https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/is-there-a-fix-for-floppy-tab-sleeves Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Thu, 09 Apr 2026 19:53:49 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/is-there-a-fix-for-floppy-tab-sleeves#post-1509907 Tue, 23 Jun 2015 12:32:02 +0000 Suz 1509907@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I like what Aida has done -- that's sort of what I aim for with this type of sleeve.... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/is-there-a-fix-for-floppy-tab-sleeves#post-1509756 Tue, 23 Jun 2015 01:43:22 +0000 carter 1509756@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ha! Una, that's a riot. Funny that you mention the half tuck. I find that too sloppy for me as well. The semi-tuck, though, is my all time favorite YLF discovery. Go figure! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/is-there-a-fix-for-floppy-tab-sleeves#post-1509740 Tue, 23 Jun 2015 01:02:57 +0000 catgirl 1509740@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Interesting... Is this the sleeve equivalent of the half tuck? Maybe I could wrap my head around that concept. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/is-there-a-fix-for-floppy-tab-sleeves#post-1509734 Tue, 23 Jun 2015 00:49:16 +0000 Anonymous 1509734@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Maybe you could have the sleeves shortened to just below the elbow?</p> <p>It doesn't look messy to me, it looks sensually restrained and appropriate, considering the nature of the fabric. A little softness added to an otherwise fairly crisp looking outfit.</p> <p>I feel like a traitor to my own aesthetics suggesting an alteration and I hope you can get around this because you look gorgeous, I wouldn't change a thing.</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/is-there-a-fix-for-floppy-tab-sleeves#post-1509728 Tue, 23 Jun 2015 00:12:19 +0000 pil 1509728@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Well, you could always do what I did with my tab sleeve blouse. I wore it to work and somehow managed to snag the front of it so badly that I won't be wearing it again more unless it's under a sweater, in which case the sleeves don't need to be rolled. And It was a blouse I liked </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/is-there-a-fix-for-floppy-tab-sleeves#post-1509683 Mon, 22 Jun 2015 21:16:35 +0000 abc 1509683@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have sloppy sleeves today too! </p> <p>Thx for the ideas on this thread. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/is-there-a-fix-for-floppy-tab-sleeves#post-1509662 Mon, 22 Jun 2015 20:09:26 +0000 Aida 1509662@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm with deb and Diana -- I just let those floppy sleeves flop. I do something like the Jenna roll, and with floppy/silky fabrics I purposely make it far more messy than I would with a stiffer fabrication; basically I try to add as many folds as I can so it doesn't look like I'm trying to be neat but just aren't (which is how a "neat" roll with this type of fabric usually comes across). Personally I don't find those little tabs outdated, it's a rather classic thing to my eye, but there's obviously a big personal preference with them. Wearing some today in fact, as sloppy as I can roll 'em </p> <p>EDIT: Added a side photo, shows the messiness and fold layers better.</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/is-there-a-fix-for-floppy-tab-sleeves#post-1509610 Mon, 22 Jun 2015 16:29:24 +0000 deb 1509610@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>OK, I may be the odd man out, but I like the look of the unstructured tab roll. To my eye it softens the look of stiff fabrics like jeans. I also like it with soft bottoms like culottes. And the angled look Una describes is perfect to me. Just sayin... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/is-there-a-fix-for-floppy-tab-sleeves#post-1509583 Mon, 22 Jun 2015 14:38:29 +0000 texstyle 1509583@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Those tabs can drive us all crazy I think. I like the idea of getting it altered - if not into sleeveless, is there another option? Would the tab button area be obvious if it were removed and the sleeves were shortened to 3/4 length? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/is-there-a-fix-for-floppy-tab-sleeves#post-1509500 Mon, 22 Jun 2015 10:08:08 +0000 lyn67 1509500@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Commiserating with you. I hate when this happens. So stoped buying this kind of sleeves. What about a thin elastic band hidden in the roll to keep it up and comfortable? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/is-there-a-fix-for-floppy-tab-sleeves#post-1509398 Sun, 21 Jun 2015 21:04:06 +0000 catgirl 1509398@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I really dislike this too.