https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-the-fit-of-a-sweater Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Tue, 21 Apr 2026 23:32:09 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-the-fit-of-a-sweater#post-1885370 Fri, 02 Feb 2018 12:36:15 +0000 krishnidoux 1885370@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thank you all for your compliments!&nbsp;<br /><b>tanstaafl</b>, I found my seamstress by chance, after many many unfortunate experiences with various ones in places like Stitch It or the dry cleaners. These people are there to make a buck and to repair a zipper or adjust hems on a jeans, nothing more. I think the best way is through the grapevine.&nbsp;<br /><b>jussie</b>, the color might have been part of the problem but I assure you that now it's a different sweater for me. Imbalance in proportion is as bad - if not worse - than color or shape itself with clothes, I now think. Actually, I will try this with white bottoms and I have a hunch it might work even better. White sweater with bad shape: thumbs down. White sweater with right fit: totally feels fine. Yes, the white jumps forward, though, but just not in a bad way now.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-the-fit-of-a-sweater#post-1885299 Fri, 02 Feb 2018 04:41:44 +0000 Jaime 1885299@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Object lesson in it's the clothes not you. So glad you saved your sweater and are happy with it now! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-the-fit-of-a-sweater#post-1885276 Fri, 02 Feb 2018 02:52:08 +0000 Janet 1885276@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I don’t think it looks *worse* in #1, it’s just a different fit with more ease. But I’m glad you found an alteration that makes you happier with it! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-the-fit-of-a-sweater#post-1885273 Fri, 02 Feb 2018 02:48:28 +0000 Irina 1885273@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Wow, altering a sweater! You just opened a new world to me! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-the-fit-of-a-sweater#post-1885250 Fri, 02 Feb 2018 01:47:14 +0000 krishnidoux 1885250@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>BTW This is the original sweater:&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.polyvore.com/state_eyelash_fair_isle_sweater/thing?id=128474623">http://www.lordandtaylor.com/m.....0078894060</a></p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-the-fit-of-a-sweater#post-1885249 Fri, 02 Feb 2018 01:44:02 +0000 krishnidoux 1885249@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>LOL you guys I wrote "yolk" instead of yoke and you were all graceful enough not to point to that mistake! Only just now did I realize that a yoke sweater wasn't inspired from egg yolks! Ha ha ha! So that explains it! I thought maybe it was called this way because it vaguely mimicked the design of a crushed egg trickling down one's shoulders! No jokes!&nbsp;</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-the-fit-of-a-sweater#post-1885244 Fri, 02 Feb 2018 00:39:22 +0000 tanstaafl 1885244@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>How did you find your fairy godmother seamstress? She did a great job making this sweater work for you. I’m glad you decided to try to fix the sweater instead of thinking the problem was you. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-the-fit-of-a-sweater#post-1885241 Fri, 02 Feb 2018 00:18:35 +0000 cindysmith 1885241@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>A good tailor is like having a fairy godmother. &lt;3 </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-the-fit-of-a-sweater#post-1885227 Thu, 01 Feb 2018 23:50:30 +0000 LaPed 1885227@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>That is a cool sweater, glad you were able to rescue it! I love the new fit, and it looks so good over the wide pants. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-the-fit-of-a-sweater#post-1885222 Thu, 01 Feb 2018 23:42:07 +0000 jussie 1885222@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Interesting post. How handy to have a seamstress :). I also tend to think white can make a person feel bigger as it “jumps forward” to the eyes rather than receding to the eyes like darker colours. Just my personal take on white.<br /> Cheers! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-the-fit-of-a-sweater#post-1885221 Thu, 01 Feb 2018 23:40:31 +0000 delurked 1885221@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Cool. I think it’s very important no matter our weight to realize clothing must fit and flatter us, and that it’s an impersonal issue. Well fitted clothing makes us look our best, and poorly fitted clothing is a reflection of the garment not being the right fit, not us being the wrong shape. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-the-fit-of-a-sweater#post-1885216 Thu, 01 Feb 2018 23:28:13 +0000 Anonymous 1885216@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Your seamtress is indeed magical. She really made a difference. It must be great to have found someone who can see the possibilities. