Fashion tape is a double sided adhesive tape that is practical to keep on hand. It can prevent clothing, footwear, and accessories from malfunctioning by keeping parts of your outfit in place. It also prevents your clothes from being ruined by safety pins. Sometimes the tape is secured directly onto skin. Make sure the tape does not irritate by testing it on a small area of your skin before using it for hours at a time.
Here are ways to effectively use fashion tape:
1. Prevent Gaping
Fix button-through shirts, blouses, cardigans, skirts, and dresses that gape a little between the buttons with a piece of tape to close the gap. Works wonders. Remember to take off the tape before laundering.
2. Secure Low Necklines
Strapless styles and too-low necklines (back or front) can be held in place with strategically positioned fashion tape. Makes you feel more secure in a professional environment, or when you bend over.
3. Hold a Hem
Fashion tape temporarily fixes a fallen hem on bottoms and tops, or cuffs on sleeves when there’s no time to sew them properly. The tape is a little finicky to position on slippery fabric, but does work when it’s secure and smooth.
4. Hold Belt Straps
Sometimes the end of a belt is too long and flaps about on the midsection or hips. Apply a good amount of fashion tape to the end to hold it down. This can also work for shoe, watch and bag straps that are too long.
5. Secure Bra Straps
If you don’t want your bra straps to be visible when you’re wearing a top, attach fashion tape to the bra strap and stick it to the top so that it stays hidden. This way you can use a regular bra instead of a strapless bra or some other bra type that is less comfortable.
This list is not exhaustive so feel free to add to it in the comments section.
Currently, I’m using fashion tape to raise the neckline of my silk button-through blouses. Better than a finicky safety pin. Tape is also holding a few leather bag straps and belt ends in place so they don’t flap about.