&nbsp; I don't mind a messy roll but I dislike the saggy roll where only the tabbed part stays up and the rest sort of melts down your arm.&nbsp; I wish I had a fix, but meanwhile I've stopped buying this style in a flimsy fabric. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/is-there-a-fix-for-floppy-tab-sleeves#post-1509382 Sun, 21 Jun 2015 19:39:00 +0000 tulle 1509382@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Those tab sleeves bother me, too--not so much because they sag when rolled, but because I find the look fussy and dated.&nbsp; When I get a shirt I like enough to keep despite the tabs, I tend to snip off both the tab and the button, and roll the sleeves like those of a regular long-sleeved shirt. (I just ignore the little reinforced square left behind.)&nbsp; Making the shirt sleeveless could also work, but be sure to check the depth of the armhole. Most sleeved shirts have armholes cut deeper than sleeveless ones; you could end up with a shirt that shows a lot of your bra. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/is-there-a-fix-for-floppy-tab-sleeves#post-1509359 Sun, 21 Jun 2015 17:38:29 +0000 Laura (rhubarbgirl) 1509359@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I also try to check for this before I buy something, and avoid the most egregious offenders. Sometimes it's a trade off between the drapiness of the blouse fabric and the 'rollability' of the sleeves. </p> <p>What about spray starch? I wouldn't starch the whole blouse, just the cuffs and lower sleeves. Modern starch is really easy to use, and if you're touching it up with the iron after you wash it anyway (dunno if you have to iron the Pleione blouses or not) it would only take a couple extra minutes. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/is-there-a-fix-for-floppy-tab-sleeves#post-1509356 Sun, 21 Jun 2015 17:28:33 +0000 unfrumped 1509356@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think it is the fabrication that just won't behave. I have same problem with poly and some silk.<br />I echo Mander, if you like the rolled sleeve. Often that just what I do like so I would consider tacking into place for me.<br />I think this type of blouse can also be great under jackets due to the neckline, but agree&nbsp;rolled sleeves interfere, so using as a "shell" could work also.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/is-there-a-fix-for-floppy-tab-sleeves#post-1509347 Sun, 21 Jun 2015 17:11:18 +0000 Mander 1509347@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>What about rolling them up the way you want them, and then hand sewing into place? I have a jacket-like thing with little rolled cuffs on the sleeves that flopped around awkwardly, so I sewed the cuffs down using a very basic hidden stitch so that they don't come un-rolled. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/is-there-a-fix-for-floppy-tab-sleeves#post-1509325 Sun, 21 Jun 2015 15:28:33 +0000 Anonymous 1509325@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I commiserate. &nbsp;I really like the idea of removing the sleeves. &nbsp;I think it would look great that way and you would get a lot of use out of it. &nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/is-there-a-fix-for-floppy-tab-sleeves#post-1509298 Sun, 21 Jun 2015 14:04:09 +0000 Robin 1509298@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Having the sleeves altered in some way was my first thought.</p> <p>Your tailor might be expensive, but probably no more expensive than buying a new blouse would be. </p> <p>Since you love the colour, and have the piece already, I say go for making it sleeveless if that's what you love!</p> <p>Your reply </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/is-there-a-fix-for-floppy-tab-sleeves#post-1509201 Sun, 21 Jun 2015 03:50:50 +0000 Cococat 1509201@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oooooh, thank you Nebraskim. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/is-there-a-fix-for-floppy-tab-sleeves#post-1509199 Sun, 21 Jun 2015 03:45:48 +0000 Nebraskim 1509199@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think RATE means "rough around the edges." </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/is-there-a-fix-for-floppy-tab-sleeves#post-1509196 Sun, 21 Jun 2015 03:38:30 +0000 Cococat 1509196@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I do the Jenna roll, but I didn't know it had a name. It works well on most fabrics.</p> <p>Can someone please enlighten me. What is RATE. :-)</p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/is-there-a-fix-for-floppy-tab-sleeves#post-1509195 Sun, 21 Jun 2015 03:36:27 +0000 always trying 1509195@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have one like that too.&nbsp; I just gave up on folding it and wear it as long sleeve.