https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/does-anyone-else-have-this-button-gapping-issue Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sat, 04 Apr 2026 07:11:05 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/does-anyone-else-have-this-button-gapping-issue#post-1350661 Tue, 09 Sep 2014 00:31:48 +0000 Marley 1350661@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Una - I have the same problem with my Banana Republic chambray button down dress! &nbsp;I was shocked the first time I wore it - because it was really quite loose when I was standing! &nbsp;Also - generally, I &nbsp;do not have this problem with button-down shirts - so . . . guess I'll try some fashion tape too! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/does-anyone-else-have-this-button-gapping-issue#post-1350630 Tue, 09 Sep 2014 00:05:14 +0000 catgirl 1350630@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>OMG, Diana, that is brillliant. It's this dress. </p> <p><a href="http://www.cavells.co.uk/images/products/zoom/1385138194-10520400.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://www.cavells.co.uk/image.....520400.jpg</a></p> <p>That is exactly what I'm going to do because it doesn't button all the way down anyway - I have to pull it over my head. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/does-anyone-else-have-this-button-gapping-issue#post-1350625 Tue, 09 Sep 2014 00:02:02 +0000 Thistle 1350625@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have this issue with button down shirts all the time. It's why I have none in my wardrobe at the moment.</p> <p>Sympathies, though, it is a pain. Fashion tape should help. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/does-anyone-else-have-this-button-gapping-issue#post-1350620 Mon, 08 Sep 2014 23:57:09 +0000 Diana 1350620@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Can you get it on and off without unbuttoning? If so, I'd just sew up the entire front. I've had shirt dress buttons pop open on me (oddly, usually when the dress is too BIG) although for me it's usually at the waist, where I guess the bend when I sit down makes the excess fabric pouch out. Anyway, I never feel secure in a shirt dress that opens all the way down! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/does-anyone-else-have-this-button-gapping-issue#post-1350606 Mon, 08 Sep 2014 23:50:55 +0000 catgirl 1350606@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It fits fine when I'm standing - it's only when I sit that it's an issue. It doesn't happen with my similar shirts so it has to be something to do with the skirt part pulling the fabric down tighter. GAH!</p> <p>Angie, fashion tape it is, at least for a start. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/does-anyone-else-have-this-button-gapping-issue#post-1350603 Mon, 08 Sep 2014 23:50:30 +0000 bj1111 1350603@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>i have a collection of safety pins for this. &nbsp;the buttons tend to be placed too far apart on most shirts i buy. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/does-anyone-else-have-this-button-gapping-issue#post-1350602 Mon, 08 Sep 2014 23:48:23 +0000 columbine(erin) 1350602@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Is it pulling because it's a little too small in the bust? I get this problem with button down shirts that otherwise seem to fit. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/does-anyone-else-have-this-button-gapping-issue#post-1350601 Mon, 08 Sep 2014 23:48:20 +0000 Angie 1350601@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You need to do the&nbsp;sit-down test with this style of&nbsp;dress too, Una. It's a shirt - same bust gape issue. Have you tried fashion tape?&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/does-anyone-else-have-this-button-gapping-issue#post-1350599 Mon, 08 Sep 2014 23:46:14 +0000 Dixie 1350599@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Have you tried wearing a tank top underneath? Or here's another option:<br /> <a href="http://blog.megannielsen.com/2012/08/quick-fix-gaping-blouse/" rel="nofollow">http://blog.megannielsen.com/2.....ng-blouse/</a> sew a pair of snap buttons. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/does-anyone-else-have-this-button-gapping-issue#post-1350593 Mon, 08 Sep 2014 23:41:01 +0000 catgirl 1350593@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I am wearing a lovely Equipment shirt-dress today - it's not oversized but still the loose Equipment fit that is typical for the brand. And everything hangs beautifully when I am standing. But when I sit, I get gapping at the BUST. Not the mid-section or the skirt, where you'd expect. Why?! Who knew you had to do a sit test for a shift dress? </p>