https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/almost-had-it-rb-dress-replacement-tailoring-questions Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Thu, 28 May 2026 07:47:28 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/almost-had-it-rb-dress-replacement-tailoring-questions#post-1641051 Thu, 07 Apr 2016 19:49:55 +0000 abc 1641051@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hope it works out. That big splash of color looks great on you! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/almost-had-it-rb-dress-replacement-tailoring-questions#post-1640911 Thu, 07 Apr 2016 16:38:03 +0000 harmonica 1640911@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>yay! keep us updated on what the tailor think </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/almost-had-it-rb-dress-replacement-tailoring-questions#post-1640183 Wed, 06 Apr 2016 13:31:09 +0000 Anonymous 1640183@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yay! I'm so glad you're going for it. What a great deal and the colours and style are fab. I'm sure the slight excess of fabric can be resolved. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/almost-had-it-rb-dress-replacement-tailoring-questions#post-1640182 Wed, 06 Apr 2016 13:29:43 +0000 viva 1640182@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Well, Sharan and Aliona, you tipped the scales. Your encouragement to at least bring to a tailor made me take another look at the dress this morning, and - of course - Last Call has a 40% coupon today! So I've ordered it to give it a try. I think it's worth seeing what a tailor says. We will see!</p> <p>I don't have a splashy fun day dress for the summer and I really think I would enjoy this, so I'm hoping it works. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/almost-had-it-rb-dress-replacement-tailoring-questions#post-1639996 Wed, 06 Apr 2016 01:38:56 +0000 Anonymous 1639996@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh gosh, Viva, I love this on you! I know nothing about alterations, so sorry I can't help there, but I am learning a ton from hearing our experts weigh in. i just want to say how fabulous this dress looks on you -- and its so brilliant with your new JCrew ballet flats. Because they looked so fab on you in your shoe post the other day, I went out and lemminged myself into a pale pink pair </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/almost-had-it-rb-dress-replacement-tailoring-questions#post-1639985 Wed, 06 Apr 2016 01:02:34 +0000 Firecracker (Sharan) 1639985@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I really like the dress on you, and if it's returnable, I think it's worth taking to a tailor and checking into. If it's not lined, alterations at the princess seams would be fairly straightforward. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/almost-had-it-rb-dress-replacement-tailoring-questions#post-1639978 Wed, 06 Apr 2016 00:49:42 +0000 catgirl 1639978@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I really like this dress too...</p> <a href="http://www.anthropologie.com/anthro/product/4130453280605.jsp#/" rel="nofollow">http://www.anthropologie.com/a.....0605.jsp#/</a> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/almost-had-it-rb-dress-replacement-tailoring-questions#post-1639782 Tue, 05 Apr 2016 20:22:48 +0000 UmmLila (Lisa) 1639782@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This is the same problem I have with dresses. I tried to get one that I really loved (chartreuse Nanette Lepore) adjusted, but the sewer that I go to did not have good talents, and I ended up looking really flat. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/almost-had-it-rb-dress-replacement-tailoring-questions#post-1639771 Tue, 05 Apr 2016 19:55:26 +0000 viva 1639771@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks Approprio and Diane. Thinking more about this dress - you've saved me from being impulsive, which I appreciate.&nbsp;</p> <p>Vivian </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/almost-had-it-rb-dress-replacement-tailoring-questions#post-1639760 Tue, 05 Apr 2016 19:40:08 +0000 Anonymous 1639760@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It may do Vivian. Pop the dress on and pinch up a bit of fabric at the shoulder line to see if it helps flatten the bubbling of fabric. Also do the same at the width. Or try getting a safety pin and pinning a little excess fabric at either length or width to see where you get best results. If you go to a good tailor though, they should be able to fit it on you anyway and decide the best route to take. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/almost-had-it-rb-dress-replacement-tailoring-questions#post-1639759 Tue, 05 Apr 2016 19:39:40 +0000 approprio 1639759@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I am pretty sure this can be fixed but it will be complicated. Adjustment should be possible in those exposed seams. </p> <p>I'll defer to fitting ninja <b>Diane G</b>, but the bodice length looks about right to me. You don't want to mess with the shoulders, maybe make a vertical adjustment from the waistline?</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/almost-had-it-rb-dress-replacement-tailoring-questions#post-1639755 Tue, 05 Apr 2016 19:33:56 +0000 viva 1639755@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Diane, this happens to me quite a bit. I've always chalked it up to (a) being small busted and (b) being short waisted. I think it is a vertical problem, as you say.&nbsp;Does that make sense?&nbsp;On another dress, the tailor took some fabric out at the shoulder seam to lift the top, and it really helped. I'm not sure if it would help here.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/almost-had-it-rb-dress-replacement-tailoring-questions#post-1639742 Tue, 05 Apr 2016 19:10:12 +0000 viva 1639742@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I've left the store but good news: I can buy it from the site. So cute, right? Lisap: I feel like a dishrag too - all gray and black - and tomorrow I head back to the slushy northeast. But how nice it would be to have this in the mail. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/almost-had-it-rb-dress-replacement-tailoring-questions#post-1639734 Tue, 05 Apr 2016 18:52:00 +0000 Anonymous 1639734@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You could get rid of a little width through the exposed seams definitely.. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/almost-had-it-rb-dress-replacement-tailoring-questions#post-1639733 Tue, 05 Apr 2016 18:51:11 +0000 Anonymous 1639733@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh my. You need to buy this. Yes, it is alterable. &nbsp;If not through the exposed front seaming, then through creating a dart at each side. &nbsp; You are so cute in this kind of look - I feel like a dull washrag today in comparison. &nbsp;Bring on the colour ! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/almost-had-it-rb-dress-replacement-tailoring-questions#post-1639732 Tue, 05 Apr 2016 18:50:56 +0000 rabbit 1639732@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ooh I love the pattern and colors (and can see the outfits you envisioned). &nbsp;Hope the sewers have good news. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/almost-had-it-rb-dress-replacement-tailoring-questions#post-1639731 Tue, 05 Apr 2016 18:50:19 +0000 Anonymous 1639731@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hmm, without actually being there it's difficult to say about the bust fit. on photo #2 it looks ok but&nbsp;in #3 it's as though there is too much depth vertically...almost as though the seam is stretched. Is there too much room around your bust or does the width seem ok? As I said, its a vertical thing... I think. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/almost-had-it-rb-dress-replacement-tailoring-questions#post-1639728 Tue, 05 Apr 2016 18:45:20 +0000 viva 1639728@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I LOVE this Milly dress I found at Last Call in San Fran, not cheap but less than half the price of the Rag &amp; Bone. It's got that great colorful hectic design and is so cute over pants. It's a scuba material and it has pockets. It even has a waist that fits! But the bust is a bust. </p> <p>Sewing experts: can this be fixed?</p> <p>Others: is it worth it? Imagine worn with white skinnies and cropped flares also, and potentially bare legs </p> <p>NOTE: I have added the Find and also a Find for another Milly dress from Last Call that might be less challenging fit-wise because of construction (and cheaper)</p>