https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/dress-makes-me-look-preggers Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sat, 04 Apr 2026 02:53:20 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/dress-makes-me-look-preggers#post-1486556 Mon, 04 May 2015 20:07:39 +0000 Astrid 1486556@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Great to see it worked out so well! Enjoy the day. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/dress-makes-me-look-preggers#post-1486420 Mon, 04 May 2015 15:47:25 +0000 Anonymous 1486420@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh, I'm pleased it's worked out so well! You'll enjoy the day and feel great. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/dress-makes-me-look-preggers#post-1486325 Mon, 04 May 2015 11:41:19 +0000 sapphilor 1486325@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hey, this is the final. Of course, depending on where exactly the *really long* belt falls it will look slightly different but I won't be able to tell that before the day. I will do my best to get that criss-cross look. </p> <p>I am thinking of adding some sort of belt loop to hold it in place as it seems to slide everywhere but for now, this is it.</p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/dress-makes-me-look-preggers#post-1486289 Mon, 04 May 2015 09:27:53 +0000 Elizabeth P 1486289@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Well done! The added bit of fabric at the bust makes the belting look more deliberate as well. Post a pic of your final "product"! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/dress-makes-me-look-preggers#post-1486283 Mon, 04 May 2015 08:09:36 +0000 Anonymous 1486283@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It works well. Nice job! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/dress-makes-me-look-preggers#post-1486276 Mon, 04 May 2015 06:24:31 +0000 Firecracker (Sharan) 1486276@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Brilliant job! I like your belting trick. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/dress-makes-me-look-preggers#post-1486243 Mon, 04 May 2015 04:13:30 +0000 sapphilor 1486243@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hi Girls! </p> <p>I'm back, finally got the sashes and this is what I've done with them... Ignore the knots, I will come up with a nicer way of attaching the pieces together. I also have another so I might leave the ends hanging down.&nbsp;</p> <p>Oh and - another thing I noticed was that the dress was way too open and my breasts/bra were hanging out so I added a bit of the same material there. I think it makes it look more like the "belt" belongs to the dress but I'm not an expert...&nbsp;</p> <p>Thoughts?&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/dress-makes-me-look-preggers#post-1480408 Sun, 26 Apr 2015 11:03:09 +0000 sapphilor 1480408@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thank you! I can't wait for the scarves to arrive so I can try something like that. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/dress-makes-me-look-preggers#post-1480393 Sun, 26 Apr 2015 09:28:47 +0000 Anonymous 1480393@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I forgot that you may not be able to see photos yet. Here's a couple of links that give a bit of an idea of what I'm getting at.</p> <p><a href="http://www.wondercostumes.com/theme-costumes-greek/grecian-goddess-costume-adult-ptgwgbo.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.wondercostumes.com/.....gwgbo.html</a></p> <a href="http://www.polyvore.com/vera_wang_maxi_dress_sleeveless/thing?id=112472445" rel="nofollow">http://www.polyvore.com/vera_w.....=112472445</a> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/dress-makes-me-look-preggers#post-1480356 Sun, 26 Apr 2015 04:27:35 +0000 sapphilor 1480356@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh wow! Thanks girls! I'm feeling a lot better about this now.&nbsp;<br />Unfortunately I can't see the attached pictures because I'm a new member but I will check back in 2 days. I am trying to follow what you guys wrote though and it's starting to make sense.&nbsp;</p> <p>Echo: I was thinking of using a scarf for cover. I don't have anything else that could work. I had ordered something that's more of a cardigan but it's not tailored on the waist so it makes the whole thing look like someone threw it on me from an airplane.&nbsp;</p> <p>Joy: Altering the dress unfortunately isn't an option, I've spent way too much on everything as is. I couldn't find anything that would match the colour exactly but what I ordered is pretty close - in the same tonal range so it should look ok and keep the bride happy (she insisted on this colour).&nbsp;</p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/dress-makes-me-look-preggers#post-1480234 Sat, 25 Apr 2015 22:31:27 +0000 Anonymous 1480234@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Could you have the dress altered to remove some of the excess fabric. If using the crossed belting idea, how about using satin ribbon the same color as the dress? