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

That dart was a really interesting solution I'd never come across. Nice 'thinking outside the box'.

That was a super helpful and educational answer. I wish all seamstresses would explain their decisions like this instead of just saying no

I would have to just wear dangerously high heels then 👠

I agree with you. If the dress was mine I think I would try belting somewhere between hip and underbust and blousson-ing it. Or do a Roman shade type treatment below the mid-thigh to take up the extra length. I'm just under 5'. I've shortened a lot of dresses.

I've been told that it's not that it can't be done, but that the hours involved would make it too costly. Layers and beading apparently take hours and hours to hem, generally causing the alteration cost to rise into "can't do it" territory for most brides.

Machine beading on chiffon is basically like saying “you’re gonna take this dress off the rack and you’re gonna like it the way it is” 😂

Whenever i had clothes i cant really hem i say screw up and basically pull up sections to make like bunting scalloping 🙈🙈🙈

A belt and letting the top half blouse over a smidge is all she really needed. It’d look very intentional with that dress too.

This dress would be nice if it only had no sleeves

Could see what happens pulling up at the shoulders (the first thing I always check) my first thought was lifting it at the side seam though.

I dislike the dress as well. Too bad she didn’t let you add a waist at least

Yep. She doesn’t have a waistline.

I mean you didn't really *refuse* you both just agreed it was better not to. I'm sure you'd have done it if she wanted it.

Couldn’t you fold it inwards along the line you would’ve cut and hem it that way so that the chiffon doesn’t fray? It’s hard to see if it would work without seeing the dress properly.

Stripper shoes would solve this w/o cutting or darting the dress :D

I would have cut it off and moved it up. I have done these where I cut at least an inch then folded it down behind almost like doing an upholstery tack. Then hand stitch it back on after backing the apps so the original chiffon layer does not show through. Yes it will look like an appliqué but there’s really no recourse

Beautiful dress!

Did she wear the dress?

That dress just looks terrible to begin with

Wedding dresses are the most difficult garment to alter, because of all the lace and beading and fragile fabrics. And......of course dealing with bridezillas also makes the whole situation very unpleasant

I wore 3 inch heels so my dress didn’t have to be hemmed. Otherwise it would have been ridiculous to do. I realize that’s nothing for many people, but I don’t wear heels at all and they are hard to find in my size anyway.

Great

Where did you get your turtle neck?

Platform shoes. 😁

So she just let it drag on the floor?

This dress is not flattering at all. It looks tike a long t-shirt. I would recommend choosing another dress.

What is it about machine beading that makes it so hard to cut?

The lack of waist in the dress is doing her body no favors

Talk about an Hem-ergency!

If you added a waist you could also take in the waist and make it not fit like a pillowcase. I would add a satin ribbon over the waist

What would you do if a bride asked her bridesmaids to have dresses made from shower curtains? Yes, I’m serious. 😐 For the rehearsal, we all decided to carry bathroom products - plungers, loofah sponges, baskets of washcloths,…. The groom and groomsmen thought it was funny; the bride was not amused!

What a strangely cut dress. I'm chonky/flat chested/short, the trifecta of fit doom, and I'm forced to wear muumuus sometimes because that's what just what stores offer for plus size formal wear. I frequently have issues with oversized bust gapping on shirts and dresses, and and having to hem everything I buy. I empathize with anyone at any size having struggled with off-the-rack fit, but this seems really bad for someone as fit and seemingly standard-sized as this person. Are wedding dresses always sized this strangely? Is it industry standard, to accommodate future tailoring? I'm not married so I have no clue.

just wear heals

Dart isnt even recommended for chiffon unless theres a stabilizer under it, and white makes everything seethru.

Bad buy.

This is why women should wear hoodies when they get married instead. It's comfy, warm, has pockets, has a hood, and it has sleeves, you can't go wrong with a hoodie.

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Get a new dress! Not flattering