&nbsp; the cotton ones stay up nicely, but the other slippery fabrics are never "gonna" do what you want them to do! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/is-there-a-fix-for-floppy-tab-sleeves#post-1509187 Sun, 21 Jun 2015 03:17:47 +0000 Suz 1509187@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm not RATE and I admit that sleeves like this tend to irritate me a bit -- but I usually manage to get them rolled somehow and then allow them to do their thing thereafter. On a silk top I have, it actually looks quite nice -- it creates an attractive angle. On the Pleione top I have, it's not quite as nice, I think. I also agree with Karen -- they are the devil to layer over. And I think making them sleeveless would be great for you! You live in a hot climate, you have great arms, and anyway, they made a sleeveless version of this top -- you could take a picture to the tailor to show what it would look like.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/is-there-a-fix-for-floppy-tab-sleeves#post-1509177 Sun, 21 Jun 2015 02:42:46 +0000 Diana 1509177@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Fashion tape?</p> <p>I just let my sleeves like this do their thing. But I'm a lot more RATE than you. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/is-there-a-fix-for-floppy-tab-sleeves#post-1509133 Sun, 21 Jun 2015 01:02:09 +0000 carter 1509133@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh, Karen! Turn it into a sleeveless blouse! Totally brilliant. I would likely get much more wear out of it that way. Heaven only knows what my ridiculously over-priced tailor would charge. I'll have to check into it. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/is-there-a-fix-for-floppy-tab-sleeves#post-1509112 Sun, 21 Jun 2015 00:31:25 +0000 karymk 1509112@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Carter I think it's just the nature of crepe not to roll neatly. &nbsp;I never buy tops like this mostly because I can't get a cardigan over them neatly, or even a blazer for that matter. &nbsp;I do love the color though. &nbsp;The roll isn't really that bad looking though so maybe you should try and get a few more wears out of it and then if you still can't deal, take the blouse to a tailor and have her make it into a sleeveless top that you can easily slide stuff over and that looks neat and tidy when worn alone.</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/is-there-a-fix-for-floppy-tab-sleeves#post-1509105 Sat, 20 Jun 2015 23:50:30 +0000 carter 1509105@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Sadie and Danskogirl, I must be really uncoordinated. I tried both of those methods and could not make them work. I use the Jenna roll successfully with stiffer fabrics, but I just can't get this one to stay put. My daughter rolls under, and it works great for her. Again, mine slipped and poufed all over the place.</p> <p>Destri, so glad I'm not the only one! I did resort to safety pinning. Better, but not pretty. I thought maybe moving the button over would at least give it some tractionon my forearm. Just not sure. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/is-there-a-fix-for-floppy-tab-sleeves#post-1509094 Sat, 20 Jun 2015 23:02:28 +0000 Destri 1509094@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Well I don't have that exact blouse but I have a button up shirt with that type of tab sleeve and, because of the fabric, it does exactly what you describe. It drives me batty too. I don't have the solution but have been considering trying to roll the sleeves up and safety pin them some way to see if that may work . . . I haven't gotten around to trying that yet. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/is-there-a-fix-for-floppy-tab-sleeves#post-1509088 Sat, 20 Jun 2015 22:45:50 +0000 danskogirl 1509088@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Commiserating with you. I really like my Pleione blouse except for those d*&amp;n floppy tab sleeves.</p> <p>What I do is roll my sleeves inward, so the "cuff" is on the inside, rather than the outside. The width of my forearm keeps the sleeves from falling down. Not a perfect solution but it's the only way I've found to keep those sleeves from getting too floppy. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/is-there-a-fix-for-floppy-tab-sleeves#post-1509086 Sat, 20 Jun 2015 22:43:13 +0000 Sadie 1509086@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>The Jenna roll:<br /><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.whowhatwear.com/how-to-do-the-jenna-lyons-sleeve-roll">http://www.whowhatwear.com/how.....leeve-roll</a> <br />Works even with flimsy or slippery fabrics.</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/is-there-a-fix-for-floppy-tab-sleeves#post-1509079 Sat, 20 Jun 2015 22:24:11 +0000 carter 1509079@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>. </p>