Have you noticed that the higher the dress size, the longer it is? I will purposefully buy a bigger size for the length of the dress and sometimes the lowering of the waistline. You can transform a bigger dress into something completely different from it's original in a smaller size by simply taking it in! An example of taking in a dress with tutorial HERE.
I love it! I always think of buying a bigger dress to make it long enough. The only problem is... I can't sew.
ReplyDeleteI love the shoes. Where did you get them?
What a brilliant idea! Dresses in my regular size are usually too short and the waist often hits me in a funny non-flattering place too.
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That is what I have been doing to three dresses that I have thrifted months ago and they were just not flattering at all so had to take them in. You look lovely! Love that dress! I gotta find me something similar. :) LOve! Love!
ReplyDeleteI do that for my daughter all the time! lol. We will fall in love for a dress for her and the size 5 will be totally prostitot so I move her up to a six or even a seven and take it in as it needs it. I don't know if my kiddo is leggier than other kids or if I just have more of a problem with seeing so much skin on my kindergartener than most, but there we have it!
ReplyDeleteI do this all the time and people call me crazy! I love the stripes; so glad this style is in now!
ReplyDeleteLovely! I do this too! I'm so glad I found your blog. I am lovin it:)
ReplyDeleteI love it you did a great job.
ReplyDeleteyay! i just bought a button up at a thrift store thats a bit too big and now i know how to fix it! thank you!
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