I should have said NO! To these alterations

I should have said NO! To doing these alterations.

The dress altered was from a site called Light in the box.. if you are considering ordering from there please be careful to order your correct size and look up reviews.

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[bigt]

Altering from 8 to 14??? 👀
Monde, you were brave with this one

[aliciareyes]

I am in Mexico. Our son got married a week ago. It was a very high class event. Really. I had put my heart on buying the dress. Had a good budget. And I am size 12. I am tall and keep myself in shape. Guess what? I decided to go and rent a Best decision ever. I felt great in it. Soooo many Next monday back to the store. I look great in the pictures and wonderful memories!!!!

[Card_Crazed]

I think she should have gotten another dress, but since her heart was set on this particular dress, you did the best you could, Monde.

[LaPrincipessaNuova]

She was in distress, but she was not in this dress.

[karens]

She should have gotten another dress.

[triciag]

I have a large bust and have always had to order a much larger size dress for formal events. You can't let the number on the tag upset you, because it's just a number.

[Mewvision]

As a general rule go larger. A large dress can be taken in. A small dress cannot be let out. In essence you need an excess in fabric rather than a shortage of fabric.

[Lovesapuzzle]

Oh my. This video reminds me of why I stopped doing alterations. Some women have unreasonable expectations. At least she said she was happy with the result and wasn't mad at you.

[monicabarnett]

I’ve been a technical designer for almost 20 years and also work weekends in a bridal shop. In the 🇺🇸 especially, most people are used to wearing only clothes with a high level of stretch. They aren’t familiar with true formal wear and rigid, non stretch fabrics. People get really irate when I measure them and tell them the size they need… but they don’t get that you can always take fabric away. You can’t add fabric back! People also don’t know how and where to measure, especially the hip. They measure their high hip and not fullest seat and end up with a wrong size. Great job educating people, Monde! 👏👏

[Ohgrowup]

I’ve been a dressmaker since the early 1980s. I would have refused the alteration. You are CLEARLY a wonder woman. She should’ve ordered a different dress!

[cnbash]

After hearing her story, my guess is that she was told what dress to wear and wasn't going to add to the wedding stress and tell them that she had to get another dress. Nice people can turn into monsters during weddings. You did your best for her, and that's what counts.

[ToLovelyJesus]

Considering what you had to work with, it looks amazing.

[deirdrepetty]

I think you described the situation perfectly; the dress wasn’t flattering altered. She spent money on it and alterations. She should have sent it back and found something else. 😢

[nancyhowell]

No, she should have gotten another dress. Even with your magic, it didn’t look good. I ended up having to purchase 3 different dresses for my daughter’s wedding and 2 for my son’s. Formal wear and everyday clothes seem to have very little in common when it comes to sizing. I worked in a bridal shop over 50 years ago. It was the same back then. You could never get through to people that what size they normally wire on a daily basis had no relationship to the bridal/formal wear sizes. We always measured and so many people were furious when they were told they had to buy a bigger size than normal, but if you want the dress to fit properly, you’re safer to go bigger.
Really enjoy your work. I sew, but alterations are far beyond my skill set and patience. You’re a miracle worker.

[Craftermomwithdoggos]

You did more with the dress than I imagined was possible. You are amazing! Being able to look at your own work and evaluate it honestly makes you even more awesome!

[CarolCattle]

You are WAY TOO KIND… We all imagine that we are smaller than we are.

[turtusswimus]

I agree she should have gotten a new dress. That said, with her insistence, you did better than I could have (64 years old and sewing since 6th grade). I always enjoy your posts ❤

[legit]

Girrrl, you are a freaking magician! Sometimes you post dresses that women want altered and I'm just like, "Whaattt?!". I'm a curvy girl and there is NO way that I'm ordering a dress from ANYWHERE that I cannot try on first. For me, that is a rule that I don't ever break.

[dragonmakr]

I understand why you feel the way you do about that dress - for all the effort you put into it, it’s not your best work, and that’s not your fault! But in the end, if the client was happy with it, what can you do?

[daleduncan]

The zip on the back of the original should've been your first red flag! I think you were extremely brave for even attempting it in the first place. You do wonderful work