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-the-fit-of-a-sweater#post-1885186 Thu, 01 Feb 2018 21:41:22 +0000 Cee 1885186@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Excellante !! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-the-fit-of-a-sweater#post-1885110 Thu, 01 Feb 2018 17:55:58 +0000 JAileen 1885110@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You look terrific in the “after” sweater. You are definitely not fat! I assume this is not one of those heavy Icelandic sweaters. If it were, I would want it kind of loose. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-the-fit-of-a-sweater#post-1885059 Thu, 01 Feb 2018 17:02:49 +0000 rachylou 1885059@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yes, quite a difference. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-the-fit-of-a-sweater#post-1885048 Thu, 01 Feb 2018 16:45:48 +0000 Lynn 1885048@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Nice insight that it was the sweater not your body!. Amazing what some simple alterations can do. &nbsp;I like the Victorian vibe Great outfit.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-the-fit-of-a-sweater#post-1885027 Thu, 01 Feb 2018 15:50:50 +0000 karen13 1885027@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Nice alteration and explanation. I am amazed at the difference a slight nip or tuck can make. The after is much improved, although it is a subtle change. This post will be very helpful to the&nbsp;many YLFers talking about focusing on FIT, thanks! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-the-fit-of-a-sweater#post-1885025 Thu, 01 Feb 2018 15:44:25 +0000 Mary Beth (formerly LBD) 1885025@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I really love this for you!&nbsp; &nbsp;</p> <p>And now I'm thinking, 'what sweaters do I have that I can alter?' </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-the-fit-of-a-sweater#post-1885023 Thu, 01 Feb 2018 15:40:46 +0000 krishnidoux 1885023@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p><b>Aurore</b>, Victorian shape, yes! I will try to go even further in that direction and add lace-up booties and an updo. Thanks!</p> <p><b>Torontogirl</b>, <b>Ginger</b>, in the first set, look at the sides, this is where the difference is most obvious; in the second set, it's the area just under the breasts. There is a much bigger difference IRL that was hard to capture on camera. Good for you <b>Ginger</b> to have discovered the benefits of tailoring! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-the-fit-of-a-sweater#post-1884986 Thu, 01 Feb 2018 14:19:46 +0000 Ginger 1884986@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You have a good eye! It took me a while, too, to figure out how some tailoring could make a "meh" shape a lot more flattering. Excellent job altering this sweater. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-the-fit-of-a-sweater#post-1884984 Thu, 01 Feb 2018 14:16:07 +0000 Helena 1884984@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Well I mist say the first one looks good to me, but I do see the difference - much more tailored. Hooray for holding the clothes responsible rather than our bodies!! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-the-fit-of-a-sweater#post-1884982 Thu, 01 Feb 2018 13:58:48 +0000 Aurore 1884982@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Impressive! The fit improvement is especially obvious on the side view. <br />With the wide trousers you chose, I think the slimmer waist of the&nbsp;improved sweater gives the whole outfit a victorian vibe I would have never thought knitwear could have. Such a beautiful silhouette! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-the-fit-of-a-sweater#post-1884981 Thu, 01 Feb 2018 13:46:53 +0000 krishnidoux 1884981@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I had this wonderful fluffy yolk design sweater but never wore it because I felt (I will admit) "fat" in it - but what I think I really felt was that proportions were wrong; and (I will speak for myself) I have come to realize that often when I want to qualify an outfit as <i>fattening</i>, I really mean that the proportions are off, because I'm not "fat".&nbsp;<br />Well this whole "fat" thing was so very counterproductive because instead of seeing something was wrong with this garment bought one lucky day on sale at Winners I thought the problem pertained to my body and therefore kept the garment aside, for "when I would suit it". Mistake! I finally saw the light and brought it to my seamstress who is literally a cross between a God-sent angel and a magical fairy.&nbsp;<br />She immediately identified the problem: too much gaping from the sides and... too big around the waist. So she arranged it and below are the before and after pics.&nbsp;<br />(In the first one, there is an open slit at the bottom, but because the sweater is meant to be form fitting and cropped, the gaping slits did not work. In the second pic, slits are closed and sides are taken in a bit). </p> <p>(I also added side views. My arm is unfortunately hiding the slit in both, but you can see how in the first of the two the sweater looks fuller in the front).&nbsp;</p> <p>UPDATE: here is the sweater with a few different bottoms.</p>