never would have guessed she was a recent mum.

I think the first dress showed a baby belly.

She looked lovely in the dress she picked... it looked light ... perfect for all that dancing at the reception!

That 7 weeks is because there are orders for alterations ahead of her dress that needs to be done. Frankly, I would love to go undercover at bridal shops. I have lots of stories to tell and they aren't good!!

@@nancydann6338 please do share at least one with me 👀👀👀

Yes I know! It's crazy! I mean, some drama is good, but I don't it's a good sign if the audience can see what they have faked!

The difference is that rather than one seamstress with one dress, they're factoring in the other alterations they have in front of hers. So it could be a one hour job, but there could be 30 or 40 dresses before hers, with weddings before hers...

@@suzannadannaTARDIS Even so, 40 dresses X 1 hour = 40 hours : 8 hours (assuming a 40 h a week job) =5 days. So 7 weeks is more than enough. Obviously not all jobs are such easy ones, but 7 weeks should be no problem.

@@potocatepetlhowever, not all dresses will require alterations that only take one hour. Those 30-40 dresses may need seams being taken in/let out, neckline change, hemline being shortened...all of those take time, especially if there's any beading, lace, etc. that needs to be taken into account.

@@christinamcclain5085 You didn't read my entire comment before replying, did you?

IKR. I feel bad for her. (Note im still watching it.) Now I need to see the ending. 🤦‍♀️

I don't think her mum deserves any blame in this situation. She was just worried and trying to find a solution. It was very convenient for the bride to blame her mum when she's the one who gained the weight. If you're about to get married and you have already chosen a dress and have alterations working on it, then you have no choice but to maintain the same weight. It's just common sense.

mum couldn't really say much tho, she literally didn't say anything wrong bride is the one that has to be mindful of her weight, she is the one who choose the dress and the one who gets to wear it, especially with such a short timeline she should had been more careful blaming the mother who is as uncomfortable and lost of what to do at the situation certainly don't make sense

Aw I really the think the mom tried her best... I mean.. what do you say in that situation? You just have to try to be helpful and that’s what the mom did. She was trying to find solutions, being honest about the fit because it’s not useful to say “well I think it looks wonderful even though it’s not zipped up” because lying would do a lot more damage than good. She tried y’know? She didn’t seem to have any harmful intentions in my opinion. Being harmful would be her saying “well you shouldn’t have put on more weight, this is all your fault, money wasted, blah blah blah” but no. She didn’t do that. She was supportive and caring.

Moms quotes for entire video: “I’m a bit shocked that it’s not doing up because I honestly thought that it would” “yeah I do I love it, you don’t feel comfortable in it do you?” “I am worried a bit.... because I don’t know how they’re gonna put it right” “Don’t know what they’re gonna do” “so the corset would go to the bottom of the zip?” “It’s a good idea, if they can do it then it’s a good idea” “I’m just hoping that they can do it, fingers and toes crossed”. - so that whole time, she was directing concern at *them* *they* and *it* (it being the dress and they/them being the bridal company) she never ONCE directed any blame towards her daughter, and never referred to her weight. She didn’t say ‘I hope she loses the weight in time’, she said she hopes the company can alter the dress to the correct size in time. Showing that she thinks her daughter is exactly the weight she should be because she’s perfectly fine the way she is. Guys I don’t know why I’m so passionate about this lol but I just felt she needed to be defended. She was being a good mom. Moms deserve more credit. :’( she honestly tried and was actually super nice...

What

Yeah when she says "you're kidding" after the client tells her she may have put on some weight was so insulting. You can see in the mom's eyes that she's shocked too.

sadly, that is the owner

The "consultant" is Christine Dando, the designer of that dress, and of the Dando London line of gowns. She is also the owner of that shop, and of two others in the UK, if not more than that. She is also a seamstress who alters the gowns. But if a person wants to know about the real sham behind all of these so-called" reality shows, there are several "documentaries" and articles online showing and explaining that the production crews are who actually run everything, and they insist on, demand, and force far more drama than is actually ever present. One has to take all the house hunting, home improvement, bridal, cooking, decorating, etc., etc., etc., shows with a grain of salt the size of Texas, in other words.

Agreed. A good seamstress could take apart a dress and resew it in less than a week, as long as the seam allowances are still large+intact. I've done it, as has my sister.

It really is. My mum worked as a seamstress for years and usually this sort of thing would only take her a few days to a week to fix.

But what if they have many more jobs that need to be done. I would think that their seamstress have enough work so they'd have to fir this unscheduled work in between.

It said it was her first fitting but shouldn't you have more than one for this reason???

If you know that you are gaining weight the bride’s responsibility is to notify the shop before waiting the entire 4 months.

i was hoping to see the final product!

Considering that this episode was shot several years ago, she very likely did look fine on her wedding day.