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/dress-makes-me-look-preggers#post-1480233 Sat, 25 Apr 2015 22:28:34 +0000 Chiara 1480233@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Another thing I've done is make two little belt loops in the side seams, below the current waist line on the dress, and then loop a long scarf through these and take the scarf only round the back; this pulls the dress in more across the whole torso, and shapes it, but does not impact the look of the front too much, as the scarf only goes round the back. You need to check this won't make the back look too bunchy, of course (which can happen if there is a lot of material to gather!). </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/dress-makes-me-look-preggers#post-1480228 Sat, 25 Apr 2015 22:15:52 +0000 Echo 1480228@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>If you are wearing any sort of cover up, you could wrap it tightly in the middle and fasten it with a blingy brooch. This even works with button-up cardigans - just pull the sides toward each other and cross them over, ignoring the buttons. Or, you could pull the back of a buttoned or fastened cover up into a sort of pleat and fasten that with a brooch instead if you don't want a brooch on the front of your outfit.</p> <p>A belt might also work better over a cover up.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/dress-makes-me-look-preggers#post-1480212 Sat, 25 Apr 2015 20:54:06 +0000 approprio 1480212@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>All good ideas so far. If none of them work, you might also try a piece of statement jewellery in the neckline to pull focus away from your midriff. Hope you enjoy the wedding! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/dress-makes-me-look-preggers#post-1480189 Sat, 25 Apr 2015 19:33:48 +0000 Astrid 1480189@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You could try to add something like a cummerbund to it. To rein those pleats in... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/dress-makes-me-look-preggers#post-1480182 Sat, 25 Apr 2015 19:12:05 +0000 rachylou 1480182@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh Diane makes me think to ETA: I was thinking about a shawl over the shoulders and crisscrossed in front... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/dress-makes-me-look-preggers#post-1480179 Sat, 25 Apr 2015 18:56:51 +0000 Anonymous 1480179@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Liz's idea is spot on. If the scarf criss-crossed it would look very flattering and a little Grecian too. </p> <p>ETA, this photo gives the idea, but obviously scarfs would be a bit thicker.</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/dress-makes-me-look-preggers#post-1480164 Sat, 25 Apr 2015 18:11:41 +0000 rachylou 1480164@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Empire waists do do that. I Yahoo'd the terms Historical Napoleonic and Directoire clothing fashion for ideas... I have this idea that women often crisscrossed a shawl over the front.</p> <p>Regency is another term... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/dress-makes-me-look-preggers#post-1480156 Sat, 25 Apr 2015 17:55:22 +0000 Liz 1480156@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Because of the waist on that dress, I would not belt it at your natural waist -- that would like quite odd, I'd think. Maybe you could use one of your scarves and wrap it over the current detail just under the bust, but then continue on wrapping down lower on your body as well -- you'd end up with an empire "band" one and a half or two times the width it is now. That might hold the dress in closer to your body and reduce the feeling it makes you look pregnant.&nbsp;</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/dress-makes-me-look-preggers#post-1480144 Sat, 25 Apr 2015 17:40:03 +0000 sapphilor 1480144@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hi YLF members!&nbsp;</p> <p>I signed up to get some help with this dress I bought:&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.6pm.com/mod-o-doc-cotton-modal-maxi-dress-mermaid">http://www.6pm.com/mod-o-doc-c.....ss-mermaid</a></p> <p>It looked good on the model, but now that I have it I realised it makes me look pregnant. I was thinking I could belt it somehow, but I've never belted an empire dress (or really, anything) before so I'm unsure about where to start. I ordered some chiffon scarves/sashes I figured maybe with those. But any ideas would be most welcome!&nbsp;</p> <p>Thanks </p> <p>Returning it/wearing something else is not an option unfortunately as I need this colour for a casual beach wedding and I wouldn't have time for anything else to arrive.</p>