https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/dress-breakdown Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Tue, 21 Apr 2026 23:27:27 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/dress-breakdown#post-1866960 Mon, 11 Dec 2017 01:48:21 +0000 anne 1866960@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Fashiontern - just for work. Pity the other dress I tried on is not available at sale price anymore - I would have just bought that I think.</p> <p></p> <p>And I think zips at the fronts are coming in, at least here in Australia - there are lots of them about - I tried on some others too. Some of them, like the one you linked to, had fuller skirts, which is probably a lot safer!</p> <p></p> <p>Thanks Suz!</p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/dress-breakdown#post-1866953 Mon, 11 Dec 2017 01:32:20 +0000 Suz 1866953@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This is gorgeous on you, Anne -- one of the best dresses I've seen on you!! So sad it didn't work out! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/dress-breakdown#post-1866907 Sun, 10 Dec 2017 23:27:58 +0000 Stagiaire Fash 1866907@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Is that dress the crest of a fad? I don’t think I’ve ever seen one that zips down the front before, but look what I just came across. <a href="https://www.nordstromrack.com/shop/product/2199208/theory-bonza-rotuma-sleeveless-zip-front-linen-blend-dress?color=BLOOD%20ORANGE" rel="nofollow">https://www.nordstromrack.com/.....D%20ORANGE</a> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/dress-breakdown#post-1866261 Fri, 08 Dec 2017 09:01:40 +0000 Stagiaire Fash 1866261@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I’m usually all about learning by doing, but this may be one time I can learn from someone else’s experience. Thanks for the lesson! </p> <p>Are you now looking for another dress that can do a split between office life and fancy, or just a simple dress for work? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/dress-breakdown#post-1866238 Fri, 08 Dec 2017 05:06:09 +0000 anne 1866238@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Update - they've refunded it.&nbsp;No problem. What a relief.</p> <p>I'll put the money into buying a work dress next year (as was originally planned)</p> <p>I'll never buy a dress with an opening right down the front again!</p> <p></p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/dress-breakdown#post-1866188 Fri, 08 Dec 2017 00:45:32 +0000 anne 1866188@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Karen - that is a &nbsp;big concern of mine. I'm hoping for a refund (or store credit as I'd have no problem spending it!) and will only try repairing if they don't. I'm going in at lunchtime today. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/dress-breakdown#post-1866185 Fri, 08 Dec 2017 00:42:54 +0000 rachylou 1866185@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh no. It’s so fabulous on you. They better fix it! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/dress-breakdown#post-1866101 Thu, 07 Dec 2017 17:30:37 +0000 karen13 1866101@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I hope you are able to salvage it. It looks so good on you. But check to see if the fabric quality will support a repair and it is a comfortable fix. Otherwise you will be likely to be worried about it all the time. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/dress-breakdown#post-1866076 Thu, 07 Dec 2017 16:14:33 +0000 LaPed 1866076@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>That dress looks SO GOOD; I hope you are able to repair or replace. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/dress-breakdown#post-1866062 Thu, 07 Dec 2017 15:49:59 +0000 JuniperGreen 1866062@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Drat!&nbsp; What a fabulous dress on you.&nbsp; Makes me miss the tailor shop in my old town, the Zipper Doctor could fix it all!&nbsp;&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/dress-breakdown#post-1866047 Thu, 07 Dec 2017 15:22:07 +0000 Sara L. 1866047@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>The dress is gorgeous on you!&nbsp; That's so disappointing about the zipper.&nbsp; I hope they'll take it back. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/dress-breakdown#post-1866044 Thu, 07 Dec 2017 15:19:13 +0000 anne 1866044@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Bijou - yes I've usually had wonderful durability from Portmans so this is unusual. I must go and hunt up my receipt and go to bed!</p> <p>Thanks every one for the support and compliments! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/dress-breakdown#post-1866029 Thu, 07 Dec 2017 14:08:55 +0000 RobinF 1866029@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Too bad, it looks beautiful on you! I can see how that might be a problem with the cut of the dress but you would think they would take that into consideration. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/dress-breakdown#post-1866025 Thu, 07 Dec 2017 13:47:25 +0000 Bijou 1866025@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love this dress on you and hope that they can swap it for one that does not have a faulty zip. I know that Portman's makes pencil skirts with zip up backs and these are very reliable. I think you were just unlucky.