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23 October 2008

Fashion advice, please! I ordered this dress, which is totally cute, but the top is really gappy. I would prefer not to wear anything underneath it, but is this something that a tailor could fix, or I could do a quick-fix on?
I would think a tailor could fix it- take in the extra fabric that gaps.
posted by ThePinkSuperhero 23 October | 20:22
At least I hope a tailor can fix that issue lickity-split, because I need a similar fix done on the bridesmaid dress for my sister's wedding, and I'm going to put off doing it as long as possible.
posted by ThePinkSuperhero 23 October | 20:23
Gappy like falls open, or like too big?
If it just opens more than you like put a teeny stitch at the neckline just where the two sides overlap.
posted by kellydamnit 23 October | 20:30
That is such a cute dress!

I think it could be fixed. Sometimes they pinch the top at the shoulders to take out excess fabric that is gaping. If that isn't the problem, it looks like those soft folds/pleats at the bust could be slightly more gathered to take out excess fabric without altering the appearance of the dress.
posted by LoriFLA 23 October | 20:33
Gappy like falls open, or like too big?

More that it falls open. The shoulders and back fit, it's just that the dress seems to want me to have either much smaller boobs so that the fabric would be lying flat and not gaping, or much larger boobs so that I'd be filling it out more and it wouldn't be gaping.

No plans on changing the boobs in the near future, so I'm hoping I can change the dress. :-)

The issue is that it's a lot of drapey-ish fabric. If I pinch the straps by the armpit so that the fabric is gathered more, it looks better (though the resulting sweetheart neckline doesn't quite fit with the dress!).
posted by occhiblu 23 October | 20:39
Have you tried it on with different types of bras on underneath? (Yes, I just ignored the bit about you not wanting to wear anything under it...but but but this might be the cheapest fix! Especially if you have a slightly padded seamless bra or suchlike.)
posted by fluffy battle kitten 23 October | 20:55
i gotta second the kitten.
posted by ethylene 23 October | 21:00
Heh, yes, I did not mean to exclude bras! And I think a more push-up-y one would help, but the dress actually gaps down toward the bodice line (?), so that the bra becomes visible. Which is not so good.
posted by occhiblu 23 October | 21:02
Hopefully the tailor can get it to lie flat. It sounds like your bust might be too full for the dress. Maybe he can pinch a little dart at the armpit to give it more shaping. An extra dart on a solid color might not be what you want, but it probably won't be that noticeable to the average Jane. I would definitely bring it in and see what they say. I'm sure they have better solutions. Good luck, occhiblu.
posted by LoriFLA 23 October | 21:13
boob tape?
posted by gomichild 23 October | 21:15
I second Hollywood Tape, that stuff is a godsend! I had a severely "gappy" dress that I wore to a friends wedding this summer. That stuff held it all together for 10 hours in the SoCal heat.

You can get it at most fabric stores where the glue etc is.
posted by evilcupcakes 23 October | 21:45
Yeah, I'm not sure a tailor can do much in the way of "stop-gap measures" with that kind of garment. Tape seems like the solution.

I also love deep-V wraparounds, but I can rarely find one that doesn't want to open right up in the front on me. It is a tricky thing to engineer, and they seem made for women whose boobs can either hold their own or mind their own business. There needs to be some means of securing the overlap. I often use those tiny dressmaker safety pins on the inside placket where it doesn't show.
posted by Miko 23 October | 21:59
More that it falls open.

Call me a perv, but is gappy such a bad thing?
posted by Doohickie 23 October | 23:27
Call me a perv, but is gappy such a bad thing?

Yeah. I'm into low-cut, but this dress, as-is, is currently unwearable. It's not so much "Look at my boobs!" as "Look at my bra!"
posted by occhiblu 23 October | 23:29
Very cute dress! I'd take it to a tailor and ask their advice. If they can't fix it they'll tell you...

And Doohickie, when clothes don't fit right and show your boobs, they don't look sexy, they look like they don't fit right.
posted by Specklet 24 October | 06:10
I often use those tiny dressmaker safety pins on the inside placket where it doesn't show.

I've decided to stop buying this style precisely because I can't ever get the pin not to show.

Occhi--beautiful dress!
posted by Stewriffic 24 October | 07:10
Also if you feel very self conscious you might try wearing a simple camisole underneath in a suitable complementary colour.
posted by gomichild 24 October | 08:25
it's such a cute dress. i'm going to second the tailor advice. for about $15 they can make it fit perfectly to you and totally worth it considering what you saved on the dress with the sale.
posted by eatdonuts 24 October | 17:53
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