The ONLY wedding dress I’ve ever refused to hem. 

Really? It's a very old technique you'll find in many extant examples across a the past 200-300 years. Many times additional fabric would be added in a way on the skirt to allow for an alteration along that scalloped style line. This could be to allow for growth, pregnancy, or even passing a dress along to someone whose size or height didn't perfectly match. It's a true wonder how the tailors of the past made dresses that could be adjusted in so many ways, given it made them more money to make something new for a season. Btw, "tailor" was originally the term for women making clothing for predominantly women clientele but when men decided they wanted that career path too, women responded with the term "mantua maker" to very explicitly denote the making of women's clothing.

@@KatieCottingham Yes, and I'd never seen it used this way on a wedding dress before.

Platform shoes?

Platform heels 👠

@@HarunoHime07 yes, that’s what I thought.

​@@HarunoHime07 ?

Lady Gaga?

Agreed, and the belt would also create something of a waist line, where there is none presently.

​@@BunsenHoneydew001 If I got it right, the woman on the video (I don't follow her and don't know her name, sorry) said that the bride didn't want any waistline added at all (no idea why, I absolutely hate dresses without them, but to each their own)

Nah, it just needs the right undergarment

@@lucyl4603 and other body shape. This dress was probably designed for tall and skinny body with no curves (banana type). This lady's body type is gorgeous, she has curves yet slender, and probably she is average to short heighted. Her body could be arranged in much more suitable way, so all her beauty would be gracefully dispayed and celebrated.

Maybe that's the dress she wanted.

@@Felivii Apparently.

I would recommend you keep your uninvited opinions to yourself on other people's weddings :) if she chose it then she likes it. Why should your idea of what is flattering matter at all, then?

fierce

I desire so much more context, what was the meaning behind it for her ? what was the print ? was it plasticky or that noisy *shukushuku* fabric ? was the style at least nice 💀?

@@aoki556 She liked the print. Huge, “Laura Ashley” flowers. And, because we had to get them made, I had to find someone to do that. No seamstress would do it for me. Finally, the mother of the bride agreed to make mine. She wasn’t a good dress maker. And she had one HUGE flower right in the middle of my chest - an area that didn’t need accentuated in me. And it was about 4 sizes too large for me. It had a huge butt-bow, so we tried to gather a such of the extra fabric as possible behind it to have it kind of look like it fit. But it was hideous.

Thanks for sharing your anecdote -- sounds like the bride really didn't think it through.

@@MM-jf1me That’s the problem, she did think it through. She thought it was a great idea - had her bridesmaids in a floral pattern that she liked. To this day, she sees nothing wrong or weird with the concept. She’d tell you all these 30 or so years later that it was a great idea that she’d recommend to other brides that saw a pretty pattern on a shower curtain and wanted dresses to match.

​@@DottyGale8 Seriously I would just reject the invitation and not go to the wedding. I don't consider someone who forces me to spend a day in full on polyester a friend. The whole concept of bridesmaids is whack anyway

It's very difficult to cut without the threads the beads are sewed on with being broken, then the beading falls off.

@@katfoster845 Ah, that makes sense! I took a costume shop class and have done a decent amount of sewing, but thing as complex as beading. I'm having enough trouble just trying to add a sort of cape/faux skirt to a pair of pants I made, lol

@@tessalee6253 I am wondering: would this fabric desintegrate under the weight of the beads? After the bride would move in this dress for an hour the threads of the fabric may slide...

​@@СашиныРазговорчики I've done zero beading but I imagine they run extra threads along with the beads to reinforce the fabric if it's delicate.

@@eepinwillow or add an underlying fabric that supports the decor.

The woman doesn't have a waist herself. You can't take in a waist when there is no space. That is probably why she chose this dress. It's very pretty on her.

And then it would be a completely different dress 👀

She did refuse to hem the dress, and then they both agreed none of the other options would work either.

Literallyyy I hope it was a sentimental hand me down because I would not pay wedding dress prices for that

I like your thinking…xx😂

Wedding dress sizing is smaller than the average street sizing because wedding dresses use the sewing patterns/size guide of old before everything moved to vanity sizing. That being said this is a case of somebody choosing this style for whatever reason (probably doesn’t dress up often) and the dress having design features that is not conducive to major alterations. The original designers probs thought it was no big deal as the expected the buyer to wear heels anyway

We walked her through all of her options, and she decided that she would just wear it long. We did take the sides in and make sure it fit well, but left it long and she decided she would hold it up.