She wasn't being rude by asking. A lot of brides diet throughout the alteration process and obviously their fluctuating body weight effects the alterations. As a seamstress, she needs to know if the bride is planning on changing her figure in the 2.5 months leading up to the wedding because it effects her job. If the bride had decided to diet, the alterations would have been less drastic than adding in a corset. That's why she asked.

The bride did admit she had gained weight so it's actually her fault the dress didn't fit, not the lady who was altering it! As I was watching it, I thought "You shouldn't have gained weight then it would have fitted!" I know planning a wedding is stressful and she was probably comfort eating, but I did think they were trying to blame the seamstress!

@@rhyfelwrDuw The statistical likelihood of a woman gaining a little weight in the months/year between ordering the dress and going to the final fitting is so high that failing to account for letting out a few inches in the dress design is kind of the seamstress’ fault in my opinion. That said, I haven’t seen any “blame” towards to the seamstress except for her saying that a corset back is a big job, which I’ve heard it definitely is not. At the end of the day, I think it would be good if we all stopped seeing weight gain, especially such minimal gain, as “fault” of any kind. It’s just something that happens. Human bodies are designed to be incredible at it, so for most people it’s going to be very difficult to avoid.

Because most people want to lose weight weight for their wedding!

Bride was the one to gain the weight after already ordering her gown.. She was the idiot

@@eileenmcdonald1599 Why are you bashing someone you don’t even know? Don’t post if you’re going to be cruel.

@@sarahdussome4790 Sure she was cruel and such a message shouldn't be written, but the truth is that the bride did not gain all that weight in a month. If you know you gained weight, make an appointment earlier or inform the people that you gained a size so they have the time to alter the dress. I wouldn't tell her to lose weight, but I would definitely ask if she plans to lose or gain weight, otherwise she can take the risk to have no dress for the wedding. I think the corset was the ideal solution, this way one can gain or lose a bit of weight without stressing if the dress fits.

As long as there is enough seam allowance, I guess. But yes, one would think they'd factor in the time and what could happen. Shoot, I know someone who bought her dress and then found out she was pregnant. A good seamstress put in a few extra inches of fabric at the waist... done. :-)

@@thekingsdaughter4233 Why should they factor in the time and what could happen? Their job is to alter the dress to fit the size that the bride gave them, a job they are doing for many other brides at the same time mind you. It is the bride's responsibility to maintain her own weight. Don't put this on the consultants. Next you guys are going to expect them to make sure that the brides have clear skin. Don't be ridiculous.

@@rubyblue4265 agreed

I quite agree. I always thought it was an age thing. I’m 5’11” and there were no dresses to even try on thirty years ago. No chance of a bridal shop making one in five months. So pencil, paper, tailors dummy, sewing machine and a trip to a fabric shop (remember those?).

@@katecurtis4789 I most certainly do. And standing in the fabric shop at the counter provided for the simplicity , or vogue etc etc pattern books . Leafing through the many choices with Mum , then choosing the fabric and trim . More often than not Mum made your dress . I look at the fabulously ornate and beautifully designed gowns as the ‘entourage ‘ say “ eugh “ to each one . What a hard to please bunch we seem to be these days .

Agree! It would be great just to pick something off the rack a couple of days before!!

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She looked very thin in that second dress

i had noticed the opposite on this show - more often than the American version getting dresses well below budget.

If you want it done correctly. It takes time. Its not like this is the only dress they are working on.

She is so pretty and I just want to say stand up tall!!

Quite often people have bad posture soon after having kids as they’ve had to get used to the weight of pregnancy altering their centre of gravity. So I wonder if that’s it.

Yassss! It’s a big pet peeve of mine.

Right? I kept wanting to shout at her to stand up straight haha

The big syttd boss 😂

She's actually the owner of the shop. Can you believe it?

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your comment contradicts itself. If you say stress eating is difficult to control, then you cant say "if it was my wedding i wouldnt put on weight"... unless you think stress eating is controllable, in which case, there is no reason for your weight to go up and down! my point is, the second part of your comment shows lack of understanding

Well, I'm pretty sure the second bride could easily lose at least 5 kg during that next 7 weeks. That's almost 2 months. A lot of time. And 5 kg could change the situation completely. I had the same issue with my prom dress. I gained 3 extra kg and I had only one month ahead. That was quite enough for me to get in shape again. And my back looked the same as hers, I mean it was ok in the waist and small in the bust. So no real need to spend extra money on alterations.

@@user-wf3fz3ki8n as the bride said, it is a bit of a gamble. I know my sister did, with Weight Watchers. Might not work for everyone, and then what? :-/ The corset back, just in case...

@Alison Burkholder what stress? I had my wedding 3 years ago and I don't remember any exceptional stress. But paying extra some hundred pounds for something you can easily solve without paying... I don't know. To my mind that's the bigger issue. As I said in previous comment loosing 5 kg would be absolutely enough for her to fit the dress. And 7 weeks are quite enough to lose that weight without making too much effort. Just eat proper food in proper amounts and do some sports. I know what I'm talking about as I have health issues and still I am capable to to lose some weight if I need.