</p> <p>So glad to hear that there was no wardrobe malfunction at the wedding. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/dress-breakdown#post-1865989 Thu, 07 Dec 2017 04:34:09 +0000 Beth Ann 1865989@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>So disappointing!&nbsp; I had this sort of thing happen to a clever top I found in the summer, but it wasn't in the zipper.&nbsp; Zippers are a bear to fix! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/dress-breakdown#post-1865987 Thu, 07 Dec 2017 04:29:35 +0000 Anonymous 1865987@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This dress is ssoooo good on you. I’m so sad it keeps breaking down. Would taking it to a tailor help? Maybe they can reinforce it better. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/dress-breakdown#post-1865951 Thu, 07 Dec 2017 02:08:12 +0000 cobaltblue 1865951@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Nooooo! I loved this dress on you. I hope that you get your refund or, even better, a replacement with a better-behaved zipper. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/dress-breakdown#post-1865937 Thu, 07 Dec 2017 01:12:58 +0000 anne 1865937@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Lyn and Harmonica, I thought of this too, and it is what I'll attempt do if they shop won't give me a refund. I do have some concerns that I couldn't get the dress on - My thighs and bottom are the largest part of me, and zipping up there was already a bit tricky! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/dress-breakdown#post-1865916 Wed, 06 Dec 2017 23:30:54 +0000 harmonica 1865916@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I second lyn67! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/dress-breakdown#post-1865707 Wed, 06 Dec 2017 11:54:56 +0000 lyn67 1865707@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>What a shame, you look smashing beautiful in it so I would seek all the ways to fix it somehow and keep! What if sewing down&amp; together the lower part of the zipper and keep it functioning only from the hips up? You will still be able to step in! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/dress-breakdown#post-1865651 Wed, 06 Dec 2017 03:08:57 +0000 anne 1865651@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks everyone!</p> <p>Fashiontern I think it is a blessing I didn't venture on to the dance floor!! (&nbsp;I kind of wanted to, but DH wanted to leave which was pretty sensible given out busy week)</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/dress-breakdown#post-1865650 Wed, 06 Dec 2017 03:08:45 +0000 Brooklyn 1865650@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>That’s a shame Anne. I had a malfunction issue with a Portmans skirt last year and they gave me a refund with no hassles. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/dress-breakdown#post-1865648 Wed, 06 Dec 2017 02:54:26 +0000 JAileen 1865648@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Such a shame. The dress looks sensational on you! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/dress-breakdown#post-1865646 Wed, 06 Dec 2017 02:45:20 +0000 Meredith 1865646@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>So frustrating, but a really beautiful dress on you! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/dress-breakdown#post-1865635 Wed, 06 Dec 2017 01:28:50 +0000 Sal 1865635@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You look gorgeous in it.&nbsp; &nbsp;I hope the retailer sympathises and replaces or refunds:) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/dress-breakdown#post-1865634 Wed, 06 Dec 2017 01:23:37 +0000 Jane 1865634@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Your dress had so much potential. I’m sorry Tom hear of the zip issue. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/dress-breakdown#post-1865633 Wed, 06 Dec 2017 01:14:16 +0000 Stagiaire Fash 1865633@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Of all places for a dress malfunction to occur, right down your middle in front has got to be the worst. I’m glad it didn’t split open while you were in the middle of the dance floor! </p> <p>But yes, after all the careful searching, I’m sure this is aggravating no matter where you were. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/dress-breakdown#post-1865632 Wed, 06 Dec 2017 01:06:10 +0000 anne 1865632@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks Aida.&nbsp; Yes, but I was banking on a much lower CPW. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/dress-breakdown#post-1865631 Wed, 06 Dec 2017 00:58:14 +0000 Aida 1865631@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Aw that's a bummer Anne, you look amazing in the dress. At least it behaved for the wedding, eh? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/dress-breakdown#post-1865629 Wed, 06 Dec 2017 00:53:21 +0000 anne 1865629@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Recently I posted about a dress I bought for a wedding but hoped to wear for work too.</p> <p>Well, I wore it to the wedding on Sat. All good. </p> <p>On the way home the zip started coming apart at the bottom!!</p> <p>I thought I fixed it, but trying it on again last night to wear out, and this time walking only very carefully, it happened again.</p> <p>Disappointed, and will take it back to the shop (NOT something I'm practiced in doing)<br /> Just venting! </p>